Is it just me...

Crystal M.
on 7/7/12 2:43 am - El Paso, TX

...or do others wake up every morning and think to themselves "It's really true! I didn't dream it! I really am skinny and attractive again!"

I keep touching my collar bone. And my ribs. Were they really there, under the fat, all these long years?

I am so grateful for this surgery, which has given me a second chance to live!

Feeling groovy in the desert... LOL

It's better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you're not.

Jaffe
on 7/7/12 2:47 am - PA

VSG on 03/19/12

It's not just you :) I loved seeing my collar bones for the first time I can remember !

HT: 5' 7" HW: 249 ConsultW: 238 SW: 218 Preop Loss: 20
M1:12 2:11 3:7 4:7 5:8 6:8 7:7 8:3 9:0 10:3 11:3 12:4 13:0 14:4 15:

Kevin H.
on 7/7/12 3:04 am - Baltimore, MD

VSG on 02/06/12

I'll let ya know after I loose another 100 lbs and we'll talk. No way in hell I would call myself skinny just yet LOL

Crystal M.
on 7/7/12 3:15 am - El Paso, TX

VSG on 09/06/11

Well, I'm not really skinny either. My BMI is just barely under the "overweight" mark. But after years of obesity, I FEEL skinny again! And how you feel is sometimes the most important thing.

It's better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you're not.

Kevin H.
on 7/7/12 5:07 am - Baltimore, MD

VSG on 02/06/12

Your A LOT closer to skinny then me :) You should be proud of your accomplishment!

Donna B.
on 7/7/12 3:20 am

Since i had the vsg i would wake up in disbelief for a couple seconds that i even had the surgery done.

And now that many months later i have some bony places on my body that feel even more bony than they look, i am amazed. There really was a skinny person inside of me trying to get out!

I am grateful too and always want to cherish being small and healthy!

55 y.o.    5'4"      HW: 180's      CW: 127      Doctor's GW: 130          My GW: 117

  ~ working on reaching goal again after regain

njhanibal
on 7/7/12 3:27 am - Hightstown, NJ

VSG on 06/13/12

I'm with you Kevin. I've lost some weight, I feel ribs and a few other bones, however, I just forgot what they feel like. I knew they were there, but, I'm still tipping the scale past 315. I have no inclination to be "skinny", because that's just another set of issues. Aiming for healthy, to enjoy my kids into adulthood.

Happy966
on 7/7/12 5:05 am

VSG on 08/29/11

Sometimes I feel like I survived a natural disaster or something, that most people never get the chance I've been given. I so much don't want to blow it...

:) Happy

53 yrs old, 5'6" HW: 293 ConsW: 273 SW: 263 CW: 206

Donna B.
on 7/7/12 5:20 am

"survived a natural disaster" -- lol

55 y.o.    5'4"      HW: 180's      CW: 127      Doctor's GW: 130          My GW: 117

  ~ working on reaching goal again after regain

moonglo82
on 7/7/12 5:08 am

VSG on 03/29/12

My moment like that usually occurs when I see my reflection when I'm out and about somewhere... I'm nowhere near skinny yet, but when I see my reflection, say, in a glass storefront in the mall for example, it generally takes me a minute to realize it's really me.

Highest weight: 277 Starting Weight: 250 Surgery Weight: 241 Current Weight: 130

Goal Reached in 10.5 months :)

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