Lara, That is fabulous! You should be so proud of yourself! You are truly an inspiration. I know you will run the 3 miles with ease. Soon you will be running marathons. YOU CAN DO IT! Dawn

I get the same thing. There are some days where all I see is the deflated skin and I convince myself that I'm still supermorbidly obese. There are some days that I honestly believe that I'm exactly the same as I was before. . . . I've kept the clothing that proves to me that there is no way that could be true. Thankfully those days are getting fewer and farther between. Every now and then, I will say that I do feel thin too. Some days I'm able to see the progress in completely different ways. On these days I see my narrow little waist, my tiny little thighs, my long slender neck, my very nearly non-existent boobage (they all can't be perfect right?), and my muscular calves. These days are getting more frequent and closer together. One of the weirdest things is if I look down at my legs they look fat, but when I see a photo or mirror they look slender and healthy. Keep going to therapy, keep talking about it here and know that you're definately NOT ALONE, ~Lara

Hi there WLS family, Today I went for a run with my buddy and we did something that I've never done in my life before. I'm in training for a 5k, which is a 3 mile run. I've "run" one before - at 400lbs. . .but really it was a walk/jog. I was very proud of how hard I had worked that time to train for it then, but needless to say training is going much better this time. Today my training buddy and I went on our run and we were able to run comfortably for 2 full miles! We were able to keep a conversation the entire time, and it felt incredible to be out there in the sunshine and able to work my body like that. I have never run that long continuously before in my entire life. At the end of 2 miles we sprinted for the last 30 feet and crossed the "finish line" (the pine tree where we started) with our arms in the air like we had just completed a marathon - which honestly. . .it felt like I did! Its days like today that make it all worth it. I wouldn't trade places with my pre-op life for a million dollars. It's worth the challenges, its worth the sacrifices, its worth everything. And its only going to keep getting better. I've got 2 more weeks to get an additional mile added into the run before the big event. I think I can do it. I'm wishing all the best, ~Lara

Even Skinny Girls have FAT days Doesn't it just suck that we have worked so hard & gotten so far in our weight loss journey ~ then to have the mental beast bash our dreams?? I have my hubby take a picture of me every month right around the anniversary of my WLS so that when I am having those days I can take out my little photo book & look back to where I came from ... it helps to bring me back to reality and realize how much worse my "Fat Day" could be if I hadn't lost 140#. CHIN UP ~ You have done AWESOME Sue 318/172/170

Congrats on surviving the 1st year ! I can't believe in another week I will be PO for a year - how fast the time flies ~ you have had so many changes & I am glad to hear you are adjusting to your "new home" so well! Here is to another WONDERFUL year ... keep up the good work! Sue 318/172/170