Head not keeping up with my body
Today was a weird day. I fit into a pair of jeans I thought I might need after Christmas. SIZE 10! My head is definitely not keeping up with my weight loss. In my head, I keep thinking I'm bigger than I am. Does your head ever catch up???
It's also weird because today I am in my surgeon's goal range. He said between 160-169 lbs. and when I got on the scale, I was at 168. Frankly, I have a bit more to go before I'm done. :)
Karen
Yes, eventually your brain WILL catch up, but for some people (like me) it can take a couple of years for the brain to REALLY get it. By the time I was two years out, I finally had a fairly realistic view of my new size (I did not reach my goal weight until 20 months out), but it took me another year and a half to get my brain to stop looking at my thighs (the only place I have much residual fat... and LOTS of extra skin) and being convinced that my thighs were just as big as before I lost 190 pounds. Even looking at a photos of me standing easily with both legs in ONE leg of me pre-op jeans, my brain was still resistant.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
I so know what you mean! I went to Old Navy today and grabbed a pair of size 12 jeans thinking okay they will fit in a few weeks, plus a medium sweater. Was too crowded to try them on in the store so I just bought them and when I got home tried the jeans on and they fit perfect! The sweater did too! I am in shock! Just less than 4 months ago I was wearing 2X-3X tops and 20 pants! I am 9 pounds away from my surgeons goal for me. I want to lose at least another 30? I guess when I lose more I will know when to stop.
Good luck!
Cindy~*
It will eventually catch up but it takes time. I am almost 3 years out. It is finally starting to register. The most interesting part is that I am smaller than everyone I know that is thin. It's strange but a reality.
HW 240/ SW 229/ GW 146/CW 125; OH Support Group Leader
Starting size: 18W-20; Present size: 0 or 2; 5'5-1/2" tall.
Current BMI 20.4 as of 2/13/2013 (normal for the first time in my life).
Goal weight reached on 8/12/2010; As of 1/13/2013, 21 pounds below goal
"I am so glad to hear that it will eventually catch up..I am 9 months out and down 181 lbs but I still have a ways to go.. I grabbed an 18 the other day thinking someday soon hopefully I will be able to wear them, went home and tried them on and they fit good, I came from wearing a 34W so I am pleased to be in an 18 but I don't see a size 18 person in the mirror. With all this extra skin I am so grossed out when I look in the mirror...I won't let my husband see me like that...lol Still have a long road ahead...
