Could this be an NSV? I think so!
Well to me, it is a huge NSV!
This morning, I woke up with an image in my head of my stomach, still big but I "liked me". Hard to explain. I could remember looking at myself in the mirror and I liked what I saw. Waking up, I couldn't beleive it as I NEVER like or liked what I saw. So I really started to realize this was a dream.
Now this is going to sound stupid but even dreaming that I liked myself, it never ever happenned. Or I would dream of me "perfect" to be able to like myself. But yesterday's dream was so close to reality that I first beleived I did look at myself in the mirror and liked it!
Make sense? Anyway, bottom line is that I am starting to "imagine" myself as I truly am WITHOUT hating it! I am starting to like me, my body!
Gastroscopy: May 26th 2012 SW + HW 360
Labs: May 30th 2012 Post opti 341.2
SD: June 25th 2012 Post op 338.6
Yep, that's definitely a huge NSV! Congratulations and enjoy it!
I think struggling with body image is one of the most common of the post op issues we face. We get so used to being obese, and then we stop looking in the mirror except for necessity, so when we lose weight we really have no idea what we look like or how much space we occupy. In our heads we still need the same amount of room we did preop. And a lot of us have self loathing ingrained, so we have to learn to let go of that, too.
This is one of those wonderful NSVs we should celebrate!
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Good for you! That is definitely an awesome NSV. The mental part is definitely the hardest part of this whole journey.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
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