Personality Changes/Updated Pictures

I had surgery 12/2004 and have lost 91lbs since surgery. I just got back from the best vacation ever. I didn't make the best food decisions, and I basically didn't eat so I could drink at night. It was very odd for me, because I was getting all this attention from guys and I wasn't used to it. I had fun each night and I didn't want it to end. Has anyone else felt like their personality has changed after losing weight? My family tells me I have changed but I don't see it. I was having fun and I felt like I was making up for lost time. I have updated pictures on my profile.

I know my personality has changed. I am more confident then I have ever been. The few compliments I ever used to get, I didn't know how to handle. Now, I smile and accept and thank. I love it! I don't have pictures to post yet. Hubby & I bought a disposable camera before the surgery and took pictures in the same location day before the surgery and the first of every month after. This way I will have the whole spectrum on one roll. I have gone from a size 28 to a 16. My clothing makes a statement at work that exudes confidence and professionalism. What is even better is the cute shoes I can now wear! A good shoe wardrobe can make most women happy! Congrats on your success!

Isabel, your new pictures reflect the beautiful new you. Of course we are going to change inside and out. I am age 57 and I have been a fat adult for my entire adult and older teen years. I applaud your decision to take back your life from MO and be NORMAL now as a youthful adult. No waiting around for your decision, I am thankful that this surgery is now available and that you are finally living your life. Yes you are changed, we were all once so invisible as morbidly obese people, both men and women. Now you are not the prisoner you had been for so long. You are getting out there and living, doing the things that a young beautiful women should be doing. You have grabbed the gold ring on this Carousel of life and everyone should be happy for you. Now if you used to not go out, did not flirt, did not dress nice, kept to yourself, did not dance, did not date, settled for "whatever", did not wear makeup, were not Provocative, sassy, fun, outgoing and now you are, of course your family and friends are going to comment on the new Isabel. Be good to Isabel, but be very careful.......you are learning new things, feeling new ways and embracing life. It can and is a cruel and difficult world out there. Be protective of Isabel and take small steps with caution into the new world. Be very careful drinking. I can no longer enjoy my margarites as before, they go to my pouch and I get pretty high very fast. I don't like not being in control of me (of course I had never done a good job with controlling my eating but did very well with other aspects of my life). Be aware, enjoy, but be careful. Let your family know that this is the new improved, life loving Isabel,still the same only refined and emerging into the person you want to be. Good luck from Mamma Monica

Isabel, You look great! But you looked great before too. I think my personality changed a little bit. I think I am just more confident about how I look. No one has told me that I seem like I have changed, but I feel like I have. I always felt attractive before the surgery and I really hate it now when people tell me that I look so much better. That makes me feel like I looked like S*** before . The weight was such a distraction for me. I am a pretty social person and events would be such a big deal because I would always have to have an outfit. I would crash diet so that I would look like I lost weight. OR, I would buy clothes too small thinking that I would lose weight before the event. So now, from 10 years of yo yo dieting I have a closet full of clothes all sizes from 8-24. Now theres no distraction. My inside and my outside are in sync and my heads on straight. good luck to you! Your a very beautiful woman. ps I have made a lot of poor choices since this surgery too. Sometimes, I need to set myself straight to get back on track!