question for people who have never been thin before in their lives....until now

how did you handle the emotional aspect of becoming thin for the first time in your life?

Well, I'm not thin yet.  All I can say is that every day I revel in the fact that I can do things without pain.  That I am no longer ashamed of myself (which I would NOT have admitted six months ago). AND it bothers me that I thought I was SO fat when I was young, because compared to now, I was thin and didn't even know it.

Where are you in your journey?

Ive just begun...had surgery 2 weeks ago today...lost 41 lbs prior to surgery and only about 8 since.   going slow apparently lol

I am almost 20months out, have lost nearly 140 pounds and I've NEVER been thin in my life.  In my brain, I STILL am not thin!  (even at 119 lbs--my lowest---I didn't consider myself thin)  I have A LOT of work to do on my brain.  Some people have an easier time accepting the changes than others do.  Good luck to you!  You are early in your journey......it's not a race, so going slow is fine.

I have lost 101lbs and have never been thin in my life.  I still don't see myself as thin.  I hear it all the time and I know the sizes of clothes I wear now but in my mind I am still overweight.   I am amazed everytime I look at my before and after pics.  It just doesn't seem real. 

Hey there, believe me, I still dont' feel thin and granted I still have a ways to go, but being down 120 i"m still finding myself expecting to not fit in chairs, looking at clothes that are bigger than I need, and "thinking fat", i think it' just something we need to work on as we work on the weight too.
Good luck

I agree with every one else! I still have alot of weight to lose. I can give one example thats kind of funny. I have losts of clothes in my closet that i still cant fit into. every morrning i look in the closet to see what to wear for the day. two weeks past and i keep looking at this one par of pants that i really like but were to small for me. i just keep telling my self , every morrning, dont bother trying them on because the will not fit! I just keep looking at them and putting them back in the closet. I was brave today and said, to day is the day lets try them on and see! well to my shock they were way to BIG!!  the stupid pants that i was so eger to get into and wair, i will never be able use! oh well, i guess i just see my self bigger then i actually am now!!

too funny sara....i am doing the same thing.  i have a stack of jeans in my closet shelf with tags on them ranging in all different sizes and i still will NOT try them on.   i think its that we dont want to be disappointed, once again.   we are trying to save our souls from more pain of "not fitting" as usual.   ill be brave, like you, someday  =)