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Hello All,
Okay, so I have been stalking around OH for a few weeks now and finally decided to introduce myself. My name is Haley and I am 20 y/o. I started my journey back in February 2008. I FINALLY had surgery 6/30/2009 and have lost about 26lbs. Right after I got home from the hospital I thought I made a mistake and was emotional about EVERYTHING! I have struggled a lot recently because I haven't been feeling like myself. People are telling me that they can tell I have lost weight but I can't! My clothes aren't fitting any differently and its stating to bring me down. My family doesn't understand what I am going though and I feel all alone- Am I the only one? I look through the forum for encouragement on a daily basis and finally decided it's time to ask for myself. HELP!

Yeah I felt the same way. I lost 55lbs before surgery in my pre-op class. Then another 20 since surgery. My family said they noticed but they were lying to me hoping it would be encouraging. Well my dad came to visit me Monday and he really could tell. I don't know why but I can tell when people are genuine and full of **** My dad was genuine. I also want to say that I am wearing the same clothes today that I wore last year when I was 70lbs heavier. Today they finally fit nicely. The arms are not tight and I can button the tops but that just happened in the last couple weeks. When we are as big as we let ourselves get it's hard to notice 20-30 lbs. All I can say is you will notice soon. Also if you take pics of your face and compair them you will see it. Don't be discouraged. Your doing great!

hey wellcome! and congrats for ur surgery!!!!
girl i still feel fat!!!!!!!!!!!! i thought at this far out  (18 months) i woulda feel sooo skiny but i don´t we cannot fix  a life time of selfimage problems in a year and hella no in a few weeks so hang in there you will lose it!

i start feeling like myself after 4 months i was kinda unhappy with my surgery to be honest i thought i wasnt losing as much as i should and feeling like i did something terreble to my body but now i just love my RNY and i love being me and i would do it over and over again if id hade to. and i would love to be at the stage u are now and start all over and enjoy it and make better choises soooo enjoy!!! it wont happen again!

is gonna get way better in no time i promise
hang in there
hugs.

I still feel all alone at times. But in the end there is always this place. My husband had  RNY a year after I did and did fabulous. He lost all his weight and seems to maintain it with no problem. Yet I gained back 50 lbs... It was frustrating but support is sooo very important. I get most of my support from reading other posts. This site is a wonderful thing.  Your not alone and welcome to the losing side!!! 

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Tara

Welcome! 

I can definitely feel ya about the emotional days after surgery. I attributed mine to quitting smoking before my surgery, getting my period the day after I got home from the hospital and then having a hell of a time with finding any sort of drive to want to eat. Everything grossed me out! 

Keep your chin up, hon. Things will get better, you're not real far out and you're already doing great! It will get easier in some aspects, and eventually you will have your Wow moment! 

Hit us up if you need support ! 

Jenn

Thank you all for your courage and support! Congrats on all of your success and I will definitely keep updating