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Weight Loss/Maintenance

rox63

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2. The image I see in the mirror doesn't feel like it's me

Reply to annabanana (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 09:31 AM

Jan 2013

I am mostly shopping for clothes that are on clearance or deep discount, since I know they are transitional. As I have shrunk out of my old clothes, I have been giving them to my Mom and to second-hand stores. But realizing that I could shop in the entire store felt really strange and kind of overwhelming. All those choices, much more than I was used to having.

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When will I no longer feel like a fat person? [View all] rox63 Jan 2013 OP

In the aftermath of my annabanana Jan 2013 #1

The image I see in the mirror doesn't feel like it's me rox63 Jan 2013 #2

It is a pretty good annabanana Jan 2013 #3

Surgery was in 2005 and I still can't reconcile auntAgonist Jan 2013 #4

I've got nearly 50 years of fat-girl history rox63 Jan 2013 #5

Me too Rox, I am 57 now so a lifetime of fatty fatty two by four in my life. auntAgonist Jan 2013 #7

Not sure... Broken_Hero Jan 2013 #6

I think we can all relate by the sound of it. auntAgonist Jan 2013 #8

No idea spinbaby Jan 2013 #9