I CAN'T BELIEVE IT--100 LBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Cece.  This is a club I hope to be in forever!

Wow, Karen -- that would bring a person to tears!  How wonderful for you.  Congratulations and enjoy your accomplishment.   Thank you also for always being so supportive to everyone on here.   Maria

thanks, Maria.   I hope your recuperation is going well...pretty soon, you'll be racking up those milestones.

Karen, That is GREAT!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!  I'm glad to hear that you're able to see yourself as a normal person and to feel good about yourself.  I always read how people still think of themselves as fat and wondered if that was a forever thing.   Dominique

It's funny, Dominique, when I'm clothes shopping.  I have a friend that I call  my personal shopper because she loves to shop and she's so happy to go with me to buy new clothes...when she picks something out, I say "I think that will be too small", and then it fits!   She always cracks up.  It's hard to remember to automatically  go for the smaller sizes...but I think it's more a matter of getting used to it, because I'm thrilled when I see it on me!  It doesn't have to be a forever thing--there are some things about myself I see in the mirror that don't thrill me if I chose to dwell on them, but I;ve worked too hard to sweat the small stuff. Thank you!  

I can't wait to go shopping and actually enjoy the process again.  Before I had children I loved to shop.  My body used to plateau at 148 pounds. I always thought I was so fat.  My girls are 20 and 17 and they weigh between 140-150 pounds. I look at them and think OMG I had the perfect shape and didn't even know it.  If I can get close I'll be so happy.

I SO know what you mean...When I look  back at pictures of the teenager I was, and remember that I thought I was fat, I could cry.  I wasn't fat.  You CAN get to your goal.  When I first saw the nut for my consult, she said to me, how much do you want to weigh?   I hadn't a clue!  she said what size would you like to be?  That was easier, so I said I'd settle for a 10 or a 12.  She said, no, without settling, what size would you like to be?  So I said 8, not really believing I'd see it.  As I got closer and closer to goal (I'm still 6 lbs. away) I started to believe it could really happen.       I think a lot of it for me was seeing others here reach and maintain their goals and also having a doctor's team that believes that we can reach 100% of our goals.  Sometimes others have to believe in us before we can believe in ourselves. 

Karen, Congratulations - what a huge milestone.  It is so exciting!

Mary

thanks, Mary.   I just checked out your blog & found a lot of helpful hints about my upcoming PS.  I'll have to remember to wear a tee-shirt under the binder.  The doc told me I'd only have to wear it for a week, then wear compression underwear--I bought a couple of pair on sale & treated myself to a pair of lipo-in-a-box.  Boy those things are tiny! 

Karen, When is your ps?  I put together a document with info on my lbl.  If you are interested in seeing it send me your email and I can send it to you. Mary