Piplula

Just awesome Piplula, can only hope I can do comparatively as well

Congratulations!

Simply gorgeous!

So I pulled out the one pair of pants I saved when I get all thin so I can show just how far I have come. I have currently lost 137# and my personal goal is 200# if my body will let me get there..so I had my daughter get in one leg and I got into the other..these used to be tight on me! I am a size 16 now these pants were a size 28. I am thankful I chose the sleeve..it's opened a world of possibilities!
Added to post: I will be 11 months post op on March 3rd.
12 hours preop

Me and my daughter in my old jeans

Here I am by myself

I've got Disneyland right here. It might be cheaper to go to Hawaii.

Awesome!!

That is awesome!!! Love it

Awesome!! I couldn't see it on mfp. That is so great, I can't imagine how you're feeling right now. I'd be on cloud9. I'm so happy for you. Congratulations on such a great job!!

So I pulled out the one pair of pants I saved when I get all thin so I can show just how far I have come. I have currently lost 137# and my personal goal is 200# if my body will let me get there..so I had my daughter get in one leg and I got into the other..these used to be tight on me! I am a size 16 now these pants were a size 28. I am thankful I chose the sleeve..it's opened a world of possibilities!
Added to post: I will be 11 months post op on March 3rd.
12 hours preop

Me and my daughter in my old jeans

Here I am by myself

So I pulled out the one pair of pants I saved when I get all thin so I can show just how far I have come. I have currently lost 137# and my personal goal is 200# if my body will let me get there..so I had my daughter get in one leg and I got into the other..these used to be tight on me! I am a size 16 now these pants were a size 28. I am thankful I chose the sleeve..it's opened a world of possibilities!
Added to post: I will be 11 months post op on March 3rd.
12 hours preop

Me and my daughter in my old jeans

Here I am by myself

I have side by side pictures hung up where i see it daily - the current me and the former me. Whenever I feel discouraged about being imperfect (excess skin!) I look at those photos and it reminds me that I AM perfect...hahaha What I really mean is that I look great and to stop picking on myself!
I think it is so important to develop a certain love, acceptance, comfortableness with the new body... imperfections and all. Normal healthy women do that and i aspire to join that club.
I do plan to have that Tummy Tuck etc but I am working hard on loving me just the way I am too which is a little bit of a head trip. Like most of you, i too have sometimes struggled with recognizing me too!
I carried alot of weight in not just my abs but my whole upper body. Built like a female linebacker i guess. Anyway, I don't look like that now and of all the things that confuses my little brain is my shoulders/upper body profile... I look feminine and not like a guy. Several months ago a friend pointed out that I need to stick that chest out and throw those shoulders back.... she was right I was hunching up trying to be smaller in the shoulders. Now, I feel like I am a normal, but athletic build looking woman. I love my "broad" shoulders and display my shoulders and upper chest proudly as an asset not the part to hide.
Anyway, it is quite the journey isn't it!?!

This is more me too! I look at old pictures of myself and can hardly believe that it is me. But I am also having a hard time accepting this new body. I have a lot of loose skin, especially on my stomach, and it really bothers me and makes me feel as though I am still fat. And I have a really hard time accepting people who comment about how small I am ( I had someone who did not know me before comment about how tiny I am and that I must work out all the time to keep my figure!). I have literally live my entire life being big, so my brain just can not seem to accept the image in the mirror as most days I feel so big. I kept a pair of my biggest pants, so on days that I am feeling down, I will grab them and put them on to real see how far I have come. It helps!

What makes me smile, is when people you know don't reconize you!

I spent a few months in the phase where I didn't recognize myself, and was constantly surprised at my shadow, my pictures, or how small my clothes looked.
Then, I hit a point where the new me seemed "normal", and all those old pictures of me seemed surreal, and I would wonder who that girl was...
Today, I look at myself in the mirror and actually have the tendency to feel "fat" or "unattractive". Even though I hit a normal BMI several months ago and have maintained that weight between 5 pounds up or down, I'm constantly terrified that I will slip up and gain it back. I don't want to go back to that old me that I no longer recognize, but I still have difficulties accepting the current me.
It's so odd to feel like a stranger in my own body!

This happened to me when I was walking down my hallway. I have to admit I loved my body.

After almost a year at goal, I am still surprised to see my reflection at a distance. Up close, I'm used to the new me, but put 12-15 feet or more between me and the reflection and I'm still like: who's that? My clothes also still look too small when I look at them.
Lynda

Oh yeah, that happens all the time when I do a side glance at my reflection....I sometimes have to stop and look...that's really me...

I'm still surprised when I sit in a chair and there is space on either side of my butt. Like, "Wow, they're finally smarting up and making chairs bigger!" duhhh

So true, I just pose and smile like I am Naomi Campbell

WOW - just the inspiration i needed from this website. Good for you!!!! Be so proud of your self.

Congrats, it always keeps me motivated when I see posts from successful long time sleevers.

So I pulled out the one pair of pants I saved when I get all thin so I can show just how far I have come. I have currently lost 137# and my personal goal is 200# if my body will let me get there..so I had my daughter get in one leg and I got into the other..these used to be tight on me! I am a size 16 now these pants were a size 28. I am thankful I chose the sleeve..it's opened a world of possibilities!
Added to post: I will be 11 months post op on March 3rd.
12 hours preop

Me and my daughter in my old jeans

Here I am by myself

So I pulled out the one pair of pants I saved when I get all thin so I can show just how far I have come. I have currently lost 137# and my personal goal is 200# if my body will let me get there..so I had my daughter get in one leg and I got into the other..these used to be tight on me! I am a size 16 now these pants were a size 28. I am thankful I chose the sleeve..it's opened a world of possibilities!
Added to post: I will be 11 months post op on March 3rd.
12 hours preop

Me and my daughter in my old jeans

Here I am by myself