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Body Issues

Anyone at goal and still having body issues? I look at myself and still feel like I look horrible :( I have saggy skin everywhere (even discovered my butt is saggy last week... depressing) and honestly, I think I felt more sexy when I weighed over 300 lb :(

Also..... I am well under goal (20 pounds below) and it kinda depresses me to hear of other people being size 2.... I guess I need to just realize I will NEVER be a size 2 and a size 12 is normal and healthy FOR ME, but..... I feel like I am a failure and will never be skinny.

sigh.....

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    I struggled with this very thing for several months after I went below goal, and to an extent, I still look at myself even in a size 2 and hate what I see. I really don't think I will ever be 100%

  • I definitely think this is part of the journey that no one really talks about. I am sooooooooo going through this right now. I hate my stomach - the excess skin is revolting to me. My husband think

  • There's one sexual position that is a no-go for me now because of how I feel about my body - me on top. It's not an option - don't even ask! My boobies just hang there like deflated balloons and my st

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I needed to read some of this. I thought I was just crazy! I went from a size 18/20 to a 2 and still feel like I'm fat. I know I'm not, I'm 5'7 and have never been a size 2, in fact I only wanted to be a 12. It scares me that I will begin having problems from being too skinny, I am often told I am too skinny. I just don't see it. I don't have much hanging skin just a lot of stretch marks and no boobs. I've always had boob so that bothers me. I wouldn't go back to a plus size again but I want to feel normal. I can't tell my friends that I still see fat, they would really think I was nuts. I have a call in to the shrink I saw before my surgery maybe he can help.

Maybe because I didn't have a weight problem until my 40s, I didn't really see myself as obese, even when I was over 300 pounds. I had the surgery because I want to have knee replacement surgery and have to be 180 pounds maximum for it to be really successful. I've only lost around 90 pounds so far, but even at 227 pounds I feel sexy. I have the saggy skin, turkey neck, and saggy boobs, but so what. I don't have to take medication for my diabetes and blood pressure anymore, and I think I look good. I probably will have surgery eventually to get rid of the turkey neck, but in the meantime I get to buy a lot of pretty, new clothes. When I reach a size 16, I'll feel like I've made it. I was a size 8 most of my adult life, but that was then. I'll never be what I was when I was in my early 40s, but I'm a lot better than I was two years ago. Healing from this very difficult surgery and reaching your goal weight are huge accomplishments. We should all be proud of ourselves for the courage and determination it has taken to get so far.

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