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03-12-2009, 09:45 AM
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One pound at a time...
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,216
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I don't recognize my face!
I think one oddest experiences I have had recently is that I don't recognize my face. I was playing around with my webcam on my laptop and I looked at myself, really looked at myself. I did not recognize the lean face that was staring back at me. It was quite a strange feeling. I have realized that I have to get re-aquainted with myself. I noticing bones that protude (ribs, backbone, collarbone) that I have never seen before. I am happy about, please don't get me wrong, but it makes me realized that I have to now get used to the new me.
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Long Term Goal
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03-12-2009, 10:03 AM
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Come on Spring!
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Delta, Ontario, CANADA
Posts: 26,835
S/C/G: 232/170/150
Height: 5'0" on a tall day
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You bet! With 105+ pounds gone, you ARE a new you! 
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Change isn’t easy. But if you don’t change, you stay the same, and where’s the fun in that?
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03-12-2009, 10:20 AM
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poco a poco
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 495
S/C/G: 246/166.5/158
Height: 5'5"
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Funny, it was my "fat face" I didn't recognise; I'm glad to see me again in the mirror.
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03-12-2009, 10:57 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,141
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Yea it's been my "fat face" that I didn't recognize... I'm slowly starting to find me again underneath it all.
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03-12-2009, 11:14 AM
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yay! summertime!
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 754
S/C/G: 265/235/135
Height: 5'7"
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You need to take you out to a nice salad dinner and get re-acquainted, ChocolateLabLover. Or, maybe an even better way to build a good rapport with you is to take you shopping for new, hot, slinky clothes! 
It is interesting that sometimes our heads change slower than our bodies do --- for now, just keep enjoying the pleasant surprise of seeing that sleek, healthy you in the mirror. Congratulations on such a wonderful change!
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03-12-2009, 02:55 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 724
S/C/G: 265/132/150
Height: 5'5"
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That happens to me too. I was obese for almost 25 years so I had forgotten the thinner me. I think what is kind of strange is that when I was this size before I was in my early twenties, now at 45 I have the age and thinner face to get used to. Thankfully the slower weight loss helps with not getting as wrinkled/lined.
I agree with you though, I'm much happier with what I see.
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In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins... Not through strength, but through Persistence.
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03-12-2009, 02:59 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 5,629
S/C/G: HW/232 SW 215/ CW 133/GW 120's
Height: 5.7 and 1/2
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Yes, -105..you are a new person indeed!
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"Be who you are, say what you feel. Those who matter, don't mind. Those who mind, don't matter." --Dr. Seuss
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03-12-2009, 03:42 PM
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yes girl
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: houston, tx
Posts: 374
S/C/G: 201.4/179.8/130
Height: 5'0"
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can't wait till i don't recognize my face. lol!
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started South Beach Diet 5/3/2012
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03-12-2009, 03:49 PM
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Mentally ready
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 1,273
S/C/G: 314/266/165
Height: 5'8
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Nice, I can see very subtle difference about myself, but nothing too extreme yet. Should be a fun experience  I can't wait.
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THE MOST FATTENING THING YOU CAN PUT IN AN APPLE PIE IS A SPOON.
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03-12-2009, 04:18 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Oregon
Posts: 18
S/C/G: 273/232/140
Height: 5'4
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I have not really seen any difference in myself recently. I can'w wait to feel like you do!!!! You got me excited all over again!!!! 
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MY NEW LIFE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS!!
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03-12-2009, 04:19 PM
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Back in Action
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: A Nebraska Farm
Posts: 3,107
S/C/G: 213/197/140
Height: 5'6"
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It is a strange sensation isn't it? Now when I look in the mirror I see MY MOTHER!! It's kind of cool because she passed away 16 years ago, so it's nice to see her again... 
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Highest weight - 333 pounds. Lost 193 pounds by calorie counting in 2008/09. Regained 73 pounds in the last 7 years and am working on getting back to a normal BMI.
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03-12-2009, 05:36 PM
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3 + years maintaining
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 12,070
S/C/G: 287/120's
Height: 5 foot nuthin'
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It is an odd thing, isn't it? Sometimes I'll catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror and wonder where that girl came from. Other times I'll think that's me and why in the world was she hidden for so long. It's a very odd thing.
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03-12-2009, 08:11 PM
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NEVER EVER going back
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,747
S/C/G: 377/240's/150
Height: 5 feet 5 inches
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I feel ya girl! I don't recognize my new face AT ALL.
You need to go get some lovely new scented lotion and rub in into your new fit body, a lovely face scrub and explore the new contours of your face... and remind yourself how hard you worked for this and how GORGEOUS! you are now
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On my own personal journey I started on September 27, 2008
Starting weight 377, Weight in spring of 2010 198, Weight in August 2011? In the 240's.
Still plugging along on this weight loss highway!
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03-12-2009, 10:30 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: New York
Posts: 288
S/C/G: 320/ticker/125
Height: 5'1"
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CONGRATS! I can't wait until I see my new face- I have always been overweight, so I'll be very happy when I see my more beautiful thin face.
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03-12-2009, 10:37 PM
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Mentally ready
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 1,273
S/C/G: 314/266/165
Height: 5'8
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Amber1011
CONGRATS! I can't wait until I see my new face- I have always been overweight, so I'll be very happy when I see my more beautiful thin face.
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Yeh I've been overweight my whole life too, its going to be a whole new experience
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