I wanted to show off something other than my normal monthly pics!

Before - Mar 07 After Jan 08

I came on this morning to look at the comments I got back on my pics in the before/after thread and was just weirded out by how "normal" I look in my latest pic. I still have more to lose but am really struggling with what I actually look like now. I have been buying a majority of my clothes at Goodwill and keep coming home with shirts and stuff that are just way too big. My mind cannot accept that I am skinnier. Those of you who have been banded a while does this ever go away or do you always see yourself as the fat person in your mind?

I dont lack confidence now I just cant see myself for what I really look like.

I am in the same boat. Recently everyone has noticed the weight loss and I have started getting compliments. In the mirror though, I feel the same. I have lost 81 pounds since last February. I hardly had any pictures of myself before the surgery, but one popped up on my computer last week and I was SHOCKED. It was close to my high weight. I showed my husband and he couldn't believe it. I still have a long way to go so I just hadn't realized how far I had come. I started taking some pictures so I could compare them. It's amazing when you see the proof.

You look great! I hope to look that good in 20 more pounds!

I'm in the boat with Tricia -- I don't actually think I look as big in a mirror as I actually clearly am in photographs. I'm horrified at what I see! I've always thought the same body parts were equally horrible back when I weighed 140lbs (the Good Old Days!!) and I now I realize that I've had a bad body image forever. Will that ever change?

I just posted a thread about this. I've lost about 80 pounds and people keep saying how "great" I look. I know I've got to lose about 30- 50 pounds more... but, I still think I'm fat. I was talking to someone today and she had the same size, and I said... NO way... you can't be. She said we could switch pants... and I asked my students if I looked about the same weight, and they all said yes, It was shocking!

:smile: I've always thought the same body parts were equally horrible back when I weighed 140lbs (the Good Old Days!!) :smile:

I also HATED when the scale got up to 140! I was HUGE in my eyes.

135, 145, 155,165,175,185,195,205,215,225,235,245,255,265......(kept my numbers going for effect, sorry).

I would give anything to see ANY of those numbers again......at each stage I was horrified...even the lower 100's....

Been forcing myself to take a lot of photos. I have to get comfortable seeing myself in pictures.