But..  the big news is in the jeans department.  I’m short and the option for petite jeans isn’t available in NZ, so I always shop for jeans and slacks when I come back to the states to visit my family.  My first visit to the outlet mall I bought size 16 and just knew that they’d fit.  I’d been wearing 18 or 20 before, so I assumed a 16 would fit – maybe a bit tight.

Well, wouldn’t you know, they were too big.  I now have 5 pair of size 12’s.  I put them on and danced around the room with a huge grin on my face.  How good is this??

I’m headed to Australia at the end of November to get my  gastric band adjusted so maybe I should buy some size 10’s?  Just to have something smaller to wear.

I am so stoked about the weight loss.  It’s not a piece of cake but it’s the best tool I’ve ever had that doesn’t hurt.  No hunger pains, no constant ache for food.  I know what I can eat and eating more makes me throw up.  Can’t get better than that.  (nobody wants to throw up so I don’t push it.)