Do you ever stop seeing yourself as fat?
I have not lost 75 pounds and I do feel really great. But I still see the fat me. I have 75 more pounds to go, so I know I'm still very much overweight, but when, if ever, do you stop seeing the fat you.
Age: 35 | Height: 5'9 | Surgery Date: 08/17/15 | Starting Weight: 307 | Surgery Weight: 279 | Goal Weight:150 | Current Weight: 212 | WL so far: 95 lbs
i have lost 58.6 pounds since i started my pre op on 8/24/15. i am 4 weeks post surgery and i still see myself as fat. frnkly, bc, well i am still fat. im still 366 pounds and wearing a size 32 jeans and a 4x shirt. even after losing 58.6 pounds. im just now able to tell that i am losing. and thats bc i take selfies and can see it in my face thats it.
HEIGHT 5'6" HW: 422.7 CW: 267.8 SURGERY DATE: 10/15/15 GW:160-170 VSG IN TIJUANA MEXICO WITH DR. JAIME PONCE DE LEON- REVISION TO RNY WITH DR. J. STEPHEN SCOTT, KS. 10/16/18
My NP said that it takes about 18months for our minds to catch up with our bodies. I think that's about what it took me to see myself as normal sized rather than fat. Give it time. It'll happen.
Carol
Surgery May 1, 2013. Starting Weight 385, Surgery Weight 333, Current Weight 160. At GOAL!
Weight loss Pre-op 1-20 2-17 3-15 Post-op 1-20 2-18 3-15 4-14 5-16 6-11 7-12 8-8
9-11 10-7 11-7 12-7 13-8 14-6 15-3 16-7 17-3 18-3
I could barely see a difference at it down. And no much change in clothes size. Then suddenly I could tell, and others started noticing. I held the same shape, just a smaller version until about a 100 pounds. Now I don't feel fat. Not skinny, but not fat either. You will get there. Not sure what your number Willie when you start to look drastically different, but it is coming!
Surgeon: Chengelis Surgery on 12/19/2011 A little less carb eating compared to my weight loss phase loose sleever here!
1Mo: -21 2Mo: -16 3Mo: -12 4MO - 13 5MO: -11 6MO: -10 7MO: -10.3 8MO: -6 Goal in 8 months 4 days!! 6' 2'' EWL 103% Starting size 28 or 4x (tight) now size 12 or large, shoe size 12 w to 10.5 150+ pounds lost
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I have stopped seeing myself as fat, but it's like I've substituted with other insults. Like "ugh omg my batwings are nasty...or my breasts are gross." I'm working on just accepting myself but it's hard when you've hated yourself for as long as I did.
Lanie; Age: 43; Surgery Date (VSG): 8/12/14 w/complications resulting in RNY next day;
Height: 5' 6" SW: 249 Comfort Zone: 135-140 CW: 138 (10/13/17)
M1: -25 lbs M2: -12 M3: -13 M4: -7 M5: -11 M6: -10 M7: -7 M8: -7 M9: -3 M10: -8 M11: -4 M12: -4
5K PR - 24:15 (4/23/16) First 10K - 53:30 (10/18/15)
Awe. Hang in there Lanie!! I can relate. I had to have plastics to feel better mentally. I fixed the parts I hated the most and now accept the parts I did not get fixed (that still need fixing).
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
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