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Hi Nicole!
Welcome to this board! It sounds like you are doing well. I totally agree abou the counseling. I am starting to get flirted with at work and it's confusing. It's attention I'm not used to and am uncomfortable with. And I think that if thay saw me w/o my clothes, they'd flee in horror.
Patty
Welcome to this board! It sounds like you are doing well. I totally agree abou the counseling. I am starting to get flirted with at work and it's confusing. It's attention I'm not used to and am uncomfortable with. And I think that if thay saw me w/o my clothes, they'd flee in horror.
Patty
Lady, without my clothes on I look like a melted candle. My breasts went from DD's to B minus! My belly pooch is considerable. I have excess midriff skin, and my butt and thighs also droop, not to mention the batwings on my arms. But you know what??
I am the healthiest I have ever been, and I love my body! :) I fit into a size 6 a few weeks ago. Wow! I started at a size 26. I was embarrassed to get out there and run because I was self-conscious of my jiggling extra skin, but I finally just said "F--- it! I'm doing what I want!" and I haven't regretted it.
It took me a couple of years to truly be able to see what is really there in the mirror. Body dysmorphic disorder is very common with people who have an eating disorder, and that's what compulsive overeating is. Eventually, you will see what's really there and be able to rejoice in your healthier body and all the things you can do now that you are free of the weight.
I am the healthiest I have ever been, and I love my body! :) I fit into a size 6 a few weeks ago. Wow! I started at a size 26. I was embarrassed to get out there and run because I was self-conscious of my jiggling extra skin, but I finally just said "F--- it! I'm doing what I want!" and I haven't regretted it.
It took me a couple of years to truly be able to see what is really there in the mirror. Body dysmorphic disorder is very common with people who have an eating disorder, and that's what compulsive overeating is. Eventually, you will see what's really there and be able to rejoice in your healthier body and all the things you can do now that you are free of the weight.
"Fall down 7 times--STAND UP 8!"
*sniff sniff* oh I just love you girls!!!! i can identify with so much of what you're saying. I have lost so much weight and i'm still quite plump lol and i just think...wow...if i have lost all that weight how fat was i really? i was definitely in denial about how big i was. i still have a long way to go but i'm more than half way there!
i look like a melted candle too...i can't wait to have some ps done. one of the dr's is going to remove part of the skin around my stomach now because there is so much it is cumbersome...well so he said...but carrying around 222lb less, nothing seems as cumbersome as that! i'm just glad to be able to move around and feel so much better than i have in a long time. When i would watch the shows that talk to people who had wls and they were complaining about their bodies, i thought oh i'm never going to be like that, i'll just be grateful to have the surgery...and now i sound just like them. it's like you want your body to reflect how great you are feeling.
i guess it will all fall into place eventually, but for now, i'm just celebrating the small victories, they feel fabulous!
oh and thanks for asking about the nsv, i was wondering what that was too! lol
i look like a melted candle too...i can't wait to have some ps done. one of the dr's is going to remove part of the skin around my stomach now because there is so much it is cumbersome...well so he said...but carrying around 222lb less, nothing seems as cumbersome as that! i'm just glad to be able to move around and feel so much better than i have in a long time. When i would watch the shows that talk to people who had wls and they were complaining about their bodies, i thought oh i'm never going to be like that, i'll just be grateful to have the surgery...and now i sound just like them. it's like you want your body to reflect how great you are feeling.
i guess it will all fall into place eventually, but for now, i'm just celebrating the small victories, they feel fabulous!
oh and thanks for asking about the nsv, i was wondering what that was too! lol
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