Re: Long term Post ops..Help...Martha, Gem, Eleanor, anyone!!

[Guest guest]

Hi (and all),

On days like that ("fat" days) it helps to pull out my "before" pictures. I also keep one dress (size 32) to try on. Then I *see,* clearly, how much weight I have lost. I have this one picture that I use for my "before" pic, that I look at a lot. I remember that day. It was one week before surgery. I was wearing my favorite dress, posing in front of lovely flowers on a sunny day. I *thought* I looked great. Now all I can see in that picture is the pain of being locked in a fat body.

I'm not at goal. I'm at the place where I really have to work to maintain and even (gasp) lose. But I am not the woman in front of those flowers. And for that I am thankful. It always helps to remember the starting point of our journey. I hid from cameras for most of my adult life. Now I am glad I have those fat pictures. It reminds me how important it is to "do the do's".

Laurie W.

Long term Post ops..Help...Martha, Gem, Eleanor, anyone!!

HiQuestion: Did you or do you ever still have what I call "fat" days. Days you still feel obese? My heart and my eyes tell me Ive suceeded and lost 160 pounds, but days like today when I look in the mirror I still feel fat. I dont like this roll or that sag or my butt still looks huge or whatever!! What do you do to pull yourself out of it? I know Ive done a great job, Ive gone from 315 to 148!! I weigh less than what Ive lost but there are days I still dont like how I look! Thankfully these kinda days are rare...most of the time I thouroughly appreciate my new body. Sigh, advice anyone?!Huggles

[Guest guest]

Thanks Laurie

I guess thats why Im in that funk today. I only have 13 more pounds

to go to goal and they are sooooo stubborn!! I got out my jeans and

before pictures and realize I have come so far and that this mood

too will pass.

> Hi (and all),

>

> On days like that ( " fat " days) it helps to pull out my " before "

pictures. I also keep one dress (size 32) to try on. Then I *see,*

clearly, how much weight I have lost. I have this one picture that

I use for my " before " pic, that I look at a lot. I remember that

day. It was one week before surgery. I was wearing my favorite

dress, posing in front of lovely flowers on a sunny day. I

*thought* I looked great. Now all I can see in that picture is the

pain of being locked in a fat body.

>

> I'm not at goal. I'm at the place where I really have to work to

maintain and even (gasp) lose. But I am not the woman in front of

those flowers. And for that I am thankful. It always helps to

remember the starting point of our journey. I hid from cameras for

most of my adult life. Now I am glad I have those fat pictures. It

reminds me how important it is to " do the do's " .

>

> Laurie W.

>

> Long term Post

ops..Help...Martha, Gem, Eleanor, anyone!!

>

>

>

> Hi

>

> Question: Did you or do you ever still have what I call " fat "

days.

> Days you still feel obese? My heart and my eyes tell me Ive

suceeded

> and lost 160 pounds, but days like today when I look in the

mirror I

> still feel fat. I dont like this roll or that sag or my butt

still

> looks huge or whatever!! What do you do to pull yourself out of

it?

> I know Ive done a great job, Ive gone from 315 to 148!! I weigh

less

> than what Ive lost but there are days I still dont like how I

look!

> Thankfully these kinda days are rare...most of the time I

> thouroughly appreciate my new body. Sigh, advice anyone?!

>

> Huggles

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

its so funny you wrote that. All day today I was feeling just

like that. Fat Fat Fat! It's all head stuff I know but its still

there sometimes.

Shell

>

> Hi

>

> Question: Did you or do you ever still have what I call " fat "

days.

> Days you still feel obese? My heart and my eyes tell me Ive

suceeded

> and lost 160 pounds, but days like today when I look in the mirror

I

> still feel fat. I dont like this roll or that sag or my butt still

> looks huge or whatever!! What do you do to pull yourself out of

it?

> I know Ive done a great job, Ive gone from 315 to 148!! I weigh

less

> than what Ive lost but there are days I still dont like how I

look!

> Thankfully these kinda days are rare...most of the time I

> thouroughly appreciate my new body. Sigh, advice anyone?!

>

> Huggles

>

[Guest guest]

glad I wasnt alone...I was in a funk all day, but as usual this

wonderful group really pulled me through! thanks for all the support

guys and gals.

Huggles

> >

> > Hi

> >

> > Question: Did you or do you ever still have what I call " fat "

> days.

> > Days you still feel obese? My heart and my eyes tell me Ive

> suceeded

> > and lost 160 pounds, but days like today when I look in the

mirror

> I

> > still feel fat. I dont like this roll or that sag or my butt

still

> > looks huge or whatever!! What do you do to pull yourself out of

> it?

> > I know Ive done a great job, Ive gone from 315 to 148!! I weigh

> less

> > than what Ive lost but there are days I still dont like how I

> look!

> > Thankfully these kinda days are rare...most of the time I

> > thouroughly appreciate my new body. Sigh, advice anyone?!

> >

> > Huggles

> >