Thanks to all for pictures
Thank all of you for posting "after" pictures. I am so critical of my body and by looking at everyone else I realize that I'm being too picky. I really have great results but when I look at myself in the mirror I think maybe I should lose more weight or whatever!! I don't think I would ever be completely satisfied with the way my middle (front and back) looks but I know it honestly looks great!! It's just my nit-picky mind that says "there's a little bulge there" or "why does that stick out?" I am really working on not thinking about my body as important. It works, it's no longer fat and flabby and I'm so fortunate to have had RNY and a TT that I should just STOP. I think everyone must feel this somewhat or else there would be no plastic surgeons in business.
Anyway - thanks for those with the courage to post pictures. I sure appreciate them.
Lana
Anyway - thanks for those with the courage to post pictures. I sure appreciate them.
Lana
Adamsamah, Lana
"WLS is about making better choices, a healthier lifestyle and seeing how little you can eat. Portion control is the key to all weight loss surgeries. Bottom line - it isn't how much you can eat - it is how little you can eat."
Aloha AA-
I think we are all hypercritical of how we look---we are so used to avoiding mirrors and photos at all. I wouldn't let ANYONE take photos of me for decades, it's amazing I have any befores to look at. And when I look in the mirror, I still see a 330 lb woman- when my plasrtic surgeon called me "tiny", I snorted out loud and looked at him in disbelief- when he said it again, I burst out in tears.
All I have to do now when I get critical about my appearance is look at my befores- I am stunned at what modern medicine has miraculously allowed me to do, both the sleeve for reducing and maintaining my weight, and the plastics for getting rid of my poochy belly. It truly is a miracle to me and I am SO grateful for the do-over.
Pat yourself on the back, slip on a pair of Before pants, and gaze in wonder at your Before pictures...then hug your grandkids, who will get to enjoy their amah for ALOT longer because you had the courage to jump in and change your life! Congratulations to you- who cares about a bulge after all that??!!!
XOXOLori
I think we are all hypercritical of how we look---we are so used to avoiding mirrors and photos at all. I wouldn't let ANYONE take photos of me for decades, it's amazing I have any befores to look at. And when I look in the mirror, I still see a 330 lb woman- when my plasrtic surgeon called me "tiny", I snorted out loud and looked at him in disbelief- when he said it again, I burst out in tears.
All I have to do now when I get critical about my appearance is look at my befores- I am stunned at what modern medicine has miraculously allowed me to do, both the sleeve for reducing and maintaining my weight, and the plastics for getting rid of my poochy belly. It truly is a miracle to me and I am SO grateful for the do-over.
Pat yourself on the back, slip on a pair of Before pants, and gaze in wonder at your Before pictures...then hug your grandkids, who will get to enjoy their amah for ALOT longer because you had the courage to jump in and change your life! Congratulations to you- who cares about a bulge after all that??!!!
XOXOLori
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