So I have a surgery date set. I'm nervous. I know that's normal. But I wonder if anyone else is having the same issues I am having when I look in the mirror. I can't picture myself thinner. I've been heavy so long that I'm used to seeing myself this way. I can't mentally picture myself thinner, in better clothes. I'm afraid of failing before I even start this surgery because I feel if I can't picture myself thinner then it can't happen. I think I'm driving myself crazy

I have surgery in 3 days and I am in the same boat - I can't even imagine what I'll look like thin Looking forward to finding out though!!!!

Me either. My surgery is next week and the smallest i remember being as an adult was 200 lbs and i was 18. Smallest size i have bought was a 16...so its kind of scary and also exciting to think that i will be able to shop at normal stores and dress trendy instead of like a fat girl hiding behind her clothes!!! I have always been big but it was until i hit puberty that i got really big. Good luck on your transformation.

I'm more worried about being approved and then being the 1% and experience a complication(s)... I use to worry about extra skin but now I understand how superficial that is or how there are worse things. But you know what, I still want this dang surgery.

But I bet you will be beautiful! Good Luck

I hate to spew platitudes, but you'll never know if you don't try. Wouldn't you rather know who you are as a skinny person? I'd bet real money that once you start seeing the weight come off, you won't stop thinking about yourself becoming a strong, thin woman. Hold your head up high because you have the courage and the character to want to become a healthier you. Follow your surgeon and NUT's plan--you WILL lose weight.

It's not just you. I feel the same way! I feel like of course I will lose weight but could I possibly lose 100+ lbs like I want to. I can't imaging what that would be like. And I can't imaging myself as a petite person. I'm am 5'3". So I would like to lose 100-125 lbs. I think I am scared to picture that as a reality because of the fear of failure.

Me either. My surgery is next week and the smallest i remember being as an adult was 200 lbs and i was 18. Smallest size i have bought was a 16...so its kind of scary and also exciting to think that i will be able to shop at normal stores and dress trendy instead of like a fat girl hiding behind her clothes!!! I have always been big but it was until i hit puberty that i got really big. Good luck on your transformation.

Good luck to u too!!

I'm more worried about being approved and then being the 1% and experience a complication(s)... I use to worry about extra skin but now I understand how superficial that is or how there are worse things. But you know what' date=' I still want this dang surgery.

But I bet you will be beautiful! Good Luck [/quote']

Aww thanks!!! Good luck on your approval!! Keep checking with your ins co

Naw, it's just you, the rest of us just sailed through surgery, lost the weight and are a picture of mental health. NOT!

We all experienced it, confusion, doubt, even regret - but in the end - IT'S WORTH IT!

Chances are you'll come through it fine, suffer through all the crap we who are over the hump went through and come out FAR FAR better on the other side in a new thinner, healthier you.

We all wish you the BEST no matter what you decision is.