why don't i see it??
it's getting cooler here and i feel it more now and i knew i had some flannel shirts i had bought and wore last winter but ended up having to wear them only as sweaters cause i couldn't button them they were too small,,when i tried them on today they were about four sizes too big,,yaaaay i was awestruck,i could not believe my eyes as i held the shirt out in front of me and turned sideways,,i know i could not wear them last year,,it's the reason why they were in the back of my closet ,i know i ain't crazy.
but it's strange,, when i look in the mirror i don't see the change,,i mean i can see that my face is thinner and no place that i touch on my body feels like mine,,like my shoulders or my hands,, their bony,,idk,,maybe i'm not making any sense,,but i'm alittle concerned with why i still see the person that was there four months ago,,is this normal ??
but it's strange,, when i look in the mirror i don't see the change,,i mean i can see that my face is thinner and no place that i touch on my body feels like mine,,like my shoulders or my hands,, their bony,,idk,,maybe i'm not making any sense,,but i'm alittle concerned with why i still see the person that was there four months ago,,is this normal ??
Your normal. LOL. Many, MANY of us had/have the same problem. I was over a year and a half out before I could see the difference in the mirror even though I had been at the same weight for over 6 months! The only thing that helped me see the difference was taking that once a month photo standing in the same spot. I could see it in the photo's even if I couldn't see it in the mirror.
Katie
Ht. 5'2 HW 234/GW 150/LW 128/CW 132 Size 18/20 to a size 4 in 9 months!
Ht. 5'2 HW 234/GW 150/LW 128/CW 132 Size 18/20 to a size 4 in 9 months!
I 'feel' it, mostly because everything has went south, but I don't see any weight loss when I look in the mirror. I get frustrated, but then I think about how hard it was pre-op to get any weight off. Even though I've gotten 82 pounds off of my 5'2 frame, I still have a long way to go. I am confident that I will get there, I just don't know when.
Distal RNY 6/11 SW 456 CW 311 Complications: Small bowel strangulation 12/23/2012, non healing surgical incision--ongoing. Still.
Hey DJ, I am just a few days behind you and I get what you mean. In my support group, the therapist said to take pictures once a month...naked....(ARGGGGGG) but I do in bra and panties to see the difference and he said that you have to STARE AT THEM, COMPARE THEM, TAKE IT ALL IN - look at yourself in the mirror - we are so conditioned to avoiding looking at ourselves - it helps wrap your head around the weight loss. Now having said this, I have a girlfriend who I told where the pictures were - my instructions to her are to break in my house and to DESTOY THOSE FUGLY PICTURES if I died - they are NOT PRETTY!!!! LOL!!!!