I just took my "before" pictures....

UGGGHHHH!  I know I'll be glad I took them, but right now, they are just making me depressed!  I'm not posting those suckers until I have some much better-looking ones to post along side them! LOL!  Now...just to keep from deleting them!

((((Lisa)))),

If you put my face or anyone else's face on that photo I doubt that you would be nearly as harsh or judgemental and I doubt that it would make you want to vomit. We are all so very hard on ourselves aren't we? You are a truly beautiful woman; inside and out. Remember that you are working hard now to make the changes necessary to change your own life and your consequently your daughter's life for the better.

I don't know if I have shared this with you, but I have to say that I'm incredibly pleased that I have resolved the health issues that were plauging me, but beyond that, the thing I'm most pleased about is the positive impact that this journey has had on my daughter. She went from being a 'chunky/chubby' teen wearing a size 13/14 down to wearing a 4/6 like her mom. We went to NYC to see her surgeon for a follow up appointment last week and she indulged just a bit too much, but she's not freaking out about it or letting it slide ... She's aware and making a few 'adjustments' to take off the extra couple of lbs. You are not only giving yourself an incredible gift, but you are giving your dear daughter one that will last her a lifetime.

One of the other things I found was that Sarah never truly perceived me to be as 'big' as I was. When she looks at before photos, she's actually amazed. She knew that I was heavy, but didn't see me as being BIG. It's good for both of us to see me as I was and helps me some with reconsiling where I am now.

Congratulations, my friend! I'm looking forward to your metamorphosis.

Barb

Lisa,

I think by your avitar that you're pretty already, but I understand where you're coming from.  I didn't add mine for a while either.  I hope you're having a good weekend!!!

(((hugs)))

Girl you are already sooo pretty!!! If you want to see YUCK go look at my before photos.. yep I slapped them up and will NEVER take them down and I took photos along the journey and now look back and say EWWW I really looked like that? Dont you dare delete those!! if you want to look at yucky go look at my before photos LOL

hugs,
Darcie

Lisa....you are beautiful!  We all felt the same way as you otherwise, we wouldn't have done the WLS.   You will be happy you took those pics.   I was gonna get rid of all my trousers but also kept one pair of those.   My prayers are with you.....please let us know how your surgery goes.   Remember if you have any questions or just need someone to talk to..give me a call.

Take care and God Bless,

Pam

You will be glad you took them.  But I know how hard it was to do that.  I took before photos too and the disc they were on somehow got damaged and I wasn't able to retreive them.  I am SO disappointed because my surgeon also forgot to take before pics of me.  And of course I RARELY allowed anyone to photograph me "before".  Now it doesn't bother me at all!  Amazing!

All the best to you tomorrow.  I will be thinking of you and praying for a smooth surgery and recovery.

Awww...thanks guys!  You are all so sweet!  I guess I should have mentioned that I was wearing a size 16 bikini, so I can wear the same thing each month when I take pics!  Now, can you see why I wanted to?   On the up side, I DID get my rear into it, after all!  Hopefully next year this time it will be falling off!
and that avatar pic was taken last Thanksgiving, from an extremely good angle!

OK...only 12 hours and 40 minutes till my surgery!  My sweet surgeon called to check on me tonight!  I think that's wonderful of him to do. He said I could take a Xanax tonight....guess I sounded wound up, eh?  LOL!

OK....probably my last post.....see ya on the loser's bench!