BigDaddyJoe

You do not look old and you do not look like a little old man. People will say anything to make you feel bad about yourself. I think you look great. As long as you feel good about yourself that is all that matters. Your wife is your support system and her comments should be the only ones you care about. My husband is very supportive of me and I feel his comments are the only that matter to me.

You look great! You don't look like a little old man and I actually think you look younger than before. It is hard for people to see us going through so many changes. They get used to seeing us big and when we start losing it looks to them like we are a lot smaller than what we actually are. I go through this on a daily basis. People call me "skinny" every day, and let me tell you, I am FAR from skinny. I am still wearing an 18/20 in pants but for some reason, people who knew me before surgery see me as smaller than this. I keep telling myself that if someone who didn't know me before saw me they would still see an overwight woman with plenty of weight to lose. People that see you, ones that didn't know you before, see you as a healthy and fit guy, not someone who is big or overweight. I think sometimes as much as our view of ourselves is skewed, the people that knew us before also have skewed views of us. Keep your head up, you are doing and have done amazing!

First thing pick your head up and be very proud of yourself. You should be skipping around not depressed. Also you do not look like a old man, You look good, not to skinny either. Remember people will always have something to say. Just love yourself and so what makes you happy and healthy. Congrats to you. You look amazing!

Yes, I would like to lose a few more in case I end up gaining a few in maintenance. I don't ever want to see a number starting with a '2' on the scale again!

Woo hooooooo! This is WORKING!!!!

You ROCK! keep up the good work!

My God! 10 inches in 4 months, that is AMAZING! i hope i have that same success once i get mine done! CoNgRaTs!!!!!! live it well!

That is awesome! Good for you Joe!

Wow! Good for you! I am also hoping to lose the BP meds in the very near future! Congrats on your weight loss success, too!

Way to go! That is Fantastic! WOOO HOOO

That is so blessed!!!

that is fantastic... wonderful news!!! I see my doc on july 2 and i am hoping to cut my meds down.. i am taking two pills right now so it is a big goal for me too.... wish me luck! and a huge congratulations to you Joe!

Good for you!!! So happy to hear!!!!!

FANTASTIC RESULTS! Congrats!

wow good for you!

yay! Congrats!

Yahoo! Congratulations! I cannot "weight" until I can say that I am overweight! Good for you!

Congrats!! You go on with your overweight self!

Congrats, I too am looking forward to "just" being overweight.

Great accomplishment!

Awesome!

Congrats on your losses, and best wishes to your wife! How great that you can do this together.

Congratulations to both of you!

Thanks for the advice guys. I hear what you're all saying, but it is still upsetting knowing how hard this all is. I even told my wife last night that I "miss my stomach". I'd love to be able to eat a slice of pizza. I'm sure I'll look back and probably won't even remember this, and it does seem like a normal thing that people go through, so I won't stress about it too much. Someone in the forum said that as fat cells shrink, they fill up with water. Then, all of a sudden they let go of the water. True or not, I'm accepting that explanation, eases my mind a bit.

You'll get the hang of this! I can finally (11 weeks out) sense when it's safe to take my next bite. You'll get there, buddy!