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I'm having a TT on August 25th, I'm super scared and I kind of feel like i'm "cheating". I know i can only share this with you guys (even though i've been MIA for a long time). I've lost 130 pounds, and i don't see me lossing anymore, I've maintained this weight for almost 2 years now, no matter what i've done to try and loose more, i just haven't. So, I went to a PS and he's going to do an a TT which is including my girlie parts (insurance pay) and then i'm going to get an inner thigh lift (I pay). (breast lift next year, hoping to get insurance to pay for it and saving up incase they don't)
I guess I'm just here looking for reasurance that i'm not the only one that didn't get down to a "normal" weight and that i'm not really cheating as i feel so many people are judging me as doing.
I guess I'm just here looking for reasurance that i'm not the only one that didn't get down to a "normal" weight and that i'm not really cheating as i feel so many people are judging me as doing.
Jenny - HW 350/ SW 325/CW 222
"I'm a pretty pretty princess, damnit!"
((HUGS))
You're not cheating!
At times it can be kind of annoying to go onto the Main Board where some lightweight has lost 100 pounds and is all excited because she fits in her high school prom dress.
Good for her, but definitely not my life.
I know I wasn't thrilled when my doc told me his goal weight was 208. Damn it, I went through life-altering surgery and I want the whole enchilada. If I can't inhale brownies anymore I want to be able to fit in clothes from any store, however inappropriate it might be for a 41-year-old to wear hoochie mama clothes.
My goal is still 149 because that will get me down into a normal BMI. But more and more I'm thinking it might not happen (a 1 1/2 month stall will get you thinking).
I think on this board, it's all about getting to be "more like normal." Being able to do things other people take for granted -- like surviving a day at an amusement park, fitting into a skinny booth at a restaurant, or not being serenaded by a bunch of teenage boys with moos -- are big things for us.
Some people, mostly through lots of hard work, or just sheer luck, will get down to a 25 BMI or less. A lot of people won't.
HOWEVER, wherever you do land, if you didn't before, you need to make sure you live your life fully.
If plastics are going to help you get there, then more power to you. I know I'll be joining you soon enough. I just don't see me being able to live life to it's fullest with a panni stretching to my knees.
I hope your surgery goes well and you recover quickly.
You're not cheating!
At times it can be kind of annoying to go onto the Main Board where some lightweight has lost 100 pounds and is all excited because she fits in her high school prom dress.
Good for her, but definitely not my life. I know I wasn't thrilled when my doc told me his goal weight was 208. Damn it, I went through life-altering surgery and I want the whole enchilada. If I can't inhale brownies anymore I want to be able to fit in clothes from any store, however inappropriate it might be for a 41-year-old to wear hoochie mama clothes.
My goal is still 149 because that will get me down into a normal BMI. But more and more I'm thinking it might not happen (a 1 1/2 month stall will get you thinking).
I think on this board, it's all about getting to be "more like normal." Being able to do things other people take for granted -- like surviving a day at an amusement park, fitting into a skinny booth at a restaurant, or not being serenaded by a bunch of teenage boys with moos -- are big things for us.
Some people, mostly through lots of hard work, or just sheer luck, will get down to a 25 BMI or less. A lot of people won't.
HOWEVER, wherever you do land, if you didn't before, you need to make sure you live your life fully.
If plastics are going to help you get there, then more power to you. I know I'll be joining you soon enough. I just don't see me being able to live life to it's fullest with a panni stretching to my knees.
I hope your surgery goes well and you recover quickly.
One food makes you larger, and one food makes you small...
Hey Jenny,
You are NOT cheating, if anything, you are doing your body a great deed! Not to mention the mental benefits, when the saggy skin is gone, you will move better, stand taller, and feel so great!!!
I am a teeny bit jealous, but in a good way -- if that makes sense! I actually saw a plastic surgeon back about 12 years ago. He was willing and happy to do a tummy tuck on me, but he was nice enough to tell me how much more could be done IF I lost a majority of my weight, first. There is only "so much" that can be accomplished when morbid obesity is involved.
