Ponderings on Excess Skin
It can be challenging to just be happy with ourselves, eh?
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
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Gwen I have thought about this also!!! when the time comes what will I do!!! I mean I still have almost 60lbs to go!!! but I like the way I look in clothes right now ... And Im sure 60 lbs down the road I will love it!!! but what about with out clothes!!!! when I read this the first thought that came to my mind was... Before weight loss I wouldnt even look in the mirror!! I hated it and I also wouldnt take pics!!!! Now I can look in the mirror and dont mind pics here and there!!!! So its already 100 times better!!! If i had to choose between 50lbs ago body and this one !! this one wins hands Down!!!!!!
I actually bought a full length mirror about a month after surgery. I had never owned one before in my adult life! How crazy is that? :D I LIKE looking at myself in the mirror!
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
So funny--I bought one a few days before surgery--it was part of committing to change for me, the willingness to see myself in full from now on. At the foot of that new full length mirror is my brand-spankin' new scale that wirelessly transmits my weight every morning to MFP and HealthMate, together with my BP, some days I get on the scale and don't even bother to look at it until much later when I'm logging my food for the day.
DOB 1958, HT 5'4" . . . HW 310, SW 281, CW 184.3
M1 -25, M2 -7, M3 -11.9, M4 -7.6, M5 -11.8, M6 -9.6, M7 -1.7, M8 -10, M9 -5, M10 -5
If you don't use TrendWeight, I really recommend it. Especially if you've already got the high tech scale :D
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
My sister sent me this link last week - it's not about loose skin per se, but about the negative body image that most women have. It nearly made me cry, but most importantly, made me re-think how I evaluate my body.
https://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/taryn-brumfitt-body-i mage-180640278.html
Not to say that I won't ever consider plastic surgery. With 190 pounds or so to lose, it's most likely in my future, but I'm going to try not to talk/think crap about my body in the meantime.
April: HW- 323, SW-310, CW-159 (as of 9/25/15), Goal- 140; Pre-op (-13), M1 (-17), M2 (-16), M3 (-14), M4 (-13), M5 (-12), M6 (-8), M7 (-12), M8 (-8), M9 (-8), M10 (-5), M11 (-7), M12 (-5), M13 (-7), M14 (-0), M15 (-1), M16 (-5), M17 (-5)
Thank you for the link! We have similar amounts of weight to lose - my ultimate goal is to lose 192.
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
I am proud of my flappy skin so far...it means it isn't puffed/stretched out by fat underneath it!
I have actually gotten criticism from a female coworker about my flappy arms and how it is gross and will just get worse. I fully plan on slapping her in the face with my bat wings when I have lost 100 pounds. :)
In all seriousness - love your body - if you don't love your body how can you be good to it? Sure, you will have "battle scars" from being fat - stretchies, saggies, flappy skin...but they are all there and visible now because you are getting healthier.
I may have plastics one day if the skin is painful or extremely bothersome in clothing - but I fully plan to embrace my new body and buy proper undergarments to support and tame the saggy parts.
5'-8",HW 347,SW329,M1-25 M2-17 M3-11 M4-13 M5-14 pregnant-->
