body image then and now

have you noticed? back before surgery, it seemed that I really wasn't as big as I truly was...I mean, I knew I weighed 282 and that I wore 28's but somewhere or other in my mind's eye, I was just a 'little overweight'...maybe only a size 18, even though I had to buy 28's. NOW, I KNOW that I am a size 10, but it's like a still think I'm size 18...or that I'll wake up and be a size 18 tomorrow morning. And it's like before...people think that they see me, but that's not really ME they see... before they SAW a 28, but I 'knew' I was more like an 18. Now they SEE a size 10, but it seems like I 'know' I'm more like an 18. I know this sounds wacky...anyone having this confusion? Pam 282/142/145 below goal!!

I agree, I think I have a worse body image now than I did back then. I knew I was big before but never really visualized it. Now I feel like I am so fat. I almost feel like I am the same as before. Even looking at before and after pictures or putting on some of my own cloths hasn't helped. I am afraid that I will gain weight back before the "realization" comes. donna 281/165/143 by the way how tall are you? I am looking to be were you are in weight, but not sure if I will ever get below 160.

Wow once again I am so glad that I'm not the only one that feels this way! I am in size 10/12 and I feel as tho I'm in a 20 - 26's were 16's..how screwed up is that? I look in the mirror and I don't see a 165 lb person - I see a 225 (maybe) person - I KNOW I've lost all this weight but when ppl tell me how "thin" I am getting or how "great" I look I don't trust them - I think they are just tossing out random words to make me feel better...what is wrong with us? why can't we accept that maybe we do look good? maybe we are thin! I always say that my surgeon operated on my stomach and not my head but now I wish I could find someone to operate on my brain! ... you may think you sound wacky but I bet that most on this board would agree 100% with what you said....I was never fat, I was a little overweight...I will never be thin, I will always be a little overweight...sighhhhhhhhhhhhh Happy New Year! Linda 300/164 (20 lbs to personal goal!)

I feel the same way. I think it is the way we have thought all our life. I am a size 8/10 which is so hard to believe. I never in my life thought I would be wearing this size. I am averaging weight from 154-157 I get really nerves when I get to 159. then I look at myself and I see fat. I look in the mirror and can not believe it is me. I still think everyone is looking at what I eat and wondering why I am eating at all. If you would have told me two years ago that I would be wearing high heels without my knees hurting I wouldnt believe you. I think we need to get our heads were our bodies are. (if that is possible) I am happy but REALLY need to get rid of all this loose skin...............

This is such a real problem for me! I was wearing a size 32--are you kidding me--I knew I was big, but never realized how big. Now I am wearing a 12--really need a 10, but cannot fathom that number, so I cannot buy it, and I think I am still a bit on the big side. UNTIL I see pictures of myself. I have seen some of the Christmas pictures of myself, and I look sickly. But, in my head I still want to lose a couple more pounds. I want to lose another 3 pounds, and then I can say that I have lost 180 pounds. What in the world is wrong with me? Will the body issues ever end for me? It is as if my body image was damaged as a small obese child, and no matter what my body looks or feels like that old self body image is just damaged and will not ever allow me to see myself as a respectable size... Tracy 328 surgery 151 current 155 goal

I was in a STRETCH 30/32, and COULDn't fit in jeans..... now I wear a 14 and just cant believe it. My goal was to get to a size 16, like in high school 23 yrs ago... did that.... This operation like everyone said, was on the stomach, and not where it REALLY needed to be , on the BRAIN!!!!! I do want to lose at least 11 more lbs so I can be overweight, instead of obese... I never see me being NORMAL or THIN, although people constantly call my skinny, blowing away etc, no tummy.. HAVE THEY SEEN THE NUDES.. THE SKIN??? LOL!!!!!! Anyway...ttally ormal for us, I believe to have these feelings... Tanya 358/196/185 ALMOST TO GOAL!!!! 5'6"

Yea, i still feel fat, swear that I look obese and the reality of it is my pants are a size 3/4.. I swear that they changed the way the sized clothes