Well, I have lost & gained, and am finally going to do RNY to keep me in the loss column. I look forward in a couple years to getting plastics done, as when skin is stretched like ours has been, it NEVER can go back to a normal elastic state.
HUGS! From a sweetly jealous "sister"!
Brenda : )~
You are NOT cheating, if anything, you are doing your body a great deed! Not to mention the mental benefits, when the saggy skin is gone, you will move better, stand taller, and feel so great!!!
I am a teeny bit jealous, but in a good way -- if that makes sense! I actually saw a plastic surgeon back about 12 years ago. He was willing and happy to do a tummy tuck on me, but he was nice enough to tell me how much more could be done IF I lost a majority of my weight, first. There is only "so much" that can be accomplished when morbid obesity is involved.
Well, I have lost & gained, and am finally going to do RNY to keep me in the loss column. I look forward in a couple years to getting plastics done, as when skin is stretched like ours has been, it NEVER can go back to a normal elastic state.
HUGS! From a sweetly jealous "sister"!
Brenda : )~
You are both so sweet! Thank you for your replies! I guess I feel like I'm cheating because my BMI isn't below 30, I didn't make to 150, after a year I stalled out at 215-220 for the last year and a half now, no matter what I do (and I have the all powerful/magical DS) . So I think he is taking 50% skin and 50% fat, but I've been stable for a long time now (which, I think, is because of the DS).
But even if I eat no carbs for months, I still stay the same, and the majority of the people on the DS board are soooo skinny and perfact that it makes me feel bad, so I stopped going there! Not really their fault or anything though!
But even if I eat no carbs for months, I still stay the same, and the majority of the people on the DS board are soooo skinny and perfact that it makes me feel bad, so I stopped going there! Not really their fault or anything though!
Jenny - HW 350/ SW 325/CW 222
"I'm a pretty pretty princess, damnit!"
So happy for you! I also had the TT and also the panni wacked off lol (med term there lol) and as you say the girlie parts to or as my six year old granddaughter says the roo roo lol,Then just in march had the twins (boobs) put back in the carseat where they belonged.. Insurance payed or would still be sitting here today with it... I was yr and half out when had the stomach and all done. Ive lost 250 all together and NEVER feel like you are cheating! You have worked for what you are getting done...I have pics on my profile of the plastics I had done on the stomach and all but none of the twins... Just didnt really think about it I guess lol... I am four and half yrs out now and would LOVE to have the thighs done but I know ins wont touch that.. So I sit here like a spiral smithfield ham for thighs and dont care...And arms that flap in the wind but thats ok.... To blessed to have had the other things done with ins...Congrats to you!
Hey Sweetie,
It doesn't matter that you did not make it below a 30 BMI, what is being considered is that your weight has been stable, and that you have loose skin -- and for that matter, the abdominals will need work (that's the tummy tuck - panniclectomy is the removal of the "fat apron" that hangs over the pubis).
Don't feel guilty, be proud of all the work you have done to get to where you are. Some of us may never be lean, it is just our set point. I have had two body compositions done - 18 years apart - and I have been told both times if all the fat & water was taken away (magically), I would STILL be over 200 pounds -- that is LEAN muscle mass & bone! When we lose weight, we do lose muscle, so I know that the magic will not happen, I will not retain all that lean muscle mass (waaa!).
Congratulations, Sweetie!!! You do DESERVE the plastics, you done good!!!!
HUGS!
Brenda : )~
It doesn't matter that you did not make it below a 30 BMI, what is being considered is that your weight has been stable, and that you have loose skin -- and for that matter, the abdominals will need work (that's the tummy tuck - panniclectomy is the removal of the "fat apron" that hangs over the pubis).
Don't feel guilty, be proud of all the work you have done to get to where you are. Some of us may never be lean, it is just our set point. I have had two body compositions done - 18 years apart - and I have been told both times if all the fat & water was taken away (magically), I would STILL be over 200 pounds -- that is LEAN muscle mass & bone! When we lose weight, we do lose muscle, so I know that the magic will not happen, I will not retain all that lean muscle mass (waaa!).
Congratulations, Sweetie!!! You do DESERVE the plastics, you done good!!!!
HUGS!
Brenda : )~
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