I have stretch marks and loose skin. My husband is the only one who sees me naked and he thinks I look gorgeous. He loves to see me naked and constantly touches my body. I have no doubt he likes what he sees.
I look DAMN good dressed in clothes and my weight loss was totally worth it. I used to hate pictures of myself - I avoided the camera for 10 years. No pictures of me and my family in that time.
Since I've lost weight, I've joined Facebook. Happily post pictures of myself - no fears of my high school friends finding me, heck, I weigh less than I did in high school.
I've also shopped for wedding dresses and gotten married. Wedding dress shopping was the magical experience I had always hoped. Every dress looked great, no big gaping back with an exasperated sales girl trying to hold it closed. My wedding photos are fabulous, I love looking through our wedding album.
My driver's license - has my real weight on it. My picture is fab.
Not sure what else I can say about how weight loss was worth a little loose skin on my stomach, underarms, thighs, boobs. A towel wraps around me. I can bend and easily cut my toenails without being winded. I can keep up with my friends while we stroll around downtown (the old me had to stop and rest a lot). Airplane seats are roomy. Clothes shopping is fun. I have more energy.
I would never ever trade a little loose skin for filled-out fat skin. I hope I never regain the weight.
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