mind boggling

You gals are all doing so AWESOME!  It's amazing to me to see before and after pictures of people on here. (I've even wondered if some of them were "retouched", so to speak, bacause the change is so dramatic!)  Keep it up..you gals are awesome! 

you're doing great too. keep up the good work and you'll be on the losers bench soon!

Hi Lisa, My thought before surgery was I would be happy being a 14/16 and making a 12 would be a real bonus.  Well I can now wear 8's and 10's.  I actually have two pairs of pants that are 6's,must be good quality clothing, but to see that 6 on the tag does wonders for the soul.   So don't be suprised when you by pass the 12's for the smaller sizes. Take care

that would be sweet. still boggles my mind. i've never been that small. i thought i looked sickly at 130 and a size 10. that was in high school. i am so amazed with the potential results.

it is a wicked ride..i was in 20 also when i started and almost 8 months later I am  also in 6-8 pants. it does wonders for your mind to drop below your goal pant size, i was going to be happy with 14 but no longer..hehehehe . I still have problem with stomach area but it is slowly coming,, it is not extra skin yet it is all fat, which is good beause i know I can loose that in time.. I  still havent made my goal and many of you girls have gone by me, but if i dont lose another pound I am so happy with what I have accomplished..I go for my 9 month check up in april. Hope there scales read 160 if not oh well..I have been a life time fat and obese now I can have the rest of my life being happy and healthy..We cant get wrapped up with numbers on the scales it all about how your feel and how you feel about urself..I was told the other day I looked 20..they thought I was my friends daughter cause they havent seen me in awhile,,hehehe good for me bad for friend that is only 5 years old than me..but What a boast..I feel so good about my self If i never lose anything esle and just maintain,, Girls keep your chins up everything happens for a reason   dont always know the reason but good thing comes to those who wait, Waiting is the hardest,, but all worth it in the end,

A year ago I was wearing a range between a 22-24-26...If I were honest (even with myself) the 22's were WAY too tight...but dammit I was wearing them!  So, I thought then that if I ever could get to a 12 I would be happy with what I saw.  And in some ways happy does not even cover it, BUT...12 is still considered a bigger size when compared to the range of "normal" size clothes.  And I am happy but I don't feel like I am done yet.   I have gone from so big that boys at the store point and laugh "there's your girlfriend...hahaha!"  And now I am at "She's a little heavy, but not huge."  I want to be "She's just right..I wanna look like her!"  I truly think that is a size 8.  The one person I look at and envy at work is a 6-8, she is not tiny, she is just right.  And I think maybe I could get close to there, maybe an 8-10 instead of a solid 12. Even my view of perfect has changed though.  People who looked small to me are now bigger than me.  People who I thought I would never get near that size I am now the same size as. I think obesity changes how we see oureslves and our potential, the longer we are big, the harder it is to imagine ourselves small, but as the pounds fall off we change what we see, and what we believe we are capable of.  That may be the best gift the surgery has given me: I can now see my potential for what it is, I am not stuck behind my fat anymore. :) Sheli

Great post, Sheli. Full of wisdom for the journey we are all on!. Thank you.

I still find it amazing that I really am small.  I'm still at that awful stage, even almost a year out, that I don't see it in the mirror even though the tag says it.  I've gone from a tight fitting 26/28 to where I am now and it's so hard for my mind to see.  When I do get a glimps of it...WOW I don't recognize myself.   I wish you all this much success with your journey.  It's not easy but OH SO F**** WORTH IT (sorry for the *). I love being healthy! to Dr. Loggins