Guest guest Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 , I am still amazed. Yet, when I see pictures of my old self - I think " who was that girl? " It is almost like having 2 selves. But everyday I am still amazed. I look in the mirror and think - " Wow! you are still thin! " For the longest time I did a " bone check " every morning - just to make sure I hadn't dreamt I was thin - or gained it all back in my sleep! One of the absolutely most amazing things is that I am not counting calories or points or measuring my food or drinking some nasty shake to stay this way - it is just so - and I praise God for it everyday - what a gift! hugs, cindy lee switched 3-14-2002 down 120 lbs > > I was just wondering if when you lose all of your weight, do you > still think that its amazing that your just living, walking around, > being skinny? Or does it " get old " and its like you've been skinny > forever and its no big deal and you dont think about it alot? > : C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 > > I was just wondering if when you lose all of your weight, do you > still think that its amazing that your just living, walking around, > being skinny? Or does it " get old " and its like you've been skinny > forever and its no big deal and you dont think about it alot? > : C. **************** although ive been thin before, i thought i would be fat the rest of my life. i still have a few pounds more to lose to put me at a BMI of 25, but last time i weighed this, i was in a size 14. im in a size 10 now so yes- i am thankful. i was in a size 9 in high school and weighed 130 back then. i am so thankful and yes sometimes i still look in the mirror and say " WOW!! do these pants really fit? " but a lot of times i look in the mirror and still see a fat person. depends on the day ya know?? im a gemini!! i have 2 personalities........lol vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 > > I was just wondering if when you lose all of your weight, do you > still think that its amazing that your just living, walking around, > being skinny? Or does it " get old " and its like you've been skinny > forever and its no big deal and you dont think about it alot? > : C. Okay, this is one for me! lol I think about it often because I feel so natural, it is as though I was never obese. I spent about fifteen years obese. Before that I was normal, fat, then normal, etc. Now I feel as though I have never been fat. And yet, I am SO very appreciative of being where I am now. In fact, I think I probably look very happy and glowing. If I had never been fat, I would not feel this way. I would just " be " . Marta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 > > I was just wondering if when you lose all of your weight, do you > still think that its amazing that your just living, walking around, > being skinny? Or does it " get old " and its like you've been skinny > forever and its no big deal and you dont think about it alot? > : C. Okay, this is one for me! lol I think about it often because I feel so natural, it is as though I was never obese. I spent about fifteen years obese. Before that I was normal, fat, then normal, etc. Now I feel as though I have never been fat. And yet, I am SO very appreciative of being where I am now. In fact, I think I probably look very happy and glowing. If I had never been fat, I would not feel this way. I would just " be " . Marta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 In Feb. I'll be 4 years post op. And just today I caught a glimps of myself in the mirror and was startled for just a micro second wondering who that thin person was. I'm still pretty amazed on a daily basis. I often think, wow I wouldn't still be standing/walking/working/playing in the old days. When I curl up sideways in the recliner I'm still amazed how I fit and there is room to spare. A part of my brain has disconnected from the old fat self. I feel like I've come " home " to the body I belong in. But I don't think there has been a day pass that I haven't been amazed at being thinner. I like keeping the appreciation...it's joyful. Hugs Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 Im so jealous!!! : C. > > > > I was just wondering if when you lose all of your weight, do you > > still think that its amazing that your just living, walking around, > > being skinny? Or does it " get old " and its like you've been skinny > > forever and its no big deal and you dont think about it alot? > > : C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 In a message dated 12/13/2004 7:44:17 P.M. Central Standard Time, dreaming2bthin24@... writes: Or does it " get old " and its like you've been skinny forever and its no big deal and you dont think about it alot? : C. ________________________ , I wondered the same. Although