# I've lost 100 lbs - I feel sexy & flirty & my pants keep falling off! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 14, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629 "2003-09-14T22:29:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/1 "2003-09-14T22:29:58Z")
**I’m melllting away! Meeellllllting away!** Some of you may be aware that on December 4th, 2002, I had gastric bypass surgery. Well, as of Friday, I’d lost 100 pounds. I have no pants that fit - not that I’m complaining. Now I’m ‘in style’ because my pants are so baggy I have to wear a belt. 😃 My primary care physician told me that one of the strangest side effects he’d noticed his female patients experience was lots of attention from guys. We’ll I can testify that this is true! So far, I’ve been chatted up by a prisoner who works on the capitol grounds and two tow truck guys! Yay! 😛 So, the purpose of this thread is to congratulate me. 😉 I’d also like to hear updates from **FunLvnCriminal** , **Nutty Bunny** , **OpalCat** , **Zoe** , and anyone else who wants to share. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/2 "2003-09-14T22:38:41Z")
Were your pants down at the time you were chatted up? 😉 Well done and YAY you. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/3 "2003-09-14T23:14:30Z")
I had the DS (see my [page about it](http://fathom.org/opalcat/wls.html)) November 29 of 2002. I have lost 98lbs and now weigh 119. I wear a size 7 pants and a size 4-6 or Small top. [pic 1](http://gallery.opalcat.com/image%2dcache/OpalCat/2003/livejournal%2dshirt%2d1%5fdisp512.jpg) | [pic 2](http://tinyurl.com/lvpr) I eat anything I want. A typical breakfast for me is 2 or 3 pancakes with lots of butter and syrup. I’ve eaten as many as 4 at a time but that was kinda pushing it on the feeling-too-full frontier. I feel good enough that I actually posted lingerie pics on my site…that says a lot! ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/4 "2003-09-14T23:21:58Z")
oooh. You’re so _skinny_. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/5 "2003-09-14T23:31:30Z")
THanks 😃 Here is what I’ve gotten on ebay: [http://fff.fathom.org/pages/opalcat/corset.jpg](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/opalcat/corset.jpg) (34B) [http://fff.fathom.org/pages/opalcat/bluething.jpg](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/opalcat/bluething.jpg) (Small) And they both fit no problem 🙂 Ahhhh ebay. Home of $5-$10 lingerie… ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/6 "2003-09-14T23:32:11Z")
Congratualations! Good work! ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/7 "2003-09-14T23:41:07Z")
So you’re (a) thin and (b) not wearing pants. Cool! 🙂 Sorry, glad you’re happy. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/8 "2003-09-14T23:49:13Z")
sperfur … pics? ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/9 "2003-09-15T00:19:35Z")
Picssss… hmmm… We’re having a dopefest right here at my house in 2 weeks - they’ll be pics from that. I also have pics from about 6 weeks ago at the KC dopefest (I’d lost 80ish pounds by then): [In the black shirt, w/sunglasses, next to the lovely redhead in the sleeveless top ( **misstee** ).](http://www.cyburbia.org/sdmb/DSC01400.JPG) [Watching everyone else eat, 'cuz I wasn’t hungry - yay!](http://members16.clubphoto.com/skip739248/1486922/guest.phtml) Thank you, **elmwood** and **SkipMagic** for the pics. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/10 "2003-09-15T00:24:05Z")
Congratulations! You hit the trifecta! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/11 "2003-09-15T00:44:02Z")
Woohoo! Pics look great!!! What is your goal? I’m 4lbs away from mine 😃 ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/12 "2003-09-15T00:48:48Z")
I have 20 to 40 to go, depending on which doctor I listen to. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/13 "2003-09-15T00:50:35Z")
Congrats to you both! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/14 "2003-09-15T01:00:10Z")
It’s an amazing feeling 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/15 "2003-09-15T01:56:56Z")
Congrats. You both look great. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/16 "2003-09-15T02:54:26Z")
> [@](#): > > **I feel sexy & flirty & my pants keep falling off!** This will no doubt be of great advantage in the pudding wrestling matches of your upcoming dopefest. Don’t think I won’t be prepared. And congrats. I thought you looked quite svelte at the last dopefest. Not that you’re really looking for it again, but any time I lose something it’s usually behind the TV set or under my bed. Just a warning that if you inadvertantly look in those places you wouldn’t want it jumping out and grabbing at you. ---
**Author:** ![Rhelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@Rhelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhelle)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/17 "2003-09-15T03:37:58Z")
Hello 🙂 Would any of you care to share about the actual surgery itself, esp how long it took you to be able to get back to work? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/18 "2003-09-15T04:17:38Z")
Well my surgery stuff is fairly well documented in my journal, relevant entries from which may be read here: [WLS journal entries](http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=opalcat&keyword=weight-loss-surgery&filter=all) And you can read more in general at my [WLS page](http://fathom.org/opalcat/wls.html) and at [www.duodenalswitch.com](http://www.duodenalswitch.com). My surgery is called the Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch and basically means that I have a fully functional stomach, just reduced in size, and a fancy rearrangement of my intestines. (You can read about the difference between what I had and what sperfur had [here](http://fathom.org/opalcat/wls-compare.html))My stomach has stretched and should stretch some more over the next few months to about “normal” so I can eat a regular sized meal. I’m getting close to that now. I also have no restrictions on the type of foods that I can eat. I was in the hospital for 3 days but could have left after 2 but they sort of forgot about me. I was in bed for about a week. If I worked outside the home I probably could have gone back to work after that if my job was an office job. I went to Dave & Ginger’s party like 10 days later and at the 2 week mark I flew 2300 miles to Arizona for Christmas and went out to dinner with friends, walked around, etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Rhelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@Rhelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhelle)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-lost-100-lbs-i-feel-sexy-flirty-my-pants-keep-falling-off/201629/19 "2003-09-15T20:50:31Z")
Thank you **OpalCat** , very much! Congrats to all of you, you look great. 🙂