100 pound + Weight loss Roll call!

I realize there are several of us on here who have lost over 100 pounds...  (and several who want the motivation to do it!)  Just thought that I'd start a thread here to show it CAN be done... the RIGHT way...  and can be maintained!

I didn't know this was here! I should have looked for this before I started that other thread. I'll let it get buried. I NEED this group. <3

133 lost so far.

Anyone else going through body images?

How's everyone feelin? 

What's body images?

and I FEEL fabulous.. not so great today.. .I"m sure it's just blood sugar... Went to the gym to workout... did about 45 minutes of weight training...but it makes me NUTS when I haven't burned at lesat 600 calories... so I figured I'd do some cardio intervals... burn 400 calories real quick... took me longer than I expected.. like 50 minutes... so I felt SICK SICK SICK when I was done...

Came home, ate a sandwich... all is well :-)

i'm glad this thread is more motivational than anything, but by "body" image I am meaning how you feel about how your body looks now.

Like before my body was firm. I was fatter yes, but it was firm.

Now that I have lost 130, my body is more deflated if anything. Kinda saggy. Just wondering how people were mentally handling their new bodies changes. Outer image. 

Oh.. THAT!  Okay... well, not well actually.. had a really hard time.

First of all, I'm 12 years older than  you are, so my body is going to be saggier now, anyway!

HOWEVER... I had lost 168 pounds... and I would stand in the mirror and pull back on my skin to look at what I SHOULD see.  I would grab handfulls of empty skin around my stomach and LIFT so that I could see my flat, pretty stomach with defined abs UNDERNEATH.  I can't wear sleevless shirts because when I make a muscle.. you can see it... defined tripceps, biceps, traps... with alien, empty skin hanging underneath...

and my breasts... Oh LORD!!!  I had the BIGGEST, most beautiful, bodacious breasts... they're still huge... but mostly because I roll em up and throw them in a bra.  (pretty thought, right!)

At my lowest I was wearing size 8 or 10 jeans... but I still could't wear cute, form fitting shirts because of the amount of skin rolls... My profile is awful because my neck still hangs...

So I'm guessing that's what you mean by "body issues?"

It was hard for me at first, too because I was single... hadn't dated... and well.... hadn't anything else either.. .in a LONG TIME... and I felt freakish and weird about the whole thing... because I could dress to look like a normal person... but there are sometimes you can't hide anything.  Apparently, meet the right guy and it doesn't matter.. my husband loves me in lingerie.

I do want the plastic surgery... and I went for a consultation... it'll be about 30k... and I'd do it in three surgies... but the doctor told me other than that.. I can tone all I want... but you can't tone skin... and I've got about 40 lbs worth (so at 160... I'm actually 120... weird, huh?)

But you know... if I had my druthers... I'd take the skin any day over the 168 pounds... I love being able to work out comforatbly... being able to fit into a booth at a restaurant, buckle my seatbelt on a plane... people don't stare at me as I walk down the street anymore... I can see myself as pretty again and it had been a LONG time.

My issue was 3 yrs ago when I got ALMOST to goal weight... I don't know WHAT I was thinking... I am an educated/logical/smart person and I KNOW what caused me to be that weight... but really I threw a lot of my good habits out the window and went back to the bad ones.  I met my husband and tracking foods was no longer a priority... I exercised sporadically... and I'm soooo pissed that I have 75 pounds to lose instead of 15 until maintainence!... HOWEVER, I have it figured out this time... and I'm ready for my floppy skin at the end.

What about you... how are you dealing with it?

(Oh yeah, let me continue my mini rant, here...  I get upset when girls REALLY want to know if they are going to have loose skin and people come on here and say, "I lost 30 pounds, and I've never had an issue."  I didn't with 30 pounds either... We're talking about another entire HUMAN BEING was living inside your skin... and as sucky as it is... you are going to have loose skin when that person comes out... How MUCH depends on how rapidly you lost the weight, how long you were overweight, your age, and how much strength training you did while working out... but if you lose more than 100 pounds... you WILL have floppy skin.  I used to think of it as my punishment for doing that to myself... maybe I still do!)

I totally feel you. You spoke words to me! I think its punishment for doing this to myself too. I mean I did it to myself so I cant get angry about it. I just gotta move past looking at the 'saggyness' of my skin and only think about my health. My face is getting so pretty tho!