I'm not 'skinny " I wonder if a few years from now I will feel the same wonder at how big booths seem suddenly at some eating places. Or how small my pants seem to me. I feel where my pannie was and although I'm not flat and still healing, I'm amazed at how my belly feels. Does the wonder wear off? Mel http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 , For a while I walked around amazed. Now, 4 years later I don't exactly take it for granted. Yet, I don't think about it all the time. There are just times that I look at myself and say " wow " . Maybe I am getting ready for work or a party. Maybe I am trying on clothes in a store. Maybe I get an unexpected smile from a stranger. It just reminds me that I am different. The different started on the outside and worked its way in. Not that I didn't know that deep down I was a beautiful, deserving person before,.... but now I see that other people who don't necessarily know me see me that way too. I see myself as beautiful, not just inside but outside too. It really takes me aback sometimes. So the physical change is wonderful, but I think that there is a spiritual change that occurs also. I love myself more now. I didn't dislike myself before, but now I am in awe of myself sometimes. Ok....rambling now....... My point was just that this is a life changing tool. I have experienced a complete life enhancement because of it. Best of all, I have made some wonderful friends that I have on this list that have gone through some of the same changes with me and can relate, compare, understand and encourage. Thanks all! in WA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 > > I was just wondering if when you lose all of your weight, do you > still think that its amazing that your just living, walking around, > being skinny? Or does it " get old " and its like you've been skinny > forever and its no big deal and you dont think about it alot? > : C. Hi , I dont know, as I never got skinny. I am much smaller than I was before, but skinny is still not an appropriate word for me.....especially when some on here are throwing away their " fat " clothes, and it is the size that I am, (and thankful to be this size.) I dont think that we ever really see ourselves as we truly are. I still see the 335 lb woman I use to be in my minds eye, when I look in the mirror. I know in my head that this isnt possible, but in my heart I am still struggling. I can do numerous wonderful things that I could never do before- and it is incredible. I am still amazed when I can sit in a theater seat, or a restaurant seat, especially one with arms. I look at my sweetheart and smile when we sit in a booth and it needs to be slid closer to me instead of the other way. But no, it doesnt get old. Not for this extremely grateful child. I pray that it never grows old. smiles, Sharon in Onyx 12-20-01 335 lbs 12-20-04 188 lbs......and I am sticking to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 In a message dated 12/14/2004 9:59:05 P.M. Central Standard Time, megafone910@... writes: Mel, Wondering if you have pics to share yet - from your tt and Panni? Nosey Kim from Houston, TX who holds you up as my hero since I am also a revision! __________________________________________ Not yet. I'm afraid It will be disappointing. I still have a open hole at the T junction. I will post a pic of me and the pug dog Jessie(short for ) on the photo, but they are fully clothed...LOL. Maybe This weekend Tom can help me. I still have a lot of skin and tissue. And the PS says that the scar and all can be revised at about a year out. My biggest thing(on the wondering subject) is to feel my side and feel hip bones jutting out. And I will self consciously rub my lower abdomen thinking it feels weird. I have to be careful though. Some one watching will think I'm rubbing on myself because I'm weird. Mel http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Hi ! I think about it EVERYDAY. I thank God everyday that I found the DS surgery. I am constantly amazed when men flirt with me (a waiter gave me a free soda the other night at a bar), I still revel in the fact that I can sit in a restaurant booth, I find myself still trying to gage the width of turnstiles, chair arms, etc. to make sure I can fit and I still get a kick out of it when I do. I still marvel that I can walk 2 miles when three years ago I was close to needing a wheelchair and couldn't sleep at night because of my asthma (which is gone now). I don't think this feeling will EVER go away. Hugs! Tracey > > I was just wondering if when you lose all of your weight, do you > still think that its amazing that your just living, walking around, > being skinny? Or does it " get old " and its like you've been skinny > forever and its no big deal and you dont think about it