[rockinrobin]

Originally Posted by QuilterInVA

What will it take? Until you love your body just the way it is, it won't happen. We have to love ourselves to be our care first.

This wasn't necessarily the case *with me*. I strongly disagree with this statement.

I didn't love my body the way it was. I didn't love what I did to it. I had let it go. I didn't take care of it. I was enormous, misshapen and full of aches and pains. I most certainly did not love my body. Nope. BUT - that didn't mean that I didn't love MYSELF. I WAS able to separate the two. For me loving my body the way that it was, no - just not possible. No way. No how. For me telling myself that I loved my body just the way it was, was giving myself permission to stay that way. As if it was good enough the way it was. And it wasn't. I wasn't doing right by it or me. I wasn't giving it or me the respect that it so rightly deserved.

Although I will mention that I am grateful beyond belief that it (my body) didn't let me down and was able to function with all that I put upon it. And I was/am grateful for how forgiving it was/is that I was able to reverse much of the damage that I laid upon it.

[ReadyorNot]

Rockinrobin,

You say your body was able to reverse a lot of the damage. Does that mean saggy excess skin?


I'm so worried that if I am able to lose the weight my skin will be nasty. So then whaya the point?

[Glory87]

I have some saggy skin. I started at 35 and close to 200 lbs. I have saggy skin in my armpits, thighs and belly. My boobs sag.

Would I trade my size 6, looks gorgeous in clothes and pretty fab near naked with a sexy push up bra for my fat 200 lb body?

That would be a no.

[rockinrobin]

Originally Posted by ReadyorNot

Rockinrobin,

You say your body was able to reverse a lot of the damage. Does that mean saggy excess skin?


I'm so worried that if I am able to lose the weight my skin will be nasty. So then whaya the point?

I meant that the weight was indeed able to come off of me. That I was able to get rid of the excess fat. That I was able to hopefully stave off obesity related cancers, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, gout, diabetes and a slew of other totally avoidable horrible conditions and diseases.

What's the point you ask if you have excess skin??? Oh I don't know. Does excess skin cause any of those horrible diseases and conditions I just mentioned? Does it cause my joints to ache. Of course not. That's the point. Gaining back my health. My life.

I've got plenty of excess skin and I don't consider it all that *nasty*. Like Glory, it's completely undetectable in clothing. That would be my XS and sized 4 clothing. I feel marvelous, sexy, energetic, self confident, self reliant, fit, trim and healthy. THAT is the point.

And like Meg always says, if you're that unhappy with the results - you can always gain it back.

Way better to have some excess skin then to have excess FAT.

[ReadyorNot]

I shouldn't have said what's the point. I realize the point no matter what.

I couldn't imagine being a size 4 wow!

I've done horrible today but I hope once we get groceries this weekend I can really start eating better!