Subject: RE: So, what's your funniest moment after losing weight? Its been 8 years since I lost the bulk of my weight. I year since I had the excess skin carved off me. I still see the fat me in pictures. Can't shake it. Body image dismorphia (sp?) I guess. I was really fat for a long time. Someone else said it on elsewhere on the board, but I sense this too.....the thinner I get the more fat I see on my body. I have a few lbs to lose. I want to be lean and not skinny. That's the tricky part. I have enjoyed reading your updates on the body lift? Or whatever the term is. I'm glad that it has worked out for you, but frankly, you scared me away from looking into the procedure for myself.It has been seven years for me, but I still despair every morning over my "fat roll". I really have no fat left but that flap of skin hanging over the seatbelt just makes me self conscious. I stick to one piece suits or my tri bib to hide it. I'm impressed by how many of you can rock the two piece. I feel like a cow in two piece.I would do the surgery again in a second. I should have done it sooner. You don't have to live with that roll. What I did was crazy scary and the scars are huge, but it was worth it. "Despair" doesn't have to be what you feel in the morning. I marvel at my body now, scars and all. You will feel better all around. When you run everything stays in one place. I have a waist. The word svelt (I chuckle at the thought) was used, once, to describe me now. Even though the weight loss from the surgery was only 8ish lbs, it was a crucial 8 lbs. I don't get raw spots on my skin from it rubbing up and down on my shirts when I run. (That was gross). Women actually run their eyes up and down my body. TOTALLY WORTH IT!! You can PM me if you want. |