Gastric Bypass Surgery Support Group

Gastric bypass (GBP) is any of a group of similar operative procedures used to treat morbid obesity, a condition which arises from severe accumulation of excess weight in the form of fatty tissue, and the health problems ("co-morbidities") which result. If you are considering gastric bypass or have had it, join the community where we share our experiences and find support.

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elainyanna 03/26/2013

Why is it that I am almost a size 8 and I still see myself as the Fat chick? I am 5.5mos out and weigh 185 now. When I see myself in a dressing room mirror I think my God is that me? I am that small? but I don't feel that small.... Dose anyone else go through this?

deleted_user 03/26/2013

It does take some time for the brain to rationalize your new thinner image. I spent years avoiding "seeing" the whole "monty" and if I saw a photo or caught a glimpse it was a shocker. It is a know fact that anorexics will look at their 87 lb image and see a fat person I believe it is called body imorphic sp? syndrome so it is logical to imagine that the brain is still seeing the fat self. If you take photos at multiple weightloss stages and view them in sequence it may help to register you thinner image. d

deleted_user 03/26/2013

I'm still pre surgery. However, of the many temporarily successful diets I did - I lost 80lbs in about 6 months doing the HMR liquid meal replacement diet. I remember how odd it was to shop for clothes and automatically heading to the plus size section. When I got there, I realized "hey, these don't fit me anymore." It took some time to remember and automatically go to the regular women sizes.

imjj4short 03/26/2013

Absolutely!! I totally struggle with this. I'm just over 3 years out and I have to use my rational mind to reason with my feelings/emotions"\ all the time.

It usually goes something like this...

Emotional self: "I feel fat!"
Rational mind: "Hey, you are wearing size ___ and fat people don't wear size ___...so cut it out!!! Remember what you promised yourself when you weighed 300 lbs?? You said you'd stop beating yourself up about weight if you could ever get under 200 lbs. Well, you weigh well under that now, so keep your promise and be kind to yourself. You are healthy and can move. Stop nit-picking!! Love yourself! You've done good!!"

I don't have to have the conversations as often as I used to, but they still happen. It takes time to accept the new us.

JJ

debsue123 03/26/2013

I am 6 months out from gastric bypass and feel good about the weight I've lost...103 lbs. I am in a lot smaller size clothing now but when I see people I know they never say anything about looking good. I know that's not why we did this but it helps me when others notice. Keep up the good work. debby

deleted_user 03/26/2013

i think the feeling of seeing yourself as a "fat chick" is a mental thing.
Since you might have been overweight for a while now that you have change is hard to comprehend. But you look wonderful just need to accept the fact that YES you are that small now & take a breath whenever in doubt !!

Congrats for your weight loss!!!

elainyanna 03/26/2013

Thank you all for your support!

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