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09-18-2008, 09:03 AM
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| | Cub Reporter
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: illinois
Posts: 52
Weight Statistics jan 28 2008 Surgery Date:
4' 11"
Height:
222 lb Start Weight:
114 lb Current Weight:
120 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-6 lb Lb Left to Lose:
48.6486486486 % % Lost:
1 year Goal Date:
Body Mass Index44.8336684861 BMI Start:
23.022694628 BMI Current:
24.2344153979 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Everyone tells me how great I look but they don't see me naked. My body looks like an empty bag. I can't wear sleaveless shits or shorts above the knee. I love the weight loss but my skin is still hanging no matter how much I exercise.
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09-18-2008, 10:00 AM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 5,236
Weight Statistics I've lost/gained my whole life!!! Start Date:
Aug 1, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
154 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
126 lb Weight Loss:
4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.5692041522 BMI Start:
23.4130622837 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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some skin has less elasticity and will never go back, no matter how much you exercise....I wear shorts...and sleeveless shirts...I don't care who sees what? I do wish I could fix it now, but financially, it's not doable....
Remember your health and how much better off you are, regardless of the excess skin....I have contemplated having no additional surgery at all....it's a personal choice....but we each know what we can live with....
Take care of you and be proud of your weight loss...you have done yourself proud!
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09-18-2008, 10:09 AM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SouthWest
Posts: 707
Weight Statistics Jan 2007 Start Date:
non op Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
267 lb Start Weight:
157 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
110 lb Weight Loss:
-23 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.1985018727 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index43.0902203857 BMI Start:
25.3376951331 BMI Current:
29.0495867769 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodWeight Watchers
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Originally Posted by rinehart  Everyone tells me how great I look but they don't see me naked. My body looks like an empty bag. I can't wear sleaveless shits or shorts above the knee. I love the weight loss but my skin is still hanging no matter how much I exercise. | Are your expectations reasonable? We all want to look like the models in the magazines but those are 18-20 years old and airbrushed! No one loses weight for looks. The looks thing is nice. But it's for health and the way you feel. When you walk around, doesn't it feel so much better to be lighter? etc etc.
Since everyone is saying you are looking good, that should say to you that YOU ARE LOOKING good. How many people really look good naked without an airbrush job? If everyone did, models wouldn't be paid big bucks. We do walk around in clothing.
I lost a bunch of weight too and even though I lost it slowly, I still have hanging skin all over. But you know, I DO wear sleeveless shirts because that's me and if folks expect me to look like a model, they need to get real.
Be proud of yourself and your accomplishments! Remember - as Dr Terry Simpson, (WLS SURGEON) says "Success in WLS is 10 percent the surgery and 90 percent the patient!"
So claim your success! You deserve it and I bet you look a WHOLE LOT better than you THINK you look. 
__________________ Sue ---There are no shortcuts to a place worth going. (Beverly Sills) ---
http://obesitysurgery-info.com
Nothing tastes as good as thin feels! 
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09-18-2008, 12:33 PM
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| | Newbie
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 4
Weight Statistics 6/12/07 Start Date:
6/12/07 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
378 lb Start Weight:
225 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
153 lb Weight Loss:
65 lb Lb Left to Lose:
40.4761904762 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index59.1967030519 BMI Start:
35.236132769 BMI Current:
25.0568055246 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I understand what you are feeling. I had my surgery done in June 2007 and I'm down 150lbs. Everyone says I look "wonderful" but when I stand naked in front of a mirror I see the saging skin and rolls. I have to remind myself that I am SO MUCH BETTER than where I was! I can do things I forgot where such fun. I am much more social and I FEEL BETTER! We have to give our bodies time to tone up and when we realize the skin is at it's best we need to decide if we want to have it removed or just live with it. Whatever you decide don't forget it's your choice. You are a beautiful person before the surgery, during the recovery, and will be long afterward and it is only you who you must please. Don't care what others think ... life is too precious and short to worry!
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09-18-2008, 01:34 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: May 2007 Location: minnesota
Posts: 5,595
Weight Statistics july 21, 2007 Start Date:
august 17, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
339 lb Start Weight:
177 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
162 lb Weight Loss:
17 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.7876106195 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index54.7100550964 BMI Start:
28.5654269972 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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sorry you are feeling down about this, i really wish i could afford a TT, that is my only bad area!!
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09-18-2008, 01:59 PM
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| | Big Loser
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hopatcong, NJ
Posts: 147
Weight Statistics 01/14/2008 Start Date:
01/14/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 1"
Height:
336 lb Start Weight:
176 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
160 lb Weight Loss:
36 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.619047619 % % Lost:
01/14/2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index63.4797097554 BMI Start:
33.2512765386 BMI Current:
26.4498790648 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I feel the same way you do, I think we should lobby the insurance commision to make the plastic surgery a component of the wls. It is very unhealthy to have this excess hanging skin, it isn't just a "cosmetic thing", it is a health issue, they ok'd the wls they should pay for the next stage which is the cosmetics. It take time for things to become covered by insurance companies as a standard and I feel it is about time this is covered. Look how long it took them to cover reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy, not to compare the two, this is just an example. Well now I'm rambling, but I feel really strongly about this...
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09-18-2008, 05:01 PM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Big Spring, Tx
Posts: 18
Weight Statistics 2/14/2007 Start Date:
02/14/2007 Surgery Date:
6' 1"
Height:
377 lb Start Weight:
235 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
142 lb Weight Loss:
55 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.6657824934 % % Lost:
12/25/2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index49.7337211484 BMI Start:
31.0011259148 BMI Current:
23.7455432539 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hi my name is Joyce Scott. And I know how you feel about your body. I had my gastric bypass surgery done last year on Feb 14th of 2007. And I lost over 160lbs and now I have all this extra skin and I can't wear short and I have to wear short sleevs shirt, because of the hot weather in west-texas, But hopfully someday I can afford to get my excess skin tooken off. But I will never regret the surgery, I went from a diebetic type 1 to not taking alot of med's. And now I can buy clothes in wal-mart without have to buy the men's 3XL clothes. But keep up the good work girl!
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09-18-2008, 05:18 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
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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i call it melted candle syndrome  i have it too. just remember how much worse off you would be healthwise if the "empty bag" was still full. 
i have to put a positive spin on it. though i never expected to come out of this looking like a super model, i still feel i look a hell of alot better and FEEL 1000 times better.
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09-18-2008, 09:19 PM
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#9 (permalink)
| | WLS Guru
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Northern California
Posts: 375
Weight Statistics 5/30/08 Start Date:
07/08/08 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
235 lb Start Weight:
147 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
88 lb Weight Loss:
-3 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.4468085106 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index40.3332519531 BMI Start:
25.2297363281 BMI Current:
25.7446289062 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I still have plenty of fat at a little over 2 months out and am looking foward to the hanging skin (at least it means the fat is gone, right?).
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09-18-2008, 11:11 PM
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| | Super Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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The skin recovers very very slowly. Granted, it will not go back to *perfect fit* but, around a year out or less, is probably when the extra skin issue it at the worst. Past the 2 year mark, you may likely see some sort of difference, even if it's far from perfect. Give your body time, after all, Rome was not built in a day.
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