I cant, and never have, wore short sleeved tops. My elbows have that fat over hang thing. My breasts are bad off, and in a push up, they wrinkle. It's SO embarrassing if I notice it while I am wearing a lower cut top. OMG people have no idea.

People congratulate me on losing the 133 pounds. I'm proud of myself, no doubt, but they have NO idea that it's not cute when I stand there naked. I cry sometimes. I can't be intimate so much with my man, because I feel disgusting!

I want the surgery, in the future. I'll probably have 30K of work on me too. But finding the time to take recovery time off of work is nearly impossible at my young age. PLUS I want to have children one day, so I'm going to have to wait on it. I almost want to pass up the idea of children just so I can fix me now. How selfish is that?

So just know there are many of us out there that go through this same body image issues. Low self esteem is something I really need to work on. I just hate my sag.

I feel like the only thing I can show off is my face. I still don't like taking photos of my whole body. My last updated 'after' pictures were from 25 pounds ago. (i've lost 25 since those).

I'd love to hear others with the same issues. <3 we are here to support each other, and nobody understands us like us.

Seriously, don't let the self esteem get the best of you. Really look at pictures... ones that other people take with you in them.  You know how people talk all of the time on this site about how they wish they could have known that they looked good when they were younger when they only THOUGHT they were fat.

I think it's unfortunate human nature that we're always nit picking at ourselves... and we're products of the media as well.

Yes... I know you're proud.. but take some time and REALLY look at yourself... that skin doesn't have to be forever... and even if it is... REALLY look...  Look at the old "fat" pictures.  

First, do you really think you looked better in those?

Secondly, what about how you FEEL now... the ease... the freedom of movement... being able to put on regular clothes... it even takes less to pack a suitcase now, doesn't it?

I only say this because I let the other stuff get to me... to the point that I thought, "what the hell... why did I bother if I"m always going to be like this."  because it's not all about appearance.. because it's about healthy living and feeling good, too.

...but let's be candid... You and I BOTH know we look better in pictures now than in our "fat" days...skin or not!

Star & Texas - Oh, I so hear you guys on the floppy skin thing.  I've lost 120 lbs so far, and although I look so much better in clothes, out of them is another thing altogether.  Star, you are so young I bet that in time there will be some firming up.....not so much for me, since I am over 40.  I count myself lucky that my arms are o.k. and my face/neck don't droop - but the stomach, inner thighs, butt & boobs are a total disaster, and I want to loose another 40 lbs.  I have panty lines for the first time in forever, because the panties dent my loose skin! when I was heavier, everything was at least solid.

I can actually practically fold my boobs over! Ack!  Surgery is definitely in the future at least for the boobs!!!!

But - all that said, I would never want to be back where I was when I started.  I just found out I have a hernia in my abdominal area that needs repair, and I am going to see if maybe the surgeon can take a little extra skin while repairing it - don't know if she will, but while she is in there with a scalpel, why not?

Good luck to all in their weight loss efforts!

oh yes the boobs are the worse part i think. i can live with the tummy, but the boobs are ick. LoL. I'll get em fixed, but it's rough to look at in the shower.

Oh and yes i love new photos of me. I don't like taking them of myself, but it's fun to see pictures of me when other people take them. It's so STRANGE because I look like my dad. Like WOAH. I never used to look like him when I was bigger, but as I got slimmer, my face got longer, and my eyes, and everything.. it screams DAD. Hi Dad! Aw i miss my dad.

I haven't seen my dad in over a year. Every time i look in the mirror, I am reminded of him tho. Aw so sad. At least my face is nothing I would want plastic surgery on (well maybe my jaw, i have an underbite) but I feel oh so pretty sometimes :)

And I'm glad I'm not completely broken, but I want my arms fixed. Boobs and arms. Because I have that elbow stuff, and I at LEAST want to look good in a long sleeve. Is that too much to ask for? :) It'll get done.

When I hit 140, I'm going in for a boob and arm consultation. tummy can wait until after babies.

We all rock so much tho. I mean honestly, we've come so far and we're doing this for good. We are here to support eachother through these last few pounds. It's just amazing that I have found a great group of people I can express my body issues about.

Yay! 

I have acheived the 100lb mark today. Yes, I have floppy skin and i am so pleased with the changes that I will gladly accept having evidence of my life before this point. My spouse (what a guy) thinks the idea of surgery is ridiculous. This makes me feel loved and self accepting.

Congrats fatdoc!   Knew you were close... welcome to the club!  (The surgery will be for me... but my hubby doesn't discourage or encourage... I"m so glad we have fabulous hubbies!)

thanks teach.

