Did you find anything interesting under the layers?
I'm curious (and posted the same question on the Ontario board). I'm curious to know after a few layers of me melt off (Can't wait!!!), if my body will look much different than it did years ago.
Has anyone had any surprises like a body type they weren't expecting , gravity or anything else interesting?
Sam
Has anyone had any surprises like a body type they weren't expecting , gravity or anything else interesting?
Sam
I'm wondering the same thing too. Not to sound silly, but I look young for my age. Even a few doctors I've gone to remarked about how they would not have guessed and put me at least ten years younger. (In return for the fat gene, God gave me the good skin gene)
I'm kind of worried that the fat under the skin is fluffing out the potential wrinkles
and I'm going to look like an old hag when I'm finished. Now it will be a skinny old hag
, but an old hag nonetheless.
I'm kind of worried that the fat under the skin is fluffing out the potential wrinkles
and I'm going to look like an old hag when I'm finished. Now it will be a skinny old hag
, but an old hag nonetheless. On April 11, 2009 at 5:05 PM Pacific Time, travellady620 wrote:
I'm wondering the same thing too. Not to sound silly, but I look young for my age. Even a few doctors I've gone to remarked about how they would not have guessed and put me at least ten years younger. (In return for the fat gene, God gave me the good skin gene)I'm kind of worried that the fat under the skin is fluffing out the potential wrinkles
and I'm going to look like an old hag when I'm finished. Now it will be a skinny old hag
, but an old hag nonetheless.I had a few surprises, some good and some not so good. I found out I got old while I was fat. I didn't have a single wrinkle until losing weight. I also discovered that I am very small boned, who would have known? ;o)
My arms and legs are thin! Well, that is, if you don't count the skin hanging off them, HA! I had always had big arms and legs, even before I got fat. I guess I'm not as muscular as I was. Or something! --Dorothy
Highest weight: 292 Pre-op weight: 265 Goal met: 150 Six years out: 185 and trying to lose again!
I have to admit that losing the fat from my face, I can see more wrinkles...but people tell me I still look good for my age.
The boobs were a lost cause for many years, due to yo-yo dieting...and the butt is hangy and flat!
I'm okay with all this tho, because plastics are definately in my future...I knew going into this I was going to need them...now I am just going to need more than I thought..ie: getting a thread lift on my face.
The boobs were a lost cause for many years, due to yo-yo dieting...and the butt is hangy and flat!
I'm okay with all this tho, because plastics are definately in my future...I knew going into this I was going to need them...now I am just going to need more than I thought..ie: getting a thread lift on my face.
VeryUnique
on 4/11/09 11:35 am, edited 4/11/09 11:36 am - Australia
on 4/11/09 11:35 am, edited 4/11/09 11:36 am - Australia
( I was very hard on myself for being overweight, and I know a lot of overweight people dont have the same feelings of self loathing I did. )
But...
I wasnt expecting to have so much more confidence.
I dont have fat persons shame anymore.
I can eat what I like, and dont care if people see me eating. I can stand in the chocolate isle at the supermarlet and browse for ages before I decide which ones to buy, whereas before I would swoop past without stopping and grab my chocolate supplies...lol...
I can go into normal clothing shops now without feeling like an outcast.
I feel people respect me more now.
Not sure if they do, or it is just my perception but I certainly have more self respect.
My body very pleasantly surprised me when I lost weight. its such a wonderful feeling.
But...
I wasnt expecting to have so much more confidence.
I dont have fat persons shame anymore.
I can eat what I like, and dont care if people see me eating. I can stand in the chocolate isle at the supermarlet and browse for ages before I decide which ones to buy, whereas before I would swoop past without stopping and grab my chocolate supplies...lol...
I can go into normal clothing shops now without feeling like an outcast.
I feel people respect me more now.
Not sure if they do, or it is just my perception but I certainly have more self respect.
My body very pleasantly surprised me when I lost weight. its such a wonderful feeling.
On April 11, 2009 at 6:35 PM Pacific Time, VeryUnique wrote:
( I was very hard on myself for being overweight, and I know a lot of overweight people dont have the same feelings of self loathing I did. )But...
I wasnt expecting to have so much more confidence.
I dont have fat persons shame anymore.
I can eat what I like, and dont care if people see me eating. I can stand in the chocolate isle at the supermarlet and browse for ages before I decide which ones to buy, whereas before I would swoop past without stopping and grab my chocolate supplies...lol...
I can go into normal clothing shops now without feeling like an outcast.
I feel people respect me more now.
Not sure if they do, or it is just my perception but I certainly have more self respect.
My body very pleasantly surprised me when I lost weight. its such a wonderful feeling.
~~I can stand in the chocolate isle at the supermarlet and browse for ages before I decide which ones to buy, whereas before I would swoop past without stopping and grab my chocolate supplies...lol..~~
Oh yeah, I relate to this one. I don't worry if people see what is in my shopping cart anymore either.


