Crazy Victory - Can't Comprehend!
Wow, you are really kicking it there! Congrats!!!
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 think I have "forgotten" for the most part now what it felt like to be at a BMI of 44. Not all parts- I can still relate to clothes fitting tightly and such, but I am talking about what it felt to move around that heavy. I remember being very Ok with spending way too much time as a couch potatoe, but the aches and pains and such of obesity are a distant memory already. A little scary actually- I have to remind myself to not let my weight creep back up given it was originally a slow slide for me. When you gain 5 pounds here and there, your loss of mobility happens gradually and you don't really realize how crappy you feel as a result. The rapid weight loss was a total eye opener in that regard of the stark difference.
I am also now completely used to looking relatively trim in clothes. It has been a long time since I worried about something making me look like I was wearing a tent or giving me the shoulders of a linebacker.
So in all- I would have to say I am adjusted to the point that my current weight feels very normal for me and no longer a novelty. Now just to keep it there!
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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Congrats! For me, I think it took around 4 years to totally grasp it and get used to the new me. At almost 8 years out, this is my new normal.
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
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
Hurray for you!!! This is fantastic news, very happy for you 
As for grasping the reality, it will take a looooooong time. For me it continues to be a process and I'm three years post-op.
Tracy 5'3" HW: 235 SW: 218 CW: 132 M1: -22 M2: -13 M3: -12 M4: -9 M5: -8 M6: -10 M7: -4
Goal reached in 7 months and 1 week!
Lower Body Lift w/Dr. Barnthouse 7-8-15
