Self awareness and body image

Jun 22, 2009

It's a really strange thing to me. When I look at myself, for the most part I don't see the weight loss. Sometimes when I'm wearing something that fits me really well and I turn sideways in the mirror, I can see how "flat" my stomach looks, but other then that I really don't "see" it.  I can definitely tell a difference in how my clothes are fitting and the sizes that I'm buying, but when I look at myself, I just don't see it yet.

My biggest issue with my body still remains my arms. I have always had an issue with how my arms look and would not wear sleeveless anything without a way to hide my arms. It seems that no matter how hard I work on them, they dont' seem to get any smaller.

However, one thing that I can definitely tell is better, is sex!! Making love to my husband is a lot easier for both of us, and just better all the way around - though I still seem to have issues with not being all that interested in it - Hopefully that's not TMI!! LOL  Oh well, it was on my mind so I thought I'd share it!

I am quickly approaching my lightest adult weight. I'm almost back to the size I was in high school and I have lost 137 pounds since I started this journey a little over a year ago - 71 pounds pre op and 66 pounds post op so far. I am so proud. My weight loss doesn't seem to be as fast as some others, but it is very steady, and that is awesome. I've had one small stall so far, but for the most part, I'm losing 3 to 4 pounds each week. As long as I'm going down, that's the important thing to me!

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