Guest guest Posted November 22, 2002 Report Share Posted November 22, 2002 Lyn - I would love to have that website for Your Virtual Body - I really need to do that as well. Thanks.... 264/145 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2002 Report Share Posted November 22, 2002 You are definitely not alone.. I wake up each day thinking I cant wear that.. it is size M.. and I still see me needing plus sizes in everything. I guess one day I will come to the realization that I have a normal sized body.. maybe my brain will catch up.. I walk past mirrors at work and sometimes I dont recognize my own reflection.. how sick is that? I see myself and wonder who that thin woman is.. and then, a light comes on, and I realize .. you dummy.. it is you in that mirror.. I am almost 2 years post op now.. so I really dont have a clue as to how long this goes on.. maybe forever............. However, you are most assuredly not alone.. you have much company in your corner. Hugs, from GA open RNY 12/12/00 Revision 04/18/01 Revision 02/07/02 St wt.... 392 Cw.......187 Wt loss..-205 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2002 Report Share Posted November 22, 2002 First of all, I never knew my complex actually had a name. I just figured it was part of my wonderful obsessive compulsive disorder. Ideally I should weigh about 133 lbs. I honestly believed that I was Goodyear Blimp huge at 108 lbs when I was in high school. I weighed 130 lbs when I graduated and, off course, I thought I was atleast 1,000 lbs. However, at 479 lbs, I always looked at other people thinking that I just had to be skinner, less fat, better off, whatever then people that weighed 350 to 400 lbs. My body image seems to run the full range of distorted. I am now grateful that pictures were being taken during my weight loss process. I can now see the change and realize that I was very close to the Goodyear Blimp Junior. Although I am down 180 lbs, I am ever so grateful for the weight lose. There was a time when I resented weighing 302 lbs. I am now, more often grateful. I certainly want to loose more weight. I know I would be healthier. But I am also glad that, for today, I am not staring death in the face. Lori Owen May 14, 2001 (CHF) 479 lbs. July 16, 2001 (SRVG) 401 lbs. Current Weight 302 lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2002 Report Share Posted November 22, 2002 Oh no, you are SOOOOOOO not alone. I've actually put things back in the closet because I " knew " they wouldn't fit, and couldn't bear it to happen. How sick is that? Thanks, Vitalady T www.vitalady.com If you are interested in PayPal, please click here: https://secure.paypal.com/affil/pal=vitalady%40bigfoot.com Re: Body Dysmorphia > So I'm not the only one who still regularly experiences that moment of panic > several mornings a week when I'm just CERTAIN that my pants are going to be > entirely TOO SMALL? > > I'll be two years out on Dec 7th and have been about this same weight since > January. Woo-hoo - the same winter clothes two years in a row! > > Amy Towery > > > The truth is it will take time... much more time than you think. I still > > struggle around it and I am celebrating 3 years post op today. This morning > > I went to put on a pair of pants that looked way to small to fit... altho > > logically I knew they did because I just wore them 2 weeks ago; but I was > > convinced somehow they shrunk or I got bigger. . > se > > Baltimore, MD > > Open RNY 11/22/99, Dr. Sweet, Reading, PA > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > * nosophist1@... * > amy@... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > > HREF= " http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=L951569336 " >h ttp: > > //www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=L951569336 > > > > > > 11/22/99 324, BMI 51 > > 12/6/99 301, BMI 47 > > 1/27/00 280, BMI 44 > > 2/22/00 270, BMI 42 > > 3/16/00 262, BMI 41 > > 5/31/00 244, BMI 38 (no longer extremely obese... just plain obese) > > 7/22/00 224, BMI 35 > > 9/23/00 220, BMI 34 (and still obese) > > 10/16/00 216, BMI 34 > > 11/7/00 210, BMI 33 (65 pounds from goal!!!) > > 5/8/01 196, BMI 31 (new goal 157; I am 5'7 " that would give me a BMI > > of 24.6; 39 pounds to go) > > 9/13/01 196, BMI 31 (Stuck!) > > 1/24/02 190, BMI 29.7 (slightly overweight!! have lost 80.2% of my > > excess weight) > > 4/2/02 200, ARGH! Very frightening moment. Hopefully I can lose back > > down to 190 quickly! > > 4/28/02 201 (started a starch-free, 4 hours a week of exercise > > program...weighed in at the gym) > > 9/22/02 Tummy Tuck, Thigh Lift, and Lower Back Lift, Dr. Shermack, s > > Hopkins, Bayview, > > Baltimore, MD -- 12 pounds of skin removed!! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2002 Report Share Posted November 22, 2002 >>> Lyn - I would love to have that website for Your Virtual Body - I really need to do that as well. Now that I'm home, I'm able to look it up... http://www.myvirtualmodel.com/mvmhome/jsp/home.jsp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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