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11-19-2009, 12:02 PM
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Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ft. Lewis, WA
Posts: 204
Weight Statistics 06/01/2009 Start Date:
07/07/2009 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
231 lb Start Weight:
136 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
95 lb Weight Loss:
6 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.1255411255 % % Lost:
07/07/2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index39.6467285156 BMI Start:
23.341796875 BMI Current:
22.3120117188 BMI Goal:
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Ok, I had my WLS a little over 4 months ago. I have went from a size 22 to a 12. I still, for the most part, feel the same. Yes, I feel better physically. Yes, I can tell I have lost weight when I look at pics. But, I still feel fat. I still see myself as fat. How long does the brain take to catch up? Even when I look at pictures, I ask myself, "How in the hell are you fitting into a size 12 when you are still so big?" I seriously feel like someone has played a trick on me and put size 12 on all the jeans when they are really 16.
I know some other people have felt this way too. How long did it take to get past this?
Here are before and afters.
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11-19-2009, 12:09 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY
Posts: 10,174
Weight Statistics 4/19/2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
260 lb Start Weight:
152 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-13 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.5384615385 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index38.3910943079 BMI Start:
22.4440243646 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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well...im coming up on 2 1/2 yrs and theres still a lag for me. i dunno if theres anything that can be done to help speed up the head process. it is, at times, as if someone is playing a cruel joke. lol.
you look great and have done a wonderful job!
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11-19-2009, 12:11 PM
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Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ft. Lewis, WA
Posts: 204
Weight Statistics 06/01/2009 Start Date:
07/07/2009 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
231 lb Start Weight:
136 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
95 lb Weight Loss:
6 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.1255411255 % % Lost:
07/07/2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index39.6467285156 BMI Start:
23.341796875 BMI Current:
22.3120117188 BMI Goal:
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Oh, and that last one is my son by the way. Lol...I didn't lose weight and then go find myself a nice young man.
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11-19-2009, 12:31 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Floyd County Virginia
Posts: 9,445
Weight Statistics September 19th 2007 Start Date:
September 19th 2007 June 18,2012 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
363 lb Start Weight:
226 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
137 lb Weight Loss:
56 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.741046832 % % Lost:
When I get there again Goal Date:
Body Mass Index52.0793877551 BMI Start:
32.4240816327 BMI Current:
24.3897959184 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Well alot or everyone has delt with this. Honestly until I walked up to a door without thinking and seen a reflection of my self in that door and seen HELL that is me? Then it broke. Got a old set of clothes still left you were wearing when you had surgery....... try them on...... it will do it. Take care and enjoy this honey. Your the same at heart but your body is smaller let your self be that smaller person.
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11-19-2009, 12:58 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Big Sky Country~Montana
Posts: 873
Weight Statistics Sept 2008 Start Date:
Oct 13, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
450 lb Start Weight:
306 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
144 lb Weight Loss:
126 lb Lb Left to Lose:
32 % % Lost:
in late 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index70.472265538 BMI Start:
47.9211405658 BMI Current:
28.1889062152 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Well you look young enough to be his SISTER!!!!! heh heh heh
C O N G R A T S on your weight loss success is really great!
I am having the same mind issue too, I have lost so much weight and the sizes have changed dramatically, but ........
the brain is just not there with it at all. Very very weird!
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11-19-2009, 02:39 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North
Posts: 2,180
Weight Statistics August 20, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' "
Height:
210 lb Start Weight:
102 lb Current Weight:
110 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
51.4285714286 % % Lost:
August 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.0083333333 BMI Start:
19.9183333333 BMI Current:
21.4805555556 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Lookin' good lady! Those darned mind games are a pain.
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11-19-2009, 02:56 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 2,952
Weight Statistics 4/30/2007 Start Date:
9/5/07 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
233 lb Start Weight:
127 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
106 lb Weight Loss:
2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.4935622318 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index39.9899902344 BMI Start:
21.7971191406 BMI Current:
21.4538574219 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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It took me almost 2 years to finally be able to look at clothes and say "That's my size" or "That's too big". I do a lot of shopping at Goodwill and they used to clump all the sizes together and I would constantly pull out the size 12s when I'm in a size 4. My mind couldn't see it until just recently. So now I can at least pick out my size, but I still don't totally get how small I am.
I'm still not seeing it when I look in the mirror or at a picture. I see that I'm smaller, but not that much! I've tried putting on my old clothes (size 24 jeans and 2XL shirt) and it still doesn't sink in. I notice that I can squeeze behind someone's chair without having them scoot in, and I know how small the space is and I know I can get through it, but I don't feel it. I don't know how to explain it.
I can look in the mirror and see all the bones and muscle definition and still think I'm fat. Boy do I understand anorexia now, good thing I like food. LOL
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11-19-2009, 02:57 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Dakota
Posts: 3,521
Weight Statistics June 11,2007, lost 36 Lb. before surgery Start Date:
September 10, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
373 lb Start Weight:
205 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
168 lb Weight Loss:
25 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.0402144772 % % Lost:
2 years Goal Date:
Body Mass Index62.0636686391 BMI Start:
34.1100591716 BMI Current:
29.950295858 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I think most of us are like that, we just do not see what other people see. My family always said I look wonderful but I knew I lost alot of weight and looked much better than before but just did not see myself like my family and friends saw me. My turning point was the tummy tuck. I was so focused on my big stomach and how I hated it and I just felt so big with that big tummy. Now that i have had the tummy tuck I see myself much thinner and it has realy caught up with me now. When I look in the mirror, I see a much thinner lady in the mirror now. I never dreamed that i would ever get into a size 14 slacks, that is so huge for me for where I was before gastric bypass. If I have to sit at 205 pounds, that is fine, becasue it is a far cry from 373 when I started my journey and my heaviest was 384 a year before my journey. The way I look now is a dream come true.
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11-19-2009, 03:00 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Dakota
Posts: 3,521
Weight Statistics June 11,2007, lost 36 Lb. before surgery Start Date:
September 10, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
373 lb Start Weight:
205 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
168 lb Weight Loss:
25 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.0402144772 % % Lost:
2 years Goal Date:
Body Mass Index62.0636686391 BMI Start:
34.1100591716 BMI Current:
29.950295858 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I forgot to mention that you are very beautiful lady and a huge difference in the before and after pictures. You have a handsome son. You have done a great job with your weight loss and enjoy the smaller size.
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11-19-2009, 03:02 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: North Dakota..ya sure, u betcha!
Posts: 1,738
Weight Statistics Which time? Start Date:
July 24, 2009 Surgery Date:
4' 11"
Height:
213 lb Start Weight:
108 lb Current Weight:
120 lb Goal Weight:
105 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
49.2957746479 % % Lost:
Whenever.... Goal Date:
Body Mass Index43.0160873312 BMI Start:
21.8109738581 BMI Current:
24.2344153979 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I went to the thrift store because I needed pants that fit and just couldn't seem to drag myself out of the plus sizes.....nothing else looked BIG enough to fit my butt.
...but when I tried pants on, I ended up with a 12. In my mind, my butt is still a 20+
I still avoid cameras....DH asked me if we were gonna take a Christmas photo this year and I said NO as ususal.
Not sure when my mind will realize the body is smaller. I still look/feel fat in my mind as well.
salli lou
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