So what will it mean to you to be thin?? - Page 2 - ThinnerTimes

sassy37 · 06-29-2008, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by LizzieShell

I started thinking about this the other day ...
What it will mean to be thin ...

I will lose sizes.
* Will I lose my "personal" space?
I will be able to "fit in".
* Will I be lost in a crowd?
I will gain self-esteem.
* Will I still be "strong" enough?
I will not hear "fat bitch" anymore.
* Will I be able to handle the "wolf calls"?
* How will I feel if there aren't any?
I will be healthier.
* Will I be healthier?

I have been "over weight" most of my life, since about age 13. I have been MO for the better part of 25 years with the exception of the 5 minutes that I was just over weight while I was on the Phen-Phen drugs. Didn't last very long after I was off the drugs.

These thoughts have started to run through my head as I try to wrap my mind around that fact this time I will be successful with the help of my tool -WLS. It is very hard to think of myself any way other than the way I am now and have been for years. The psych said I should weigh 120 pounds for my 5'4" frame. That boggles my mind to even entertain the possible that I can be that light.

It's is a scary thought to me on one hand, on the other I can't wait. What a bunch of contradictions!

I dont wana be THIN ! Just a normal healthy weight

Not getting out of breath easily , no sore knee joints , no mid afternoon tiredness , and go bike riding & swimming with my 7 year old daughter !
Thats my 40 goal .....
I have 2 years & 8 months before Im 40 ... holy shit

...lol
And thats my Goal aim for a healthy and trimmer 40 ..
WELL THEY SAY LIFE BEGINS AT 40 AND BY HELL MINES IS GONA XXXX

Vicci · 06-29-2008, 03:35 AM

Hi all,

I can totally relate to everyone here. I have had exactly the same feelings. It's a scary thought.... but i read that 30% of gastric bypass patients who are married actually end up getting divorced due to one of them feeling very different about the other partner. I have been married now for only 3 years so i was quite worried about it, but after speaking to DH he seems to be very certain that we will both change for the better and that it will lead us into new and exciting things together! I really do hope so.

Vicci xxxx

karen4656 · 06-29-2008, 12:00 PM

The psychologist asked DH and I about divorce. We have been married for 25 years and have been though a whole lot together: deaths, jail time for DUI, binge drinking etc.... I looked at Tom and then back at the psych and said if I was going to divorce him I would have done it YEARS ago. DH said yes, back when I was drinking. He is totally supportive of this step in my life. He wants me to be happy and healthy! He has always been this way. I remember coming home and telling him I wanted to go to Philly with a friend at work. He said that's really nice, Honey, you need a vacation.

I'm not looking to be skinny. I just want to be healthy. I'd like to be off my diabetes meds and cholesterol meds. I don't want to get to where I need to be on insulin. I watched my sister die with diabetes and all the complications. I don't want to wait until I'm sick and the surgery is a matter of life or death. I want to do this while I'm still pretty healthy!!!!

Trinity · 06-30-2008, 10:44 PM

'Thin' to me means that I probably won't feel like I'm dying every time I have to climb up stairs or a hill.

Other than that, I have no idea. I was never really considered thin at any time in my life (not since I was a baby!) and I guess I'll have to face the unknown head-on.