alot? > : C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 188 pounds is FABULOUS!! That is skinny!! : C. > > > > I was just wondering if when you lose all of your weight, do you > > still think that its amazing that your just living, walking around, > > being skinny? Or does it " get old " and its like you've been skinny > > forever and its no big deal and you dont think about it alot? > > : C. > > Hi , > I dont know, as I never got skinny. I am much smaller than I was > before, but skinny is still not an appropriate word for > me.....especially when some on here are throwing away their " fat " > clothes, and it is the size that I am, (and thankful to be this size.) > > I dont think that we ever really see ourselves as we truly are. I > still see the 335 lb woman I use to be in my minds eye, when I look > in the mirror. I know in my head that this isnt possible, but in my > heart I am still struggling. I can do numerous wonderful things that > I could never do before- and it is incredible. I am still amazed > when I can sit in a theater seat, or a restaurant seat, especially > one with arms. I look at my sweetheart and smile when we sit in a > booth and it needs to be slid closer to me instead of the other way. > > But no, it doesnt get old. Not for this extremely grateful child. I > pray that it never grows old. > > smiles, > Sharon in Onyx > 12-20-01 335 lbs > 12-20-04 188 lbs......and I am sticking to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 188 pounds is FABULOUS!! That is skinny!! : C. > > > > I was just wondering if when you lose all of your weight, do you > > still think that its amazing that your just living, walking around, > > being skinny? Or does it " get old " and its like you've been skinny > > forever and its no big deal and you dont think about it alot? > > : C. > > Hi , > I dont know, as I never got skinny. I am much smaller than I was > before, but skinny is still not an appropriate word for > me.....especially when some on here are throwing away their " fat " > clothes, and it is the size that I am, (and thankful to be this size.) > > I dont think that we ever really see ourselves as we truly are. I > still see the 335 lb woman I use to be in my minds eye, when I look > in the mirror. I know in my head that this isnt possible, but in my > heart I am still struggling. I can do numerous wonderful things that > I could never do before- and it is incredible. I am still amazed > when I can sit in a theater seat, or a restaurant seat, especially > one with arms. I look at my sweetheart and smile when we sit in a > booth and it needs to be slid closer to me instead of the other way. > > But no, it doesnt get old. Not for this extremely grateful child. I > pray that it never grows old. > > smiles, > Sharon in Onyx > 12-20-01 335 lbs > 12-20-04 188 lbs......and I am sticking to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 In a message dated 12/15/2004 10:10:32 P.M. Central Standard Time, snurfles2@... writes: Hi Mel! You're Christmas pictures are lovely and Jessie is just adorable! Ever since I saw Men In Black I've thought Pugs were just sooooo cute! It's funny, I never liked them much before. Though, I can't say I've ever met a dog I didn't like. I love dogs. ________________________________________ Oh, Lord Me too....I'm definitely a dog lover! Jessie has been a doll. She is absolutely the best dog I have ever had. Only complaint is when the weather is nice she wants to sniff the whole yard in the morning before she pees! Otherwise she goes out and is well house broken. Accidents are rare and only on the ceramic tile in the kitchen next to the cat door when she thinks the rain is way too bad to wet her delicate toes...LOL. Mel http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Hi Mel! You're Christmas pictures are lovely and Jessie is just adorable! Ever since I saw Men In Black I've thought Pugs were just sooooo cute! It's funny, I never liked them much before. Though, I can't say I've ever met a dog I didn't like. I love dogs. Anyway, ya look fabulous! Hugs! Tracey > > I will post a pic of me and the pug dog Jessie(short for > ) on the photo, but they are fully clothed...LOL.> > Mel > http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Hi Mel! You're Christmas pictures are lovely and Jessie is just adorable! Ever since I saw Men In Black I've thought Pugs were just sooooo cute! It's funny, I never liked them much before. Though, I can't say I've ever met a dog I didn't like. I love dogs. Anyway, ya look fabulous! Hugs! Tracey > > I will post a pic of me and the pug dog Jessie(short for > ) on the photo, but they are fully clothed...LOL.> > Mel > http://hometown.aol.com/mdl1031/ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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