Hey everybody-

Does anybody here have a tattoo and then lost a lot of weight? How did that affect the look of your tattoo?

I'm considering getting a medium sized tattoo on my left shoulder blade and am concerned about whether I should wait until next year when I should be a whole lot smaller. I know the shoulder blade is pretty stable, but wanted to see what others have experienced. I'm hoping to lose between 80-100 pounds and I carry the majority of it in my bottom half.

Help anybody?

Mindy, what kind of tattoo do you have?

Sorry It took me awhile to find this post again lol.

I have a celtic cross on the small of my back. Its rather large. Probably about 4in by 4 in ? I also have a cowboy boot with a cowboy hat hanging off the boot on my ankle. When I loose 100lbs I want cherry blosooms coming up the top of my feet. I heard that cherry blossoms signify life or rebirth. So I wanted them on my feet to remind me of the new life I will have at 100lbs by being able to see my FEET ! LOL

Mindy

I am not sure, my tattoo guy will not tattoo me now while I am loosing on the band. He feels it is a waste of money. He told me just because it is ok for one person does not mean it will be ok for me. Something to think about! I wanted one on the shoulder as well. My ankle one is doing fine right now though.

I had not really thought about how mine on my back was "holding up " since i have gained so much weight . I had been thinking of my tummy tuck. So after you said this I went and looked lol . Its acutally FINE ! AND Im not sure if this is because i have gained wt or because I dont look at myself naked anymore but my tatoo is much higher than I remeber it being . Its about 6 inches above my Waist Line. So I think it might be ok with a tummy tuck .

Thanks for having me look at it again lol

Mindy

I actually plan to reward myself with another one once I lose my weight. I have had the design picked out for years, but had always tried to use it as motivation to lose weight and said that if I got down to 150# again I would get it. Now it will finally be a reality thanks to the band!

Loosing 100lbs is the only way i'll get one with out my husband killing me LOL He told me if i he knew I had them when he met me he never would have dated me . He's conservative and Im a liberal . LOL

When we had been together for about 6 months he was rubbing my back and said " Do you have scar on your back " I said " You could say that ' He said what the hell happened " I lifted up my shirt and showed him my celtic cross tatoo and he almost died . SO i told him " I want ONE MORE on the top of my foot if i loose 100lbs i'll get it and i'll be done " He agreed. BUT I dont think he figured surgery in on the wt lose lol

Mindy

People are always amazed when they have known me for a while and then see my tattoos.

LMAO That is my FAVORITE thing to do . I am 31 and a house wife.

My oldest son is 14 , i had him at 16. I was a bit wild when i was younger.

I got my first tatoo at 18 and my second one at 21. Now im a typical house wife. NO ONE expects me to have tatoos'. BUT people who knew me 10 yrs ago NEVER expected me to be a stay at home mom either.

So when people see my tat's they are floored. Its almost as funny as seeing old friends faces when i tell them im a stay at home mom ! :biggrin1:

Mindy

I love your posts Mandy and Mindy!

Yeah, I figure it'll get the same reaction as my motorcycle. I rode my bike to a church I used to attend. The pastor there rides. He just stared at me and the bike and pointing between me and the motorcycle, he said, "I never would have put this together". I've had others say something very similar like "I never would have guessed". I tell them I've always loved motorcycles (I even dated a Christian biker a few years ago) but before other things in my life took priority. I can't wait to go to Sturgis next summer!

I've only shared this idea of getting the tattoo with my sister and her husband, my older son (who has a tat of a celtic cross on his chest) and you. At work I have to dress and undress frequently for a cleanroom environment so that will be interesting in itself when people see it. Actually there are many women there who have tattoos. It's just funny when it comes to somebody they look at as very conservative...not knowing we sometimes have a wild side!

Oh my goodness Jack....what next??

leather chaps??? ~Mandy

Leather chaps or leather pants!

Next year...yup, yup...

My sister and I got matching tatoos of a penguin when my Mom died in August. They are between the ankle and knee on the calf. They are fairly small, but people are always amazed that I have one. I am the assistant to the CIO of a major children's hospital. Unfortunately, my tat looks like the Linux penguin which the guys I work with are thrilled about.

I love your posts Mandy and Mindy!

Yeah, I figure it'll get the same reaction as my motorcycle. I rode my bike to a church I used to attend. The pastor there rides. He just stared at me and the bike and pointing between me and the motorcycle, he said, "I never would have put this together". I've had others say something very similar like "I never would have guessed". It's just funny when it comes to somebody they look at as very conservative...not knowing we sometimes have a wild side!

My husband knows I have a wild side and has seen it ! He made a comment the other day when I said " What would you think about me getting a very small nose piercing " He said " That is not very motherly looking dont ya think ? " LMAO I said" OH I wouldnt do it until ive lost my weight" . He then said " Ummm is your younger, more wild side going to come back out when your weight comes off because frankly I think im too old to deal with her again " LOL

He know's me and know's I wont dress trashy or anything. LOL . But he's very worried about tattoos and peirecings . Ive always wanted a belly button ring and a nose peirecing . LOL

Mindy

The other tatoo I thought about getting , it was a toss up between this and the cherry blossoms... I wanted to get a little pink Piggie on the top of my foot. Why ya might ask ? LOL 2 reasons . 1, my best friend of 20 yrs lost her son to SIDS 6 yrs ago and he use to snort when he ate, so i called him " My little snorty Boy " so after he died her and I's "Smybol" for him became piggies. The other reason ,I wanted to get a pig with 100 in the middle . To remind me to not eat like a pig and put that 100lbs back on and become so overwt again so I cant see my feet again ! LOL .

My friends think im nuts . So i settled for the cherry blossoms

Mindy

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i59/darceyo_2006/HAF-00074_color.jpg

This is the basis for the tat I want. Instead of the solid grey in the middle of the dove, there would be blue and lavendar feathering and a green olive branch in the dove's mouth.

I just posted in the scar section a picture with one of my tattoos in it. You may like to see how my doc moved around it.

Big Girl , I LOVE your tatoo. I really have never seen someone with a tat where you have yours. I LOVEIT.

Did you get it before or after your surgery ?

LOVE IT

Mindy

Big Girl Banded, the scar I am talking about will go all the way around my waist. I am having a lower body lift next year, it is a tummy tuck and then some. The scar basically is the same as a belly chain, all the way around, meeting up around the navel. I have the same band scars, plus my gall bladder scars. Add the lower body life scar and I will be a walking frankstien. ~Mandy