"You need to stop losing weight"
On June 13, 2012 at 5:01 PM Pacific Time, Mom4Jazz wrote:
So here's the brutal truth (about me as well as you): Your face probably does look gaunt.When we ask our bodies to lose substantial weight, they try first to take it off certain easy places (the face, the girls...) and keep it stored in the standard storage areas. The result: many of us, I'd even go so far as to say most, get sort of gaunt looking in the face well before we even reach a "normal" weight. That can be disconcerting - loved ones see that and judge our total loss by the appearance of our faces.
I'm told by a number of vets that it took another year or so after they finished losing for it to even back out a little but it does. I haven't got there yet, and yeah...my face looks a bit gaunt.
I explain this to concerned family members.
I'm a smart alek and can't seem to control my mouth so I tell them that "I'll stop losing when my head falls through my asshole" People don't quite know what to say after that...which makes me smile...
Deb
Deb
Goal Reached in 12.5 Months
HW: 274 Pre-OpW: 266 SW: 254 CW: 125 GW: 145
You must permanently change your lifestyle if you want your weight loss to be permanent. You can do it!
I'm gonna save that one hopfully I'll get to that point my surgery is 20AUG12. 
As the rapid weight loss slows down, your face will look less gaunt, as well as the rest of your body. I am almost two years out (wow) and over the past year, my fat has redistributed and I don't look as gaunt, nor are my bones poking out so much. Weight training has helped to add some muscle, which also helps. Even my tailbone isn't as sore, as it used to be.
Gail
Gail
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" Hey well meaning people, shut the **** up, please."
Ok, this totally needs to be a t-shirt slogan!!
Ok, this totally needs to be a t-shirt slogan!!
Surgeon: Chengelis Surgery on 12/19/2011 A little less carb eating compared to my weight loss phase loose sleever here!
1Mo: -21 2Mo: -16 3Mo: -12 4MO - 13 5MO: -11 6MO: -10 7MO: -10.3 8MO: -6 Goal in 8 months 4 days!! 6' 2'' EWL 103% Starting size 28 or 4x (tight) now size 12 or large, shoe size 12 w to 10.5 150+ pounds lost
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