Having a hard time "imagining" myself as slender...but I surely want it.

I've been considerably overweight my entire adult life. I hit the 200# mark as a junior in HS and have NEVER weighed less than that since. Well, I'm now nearly 6 months post-op (down almost 75#) and will hopefully break that 200# mark within the next few months. I realize that I'm going to be the "same" person then as I am now, (there's just going to be a lot LESS of me) and that's ok. My surgeon has set my weight goal at 137#. I can "imagine" myself weighing less than 200#, but imagining my life weighing 137# is WAY too hard to visualize. Even now, I know I'm healthier and I look a whole lot better than I did pre-op at 288#, but I don't (mentally) "feel" skinnier. Am I simply guarding my heart because of my past failures, in denial, or am I just plain crazy? Has anyone else had this "problem"?

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