Looking gaunt, looking old
Thanks Willow, yea I like the posting picture too, I don't look like that right now, IMO. I haven't lost anymore weight that is what I find odd, still the same weight range but my face is looking older. I probably should put on a few lbs, my body seems to be comfortable where I'm at right now. I'll see how all this plays out in the next couple of months and hope my face fills out a bit.
Dana
I had those issues of looking older when I lost down to my lowest weight of 128. I am 5'4" tall and I really did look sickly and to me like you said gaunt. Now that I am back up to my goal weight of 135 to 140 I look lots better and younger again. The only problem I am having is with my weight redistributing since I had plastics back in January. My weight seems to have shifted around a little so my shape is different. Hard to find clothes. I am carrying more weight in the rear and thighs it seems like. When I find pants to fit my butt and thighs they are too big in the waist and tummy area. Guess that means I will need a thigh lift and butt lift and get rid of the excess skin there to match my flat tummy. I was always told once you started down the road of plastics it would be neverending. LOL.
Melissa
Melissa, I'm hoping my face will fill out a bit soon. I was really surprised when I saw the pictures how much older I looked than just 5 months ago, even though I'm staying in the same weight range. Even looking older, WLS is worth it.
You know that is one of my worries about PS, I want to have some procedures done but worry that I'll become obessessed with changing things and it'll spiral out of control, whereby I'll never be happy. I doubt that my hips and butt will ever be my problem though, I didn't have much of a butt even at 260 lbs now I have none, lol.
Dana
Well, it is not that I have become obsessed with plastic surgery like I have seen others do. But my problem is that the plastic surgery has made me uneven LOL. It is hard to find pants that fit because my tummy is nonexistant and my waist is really small. Then there is the J Lo butt and thighs. I say J Lo but it is really all skin. The doc says if I have the excess skin removed from butt and thighs it will match my waist and tummy. But I really did not want any more surgery. I hate having surgery. Ugh! Plus in clothes it looks like I have a nice curvy figure with a butt. Without clothes I know it is excess that needs to go. Can't win for losing LOL. But like you said I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. So worth it. The benefits surely outweigh any drawbacks.
Melissa
Iris Shimmer
on 10/9/06 11:18 am
on 10/9/06 11:18 am
At 3 years post op I look older than my 43 years too..I am 5'2 and 125. I looked really bad last year when I got down to 112 pounds. Everyone said I looked sickly, guant. I soudn't see it then, but when I look at my pics I see it.
I was very sick last year and couldn't get much down. After 2 hernia repairs, gb removal and an appndectomy I finally could eat!! It took me 9 months to gain back 12 pounds, but I look much better, though still a little wrinkly!! At least my butt looks good in jeans!!
Ya'll all look great!!
Renee
........but I sure like the way I look a lot more than I have in many years
I'm 5'2" and 145 lbs........too heavy but I'm working on losing the 15 pounds I gained in the past year (surgery was 12/03). I sold my house last year and only because I made a decent profit, I had a face lift. My doctor told me it wouldn't be dramatic and she was right........no one has ever asked me if I did it, they've just all tell me I look great. I had my upper and lower eyes done, my sagging jowls and my turkey neck. I'm not a vain person but at least now I don't cringe when I look in the mirror. How can I, who was so sad looking, not feel that a facelift was worth it? It was.......and if I had $20,000 hanging around, I'd have a breast life/tummy tuck. But unless I meet Prince Charming, who happens to be loaded, I'll live with what I have.
Good luck to all of you women who have lost so much weight........keep on the right path and keep your Obesityhelp.com friends.......I'm back after too long.
xoxo
Debbie
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