Do You Feel Younger Since Losing Weight?

[Sue Magoo 71]

Hi:

This question is aimed at those of us that are 40+. I was just wondering if others who've lost alot feel younger like I do? I am 50 and I feel like I'm 35 again and I've felt this way since I lost my first 125 pounds. Anyone else?

I think it's great that I feel this way, and I hope others do too. I love my band!

Sue

[crzytchr 3]

I definitely feel much younger. I don't hurt every single day when I wake up like I used to before being banded. Unfortunately, I look a little older...you know that fat we are losing DOES fill in the wrinkles a little.:thumbup:

[Jachut 487]

Starting to feel old was the reason I got banded. I wasnt as overweight as some but it was really making me feel old, unfit and tired. I feel soooo much better now.

[Fanny Adams 7]

I can't believe how much energy I have these days. Before banding, I was seriously convincing myself that I had "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" or something similar. Turns out I was just fat, unfit and depressed - go figure! I had to pick 15 years younger because 10 years ago, I was gaining weight rapidly and really starting to feel old and tired all the time. To be honest, I haven't felt this fit and healthy for more than 20 years!

[Jachut 487]

Same here Fanny, I've been to my doctor once or twice and demanded tests becuase I felt so awful - once I wanted my Iron checked and then when my sister was diagnosed with an underacive thyroid, I was convinced that must be my problem too - I mean, I needed a nap at 2pm every day!

Nowadays, I can easily outrun my grade six students, they were all exhaused on camp and I thought it was more like a relaxing holiday! I couldnt even HOPE to get through a full time job and full.time parenting like I'm doing these days in the state I was in five or six years ago.

As this is my first year teaching and my first ever camp, my colleagues had been having a great time ribbing me about how exhausted I'd be and they've all been rather put out that I havent collapsed in a heap yet. Quite the contrary, I'm enjoying my fast paced life.

[Vivinthewoods 0]

61 and feeling 31!!!!! My blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure are now all in the normal range and I feel so well. I am walking 3 miles a day on the treadmill at the maximum incline. Although my weight loss seems to have stalled I still would not change a thing - I just wish I had been banded years ago.

[kimaly 57]

I feel a whole lot younger but I look way older, guess it's a fare trade off because I think it's better to feel young and look a little older then to look young and feel as old as crap.

[Humming Bird 275]

I'm on the fence with this one. Some days I feel younger. I do look more wrinkled and my saggy, lumpy underarms drive me nuts. I think part of the reason I got banded was a mid-life crisis thing. So, some days I feel younger and some I feel the same. Other things in life make me feel old (the mid-life crisis thing again) like my son and grandson getting older. Each new grey hair makes me feel older, but right now I am glad my hair that thinned so bad is growing back. I would rather have a few grey hairs than balding spots!

[willowcat 93]

I couldnt even HOPE to get through a full time job and full.time parenting like I'm doing these days in the state I was in five or six years ago.

I've been teaching for 20 years, but last year was the worst. At 5'2" and nearly 300lbs, I was in pain, felt exhausted all the time, and spent as much time sitting as possible. I had resisted even the notion of bariatric surgery for quite some time, but as my weight rose during the years, I began to fear that I wouldn't be able to continue doing the job I love--I felt SO old and worn out. Sometimes I laugh to myself when I think about all the weight I was carrying around--I imagine myself hoisting two of my second graders (about equal to the amount of weight I've lost so far) on my back and trying to do my job! No wonder I was exhausted. I feel younger for sure! Yeah! Hoping I can continue teaching for another 15-20 years now! :thumbup:

[elcee 3,341]

I have always been told that I look younger than I am but for the couple of years before being banded I was beginning to look and feel really old. Huge stomach, tuck shop arms , lots of chins and a puffy bloated face do not make a pretty picture.

Now that I have lost the weight I feel and hopefully look great too.I have lots more energy. I feel good about myself on a daily basis and its great.I tend to really feel younger when I compare myself to others that are around the same age. e.g Susan Boyle is about a year older than me.

Loving my band