Well I guess I must be losing!

Before you read what I'm going to tell you, you should first know that the boy that I am going to tell you about has a severe learning disability-----so ,  I was NOT offended by what he said, he merely was stating things as he observed them.           My son has a learning disability also. :)      I guess I must be losing weight 'cuz  my son's friend, who was riding next to me as I was driving (I have a manual transmission, so I have to shift gears frequently) pointed at my flappy (excess skin) arm skin and said, This looks like chicken guts, you need some plastic surgery to make it look as skinny as your elbow, 'cuz I can see your elbow bone is boney. Out of the mouth of babes, I tell you!    :)       I just laughed a little bit, then told him that I guess all people have something wrong with their bodies somewhere. Oy-vey!!!!!    I got a smile out of that!    But it also made me look closer in the mirror.   I had not realized how much weight I had lost in my arms, so that now......my skin is flabbier.    Dare I say that that is good news ?!     Yes.    I'm just a few weeks out of surgery (RNY) and I've lost about 40 lbs., BUT, I am not weighing myself constantly====as this was a trap that I used to always get myself into during weight loss events in the past.   Then, I would get so disappointed if I saw the scale go up, that it would sabatouge (sp?) myself. Onward and downward! Beca

Great story. I think we all have one or two of those, where kids will just tell it like it is!  It's rather refreshing if you ask me!  You'll no doubt have more of those comments and I hope you never let them get to you, and always find the humor.   We are critical enough of ourselves, without adding to it from others comments......I find myself staring at my upper arms during my workouts, wishing I had tighter skin....for folks who've had further to travel in their WLS journey than I did it may seem trivial but we ARE our own worst critics.  As long as we can remember how FAR we've come and how much BETTER we DO feel, that's what counts!!! : )