Having second thoughts.....

 

I see you're still waiting for an answer...

Lucky LadyHeidi! Most of us aren't that beautiful if compared to a film star. I can honestly say I wasn't amazingly beautiful before I became obese -I was a normal, perfectly acceptable shape. So I didnt expect to be amazing now after ceasing to be obese.

But most of us love our new found health, our ability to be active and our general appearance.

OK so I have bat wings and flaps of skin. My husband doesn't mind them, no-one else sees them. 

I think the 90% figure for unhappy people is probably about 10 times too high!

I'm in my 40's and feel extremely confident in my lycra armor underneath my clothes.  Without the lycra, I don't feel I look much worse than the other 40-something women who birthed a pup or three.  I'd still love to have plastics to know what it feels like to look like Heidi (her results are amazing), and maybe one day I'll get to where I can pay cash for it.  If not, though, I'm content with who I am.

I don't hate my body. I have extra skin-so what? Before it was filled with fat. Now it is deflated. If you want, start a plastics fund now.

As Kate said, most of us weren't movie star beautiful before surgery.

Just saying I love my skin. It's not too saggy. I don't mind wearing a one piece swimsuit. Never wore a bikini even when I was thin and much younger. I look very good in clothes and I wear shorts and sleeveless tops. Sure, some of my skin sags but there are so many other benefits to WLS.

I'm down 115, maybe 20 or so to go. My tummy skin is a little puckered and lumpy in spots and yes I jiggle a bit. But that's OK! I don't hate myself! My body is beautiful just the way it is, especially now that I feel healthier, I can shop in the missy section, I don't get wheezy when I walk. No, I don't look like Jabba the Hut! I don't look like a supermodel either, but I'm totally OK with that because I still think I'm pretty, my husband agrees, and everyone I talk to says I look much better and healthier. 

So nope, no hate here, probably no plastics, and no bragging about how I supposedly look like a supermodel in a bikini every time I have the opportunity. 

^^^What Kitty said!  I'm down 125. My tummy is pretty wrinkly and will never be perfect (I'm not considering plastics until I decide if I am having children). It's about loving yourSELF.

I love that I FEEL amazing. I love that my CONFIDENCE is amazing. And I love that I feel good in my CLOTHES again. I love mySELF. Who cares what I look like naked? I'm not into putting pictures of myself in a bikini online for strangers to see, so as long as I can handle what I see in the mirror and recognize that any jiggly/wrinkly bits are a trade off for stamina/no more joint pain/I CAN SEE MY COLLAR BONES AGAIN, then I can live with that. 

As a nurse for 20 plus years I can tell you I have cared for some beautiful, unhealthy bodies that were dying......

I have cared for the morbidly obese that were dying.......

Its the person INSIDE the body that makes you beautiful........

the shell will die for all of us but a beautiful soul and presence lives forever with the people that love us.....

Live well in the body you have in whatever form that takes

Amen! I would much rather be pretty on the inside than have anybody fawn over how I look in a bikini :-)