Notice a change

[kayjay14 43]

So I'm a little over 3 weeks post op from gastric bypass and the scale says I lost 21 pounds however I really can't tell a difference when I look at myself. I can tell a difference in my pants in the fact that they are much looser but I really don't feel like I've lost 20 pounds. When could y'all tell a difference in your body when you looked at yourself?

[The Candidate 3,215]

Congrats on your weight loss! I'm always the last to see mine, and I think that's pretty common. I've been fat nearly all my life so it can mess with your head as far as body image. But you'll eventually reach a point where it's undeniable!

[Anxious2beme 93]

I am 2 weeks out from surgery and the scale is at a standstill for over a week. I'm walking over 2 miles a day every other morning. I don't understand as I am religiously following the plan.

[Ashlegal 525]

I don't see the change in myself and I have lost 60 pounds in less than three months. The only way I notice the change is when I realize my clothes are way too big. Outside of that, looking in the mirror doesn't produce an image different from what I was used to seeing before surgery.

[Cervidae 2,389]

I'm pretty much where @@Ashlegal is, at three months and just over 60 pounds lost since surgery and almost 120 overall. I find myself wondering - am I not seeing myself clearly now or did I see myself as less big than I was then? Who knows? XD

[Niki15 198]

They say our mind is the last to catch up I am down 82 pounds and still dont see that much of a change in my body but I went from a size 26/28 to wearing now a 18/20

[Djmohr 6,965]

Your brain really is the last to catch up. The thing that works for me is trying on old clothes. It cracks me up and I love the fact that I can literally fit in one side of my pants.

Just keep taking pics and looking at them side by side, your brain will catch up after a while.

[peaceout 273]

Like @@Djmohr said, take pictures! I took a front, side, and back picture the night before surgery, and then I do the same photos every month. I still don't see it when I look in the mirror, but my first photos compared to my month 4 photos? It's very obvious!

[nieuwevis 294]

trying on clothes is definitely how i've enjoyed tracking my loss.

[goodnuff 239]

Yep, I'm going to repeat the whole brain needs to catch up thing. 92 pounds down and I don't see the difference everyone else sees in me. I also do not feel as different as I expected,I'm still just as tired as ever. Perhaps because I was active before surgery and I still am, maybe because I'm older? Who knows? Anyway, because I can only see it in pictures and not in the mirror my therapist suggested looking at a side by side several times a day to give my brain the new information. I now have a before surgery/3 months post/current face pic as my screen saver..it's the only place I look several times a day. Hopefully no one else sees it and thinks I'm completely narcissistic.

[HealthyRN 56]

I have lost 40+pounds, we have a microfiber couch and now when I get up my ass mark is smaller on the couch! Lol, oh and I notice my pants are smaller

[Niki15 198]

When I am siting in my car now I feel little as my hips no longer touch the sides

Edited November 20, 2015 by Niki15

[nieuwevis 294]

Yep, I'm going to repeat the whole brain needs to catch up thing. 92 pounds down and I don't see the difference everyone else sees in me. I also do not feel as different as I expected,I'm still just as tired as ever. Perhaps because I was active before surgery and I still am, maybe because I'm older? Who knows? Anyway, because I can only see it in pictures and not in the mirror my therapist suggested looking at a side by side several times a day to give my brain the new information. I now have a before surgery/3 months post/current face pic as my screen saver..it's the only place I look several times a day. Hopefully no one else sees it and thinks I'm completely narcissistic.

lol @ narcissistic.

for me, my brain's doing the opposite...I've just recently realized just how big i was from looking at pictures. i always said that in a different life I'd probably have been an athlete, and i was strong and active up til the last 5 years...i finally felt fat because i could no longer keep up with my former self.

[60&goin4it 931]

@@kayjay14 Sounds like you are doing well since you started this journey with our October buddies!!! I'm 6 weeks out & have lost 18 lbs since surgery. I too have a hard time seeing myself thinner, all though my pants are looser they aren't falling off like I want them too!!! I think its the same as seeing someone everyday you don't notice much change in them but when you haven't seen someone in awhile & they have changed you notice it right away! I think we get so anxious to be thinner we don't realize how far we really have come!! We will get there, & will have so much more confidence!