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It's the strangest thing.... *Overshare warning*

It's the strangest thing to watch and feel my body lose weight and change. I mean just the weirdest sensation. I have to wonder why I didn't feel this when I was gaining weight. As uncomfortable and as many weird sensations as I've felt losing it, you would think there would have been some tell-tale signs when I was gaining; but no. Or maybe I just chose to ignore them.

 

So the strangest sensation to me is feeling my ummm private areas shrink. I know most overweight people have what they call a "fat pad" covering their pubic bone area.. but as my stomach shrinks and that area shrinks it's just the strangest feeling. I woke up this morning like something was "off" so I go and look in the mirror and I was right something was indeed off.. FAT and unwanted pounds. But now.. now one side of my stomach is an inch tighter than the other side.

 

Ok so maybe all of this is an overshare but I KNOW I cannot be the only one experiencing this. Like I look in the mirror and while I never had a HUGE belly it did hang more than I would of liked stopping just before my pubic area..but now the right side is up and so is the left, just not as much as the right.. a whole inch difference to be exact.

 

Thank the Lord for being celibate right now because ummmmmm my naked body changes on a daily basis! There's no hanging/sagging skin - THANK YOU JESUS! but the fat I do have is shifting/changing where it's deposited at as I lose it. For instance.. my bra-line incision is now in the middle of my stomach and to the left, not under my bra and centered like it was.

 

I'm at a point where I'm SO anxious to see what's underneath all of this, I now understand why people get surgeries like liposuctions and tummy tucks... Watching my stomach shrink and get definition is AMAZING to me... especially when I really haven't been working out. I know I know.. I could be alot further on in my process but I was so consumed with other things I wasn't making time to workout like I should...and the muscle weight gain I experienced was a turn off but now I'm back at it. Doing what's necessary to burn the rest of this weight off and sculpt the beautiful body I know is underneath. I've always had a nice shape, just a big shape..an hourglass but the big ben of hourglasses....if that makes sense lol.

 

So I'm SUPER anxious and motivated to get to the final result. In the meantime these sensations are just SO weird to me.. and when you think about it, it shows you just how amazing the human body really is.

 

The sensation I'm experience is my skin being able to breathe, being exposed to air after being covered by layers of fat or rolls previously. First it itches and can be painful as the skin is healing but then it just heals up into smooth, soft, supple skin. It's the most amazing thing.

 

The down side is seeing stretchmarks where I didn't know I had them.. like the backs of calves. I've always had nice legs, big, powerful, muscular, as the little bit of fat that was on them goes, I can see the traces of stretchmarks, everyone says I'm crazy and they don't see anything, but I see it, has to be in the right light but it's there.. I see it! Then again I've had stretchmarks since I was 8 yrs old... They're all old and faded and blended in with my skin. Only if I tan too much do they really show or turn red.

 

Ok I'm rambling but seriously this journey is just AMAZING to me... absolutely, positively AMAZING.

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imaluckydog

LAP-BAND Patients

No Not Rambling just enjoying this amazing journey. I so can relate. Best wishes imaluckydog

anglov

LAP-BAND Patients

Makes perfect sense. I absolutely understand about the stretch marks and itching. There are days when I want to claw my skin off and then it goes away. I get so dry and itchy and then I notice that my wide large stretch marks are not so wide and large anymore.

You are lucky with the hanging skin. I have a lot in the stomach area but I had that prior to surgery. As I have joked before, that is what duct tape is for! Just kidding. Keep it up and keep enjoying the amazing results!

janetsjourneytoslim

LAP-BAND Patients

Great Post, the only place I really despise on my body right now is my underarm wings, and I have worked out since 8 weeks after surgery, weight lifting ;the works, they don't look real bad to others, but to me I am bothered by them, I may have them fixed, and then there is the tummy that held my four babies, yes a tummy tuck will be nice, but I too have noticed my stomach shrinking very nicely!!! But my scars have moved several times over the past year as well, my port moves too as I continue to lose in the stomach area! It is a real learning experience, and has been a marvelous experience for me too! Loved the blog tonight!

Jannalise

LAP-BAND Patients

I loved your post. I like details and I just started my journey but I too am anxious to see what is hidden under all these pounds. I've always been told I have such a pretty face, but that just always made me kinda sad to hear. I now have the power to match my body to my face and i've never done that before...I look forward to feeling smaller each day.

I know health is so important too, but I want to feel good when I look in the mirror and everyday i'm one day closer.

Thanks for sharing...it's nice to hear what others go through.

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