Oh honey, I totally get this post. It will get better!! Stick through all the hard stuff, and on the other side is a healthy life! I'm almost half way to my goal, and all I can think about is feeling comfortable in smaller clothes! Thats the first thing that has made me happiest, getting dressed in the morning is soooo much easier. I don't worry as much about whats showing or how it fits... it just fits. Hang in there!!

So much comfort and joy in your future. Excited for you!

YOu are certainly not alone! Good luck with your surgery. I am 12 days post-op and I'm already returning a dress I bought and never had a chance to wear. It's too big. Next summer will be much better.

Wow - I hear you. I hated going out ANYWHERE because I would see my reflection in doors, windows, mirrors and just want to die. We were at the chiropractor once and my hubby asked the doctor if i was having back problems because I was so big - I just started crying. He meant my big boobs, but of course I thought he was calling me an elephant. You will be so much happier when the weight starts falling off and getting to wear new SMALLER clothes. I put on a swimsuit I hadn't worn in TEN years and my hubby loved it - kept asking me to twirl.

There is hope and it sounds like your family is supportive. That's key. Hang in there!!!

LIke you, I haven't worn sleeveless or shorts in forever -- probably 30 years. I always like the idea of summer but when it rolls around and I actually have to face being in a swim suit, I feel horrible. Now that I have the sleeve, I am looking forward to next summer when I can wear a cute suit and shorts and for the first time in ages, feel good in hot weather. I think it will happen for me and I think it will happen for you. Hang in there and try to remember that soon it will just be a memory that you can easily forget.

It will get better! I just recently started feeling comfortable enough with my body (this was pre-op) to get some capris. I have kinda adopted the mindset that I can only do so much and I'm not gonna suffocate myself in pants and a long shirt when it's 90 degrees out. I sometimes still have embarrassment when wearing them but I remind myself that if they don't like it they can look somewhere else.

Soon enough you will be flaunting a pretty bathing suit =)