I like the idea of passing on clothes here too. I hate wading through
freecycle and cheapcycle emails waiting for someone to pick stuff up.
Once I go through the surgery I'll start posting my decent clothes
here first.

I guess I need to check into the YMCA for exercising. Toyota gets a
family discount and I think they have babysitting for my 4 year old.

Judy

--- In GastricBypassVanderburghIN@yahoogroups.com, D'Ann Christian
<hazyseptember@...> wrote:
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> I'm glad you like that. I will go through my clothes in the next
couple of days. How many would be looking for size 18 or 20? or 3X,
I'm still wearing some of the 18s but hope to be down to the 16s soon.
I tend to hold on the larger shirts longer. T-shirts esp.
> I think if we do this we should make sure to offer back the
clothes to the group and not take them to the consignment shop. Not
that I will be spying on people but just a good idea to remember that
we are doing this to help each other and support each other in our
weightloss journey.
> all in favor, say "aye"
> D'Ann
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> Brenda Spells <spellsbj@...> wrote:
> It sounds like a good idea about offering the clothes that
> one has shrunk out of on this site, and not the other sites
> like freecycle and cheapcycle.
> That's just my opinion.
> Brenda
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: D'Ann Christian <hazyseptember@...>
> To: GastricBypassVanderburghIN@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:39:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [GastricBypassVanderburghIN] Clothes and exercise
>
> Well, some clothes I wear baggy! But mostly I go to the
Salvation Army on Wednesday when it is family day and all the clothes
are half off. So I pick up a pair of pants for $1 or $2 and if I wear
them for one month, that's good for me. Also, St. Marys Bariatic does
have a "clothes closet" that you can get clothes from. They have a
few things and I've gotten a couple of really nice things from there.
Not a big assortment though. I did have a few old clothes that I
outgrew that I can wear but I've shrank out of them already.
> Maybe this is something that we can start here. If people have
clothes they want to pass on, we can ask if someone one this group
could use them. I don't mind sharing. Also, if you are looking for
something and I know it, I've been known to pick it up at the bargain
places I go to. I've been taking most of my clothes to a consignment
shop but I would love to share with others, knowing they are being put
to good use!
> As far as exercise, I"ve been going to the gym and working out on
the machines. I would like to do more research on this "under the
arm" flab myself, and find the best thing for it. I know some people
when they've lost everything have surgery to help that. I'm want to
avoid that!! I'm going to ask them this week at the Y and see what
they say is the best thing. I've thought about getting some small
handweights to use at home too. Anyone else know?
> I hope I have helped, I had some of these worries too, but I
figured out that that is minor stuff compared to the way I feel now
after losing 70 pounds!! I'm not a fashion dresser, but who cares, I
can walk the zoo without getting winded. That's what is important!
> let me know if that helps,
> I think we could post what sizes we have that others can have and
see how that goes. What do you think?
> D'Ann
>
> Judy <jdpeters@insightbb. com> wrote:
> D'Ann.... I was just wondering what you are doing for clothes
as you
> lose weight. I think this is one of my biggest worries about having
> the surgery.. losing weight so fast and not having the clothes to
> wear. In the past I have gotten clothes from Freecycle and
> Cheapcycle, but you have to be paying close attention and hope you are
> the first to respond to get most of the clothes. I do have some
> clothes that were too small when I bought them and I never returned
> them, but most of my "skinny" clothes (meaning clothes that I've
> outgrown) have been ruined when our basement flooded, so I don't have
> a lot to fall back on. I'm a horrible bargain shopper and can never
> find the great deals at Goodwill or the Thrift Stores like my
> daughter-in- law can, so I can see this becoming expensive.
>
> Another big worry is exercising. What kind of exercises help the most
> with the loose skin. I'm really worried about the fat under my arms. I
> can see exercises that help with legs, and abs and such, but nothing
> that really helps with the flab under the arms. I've started doing
> stretches and some weight lifting... and we try to walk the dogs as
> much as the rain will allow, but it's not the kind of walking that
> makes you break a sweat.
>
> Any information is much appreciated. .. I like being for-warned so I
> can prepare.
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