Life after LB?

AWESOME!!!!! leave the tags on! LOL seriously! I would! I’m on WW too and if I have health insurance when I reach goal, I’ll probably seriously consider having a tummy tuck. I figure that can be my reward 🙂

omg, wow. I just went to your DD page to see how much you’d lost. thats so awesome!! Congratulations! I’ve got about the same amount to lose all together, so I can relate. now I have more motivation!! 🙂

i absolutely love Lane Bryant… there’s an outlet store right down the street from my work… i swear i can go nutso in that store!… 🙂

I’m seriously considering breast reduction. I wear a 38 DDD and one of my breasts is bulging out of that. I am only 5’4″ and am wearing size 14/16 pants. Even when I wore a size 10, I was a 36 DDD, so they don’t get any smaller. I’m just waiting to stop having babies first. If your knee was bothering your mobility – you’d get that fixed w/out a 2nd thought. Sad that we have to pay for it

I also went to your DD page and…WOW…I’m adding you to my favorites list. Right now I’m trying to find the courage to start on my own path to a healther lifestyle, and I think I can find inspiration here, in all that you’ve accomplished! 🙂

When I was 21 I lost 50lbs and had a breast reduction. My doctor said it was medically necessary so I didnt have to pay for it( My boobs were HUGE). Anyway, I consequently gained the weight back, plus more. OF course it went back to my boobs among other places, and now they are huge again( although not as big as before). I hope and pray they get smaller. I have lots of muscle so I doubt

Id have to have plastic surgery elsewhere. My fat is in my hips/ass and tummy. My arms arent big at all. Ive been major slacking on WW, and I decided to get some Meridia because my hunger is out of control. I wonder if its from all the cardio I do, I defeat the purpose though because I eat.

You’ll be outta LB territory SO soon! You are so awesome, girlie! They always hae had great fall clothes, I recently went in there with my sis and I was drooling over some of the stuff I saw. Of course I want a tummy tuck, I don’t care about anything else at this pount, I’m sick of doing 200+ crunches a day and seeing my belly just flup over when I’m done, grrr!

Depending on how my boobs look, I’d consider getting them lifted. God only knows what the kid will do to them and how my waistline will look.

Ugh! sorry… I was not thinking… I mean 25 mile ride!

RYN: just a little typo… relax. 😛

I’m considering the possiblity of having to do a tummy tuck and we’ll see what the breast do. So far, so good. But I don’t want the breast lift scar so I’d more than likely just get implants if I did anything to my breasts at all. WTG on fitting into the 14/16’s. Head over to New York & Co, Old Navy and the Gap. You can say farewell to LB now if you want to.

When I did JC before and lost 40 lbs, I reached a point where I was too big for “regular” stores (at least from the waist down) and too small for LB. It was SOOO frustrating, but I’d rather be there than where I am now. Oh, well, I’m working on it. Congratulations!!

Oh, and what determines if it is “medically necessary?” You’d think they’d pay for it to reward you for making yourself so much healthier. It could be like an incentive program. . .

YOU ROCK! 14/16s are so awesome and such a great accomplishment!!! i’m going ahead and answering your question you’ve posed, but you know my answer already… 🙂 i want a breast lift (no new boobs, thanks) and i want surgery to work on the excess on the tummy, back, and bat wing (arms). i’m thinking i’ll be in hock up to the eyes for most of my natural life. 😉

I too worry about excess skin. I’m gonna have a LOT of it.

wow that is alot of money for something like that…but if i was to do it it would be a breast lift and tummy tuck cause the tummy is my biggest problem area and maybe the top part of my inner thighs

Congrats!!! You are an amazing woman.

I have a love/hate with LB too. I hate the fact that when something new comes out, its either 39.50 or 49.50 or 59.50 and then a few months later its 60% off Red line or 6.99. The other day I saw a skirt that I almost bought when it was 49.50. It was 6.99 but the top was missing. I bought my graduation dress for 39.99 then 5 days later it was 27.50. I got the difference back.

Hi Diva, I can finally leave a note because they reworked the FOD site! yay! I have a love/hate relationship with LB too. I think I will be happy to finally not be able to shop at LB, but ‘regular people’ clothes are not quite as forgiving and it still takes patience to find flattering items. In regards to the surgery. I believe most insurance plans cover it if you can prove that the (cont.)

… excess skin is causing other medical issues. Specifically rashes and other skin infections. Otherwise I’ve heard that it can be a little tricky convincing them that it’s not a cosmetic procedure (I won’t rant on that… not enough space!). For what it’s worth – I’ve lost far less than you have and my girls aren’t too perky anymore either… not that they were doing much sun saluting b4 either!

First of all — I am sooooooooooo excited about you venturing into another new size at LB. I personally have never hated LB — I love it! As for as plastic surgery…yes I want it. I want new boobs, a tummy tuck, liposuction and a nose job. I want skin resurfacing on my face and my teeth whitened. Not much, huh? hehe Seriously, I want new boobs and a tummy tuck. The rest would be a bonus! 😉

Congratulations on your new size drop!!!! I LOVE Lerner (Is it NY & Co now?) They’re owned by the same company as LB, so generally are flattering.

RYN: No, it does seem like drama ends up being part of the bargain & I like my drama on my television, not as a part of my life. Lol.

Dearest Courtney, you don’t know me from a can of paint, I sent you an e-mail and you graciously responded ,Thanks!!! One of these great day I will leave LB behind also and I won’t feel any pain. Congrats on your victory and pass a little success on to a fellow weight-watching sistah!!

RYN-scooter: i saw one in the SkyMall mag on the plane today! LOL. the flying lightning something-or-other scooter…made me think of you.

Oh man … I fear having to leave LB too. I’ve lost around 60 pounds so far and shopping is finally fun. Hopefully the first time I can shop in a regular store I don’t freak out and max out my credit card. Yipes.

RYN: correction, spoken like a Texan indoctrinated in the art of padded warfare (aka football). LOL. baseball is way too boring for me. maybe if i understood the game a little more — but i doubt it.

Congrats on going down a size! I know how hard that can be in Texas, where our meals are enormous… excess skin removal would be good…I’m actually interested in chin augmentation (I have a really weak chin…)

I have lost 115 pounds in the last year. My poor little boobies are hopeless. But I would like the little kangaroo pouch gone from my tummy. But I’m way too cheap. I’d rather spend the money on lasic eye surgery. But I’m even too cheap for that!! Congrats on the smaller size. Leaving LB will be easier than you think, I bet.

I’d consider a breast lift… but I don’t see how I could ever prove medical necessity, and I definitely can’t afford it. It’s so sad, though — I was DD and now I’m a C/D, but a sagging skinny kind that only becomes a C/D when it’s smushed up into a bra. And I haven’t had kids!–