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I had surgery on 10/21/15. I'll be 3 months out a week from today. Things are going great. I've blown thru all my transition clothes and have had to start buying new stuff to tide me over until my size. At almost 3 months out I've lost 48 lbs. I feel amazing. However I still see myself as fat. Today I saw a friend I hadn't seen in about a month. First thing she said to me was "WOW! You are getting so tiny! You look amazing!" Of course it felt good that someone has noticed all my hard work, but I'm still trying to process it. I have 40 lbs until I reach my goal weight. I keep wondering if I'll still see myself as fat once i reach my goal weight. At what point did it all really sink in for y'all?

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pfft, I am over year out and it still hasn't sunk in. I wonder who in the hell is in the mirror with me some days. Old girl freind complimented me last night how much smaller my face looks since last month, heck if I noticed it. Just be aware of all the NSV's and enjoy life. Let the stalls take care of themselves.

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I reached goal back in April and there are times I catch myself wondering if I look "thick". I don't feel fat anymore, but I don't see the girl I imagined I would see at 130 pounds, but rather a girl that looks pretty good most of the time but still has problem areas. I think for me the point where I stopped seeing myself as fat was when I had finally recovered from all of my plastics procedures. Having the extra skin gone and having very little evidence of being a former fatty did good things for my perception of myself.

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