I am 9 wks out and a slow looser as well..

okay i have read alot of the posts about the slow loosers so I had to post too.. July 22nd was surgery and dang it I have only lost 38lbs but my docs says that is great and really by his scales i have lost 44lbs so you know.. anyways I have lost a total of 47 inches all over my body.. so that is like kinda a wow for me.. I have lost almost 10 inches in my waist.. Although i can sorta see a difference when i look in the mirror there is days i dont' see a thing.. ppl around me is like wow i can't believe 38 lbs are doing that for u..lol thing is um inches too.. but I am not sure if I will ever see a smaller person.. Yes, by clothes I will you know, but when I look in the mirror I just see me... that is all. but I think that we all are near the same amount of lbs so it must be normal for us to be going so slow.. ecspecially those they consider lightweights... that would be me as well. So, we need to keep our heads up and just keep thinking okay it will come off lol. that is what I do.. and I prefer to loose a lil slower not turtle slow but you know hopping along kinda slow lol. in order not to have loose skin.. I am hoping to tone up as I go... anyways just wanted to post.. WE WILL MAKE IT JULY BOARD>>>>>> and next July we will look back on this and laugh.. thinking was we crazy or what... Ramona

Hi Ramona, Your weight loss is good. I can't say anything better you didn't say yourself: Take it slow and you probably won't have a lot of excess skin and if you exercise a little you can tone yourself up and won't have to have any surgery to remove excess skin. I think your doing great. Stop comparing yourself with others. We are all different and lose at out own pace. Hey, as long as your losing and not gaining you should be happy!!!OK? Cheri

Ramona - very well stated. And, speaking of just "seeing me" in the mirror... have you taken any pictures and looked at the difference? That's the first time I saw it - and now I'm in front of one every chance I can get! LOL When I saw my before and after pictures - well, I was finally experiencing all the shock everyone else was expressing to me. LOL It feels good - and I don't care if it sounds conceited or not! HUGS Kimberly

Well, I am sorta backwards. I see it in the mirror, but then when I take a picture, I see the same ole fat me. I took some pics yesterday, and then decided not to send them in b/c they depressed me. Oh well, I know it will come. Another thing, I am in a size 22 pants still. I was in a 24, but see all of yall going down so many sizes! I DO know it is b/c I am big on the bottom area and small on the top. Just venting. lol