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I'm scheduled for surgery on 12/16. I feel pretty comfortable with everything but there's something just eating at me (no pun intended).

I've been overweight/obese since puberty. The smallest size I remember being is a 16. I have no idea what I look like at a "normal" weight and quite frankly it's a little scary. And for some reason it's bothering me more the closer I get to surgery. The rational side of me says what you're doing is sooooo good - help with health issues, have more energy, etc. but I almost feel like I'm losing a sense if self if that makes any sense,

Just wondering if other folks felt like this

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no idea what I look like at a "normal" weigh

In my case i never thought about how i would look

i just wanted to lower my weight, slowly but steadily

it also "crept" on me, the weight loss and change in my appearance

i was over concentrating on the scale, didn't really look at myself

one day i got out of the shower and stared in the mirror :o

i knew it was me - but boy oh boy :o

the first thing i noticed, i turned around and realized my rear end was GONE :D

don't worry or think too much about what you will look like as time passes

just enjoy the ride

good luck next month :)

kathy

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I will tell you that it certainly is a new journey to begin. I too have never been this thin in my entire life(just once I guess on my way up). It really is a mental adjustment to see yourself so thin and in my case wearing a size 6, I still can't believe it. I guess as time goes on it will become my new norm but I think I still feel inside like the old fat me sometimes................but I love my new thin self!! Surgery has been life changing for me and it will be for you too!!

All the best

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I too have been overweight since I was a little kid. Honestly it worried me too, and I have only lost 29lbs so far. I just think about the future and how good I am going to feel. My mom had gastric bypass in 2001, and it was weird to see her small but we all got used to it and I cannot remember her heavy so it will be hard at first but then it will fade.

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I'm scheduled for surgery on 12/16. I feel pretty comfortable with everything but there's something just eating at me (no pun intended).

I've been overweight/obese since puberty. The smallest size I remember being is a 16. I have no idea what I look like at a "normal" weight and quite frankly it's a little scary. And for some reason it's bothering me more the closer I get to surgery. The rational side of me says what you're doing is sooooo good - help with health issues, have more energy, etc. but I almost feel like I'm losing a sense if self if that makes any sense,

Just wondering if other folks felt like this

I went right from baby clothes to a misses size 14 -- then up from there. After 40 years of yo-yo dieting, even at my lowest weight, I was never under a size 14 or under 200 lbs.

Now, nearly 6 months after my sleeve surgery, I am under 200 lbs and in a size 12! And I'm staring down a size 10. It's pretty freaking scary. I don't know who is looking back at me in the mirror sometimes. 'Cause it's not like I have ever seen that person before. Some sleevers were once slim, then gained weight. But some of us were never thin, or even normal weight. So it's a whole new world for us! And it's an exciting discovery. Wouldn't trade this ride for the world.

Keep moving forward. Good luck on your journey. It's going to be amazing!

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My surgery is scheduled for 12/10. I know exactly how you feel. I keep thinking I am going to always have the "fat girl" mentality even when I lose the weight. We are all going through this and this page is here so we can support each other.

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I know exactly what your all mean!! I haven't been a normal weight since middle school. I am 4 days post surgery for the sleeve and I am all ready starting to freak out at how fast I'm losing weight (16 pounds since DOS)! I don't know what it will be like to be thin. But I'm so excited to see what it is like! Thank you all for being a supportive community to talk these things through!

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