Do you still feel fat?

O.k. I know this is a funny question but, WHY do I still feel FAT?? I know I'm not anymore, but why do I still feel this way? I work at a local college in a dorm and yesterday I was at a campus picnic and saw 2 students that I hadn't seen since last year. they walked by me like I was a stranger. when I said who I was they were taken aback and was like WHOA I didn't recognize you. I don't feel any different from my former fatty self. I got a new license last week and the difference is so noticeable. but, in my head I see the same old person. Does this happen to anyone else or am I just crazy. either way I still am glad I had this surgery. would do it again in a heartbeat! Almost 11 months everyone. can you believe it Mary 268/260/155/145?? someday

Mary, I still feel fat. Everyone says I look good but I don't feel that way. I am still in 18-20 pants and well I know its a lot different then 32 pants but its still on the big side in my opinion. I think alot of it comes from thinking I should be a twiggy at a size 4. I don't think my body is geared to it but just can't accept that I can't be that. Its weird huh. Maybe one day all this mental stuff will change for me. You are doing really well. Keep up the good work. Debbie

But I know what I can do now , that I had trouble doing be for . Saturday I just went on a six mile hike and it was very hilly I loved it. I did good. GOD IS GOOD!!! Kim RNY June 2-2004 as of May 2,2005 I will be 11 months out . -110 284/174

To day is my 11th month aniver..and i still fat as well,I am told that people feel that way for awhile,it still dont make scence to me..I have not lost as fast as i did,I wish that had not stoped.{smile}but hang in thair you are not alone. 337/211/?

That is very normal. I remember when my coworker had lost so much weight after WLS and she told me she felt just as fat as she was before, and I'd say "you're crazy!"... well, there are days when I feel I haven't lost one pound... it's weird... but then I see pictures of me, and I'm like "WOW! I HAVE lost some serious weight!" On Friday, I saw two people who hadn't seen me for a long time. The looks on their faces were priceless... so, yes, some days I feel like I'm still 280 pounds... but I don't worry too much, 'cause I know it's all in my head, and part of the whole process, I reckon! ;) Angie http://www.geocities.com/tiger_angie 280/183/140

Hi Mary, my surgery date buddy- Yes, I feel the same way. Some days I feel the 80 lbs I have lost and others I still feel FAT!!! As in size 20 FAT!! It all depends.... My doctor calls it "body desmorphic disorder" (sp?) It's a real medical disorder where we can't see how we look, realistically. Anorexic's have the same problem. I call it just thinking like the same old fat person, we once were. It just takes time for our brains to catch up with our eyes I guess! Anyway, I don't do it every day, just when I'm a little depressed or down that day. (Just like I used to!) By the way, you look awesome! Keep up the good work! Lyn 245/165/145

I still feel fat. My students everyday comment on the weight I have lost and how BIG I was. Its funny becasue I tell them I will always be a fat girl. A comment was made about a "happy ending" which a man may get after a massage *wink *wink * and all I could think about was a Friendly's Happy Ending Sundae. I know that I will always have fat thoughts. I will always think I am fat no matter what the mirror shows or the scale says. I look at myslef in the mirror too much to make sure that I look okay and I grab at extra flabs of skin and pull and tug and wonder what I would look like without the extra skin. I dirve my boyfriend crazy, but he is getting used to it. I bought the book "FAT GIRL" just because I kknew I would be able to identify with the author. Don't feel that you are alone in feeling fat. I was fat my entire life and I will always be fat. I think that will be the hardest for people who didn't know me before surgery. I make jokes about here come the fat girls to the buffe****ch out and I realize that most other people don't consider me fat and would take offense at me saying that now. It is very hard. I am sure some day we might just get used to being thin.

Yes I still feel fat! Probably because of the way my weight loss is distributed -- my face has thinned considerably, but I still have this fatty spare tire thing going on with my tummy that's making clothing fit poorly. If I could get this panni removed I think I could fit into clothing 4 sizes smaller! I just reached my 10-month mark five days ago. Hard to believe it's been ten months already, huh?! -BJ the sharpei 300/181/150-60???

I've got to say , we all are doing awesome!! We just gotta work on the head thing I guess!! Looking at the pictures on the responses we are all hotties!!! So let's just keep up the great work and worry about the head thing later!! right??!! Mary

Somedays I literally have to stand in front of the mirror and say to myself, "you're wearing a size 4 pants and that's a tiny size, so get over it. You're not fat." I think we still see the same old problems we had before. People tell me how great I look and I say to myself, "yes but my thighs are still too big." But I carried the bulk of the weight in my thighs. Now grant it I have lost 13 inches on each thigh, last time I measured, and I know I would not be wearing a size 4 pants if I was still fat, but yes somedays I still see the fat me. I guess I know I look good and different, but I don't think I'm "tiny." And people keep telling me how "tiny" I am, and that the wind is gonna blow me away. But reality hit me today when I weighed myself and realized I'm 134 pounds now.....in less than 11 months I've lost 142 pounds! Wow!!! Amazing. I've lost more than I weigh. Suddenly I realized that I'm only a few pounds away from my goal of 130 and I know this is gonna happen.....I will reach goal.....in fact I've decided I'd like to weigh somewhere in the 120's and plan to keep losing. With the great tool of this surgery and the effort we put into it....by making the right food choices and how much we exercise.....we can make our bodies into anything we choose to. I guess someday our images of ourselves will change. Good Luck, Terry Coles 276/134/4 more pounds to reach goal of 130