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Post by NewMeNow2010 on Jan 11, 2012 14:18:22 GMT -5
Anyone else feel like they struggle with their success? Like they can't visualize how far they have come? I'm 6 months post-op today, down 113 lbs and I feel like it should be MORE. I feel like I should be doing more. I've lost a ridiculous amout of inches (almost 100, total) and have gained some amazing lean muscle mass but I want to see the numbers on the scale go down even more! I can't appreciate my hard work, dedication..my..success. Anyone else feel this way?
I keep repeating: this isn't a race and there is NO finish line.
<3
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Post by Amber Delaney on Jan 11, 2012 18:20:14 GMT -5
All the time Heather - all the time.....I have lost 111 pounds and feel exactly the same way, but there are times that I notice myself in the mirror or see a picture and I am like "Wow, is that me." those moments make it all worth it!
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Post by jasondewitt on Jan 11, 2012 21:11:32 GMT -5
Yeah...me too. I'm sitting around 125 pounds myself...I just see the areas that need more work a lot.
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Post by MarciaB30 on Jan 13, 2012 1:40:12 GMT -5
My husband just said the same thing to me Heather... that you can't even enjoy and see that you have lost 90 lbs... and he said it like it was a big thing but all I see is I have so far left to go and I want that darn scale to be lower, and I want to be out of the obese category (being short sucks sometimes)
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Post by newmechristi on Jan 13, 2012 5:31:17 GMT -5
I understand! My hubby gets upset with me b/c I am obsessed with the numbers. He gets on me b/c he says that my motivation in life is better, my clothes are looser, I am not as achy in the morning like I was and that I should measure everything by how I feel not a technical number. I tell him he just doesn't understand!! We have done all of this to our bodies (I use you all to my defense!!) It is difficult to think that we want to get to the number we thought having this difficult life altering surgery could give us!! I continue to think that I will stay at 200 though its much better than 260, I worry everyday that I will be one of those ppl this surgery doesn't work for. I think we all do deep down inside!! Keep up the hard work and believe in yourself! I do!
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Post by MHall624 on Jan 14, 2012 7:51:41 GMT -5
Heather, Yes I can totally sympathize. I still criticize myself daily and think...hmmm, I could have went to the gym twice today...I also feel like I should be losing faster...sometimes it takes 2 weeks for the damn scale to move a pound. Then like somebody else said, I catch a glimpse of my reflection and I realize how far I've come. I haven't measured my inches since they took them pre-op at the doctors office. Maybe they'll do it at my one year out appointment?
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