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Yesterday not long after I posted in here, I went for a drive in my newish sports car I purchased this summer. I would have never been able to fit comfortably in that car before surgery.

I have been lusting after a luxury sports coupe for years and I finally got one this summer.

When I am driving that car, getting in and out I NEVER feel fat. I small and sexy like my car. I LOVE that car and I have so much fun with it. When I am in it, it is a constant reminder of how far I have come.

I was thinking about what I posted in this thread while I was driving and I realized mostly in my day to day life I don't really think about my weight or how I feel about my weight. I just enjoy my life. I am having a ton of fun with my new body by focusing on what it can do, and not what it looks or feels like. That is the only thing that got me over my body image issues last year.

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One word.............. YES

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1 hour ago, OutsideMatchInside said:

I was thinking about what I posted in this thread while I was driving and I realized mostly in my day to day life I don't really think about my weight or how I feel about my weight. I just enjoy my life. I am having a ton of fun with my new body by focusing on what it can do, and not what it looks or feels like. That is the only thing that got me over my body image issues last year.

That's what I want! Thank you for sharing that it is possible!

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Yes. Im 4 days away from 5 months. Down 99lb from surgery day and people are always saying how i look completely different calling me skinny and i feel the same
Hw 378
Sw 323
Cw 224

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