Thanks to you too! Its so strange how that all works, isnt it? I am needing a smaller size in clothes too.

Way to go--that is so awesome!! I, too, was stuck for 3 or 4 weeks, but I knew I was loosing inches, since I had to buy new clothes in a smaller size.

Hi although I am sorry You have had the same feeling I have, I am glad to know i am not the only one. I think I remember someone the other day calling it body dismorphia. I must have a bad case of it. Maybe I shouldn't have so many expectations of myself and just be me. I know I have done well I love life I just can't see me I guess that is kinda scary. LOL Thanks for taking the time to post, Shell

Friends are Friends No matter what if ya need friend i am here i am very proud of myself i have lost 155 lbs in 9 months

HI! Shell! Read your message and I wish to give you my views and opinion from an outside who is looking in! Who cares if you have loose skin and to hell with anyone who states or make comments! I've been overweight all my life, from 310lbs to 159lbs, size 10/12 at 9 months out. At 51 years of age I now have a healthier life! From the picture of you I see you are a beautiful person . If people make comments about your looks, they are just jealous of what you have achieved. Your life is a blessed one, you've achieved the impossible, you have a beautiful family, husband & healthy kids! What more could you ask for! At 9 mts out and I still can't believe how small I am and how much weight I have lost (157lbs). I too have loose skin but I don't worry about it. I have my health back. See what the cost would be for a tummy tuck and arm lift. Check & see if you can find a plastic surgeon who will let you make payments. See if your insurance company will cover some of the surgery expecially if you have skin irriations because of the loose skin. See if you can do a home loan to cover the cost. Won't know unless you try! What do you have to loose! You need to start putting your mind on the positives in your life and drop the negatives you've been feeling. I'm not saying you are wrong to have these feelings you been having, we all including me battle the depression monster. Only you can make you happy so why not start today! Take a pad and mark down all the negatives in your life and match them up with the positives and I bet you will see that its not as bad at you think! I believe you should love yourself first and if no one else can to hell with them because I am here for a reason and I am special. God loved you so much as to put you here on this earth, had you have 2 children and a love in your life as well as helped you achieve your one true dreams to be thin. Only people like us know what it is like to be overweight and we are the only ones who understand each other. So my friend, you have made many changes in your life and change is a good thing. So, its time for you to go out and decide what's out there to make you happy again! Life is too short to not enjoy every moment! Life is grand and its to be enjoyed every day. Don't worry about yesterday, its now history; tomorrow is yet to be and today is the present a gift to enjoy! Hope you don't take my message in a wrong way; I know you have it in you to seek out and find your dreams. From this wls member who wishes you the best in everything, riches in life & love and true happiness. Seek and you shall find, ask and you shall receive and believe that it will all come true and it will. You have to claim it and believe it will come true! I have faith in you!