Did you find anything interesting under the layers?

sam1am
on 4/11/09 8:56 am
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 
phred
on 4/11/09 9:15 am - CO

Let's see, now, I've developed a chin line, can detect my ribs again, and have lost some of the padding in my butt.

My arms and legs have slendered down better than my torso, but I am losing there also.

Just give it time, and don't get discouraged!

Hugs,

Fred

  If it feels good, do it!  And if it smells good, eat it!

(deactivated member)
on 4/11/09 10:05 am
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.
(deactivated member)
on 4/11/09 12:05 pm - AZ
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)

dec721
on 4/11/09 11:07 am - Decatur, GA
VSG on 08/07/08 with
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!

Kathleen145
on 4/11/09 11:14 am
Today I was trying on smaller size bras and noticed that the skin on my breasts is getting all wrinkly. Oh joy!  But maybe it will shrink up as I shrink up...
Kathleen -- Had VSG on January 6, 2009


aniduff
on 4/11/09 11:21 am - Red Deer, Canada
VSG on 04/17/08 with
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.
 
D.O.S-217
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

Robert Collier





VeryUnique
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.
(deactivated member)
on 4/11/09 12:07 pm - AZ
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.

annasdream
on 4/11/09 11:49 am
Gravity has taken its toll!
Also, my tail bone seems to be sore a great deal of the time. 
Do or do not ~ There is no try
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