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Hello Bandsters!

Pondering in some deep thought here. Wondering when you all actually FELT like you had lost weight?

I was banded 10 weeks ago and am down just under 50 lbs. Inside, I don't feel like I've lost anything. The scale proves me wrong every morning, and I'm down two pants sizes (and a bra cup size - ugh!). I visited my Mom last weekend for the first time since March and she was shocked. Her coworkers (whom I've known for about 10 years) were commenting on how "skinny" I was. I felt VERY uncomfortable with that word. I am skinnier than I was three months ago, but skinny? Not this girl. I thought maybe when I went shopping for new pants I would feel it, but not really. I do notice, for instance, when my husband puts his hands on my hips it feels different since they're getting boney.

I've never been good at taking compliments, I've been overweight my whole life and anytime someone would comment about me I just instantly think they're lying or joking. I feel very uncomfortable when someone comments on my weight loss. I feel like I don't deserve the accolades yet because I'm not done and I still have work to do.

So when did you feel like - AH, I did it! I'm rocking this body! ??

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It does take a while for you to feel it. I had my surgery 9/10 and I have now lost 130 lbs. I wear a size 12 pants and medium top. Even fitting into smaller clothing it didn't register. And just recently I feel like I have lost weight. When I look in the mirror and do say to myself I am skinny. I have been so used to not looking at myself in the mirror. Everyone else has been saying it for a long time. My mother and husband say I look frail. So good luck and keep up the good work. Our mind plays such games with us. Take a lot of pictures and you will also notice it.

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I'm only down 39 pounds, but I already feel like I've lost weight. I can move more freely and my clothes are starting to hang on me (haven't bought anything new yet) so I can definitely feel it.

But I'm kind of weird, I never thought of my weight as an issue. I never felt over weight. I'd see people who were my height and weight and be like "Wow, that's a big girl" and never thought I looked like that. So I guess that in my mind I've never been a big girl, even though I've been overweight since I was a baby.

I think that so much of our weight issues are mental and by thinking that we're big we ARE big. Does that make any sense?

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That makes total sense! I used to work in outpatient surgery and I would see someone who was the same weight as me and I would think - - NO WAY! I'm not like that! I always thought I just carried it very well. Don't get me wrong, I knew I had a weight issue but I really didn't think I look like other people that weighed the same as me. Denial, I'm sure.

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