Is this normal? Or am I in denial?

I am having a really hard time processing the fact that I am going to weigh less in the next few months and years.  I know that I am having the surgery and logically I know that I will be losing weight, but when I think about this coming spring/summer I totally don't even think about the weight loss and then it will hit me like "OH!  I will be thinner then!  Wow!"  Is this strange that I am not grasping the fact that I will be thinner??  I have never been even close to normal weight so it is tough to remember! 

PERFECTLY NORMAL. I AM ALMOST 7 MONTHS OUT AND STILL LOOK IN THE MIROR AND SEE THE SAME PERSON AS BEFORE IT IS A LOT OF ADJUSTING. I KNOW I LOOK DIFFERENT BECAUSE CLOTHES THAT I USE TO WEAR ARE FALLING OFF ME AND PEOPLE TELL ME HOW DIFFERENT I LOOK. ITS ALL MENTAL AND THAT TAKES SOME GETTING USE TO . I CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT I WILL LOOK LIKE COME SUMMER.  YOU WILL BE FINE AND HERE ALONG WITH SUPPORT GROUPS ARE A WONDERFUL THING AND DOES HELP. GOOD LUCK  VICKI

i havent even been approved for surgery yet but i feel the same way. like at halloween my kids were like just think mom next year you can bee anything you want cause you will have lost alot of weight and i just couldnt seem to grasp it. hopefully this feeling changes post op as you start to lose.

Maddie,

I know this is going to sound insane but I've had the surgery and I still think that.  I was driving down the driveway yesterday and was thinking about how scared I am to have the surgery.  Then I thought, "You big dummy!  You've already had it!"  I know it sounds rediculous but I really did think it.  I don't think it will become "real" until I lose enough to notice it.

Hang in there.  Your time is coming! Still crazy as a loon, Jacqui