I was chatting with a woman from my 'women on weights' class and while I was busting through my bicep curls, I mentioned that I had lost 118 pounds with the help of the lapband. She tells me she was shocked because you dont look at people who are thin and think that they used to have a weight problem. I almost passed out cause, to her, I had rated as thin. Imagine that. Me being so normal looking that people cant tell I may have once been fat. Blows my mind.

At 5'!1" and 176 pounds, I am sure you are thin. And lookin' good.

I am 5' 6" and weigh 195. People are telling me how good I look and that I should not lose anymore weight. HA, I have atleast 30 pounds to go. Exercise, exercise, exercise.

Congrats!!

At 5'!1" and 176 pounds, I am sure you are thin. And lookin' good.

I am 5' 6" and weigh 195. People are telling me how good I look and that I should not lose anymore weight. HA, I have atleast 30 pounds to go. Exercise, exercise, exercise.

Congrats!!

That is right, it is all about the exercise! Exercise is my insurance that I wont go back to where I was.

That is a wonderful nsv. When you move into the category where people see you as thin/skinny without ever knowing that you used to be heavy.

Congratulations, gingerbug. You are doing wonderful . . . especially at a little over a year out. I agree exercise makes all the difference in the world, without it I would have exceeded my goal, I probably would have been 20 to 30 pounds away from goal.

Wow!!! that must have been NUTZ!!! I am sitting here imaging how that must would have felt.

I can not wait for those kinds of life events.

Thank you for sharing, that was very insperational.

What a neat story! Congratulations!!

Well that avatar certainly looks like model material. Which blows ME away because at 5ft 10 and 154lb I must look pretty similar. Which means I'M thin too.

Wow, an NSV in someone else's thread!!! Whoot, is there no thread I cannot take over?

Ahem. Well done! It is incredible to think that some people will NEVER know the fat you and just assume you're one of the lucky ones.

Well that avatar certainly looks like model material. Which blows ME away because at 5ft 10 and 154lb I must look pretty similar. Which means I'M thin too.

Wow, an NSV in someone else's thread!!! Whoot, is there no thread I cannot take over?

Ahem. Well done! It is incredible to think that some people will NEVER know the fat you and just assume you're one of the lucky ones.

I completely understand. I dont think I will ever get used to it.