4 months 2 weeks down 70!!!!!!!!!
TODAY I HAVE LOST 70 POUNDS!!
my scale started to move very very very slowly this past 2 weeks. i was starting to panic. i had been working out on my excersice bike every other day for about the last 3 months, but when i started doing hand and leg weights.......................THE SCALE DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE. yes i know i was building muscle which has made me feel better. i have been really really workin' it, so it was kind of scary for the scale to move soooooooooooooooooooooooooo slllloooooowwww hahahhaa. for some people they loose big amounts so fast and then stop for awhile. for me i have always lost small, but steady pounds. i'm so proud of my weightloss and even more proud of my working out. i can really tell a difference in my muscle tone. and believe it or not...........my skin has begun to shrink! i didn't think that was going to happen at all. i know i will still need a TT when i get to goal and a inner thigh lift(my thighs were the biggest part of me pre-op. but i am almost certian that i won't need anything else done. the other day i was walking out of the grocery store and i happened to see my reflection in the big glass doors. i didnt' mean to look at myself on purpose, but i was so happy that i looked! hahaha i thought i looked pretty good in my jeans hahaha THEN a very very rude man decided to come into the store and the magic doors opened up and i couldn't stare at myself anymore........HOW RUDE HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAA on a more serious note...i have been having body image issues. i still see myself at 282 and not 208. if i decide to look in the mirror i only see 282, but if i catch a glance without intending to look at myself, i see 208....does this make sense?? i did have very bad body image growing up too. i'm kinda on the tall side and in high school i was 5'7 220 and i thought i was fat. i started growing boobs and getting curves in about the 5th or 6th grade and the other girls were still curveless.......i know i confused my body changes as being fat and i wasn't at all. all of my family is very SMO between 300-600 pounds and they are all under 5'5 tall. when i reached my top weight of 282 i thought that was how it was supposed to be. I AM SOOOOOOO GLAD I WAS WRONG!! does anyone else have these body image issues that they see themselves as they were pre-op? or am i just a nut??
(wait...don't answer that last question! haha)
my scale started to move very very very slowly this past 2 weeks. i was starting to panic. i had been working out on my excersice bike every other day for about the last 3 months, but when i started doing hand and leg weights.......................THE SCALE DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE. yes i know i was building muscle which has made me feel better. i have been really really workin' it, so it was kind of scary for the scale to move soooooooooooooooooooooooooo slllloooooowwww hahahhaa. for some people they loose big amounts so fast and then stop for awhile. for me i have always lost small, but steady pounds. i'm so proud of my weightloss and even more proud of my working out. i can really tell a difference in my muscle tone. and believe it or not...........my skin has begun to shrink! i didn't think that was going to happen at all. i know i will still need a TT when i get to goal and a inner thigh lift(my thighs were the biggest part of me pre-op. but i am almost certian that i won't need anything else done. the other day i was walking out of the grocery store and i happened to see my reflection in the big glass doors. i didnt' mean to look at myself on purpose, but i was so happy that i looked! hahaha i thought i looked pretty good in my jeans hahaha THEN a very very rude man decided to come into the store and the magic doors opened up and i couldn't stare at myself anymore........HOW RUDE HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAA on a more serious note...i have been having body image issues. i still see myself at 282 and not 208. if i decide to look in the mirror i only see 282, but if i catch a glance without intending to look at myself, i see 208....does this make sense?? i did have very bad body image growing up too. i'm kinda on the tall side and in high school i was 5'7 220 and i thought i was fat. i started growing boobs and getting curves in about the 5th or 6th grade and the other girls were still curveless.......i know i confused my body changes as being fat and i wasn't at all. all of my family is very SMO between 300-600 pounds and they are all under 5'5 tall. when i reached my top weight of 282 i thought that was how it was supposed to be. I AM SOOOOOOO GLAD I WAS WRONG!! does anyone else have these body image issues that they see themselves as they were pre-op? or am i just a nut??(wait...don't answer that last question! haha) 
Cj B.
on 1/14/04 4:43 am
on 1/14/04 4:43 am
Hiya Fran - First of all -- WOOOO HOOO - 70 lbs- Congratulations - Secondly - Slow and steady is great! You're right, you are building muscle, so it will be a give/take thing for a while. And your skin is shrinking!!!! WOW!!! How wonderful!! You never know, maybe you won't need ps? If you keep working out and it keeps tightening up....girl, look out!!!! 
Thirdly, what a wonderful feeling it must have been to see yourself in the reflection and like what you see!!
Finally, As far as body image...I've got a long, long road to go on that one. I have a lot of issues....lol
(I'm pleading the 5th on the nut comment....
)
((hugs)) 
Congratulations - Secondly - Slow and steady is great! You're right, you are building muscle, so it will be a give/take thing for a while. And your skin is shrinking!!!! WOW!!! How wonderful!! You never know, maybe you won't need ps? If you keep working out and it keeps tightening up....girl, look out!!!!
Thirdly, what a wonderful feeling it must have been to see yourself in the reflection and like what you see!!
Finally, As far as body image...I've got a long, long road to go on that one. I have a lot of issues....lol
(I'm pleading the 5th on the nut comment....)
((hugs)) 
Wowwwweeeeee! 70lbs
Great progress. You are right, from what I'm reading on others' profiles, slow is better as far as the skin issue. I know, I dream of being skinny in a few months after surgery but I think if I exercise vigorously and lose slowly it will ultimately be better for me. Either way, I AM READY. I am also so happy to hear every detail about all of the post-ops and their journeys. Thanks.
Fran...
I am so happy for you, hon! Wow! 70 lbs in four months! That is simply fantastic! 
As far as the body image goes...I haven't seen a self-reflection that I like yet (but I was laughing hysterically about the grocery doors!). People tell me that I look smaller but I, like you, don't 'see' it yet. I think maybe we need to research this and find out why? Will we always just see the fat girl if we're looking for the skinny girl? I don't want to!! 
Again, way to go on the loss!!!
(((Hugs)))
-Karen
As far as the body image goes...I haven't seen a self-reflection that I like yet (but I was laughing hysterically about the grocery doors!). People tell me that I look smaller but I, like you, don't 'see' it yet. I think maybe we need to research this and find out why? Will we always just see the fat girl if we're looking for the skinny girl? I don't want to!!
Again, way to go on the loss!!!
(((Hugs)))
-Karen 
Fran, congratulations, that is a terrific amount to lose!!! Did you EVER think that could happen in just 4 months? WOW. I agree with what the others said abotu slow and steady. IT is good for yoru skin, plus I have heard that people that were under 300lbs to start lose at a slightly slower pace - although I have not reasearched this. but that may contribute to why they end up looking like they never had a weight problem to begin with. I bet having so much more energy is great!
but that may contribute to why they end up looking like they never had a weight problem to begin with. I bet having so much more energy is great! 
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