winning the battle on obesity
I guess as most of us are approaching goal or at goal now look at the mirror and see that well life was not to kind on the skin as we lost over 100 plus pounds. I am sure the young 20 something crowd may have been lucky but for some of us older women it did not come back. My girls have really gone south and my stomach is so bad. and yes I am very blessed to be able to take care of the stomach but I am sure the thighs will need a work up the arms the whole body is just hanging skin my i mean face i am sooooooooooooooooo ugly now as my face looks like it is hanging and u know people say u look so different but no one has said u look so pretty u know what i mean????? I am not fishing for complaments here as I know I am not a very pretty woman pretty much a plane jane all my life. I guess my pass childhood fears are creeping up
I was known as the smart girl the nerd,swimmer or just ugly betty if u will and now my skin just hangs and I feel even uglier losing weight am I the only one going threw this??? OK I think because I am gonna turn 50 in january I feel like I let my youth slip away and let obesity take over and now that I am no longer obese I am left with this hanging skin. on this bony body I think I am angry at my self I took 25 years to deal with my morbid obesity and now I just look ugly with hanging skin I mean I got to go get labs done and look to see if menopause is comming soon and take the hormone test . I have some pics of when I was 295 lbs I am gonna add to my profile and one is me of the back I need to take pic of me now wearing that dress and will post that soon I hope Was a real shocker how huge I let my self go in that pic was a pic of my back.
I hope in time I will learn to love my new look or I am gonna be a plastic surgery junkie ok off to the gym LOL
Lisa
I was known as the smart girl the nerd,swimmer or just ugly betty if u will and now my skin just hangs and I feel even uglier losing weight am I the only one going threw this??? OK I think because I am gonna turn 50 in january I feel like I let my youth slip away and let obesity take over and now that I am no longer obese I am left with this hanging skin. on this bony body I think I am angry at my self I took 25 years to deal with my morbid obesity and now I just look ugly with hanging skin I mean I got to go get labs done and look to see if menopause is comming soon and take the hormone test . I have some pics of when I was 295 lbs I am gonna add to my profile and one is me of the back I need to take pic of me now wearing that dress and will post that soon I hope Was a real shocker how huge I let my self go in that pic was a pic of my back.
I hope in time I will learn to love my new look or I am gonna be a plastic surgery junkie ok off to the gym LOL
Lisa
Lisa,
I feel the same way. I think I am more self conscious of my body now than I was 150 pounds ago. Now that I've lost the weight I think I look 20 years older. All of a sudden I have wrinkles around my mouth! I can't stand it,. I also have a turkey neck.although I can say in the last few months that seems to be tightening up a bit.Everything sags on me. And the batwings are horrendous. Being out in the dating world makes it very uncomfortable. When I lay down, my stomach is completely flat...however, all the flab has rolled down the side of my body. It's quite a sight. I plan on getting a tummy tuck but I can't afford it now. I also want to stabilize longer. I would love a face lift also, but I don't know if I have the nerve to endore all that pain. I can never wear a bething suit because my thighs look like a wrinkly old elephant. I guess I am just going to have to stay totally dressed for the rest of my life.
Shar
I feel the same way. I think I am more self conscious of my body now than I was 150 pounds ago. Now that I've lost the weight I think I look 20 years older. All of a sudden I have wrinkles around my mouth! I can't stand it,. I also have a turkey neck.although I can say in the last few months that seems to be tightening up a bit.Everything sags on me. And the batwings are horrendous. Being out in the dating world makes it very uncomfortable. When I lay down, my stomach is completely flat...however, all the flab has rolled down the side of my body. It's quite a sight. I plan on getting a tummy tuck but I can't afford it now. I also want to stabilize longer. I would love a face lift also, but I don't know if I have the nerve to endore all that pain. I can never wear a bething suit because my thighs look like a wrinkly old elephant. I guess I am just going to have to stay totally dressed for the rest of my life.
Shar
I know I just look so old with the turkey gobble going on I am just horrified when I am nekkid in the mirror and oh man what a sight
Shar the dating scene on top of all this?? I may find my self back in the dating scene if my marriage does not stabalize real soon. My hubby had RNY and he has no sagging skin anywhere even his tummy grrrrrrrrrrrr. My skin looks like a pug LOL
I am the same I am more self conscious now then when I was 111 pounds ago. what a sight
Have u been single all this time? Seems many marriages fail when WLS is involved.
I hope in time I will adjust to my new body but for now I have to live with I am healthy despite all the excess skin hanging around,
How can we use the guildelines for healthy weight when we have so much excess skin ? i got like 40 lbs of excess skin at least lol I guess i could be at goal with out even know it if I put the hanging skin factor in LOL
Shar the dating scene on top of all this?? I may find my self back in the dating scene if my marriage does not stabalize real soon. My hubby had RNY and he has no sagging skin anywhere even his tummy grrrrrrrrrrrr. My skin looks like a pug LOL
I am the same I am more self conscious now then when I was 111 pounds ago. what a sight
Have u been single all this time? Seems many marriages fail when WLS is involved.
I hope in time I will adjust to my new body but for now I have to live with I am healthy despite all the excess skin hanging around,
How can we use the guildelines for healthy weight when we have so much excess skin ? i got like 40 lbs of excess skin at least lol I guess i could be at goal with out even know it if I put the hanging skin factor in LOL
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