How do you feel?

OK, I will be 3 months out Friday, I have lost 55 pounds, Have went from a size 22/24 in clothes to a comfortable 16, (can squeze into size 14 jeans, but the extra skin rolls over the top..lol not pretty). ANYWAYS.. on to my question.. how do you all feel about yourself? Can you see the weight loss when you look at yourself in the mirror? Do you feel lighter? I don't. WHen I look in the mirror, I still see the 260 pounds I was. I still feel like I weigh the same. I CAN see a difference in my monthly pictures, but in my head, emotionally I don't see it or feel it. Is this just me? People comment all the time at work and stuff how great I look, and how much I have lost, but I just dont feel it.. Cathy 260-205-160

Cathy, I don't know what it is, but I am the same. We do not see ourselves everyday like others see us, and we have gotten so use to being so big that it is hard to see ourselves any other way. I do feel better, and I can move easier, and I get compliments all the time at work and out socially, but I am still amazed when I pick up my size 16/18 that they will fit what I still feel is my 26/28 body. I have to look at pictures of myself to believe that I have lost that much weight. My high weight was 306, before surgery I was 275 I am now 208. I feel better, but I still feel fat also. But I have to keep working on it. I have been over 200 lbs for over 35 years, so I will excuse myself if it take me a few more months to accept this change, as long as I keep loosing. Keep up the good work, and don't give up it will come with time. Mary L

I have been having a really hard time with this.....i see myself as a fat cow.....i look in the mirror and i still see the same fat cow... I have a loving husband that says you look great. I can feel your hip bones when i hug you. I can wear a size 16 was in a 24,have lost 51lbs....but why do i feel this way. Well my doc said that i may always see myself as a that fat person.....he even says i look great......no matter who i see or who gives me compliments i brush them right off........i just wish my head would catch up with my body!!!!!!!!!! thanks what a great post!!! vickie r.

It's not just you. We were discussing this very topic in our support group over the weekend. Though some of us have lost a tremendous amount of weight - it does not register. Studies show that it takes about 2 years for our heads to catch up to our eyes, so to speak. I feel the same way. I have lost about 56 pounds but when I look in the mirror I am horrified because I do not look any different to myself. My husband tries to encourage me but it is really hard because I'm not feeling different about myself yet. I'm just trying to hang in there and not get depressed. Good luck to you Shannon 279/224/140

i feel with my fingers 276/215/135 kim

Ark, ark, ark .... Funny!

Cathy: I threw all the fat mirrors away ...and I said to myself now you have new skinny mirrors... .....it is a mindset...it takes time...I go by my clothes...and let me tell you from an XXL to a a large and going into a Med. top not to far...it is a great feeling...the heck with the mirrors that will catch up with you soon...you are doing great...we are all doing great...don't forget it is just about 3 months for us...give us another 9 months...and we will see it...it took years to get where we where...it will take about a year to take it off...October people we can do this and do it right..., , the weight loss surgery ...we are the best.... Dennis

Ok, you'll probably laugh but I must be one of the few people who sees myself thinner, but I think that's because I was always in denial and thought that I was a lot thinner than I really was so now I'm catching up to the image I had of myself... I think I avoided looking in the mirror and looking at pictures of myself and now I love doing that! At my highest weight (8 years ago), I was 422, so to be 278 now to me is almost like being "normal". I have pictures of myself at 422 and they aren't perty! So I feel like I've come a long way and I spend a lot of time focusing on that and picturing myself down the road and I like what I see! Work on the visualization of yourself, it will help tremendously!! Vi

I feel the same way. I don't see a weightloss when I look into the mirror but I can tell it when I put on clothes. Hopefully I will have a better perception of myself in the near future. I will say I went to a funeral last weekend and my relatives were commenting on how well I looked and that made me feel great. So..............in due time I suppose.....in due time. Keke 368-299-175

OMG! You got into the "2-land"!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! That's a cause for CELEBRATION!!! HUGS, Vi