I guess this is what I may have to do...I am a mess right now both physically and mentally.  I will try this and pray that it works.  Thanks!!

 Hi,  I was feeling stuck, too.... I pulled out my folder from when I came back from the hospital after surgery and went back to the basics...  no drinking 30 mins before eating, 5 mins between bites, mostly protein to eat.... and I;ve started moving again.  Close your eyes, remember what you did in those first few months and how GREAT it felt to lose - and then commit yourself to the basics again.  This is what worked for me!

Rhonda

I am still in my journey to goal. I know that I have weight to lose. In comparison to where I was, I hear people tell me... OMG you look so good and so skinny. I laugh because I know I am not skinny, but rather just from where I was I am. I am not sure when I will feel skinny. I do beleive that we are our own worst critiques. There will always be someone that is skinnier than we are that may make us feel fat.

We all know the work it has taken to get this far! Yes, we are skinnier than we were fat.

I know that I have done pretty well for myself - Today is my surgiversary of 1 year and 5 months and I have lost 174 lbs. I am definately just about done losing and am only 12 lbs from my goal (although if I stay where I am I'm ok with that 'cause I am much healthier now then I was before but we all know that )

My question is - am I ever going to feel skinny? Does anyone else feel skinny?

I think a lot of it still has to do with the loose skin also 'cause it still looks like I have a gut (under a shirt) because I do - a gut of loose skin lol. And I'm very self conscious of the skin on my legs.

I am 5'4" and 162 lbs. I wear a medium dress, size 10 pants (although an 8 would fit my waist but not over my legs cause of the skin) and a medium-large shirt (depending on the cut). I definately feel better about myself but I just don't know if I'll ever look in the mirror and consider myself skinny.