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 After you’ve had a gastric bypass surgery, you’ll lose a lot of weight in a very 

short period of time.  This is a double-edged sword in the sense that you rejoice 

over the fact that you are losing weight so rapidly, yet in addition, you face 

challenges of wearing clothing that properly fits your ever-shrinking body.  

There’s a way you can manage this bitter/sweet dilemma.

After you’ve had a gastric bypass surgery, you’ll lose a lot of weight in a very 

short period of time.  This is a double-edged sword in the sense that you rejoice 

over the fact that you are losing weight so rapidly, yet in addition, you face 

challenges of wearing clothing that properly fits your ever-shrinking body.  

There’s a way you can manage this bitter/sweet dilemma.  

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It becomes very frustrating as you rummage though your clothes trying to find 

items that fit you.  In my own personal experience, I was changing clothing 

sizes every three (3) weeks, and I can attest to this dilemma of trying on 

clothing that was either too loose or still too snug to wear.  The time it 

took me to actually “find” the outfit of the day ended up being so time-

consuming and frustrating, I had to figure out a way to speed up the process

 of simply clothing myself, easing the frustrations of scattered clothing 

everywhere, and eliminating the sour attitude I had about clothes when I 

should have been thrilled to suffer from such a “happy problem” of finding 

smaller-sized clothing to wear.

The SOLUTION was to GET INTO THE CLOSET (and dresser drawers) and organize 

my clothing by SIZE. 

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 This was a new concept!  There are several ways we’ve always organized our

 closets and drawers:  Perhaps we’ve done it by color, by season, by fabric, 

by climate, by event, by holiday, by clothing type, by style, etc. etc.  

But very FEW people have ever organized their clothing by SIZE.   

The advantage of organizing your closet and drawers by size is that you 

can easily locate them and making them readily handy during those trying-

on adventures.  Then as you move out of one size and progress to the next 

smaller size, it’s an easier transition to find that next smaller size that 

fits you far better than that slightly larger size that probably drapes on 

you in an unflattering way.

Be sure when you are organizing your closet that you take into account 

those clothing labels which may not reflect a “true size.”  Keep in mind 

that when you buy or borrow used clothing, some articles may have shrunken, 

or perhaps people had the article altered to better fit their exact body

 type.  When this happens, simply pin a little tag on the clothing that 

states what size YOU believe it really is according to how it fits your 

body.  For example, a second-hand pair of jeans may have a “size 14” 

tag on them, but because of shrinkage, they will fit you as if they 

are a “size 10.”  Pin a little tag that says “size 10” on them and 

organize among your other size-10-clothing for easy reference.  

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This eliminates the need to try on the jeans over and over again 

because you can’t remember how they fit your body.  And if you’re

 not sure what size the garment represents, then pin a different 

note on them such as, “Maybe in one more month (specify month).”  

Figure out what note system works best for you.

Consider arranging a drawer or bin labeled “Almost Me.”  Once 

you place items in this spot, be sure to try these clothes on 

every two weeks…. Few things are more painful than having 

clothing in there and you waited too long to try them on and 

they are now too large to wear!  I can recall some clothing I 

looked forward to wearing but never was able to wear them simply 

because by the time I checked on them, they were too large for me!  

Had I checked them out at a set time, such as every-other Thursday 

or something like that, I wouldn’t have missed my window of 

opportunity to wear them.

As soon as you are out of that larger size, PACK THEM AWAY and 

give them to someone else, sell them, or donate them to a charity

/thrift store.  There is no need to hang onto those clothes!  

Really!  I had somebody ask me, after I lost 80 pounds, “when 

will you be convinced that you’re not going to ever wear those 

clothes again?  After losing 100 pounds?  After losing 150 pounds?  

When?”  This person made me realize that I needed to act on trust 

that I was indeed losing weight and I would not be gaining that 

type of weight back again.  What a happy day it was to pack up 

all of those clothes and part with the memories that went along 

with them!

Realize and accept the fact that you will go through many 

changes in your clothing size as you lose your weight after 

a bariatric surgery.  If you started out wearing a size 3X 

and you’ve lost 30-50 pounds, you should not be wearing 

those same size 3X clothes; for if you are, you are, you 

are not complimenting the fact that you are losing weight 

and your appearance may look too droopy or saggy.

Plan a time when you can begin this project of getting 

into the closet (and drawers).  It’s going to be work, 

but very well-worth it to you in the long run.  Think 

SIZE only.  Nothing else.  Then each day when you search 

for something to wear, the right size of the day will be 

at your fingertips and not all scattered throughout various 

places to annoy you.  

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Losing weight so rapidly is changing your life and it should 

also change the way your closets are organized.  You have 

different needs now… not just in how you eat, but how you 

locate what you’re going to wear for the day.  Make is easier 

and a pleasant experience for you.  Size matters! 

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