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"passing for thin"

I almost see where I might feel like I am a fat person "passing for thin." after I lose weight. Anyone here feel that way? You may be thin, but don't feel like a "real" thin person? Whatever that is! The times I have lost weight in the past, I thought "I have it now, I can stay this way at last...I have found the trick" Then I would lose the trick and gain back the weight.

So many overweight people have lost weight for a while, but the elusive 4% that keep it off with diet and exercise… or the few that lose weight taking thyroid meds or something like that… its really such a small amount of us that have been able to lose it and keep it off … until surgery. Surgery is the only time most of us have had to really sit in the thin body for a while. Do you ever feel like you are thin? or is there a little voice whispering " this wont' last" "the inside doesn't match the outside" or something like that. I am obese now. I have not gotten surgery yet. I will talk about that sooner or later I'm sure. But I cant really say I feel like I'm a fat person. I just feel like ME… and ME isn't quite as fat as I think I look like in the mirror. I look in the mirror sideways and cant 'believe that its me blobing out that way. I look at photos of me from the 70's when I weighed 145lbs and thought I was fat. Boy oh boy. I had NO ass and I thought I was fat. How can I expect to see my self as I really am with that kind of distortion!

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NoEscape21

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I remember thinking i was so fat throughout high school... when i thought size 12's were huuuuge. And here i sit in about size 22/24's. Body image distortion is really the hardest thing to deal with. I have found that the previous times I have lost i would think i look great and then boom i would find something to have an issue with. I think even at our current sizes there comes a time where we have to look into the mirror image reflecting back and decide to love ourselves and think we are beautiful...but it's time to take back our health and become our true selves.

And by the way you are a gorgeous woman! I wish you much success and a fast recovery in your coming surgery! Good luck on Tuesday! :)

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