Whilst recovering

[Mr Doo]

Whilst recovering in hospital on monday after having gastric bypass, i was talking to other surgical patients ( non for weight loss ) & conversation got round to our individual surgery
Mine came up & they were shocked that i was'nt doubled over in agony/pain!!
i was asked a question of " how big do you think you look ?", this stumped me after careful consideration my answer was " not as big as i look !!!!".
So does everyone/anyone feel like your a skinny kid in a large body or not ?,
could this be slightly body dismorphic or just plain old denial !!
love to hear others views on themselves

 

[kirstyjade]

I think I have body dysmorphia!! I think I'm alot smaller than I am and it isn't until I see a full length picture of myself or i catch a glimpse of myself in a window that I realise how big I acctually am, I never look in full length mirrors so i kinda do forget how big iam sometimes and need abit of a reality check... But I definatly feel like a skinny person stuck in a fat persons body

 

[Nicnac_]

I think I have body dysmorphia!! I think I'm alot smaller than I am and it isn't until I see a full length picture of myself or i catch a glimpse of myself in a window that I realise how big I acctually am, I never look in full length mirrors so i kinda do forget how big iam sometimes and need abit of a reality check... But I definatly feel like a skinny person stuck in a fat persons body

Exactly how I think/feel - when I see pictures I shock myself as I don't feel as big as I am!

About 12years ago I lost 4 stone in 6 months through dieting and was at a healthy weight - I'm now that 4 stone heavier plus a further 3 stone. Anyway I remember fitting and wearing size 14 to 16 clothes when ever I looked in a mirror I still saw fat me! I never recognised that I was thin - so I can't win either way lol.

Although this time after my bypass I'm going to try and remember to look past what I see when I'm losing weight and that I will be getting smaller!

 

[Mr Doo]

glad its not just me then

 

[Lincs Lass]

Count me in too!!! While I knew how big I was clothes size number-wise, I would not be able to picture how big I was until I saw me in a mirror.

I'd then by shocked and horrified ...... but then slip back into denial !!

 

[AlphaEcho]

I think I have body dysmorphia!! I think I'm alot smaller than I am and it isn't until I see a full length picture of myself or i catch a glimpse of myself in a window that I realise how big I acctually am, I never look in full length mirrors so i kinda do forget how big iam sometimes and need abit of a reality check... But I definatly feel like a skinny person stuck in a fat persons body

Excellently put - exactly how I feel too.

 

[Yvessa]

It's a trick of the mind. I look at pictures where I'd already lost a stone and my mind reels because I don't remember looking that big even in the same photo before.

 

[lyzzyanne]

I was convinced at my biggest that I actually wasn't that big, but looking back I couldn't do loads of things comfortably, you know sit in a plane seat without ensuring a family member was next to me to allow me to seat share!! In my head I was acceptable size and even convinced myself going into see the dietician that they would say no as I wasn't that big!! Now I have lost loads of weight I know I have but I can't get y head around it still, can't seem to accept it and I don't know what to say when people come up to me and say I look fantastic. Its strange what goes on in our heads

 

[femfrankie]

Maybe I'm a bit odd but I could see how big I was.... Totally depressing . The problem I have is that after a seven & half stone loss I still only see the original me!

 

[janeybec]

Ha ha, this is why full length pictures are not allowed (at the moment!) I know I'm big but in a picture I'm huge! Lol x

 

[natashoorrr]

I am just in plain old denial I like to think I look small for the weight I am but then I think to myself.. hang on a second I'm a size 26.. and Its even worse when somebody is in work saying omg I weigh TEN stone? I need to go on a diet and I'm sat there thinking.. **** I weigh twice that much and then some - I also find pictures of myself every now and again and again think - Christ that can't be me! I try and look at myself with no clothes on every now and again just to remind myself how big I am!

 

[Paula Garner]

Maybe I'm a bit odd but I could see how big I was.... Totally depressing . The problem I have is that after a seven & half stone loss I still only see the original me!

I've lost just over 10 stone and I still see the pre op me when I look in the mirror. Even though by my clothes I know I'm much smaller. I think it takes a long time for our heads to catch up with our bodies.

 

[femfrankie]

Yep .. I have come down from a size 36 to a 22/24 so my logic recognises that of course I have lost weight but the self image that I just can't avoid because our bedroom is wall to wall mirrors just doesn't reflect that loss?!

 

[fjsinc]

Bit of both really, used to get a shock when I caught a glimpse of myself in a mirror pre op. That was because I was bigger than I thought. Now nearly 6 stone down, I still get a shock. Now because I'm smaller.

 

[Mr Doo]

You know how they say "a camera puts pounds on you " !
Well so do mirrors & reflections, I have found out today