Damn Was I Really That Big?

[blackanese25 160]

you honestly dont look like you weighed 265 in ur before pic.

thank you.. yea thats what most people said, because i was really proportionate it just never looked like i weighed what i did.. but i promise that scale was brutal..lol

I'm only 50 down from my highest "recorded" weight. I dropped two pants sizes. I decided to give away all of my clothes because I have no intention to ever be that size again.

I have always been well accepted. Wasn't teased in high school nor college, but I did understand that in dating, the top priority went to the smaller ladies.

thats what i did.. gave all my pants to a friend of mine.. and i see her wear what used to be my favorite pair of pants and im just astonished sometimes...

You are beautiful!! I just showed hubs your photos because we are pretty close in stats. My starting weight was 256lbs. He said you look awesome! He plays in 2 bands that's why I showed him your photos... Just have one question for ya. How tall are you? Blessings~Melanie:)

thank you... im 5'7''

[GonnaLoseIt 33]

I was so darn huge before, and I definitely didn't perceive myself as being as big as I was. This was probably because I avoided being in pictures like the plague. Now that I have gone down 70 lbs I almost feel like I look bigger then before. That is until I look at a picture from before. The brain plays some pretty messed up games.

And seriously congrats on the weight loss So good!

[Indymom 132]

You look awesome!

I don't think I realized just how big I really was until now - until I see pics from my daughter's birthday last summer (just a week before my surgery) and shudder. I also try to put my loss in a concrete perspective. For example, since I'm down 80 lbs I tried to pick up 2 of the 40-lb softener salt bags last weekend - one in each hand - and couldn't BELIEVE it. How in the heck did I carry all that excess weight on my body for so long without suffering more medical consequences?

[Lisa821 29]

I know exactly what you're saying!!

I'm just over 4 months postop and down 55lbs. I thought I wore my chub nicely but maybe not. I'm 5'6" and was 235#. In just the last month people have been "freaking out" about my weight loss, especially one friend who hadn't seen me in a month. A couple people have even called me the "S" word (skinny). I was thinking, "OMG, I must have looked large and in charge?" but then my sister set me straight. She thinks the pattern of my weight loss was that a little was coming off of everywhere then all of a sudden my waistline and butt shrunk fast. Sis says that I went from a thick middle to an hour glass in a short time, which is hard to miss. Yes, she is my sis and wouldn't want me to feel bad but I also know if I asked for the truth she will give it to me straight. I've seen other people lose weight in different patterns too. In fact, one guy I know only lost weight around his trunk leaving his extremities pretty much the same. He was bummed out when doing his measurements on his biceps but shocked about the six inches off his waisline. Anyways, there are my thoughts on this. You're not over thinking it. It's human nature to be curious about they way others see us. Plus it's really interesting to compare that to how we see ourselves.

You look smoking hot!! Keep up the good work!

[Swimmer 199]

You look great. I know I am/was in denial. Then I saw a photo ugh.

[bellabbr 50]

You look great. I had the same thing happen to me, it didn't really click until I saw pictures and mostly my face than I was like wow!!.

[blackanese25 160]

That is until I look at a picture from before. The brain plays some pretty messed up games.

And seriously congrats on the weight loss So good!

thank you... yea its definitely a mind game sometimes.. and i just need to realize that people are going to notice a 50 lb drop..lol

You look awesome!

I don't think I realized just how big I really was until now - until I see pics from my daughter's birthday last summer (just a week before my surgery) and shudder. I also try to put my loss in a concrete perspective. For example, since I'm down 80 lbs I tried to pick up 2 of the 40-lb softener salt bags last weekend - one in each hand - and couldn't BELIEVE it. How in the heck did I carry all that excess weight on my body for so long without suffering more medical consequences?

the more that i look at my pics the more im starting to see what other people see .. its just seems sureal.. and i think its more of HOW people say their reaction.. like HOLY COW YOU LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT..im like damn people i mean i know but why you gotta make it sound like i was freaking hump back whale..lolol

I know exactly what you're saying!!

I'm just over 4 months postop and down 55lbs. I thought I wore my chub nicely but maybe not. I'm 5'6" and was 235#.

You look smoking hot!! Keep up the good work!

thank you.. i feel really good too.. i am 5'7 which isn't that much taller than you and at my highest weight 265 so i know that i was pretty big, but i have a lot of muscle which is why i guess when i told people how much i weight no one really ever believed me.. but its their reactions now that make me wonder if they were just being nice about it..lol

You look great. I know I am/was in denial. Then I saw a photo ugh.

Thank you... yea these photos are just messin with me now! im almost afraid to see what im gonna look like another 40 lbs down... LOL ALMOST.

[blackanese25 160]

You look great. I had the same thing happen to me, it didn't really click until I saw pictures and mostly my face than I was like wow!!.

My face is definitely where i noticed it first. and yea its kind of a shocker to see the difference in pictures..im like hey look ma no double chin..lol

[hadouni 301]

You look amazing! I just printed our pictures from vacation and comparing them to the pictures of me from vacation a year ago is wild. I actually wanted to be in pictures this year on vacation so I know there's a change!

Great work - you look fantastic.

[FishingNurse 1,210]

We all must admit we were/ are large enough to need WLS......