So I'm a little over 3 weeks post op from gastric bypass and the scale says I lost 21 pounds however I really can't tell a difference when I look at myself. I can tell a difference in my pants in the fact that they are much looser but I really don't feel like I've lost 20 pounds. When could y'all tell a difference in your body when you looked at yourself?

Congrats on your weight loss! I'm always the last to see mine, and I think that's pretty common. I've been fat nearly all my life so it can mess with your head as far as body image. But you'll eventually reach a point where it's undeniable!

I am 2 weeks out from surgery and the scale is at a standstill for over a week. I'm walking over 2 miles a day every other morning. I don't understand as I am religiously following the plan.

I don't see the change in myself and I have lost 60 pounds in less than three months. The only way I notice the change is when I realize my clothes are way too big. Outside of that, looking in the mirror doesn't produce an image different from what I was used to seeing before surgery.

I'm pretty much where @@Ashlegal is, at three months and just over 60 pounds lost since surgery and almost 120 overall. I find myself wondering - am I not seeing myself clearly now or did I see myself as less big than I was then? Who knows? XD

They say our mind is the last to catch up I am down 82 pounds and still dont see that much of a change in my body but I went from a size 26/28 to wearing now a 18/20

Your brain really is the last to catch up. The thing that works for me is trying on old clothes. It cracks me up and I love the fact that I can literally fit in one side of my pants.

Just keep taking pics and looking at them side by side, your brain will catch up after a while.

Like @@Djmohr said, take pictures! I took a front, side, and back picture the night before surgery, and then I do the same photos every month. I still don't see it when I look in the mirror, but my first photos compared to my month 4 photos? It's very obvious!

trying on clothes is definitely how i've enjoyed tracking my loss.

Yep, I'm going to repeat the whole brain needs to catch up thing. 92 pounds down and I don't see the difference everyone else sees in me. I also do not feel as different as I expected,I'm still just as tired as ever. Perhaps because I was active before surgery and I still am, maybe because I'm older? Who knows? Anyway, because I can only see it in pictures and not in the mirror my therapist suggested looking at a side by side several times a day to give my brain the new information. I now have a before surgery/3 months post/current face pic as my screen saver..it's the only place I look several times a day. Hopefully no one else sees it and thinks I'm completely narcissistic.

I have lost 40+pounds, we have a microfiber couch and now when I get up my ass mark is smaller on the couch! Lol, oh and I notice my pants are smaller

When I am siting in my car now I feel little as my hips no longer touch the sides

Edited November 20, 201510 yr by Niki15

Yep, I'm going to repeat the whole brain needs to catch up thing. 92 pounds down and I don't see the difference everyone else sees in me. I also do not feel as different as I expected,I'm still just as tired as ever. Perhaps because I was active before surgery and I still am, maybe because I'm older? Who knows? Anyway, because I can only see it in pictures and not in the mirror my therapist suggested looking at a side by side several times a day to give my brain the new information. I now have a before surgery/3 months post/current face pic as my screen saver..it's the only place I look several times a day. Hopefully no one else sees it and thinks I'm completely narcissistic.

lol @ narcissistic.

for me, my brain's doing the opposite...I've just recently realized just how big i was from looking at pictures. i always said that in a different life I'd probably have been an athlete, and i was strong and active up til the last 5 years...i finally felt fat because i could no longer keep up with my former self.

@@kayjay14 Sounds like you are doing well since you started this journey with our October buddies!!! I'm 6 weeks out & have lost 18 lbs since surgery. I too have a hard time seeing myself thinner, all though my pants are looser they aren't falling off like I want them too!!! I think its the same as seeing someone everyday you don't notice much change in them but when you haven't seen someone in awhile & they have changed you notice it right away! I think we get so anxious to be thinner we don't realize how far we really have come!! We will get there, & will have so much more confidence!