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UndercoverDiva · 11-03-2009, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by eyesthatkissu

For awhile there after I hit goal, my mind could not comprehend my size. Everywhere I went with family and friends, I would point to someone in the crowd and ask, "Am I about that size?" It was always someone much larger than what I was. Pretty soon, they would head me off at the pass and just find someone and say, "That's you." It actually helped my mind grasp my weightloss because what I thought I saw in the mirror was not the reality. But it's actually true both ways. Pre-op my eyes saw me as a little chubby... but no where near my 315 morbidly obese self.

This is what I need...a frame of reference. Last Friday, I dropped my SO off at the airport and a woman in the car in front of us got out and he mentioned that I used to be her size. I was shocked! I knew I was big, but this woman was BIG. I couldn't believe it. Of course, now I need him to point out someone whose size I am now. I can look at my own pants, but it's not the same as seeing someone else who's the same size.

mistymee · 11-03-2009, 09:39 AM

This is pretty much a form of Body Dysmorphia, a similar issue that those with anorexia deal with.. where we look in the mirror and still see ourselves as FAT.

In those halloween pics I posted saturday, I still see the 317 lbs woman in those.. but clearly, it's not.

The pictures below are of me in order: preop- 1/25/08 at my near surgical weight of 306, then the other two were taking around april or may of 08 and june of 08 so I'm not sure of the weights

And the halloween one is me in that very same top = now a dress it is so long on me.. at 182. I still see enormous, though?

eyesthatkissu · 11-03-2009, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by mistymee

This is pretty much a form of Body Dysmorphia, a similar issue that those with anorexia deal with.. where we look in the mirror and still see ourselves as FAT.

In those halloween pics I posted saturday, I still see the 317 lbs woman in those.. but clearly, it's not.

The pictures below are of me in order: preop- 1/25/08 at my near surgical weight of 306, then the other two were taking around april or may of 08 and june of 08 so I'm not sure of the weights

And the halloween one is me in that very same top = now a dress it is so long on me.. at 182. I still see enormous, though?

The only thing enourmous on you my dear is your personality! Check you out!

lowercases · 11-03-2009, 11:33 PM

I notice it when I go clothes shopping... I always reach for something larger than I need.

I love mirrors now, though.

It sounds incredibly stuck up and conceited but I just can't stop looking and it's mostly because I can't believe how small I've gotten. Still not at goal... but down around 120lbs is quite a bit :O

loki8481 · 11-04-2009, 12:09 AM

I was hanging out with this insufferably annoying girl at a Halloween party on Saturday night... she had her feet on my leg and joked that I was fat because when she moved her feet, my leg jiggled. and then I freaked out inside and got super depressed. she said that if she thought I was really fat she wouldn't have called me fat (which makes total sense to me, I do the same thing when joking around with people), but still.

so yeah, totally. it's almost like the exact opposite of what it was like pre-op.

before losing weight, when I looked at myself in the mirror or in a picture, I didn't see what was "really" there... I kinda like mentally glossed over the double chin or the fact that I was twice as wide as anyone else in the picture. I used to obsess over having small lips and it never occurred to me that it wasn't my mouth that was the problem, it's that the rest of my face was so fatty that it made my mouth look small in comparison.

now it's like the opposite and all I see in the mirror are the areas that I still need to work on. it's different when I'm clothed and I totally check myself out when passing a mirror in the mall or something, but naked? yeah, total drama fest. my current obsession is the fact that I can't get rid of my manboobs and I've got this one little pocket of fat on my chest right above my ribs that's annoying the shit out of me.

Delane · 11-04-2009, 02:44 AM

I had an little bit of a realization today. When I was at my highest of 270 I looked really funny, FAT and Short, Now as Im getting closer and closer to goal I look thin and taller.

Now I barly make 5'2, but I look taller than that. So I would say that is a plus for me, as I have alway's disliked being short. And you know what the crazy thing is my father is 6 6/12. Go figuar, Right. Maybe there is some truth to that Milk Man thing, LOL.

My parents always got picked on because my dad was so tall, and my poor mom was 115 pounds and about5'1. I think they had some nick name like MUTT and JEFF. Ive rememeber my mom being really little, but she blew up to be around 240. Now at 5'1 she kinda waddles. However in her defense the woman has been through HE** and back. She has had 6 major surgery's in you life, and she had cancer when she was pregnat with me. So really Im a miracle baby, because they really didn't even want her to keep me. But she hung in there went through the pregnacy, and then had a compleat histo after my birth............ I also have an uncle on her side that weigh's in at 870 the last time they checked. He is aweful.

Its like he has never cared. I just don't understand it. And the bad thing is he doesn't even try to get better. I use to look at him and it scared the SH**T out of me. His wife is huge to. But there kids are normal weight. Anyway thanks for all your relply's they have really helped me alot. I will just be glad when the day comes that I loose these FAT EYE'S

Snow-Belle · 11-06-2009, 06:30 PM

I was actually okay with my weight until about two months ago...
I was proud of how I looked and what an improvement losing 125 pounds had made.

Now I'm obsessed with the 25 pounds I have left to lose to reach goal and instead of seeing the person that worked hard to lose the 125 pounds that I did, all I see is the 25 pounds I have left to lose and am back to feeling FAT again...

A year ago I would have been OVERJOYED to be at the weight I currently am at (even with not being at my goal).

Now I'm upset and disgusted with myself because I still have 25 pounds to lose and still have this fat little jelly-roll (some of it is excess/flabby skin) around my belly.

AARGH!

~Michele

Delane · 11-06-2009, 07:41 PM

[QUOTE=Snow-Belle;514592]I was actually okay with my weight until about two months ago...
I was proud of how I looked and what an improvement losing 125 pounds had made.

Now I'm obsessed with the 25 pounds I have left to lose to reach goal and instead of seeing the person that worked hard to lose the 125 pounds that I did, all I see is the 25 pounds I have left to lose and am back to feeling FAT again...

A year ago I would have been OVERJOYED to be at the weight I currently am at (even with not being at my goal).

Now I'm upset and disgusted with myself because I still have 25 pounds to lose and still have this fat little jelly-roll (some of it is excess/flabby skin)
around my belly.

AARGH!

I can totally understand where you are coming from, I am kinda at that same point. I always said I would be happy if I was 160 170, however thats not true. I can't wait to reach my goal, but then Im scared when I get there that I still want be happy. I have acually thought of seeing someone to see if I had some underlying issue.

Aomiel · 11-07-2009, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by MustangGirL

I'm in my 3 month supervised diet right now..and I just recently noticed my head has a roll lol! its probaly always been there but i just noticed it..i told my husband OMG i have a fat head too! Plz tell me this will go away one day??

ROFLMAO...glad to hear I wasn't the only one. The little 'muffin top' on the back of my head disappeared when I dropped below 300 but yeah...I was a bit dismayed to find I had a fat roll on my head too!

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