Does anyone feel this way ever?

Hey everyone! I had my surgery on june 7th and so far i have lost 82lbs which is excellent and i am excied but when i look in the mirror at my self i dont feel that i have lost 82lbs. I just dont look like i have lost so much weight. does anyone else ever feel this way? When i step on the scale i fear that it is going to say over 300lbs again. I know that i have lost weight i mean its obvious my clothes dont fit me anymore. i went from a size 24 to a size 18. I am so happy about it but i guess im just having one of thoes moments. maybe i just need a little pick me up or something. thanks for listening. Good luck. Brittany

Brittany, I had my surgery on June 1st and I also feel this way. My total loss including what I lost the weeks before surgery is 83lbs. I am slowly seeing it in the mirror but still worry that the scale is going to show me over 200 as it has for years. Or that i am going to start to gain it back as i have so many times. Since finding this June surgery section i am slowly beginning to feel that what i am going through is normal. I still have a hard time as seeing it as a great loss until i look at my son who weighs what i have lost. Then it sinks in that i have lost a lot of weight. So yea i am right there with ya. Berta

I know exactly how you feel. I've lost 68 pounds and went from a 22/24 to a size 16. If it's cut big, I can wear some 14 pants. I weigh 182 and started at 250. I have been as high as 288, and probably more but stopped weighing myself at that point. Part of my problem is that I remember just how FAST I went from this weight to 250 or more....many times. I feel like it's just looming over my head and it's gonna just come right back like it always has. I guess it's FEAR. Afraid to get too excited and then let down again. Afraid this will fail too. People are always coming up to me now and telling me how great I look....how I look like a different person.....you look soooooo good.... Every time someone does this, I find myself speechless. I just don't get where it's coming from. I don't see whatever it is they are seeing....so they must just be giving me nice'nice. When I go shopping for new clothes, I'm excited that I can shop on the other side of the store now BUT when I get in that dressing room I get depressed again. I see the same big, dimply, looks ridiculous, fatty that I always was. I don't know how to fix that. I'm not entirely sure it will ever go away, for me at least. I've gained my weight back so many times. A friend of mine says I need to have my pictures taken and look at my own before and after pictures. Maybe she's right. I still suffer from camera shyness but maybe I'll give it a shot. Congratulations on losing 82 pounds! You really are doing GREAT! Pam

BRITTANY....i had surgery JUNE 1 and am down a large amount of weight. I dont see it either in the mirror have said so many times. BUT i had someone put a before shot and a now side by side and there i see it. THE pics are in my profile...I would suggest you do the same and you will see the difference. I dont in the mirror and i know its cause im also wearing alot of the same clothes just big now. I guess we need a few form fitting correct size things to help out more! GOOD LUCK congratulations on a great weight loss lisa 310/214/???

I know EXACTLY how you feel. I try to explain it to people by telling them that I really didn't see the weight coming any more than I see it leaving. When I didn't like what I saw in the mirror, I bought clothes that were more loose, and quit looking in the mirror. That's why I worked so hard to stay out of pictures, too. In my head, I'm still 16 and tiny. Now that other people are commenting on my loss, I don't respond well, because I don't really see that either. But I am so much more comfortable in this body. (Down 61 lbs., by the way.) I also think that part of it is that the surgery and loss are no longer the primary focus of my day. I'm definitely back at work, kids in school, activities, etc., that I'm bored with the whole thing, and everyone still is commenting on it. I like to know I'm still losing, but there are much more important things going on. I'm more worried now about getting the right nutrition to stay healthy and keep up with my life! Anyway, keep your chin up! You've got another WOW moment just around the corner. Share with us when it comes! Kristie

You are not alone. I have lost a total of 71 lbs and my close are all too big but I still look in the mirror and see fat. I am also depress because my scale has not moved from 205 in over 2 weeks, and I am exercising and eating what am suppose to. I even tried to up my water. I am so close to wonderland and cant seem to get there. Andrea

I was just thinking the same thing earlier today. People seem to be making such a fuss over my weight loss and ask me how it feels - - and when I say something like "it feels the same" or "I feel okay" - - I guess they are wanting me to say it feels like I have loss the weight of a couple small kids and I can run, rip, and hop so much better now without that extra 85 pounds on me (since my 6/13/05 WLS) -- but really -- I guess I never realized how much I weighed or how big I was because - - when I look into the mirror, I see ME. It doesn't look different to me...but when I look at the pre-photo I have posted here - - it does not look like the ME is see in the mirror now and it's hard to remember the me in that pre-op photo. I guess I have always kept so busy and unfocused on my weight - - it does not seem that I've truly lost that much...although all of my size 30/32, 26/28, etc. have now been replaced with size 16/18's (okay - -some size 20's but I can already tell that they are big and will have to go to someone else soon). PS: I've only lost 5 lbs since 9/26/05....but - - it's still heading in the right direction (slowly but surly). 'Hang in there. You're not alone.

Hello Brittany, We have the same surgery date, and have lost the exact same amount of weight. I too dont see the weight loss when I look in the mirror. The only differnce I see between you and I is the fact that you have gone down in clothing size, while I can still wear the same clothing. Yeah the shirts are a litte bigger, but the shorts, pants, skirts, all fit around this fat stomach. Which has lost inches, that I can tell by my stomach isnt hitting the car steering wheel anymore, but yet in still the pants still fit, and the smaller sizes wont. So, maybe that can help you with being a little happier to know that at least you have gone down in sizes. Good luck and God Bless.

Oh my gosh thats too funny..you said that the only difference is that your shirts are smaller well im still wearing the same shirts. I mean they fit better but i have always had large boobs. and they just wont seem to lose weight..lol..thanks for all the advice Brittany

Hey Love, I totally can relate. I have lost 70lbs so far. At times people say......wow, your skinny and I think, yea right, how huge was I????. Lol, in reality- I know that I am smaller. I can finnally wear a size 20- I find myself still pondering through larger sizes- @ times I feel small and then at others- I feel as though I should do more. Keep your head up...... you are on the down side........ We are on the road to a healthier life!! RC