BIG congrats fat doc! the 100 marker is amazing

and both of you, i'm so happy that you both have amazing spouses by your side. I wish I had that. I'm 23 years old and freshly single. I fear finding someone that will accept my body for what it is. Especially being in such a highly populated college city. Just get me outa here! Someone get me a date :) 

I'm sorry about your break up star... that's so tough.

 

FYI... I met my husband AFTER weight loss... and was TERRIFIED about the "first time" he would see me in a "compromising" posiion... as much as I felt better about myself... I knew the alien skin was WEIRD... and the saggy chest... o' lord!

 

But what you read in all the women's magazines is true.  He really didn't mind... or even seem to notice... just told me how beautiful I was.  Remember how scary it was being FAT and trying to get to know someone???  I think all women feel that way no matter what their body type...

...and if you wait for the right guy, it'll never be an issue.

well im waiting for the right guy then.... as pathetic as that sounds at my age....

wow, congrats everyone! i have lost 24 pounds and have about 22 pounds left, and these storys are keeping me motivated.  

texas ~ you met your husband after weight loss... did you tell him about your body right away, or did you just leave that up for a 'as time goes on he will just find out on his own' thing? i just fear how to approach the whole thing.

 

and for everyone else: how much weight do you have left to hit goal? I think we should run a ticker in the original post. I have 17.2 more pounds to go! 137.2 pounds lost. 

I told him before he saw it... and the first few times I let him... it was VERY VERY dark... *lol*

We met online... and I actually told him about weight loss pretty early in our relationship, but I didn't mention the body stuff at first.  I don't remember how it came up... so I'll go ask him...

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I just asked him, "Honey, how did I tell you about my skin?"  He said, "What about your skin."  I said "The fact that it's hanging all over my body." 

He said, "I don't know... can't remember."  I said, "What did you think about it?"  He said, "What did I care?  It meant that we FINALLY got to be together."  (I took six months... whatever... he can wait!)  I said, "Yeah, but, we've both said that we want me to get the surgery."

He said, "Just because it would make you happy.  It doesn't really bother me."

Now, note... he didn't say "You look fantastic."  but that's not in his nature anyway.

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I suppose my point is (without trying to sound like a mom or something :-)  ) that if you don't feel secure enough to tell a guy about imperfections... you shouldn't be ready to be intimate...  and assuming the guy isn't a kretin... hopefully he's more into you than THAT by the time you get to that part of your relationship... and we are ALWAYS going to be more critical of our bodies than guys are...  that's really true!  I feel like it's sooooo droopy.. and all over me... and gross... but I FORCE myself to parade around half naked... and be confident... and I'm sure it shows because he never has any complaints.. :-) 

(Now, at one point I was only 15 pounds over my goal...  and I gained more than 50 pounds in the last year, so I now have 68 to lose... He DID mention that to me... and my skin is much fuller than it was... clearly he preferred loser skin and less body!)

awww does your husband have a younger brother? maybe their mama brought em up to be all nice like yours :) ya i dunno... i am comfortable being open about it, but i dont want it to be my 'wall' when i go on dates. like i wanna feel normal in my normal sized body. i do wanna get it fixed, but im waiting until after children. one part that i want fixed above any other is my arms. no matter how small i get, my arms are very 'wingy' and large. i wish they wernt! but thus is life. i want my arms to at least look good in a long sleeve. know what i mean?

but i'm still living with my ex, so for now i'm not going on dates. i was with my ex fiance before i lost weight. i met him online too. he loved/loves my body no matter what my imperfections are. now that we are going separate ways, i just feel like i wont find anyone else to accept my body for what it is. maybe it's guys my age i think wont be okay with it. egh. lol. even though i'm freshly single, i want to be intimate soon. again, maybe my age? lol.

Just checking to see if everyone is still doing OK. We're heading into the holidays now. Gag! a local FM station is already going with the all-Christmas music all the time. Not that I mind Christmas music, but they started it on Nov 4!

Anyway, does your dieting change during the holidays? I'm hoping to keep my head above water and just lose 1 lb per week on average. I gained 20 lb during the time I had my cast on with my broken foot. So if I can shed that off by Feb, I'll consider myself lucky.

Hi all, i just found this thread for the first time.  I have only lost 45lbs so far but cant wait to get to 100.  All up i need to lose around 130. It's a long road, but all the success stories are so inspiring.