Deepest Weight Loss Surgery Secrets

Allrightttyyyyyy fellow 20's crowd. I wanted to share with all of you one of my deepest Weight Loss Surgery secrets that I do. I have lost 78 pounds and I am 4 1/2 months post opp. When I look in the mirror I still see myself at 264 pounds. I still pick up clothes that are way to big for me because I still think that I can not fit into smaller sizes. Anyway, right before I go out I have to have someone take a full length picture of me and each time I am amazed of how I look. I am addicted with taking pictures. I never took pictures before WLS because I hated the way I looked. Now I can not stop.   While I am typing this I am looking at a picture that was taken and still amazed.  I just thought I would share something strange that I do.  Have a good 4th everyone! ~Diana~

I don't really think that is unhealthy or wierd or anything. You are just so excited about how great you are feeling and looking and taking pictures to show yourself helps remind YOU that seeing is believing. We see ourselves everyday and it is so hard to SEE the progress. For us we have been fat for so long that we have trouble convincing ourselves that we are anything but because for so long now matter how hard we tried to change that we always failed and remained fat. I have been in the habit of taking more pictures of myself too. I take one full body shot without my shirt each month. After two months I cut and paste them side by side. When I first saw them together was the first time I actually SAW the progress. it was an incredible feeling. Now when I do go out I want to take pictures too. The only thing is that I live in a new city with no friends or famiily so I go out VERY rarely. Soon though we will move back home to suburban Phoenix, AZ and I can't wait! Anyway, I have kind of a secret to share. Ever since I started feeling better about myself I picked up some wierd hygeine habits regarding body hair. It started with shaving off the little beard thing that I had growing on my *****I don't know what you call it other then a goatee without the mustache part, some people called it my chinstrap, or chin pubes)...but it progressed to waxing off all the hair on my back, to shaving all the hair on my chest and abdomen and when that started to grow back waxing there too. There is some scientific term for that behavior, I don't know what it is though. I have also become much more concerned with odors. I didn't stink real bad before or anything, it is just now I am always wearing body sprays and or cologne. When I havfe a few extra bucks I want to buy a new bottle of my favorite cologne called Issay Miyake, I used to where it in college along time ago and it is awesome. I don't know for sure why I am becoming this way, more metrosexual or something, I guess it is just that I like myself more now and don't feel so disgusting anymore, dare I say - a little sexy. Hard to say that I still feel think of Fat ******* from the Austin Powers movie as he rubs gravy all over himself saying with his Scottish accent "I'm drop dead sexy" when I try to think of myself as sexy. OK, there is my deep-dark WLS secret - someone else's turn now!

I too still think of myself being as big as I was before surgery...I'm down 70lbs....I know my clothes are smaller but i still subconsciously see myself as huge....before i go out I'll ask who ever is near if this outfit looks ok....it's like I need approval for wearing smaller clothes...As for pics...yes I definately take more...and I don't delete the ones that aren't just face shots....people are starting to notice now too which makes me feel good.

Not strange at all.  Pictures are what has helped me to see the change everyone else is talking about.  I'm glad they make you feel good about yourself - you deserve to feel good about yourself.

I am the same way!! I am now down 114lbs and still see myself @ 350lbs!!! I got a regular 2x t-shirt from a suvenior shop the other day adn was amazed that it fit!! OMG!!! I was in a 30/32 b4!