Is it normal....

to not be able to picture myself thin?  I keep wondering how things will change when I have this surgery and I just cannot picture myself being thin.  Is this normal?  lol Thanks!

most likely you will not see yourself as being thin when you do get thin ,most of us WLS people do not see ourself as losing anything, maybe only when you see yourself in the mirror will you only be able to see that you have lost. But we never see ourselves as losing anything we still think we are fat. I know I do.

Yes.  I still see a "fat girl" when I look in the mirror.  I guess it will take some time for my brain/eyes to catch up.

I am the same way. This lady at work calls me skinny and I laugh. I am not skinny. I am down 130 pounds but still able to see the fat girl!!

thanks ladies, at least I know that I'm normal....well as normal as I will be I guess!  lol   Isn't it weird though how the brain works to make us feel like this?

Our support group meeting next month is on "body image".  Should be interesting.  I think I was programmed differently.  I look in the mirror and think I'm thinner than I am.  LOL Anyway, to answer your question, yes... this is very normal.

HUGS, Christina