Fears about the journey

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  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    dubird wrote: »
    As a comment for future: If you're fearing loose skin, look into donating it. I know a place around here will accept donations of skin for burn victims. Don't know if your area does that, but if they do, then loose skin shouldn't be feared anymore.
    What is the name of this place?
  • cbelc2
    cbelc2 Posts: 762 Member
    I fear losing my security blanket of fat. At the same time, my desire to be healthy and strong and thinner and to wear cute clothes far outweighs my fear. So I won't give up on my goals. I will be my best self. I will believe in me. I will be strict and serious with humor and forgiveness.
  • adreal
    adreal Posts: 229 Member
    I fear that I will never get rid of my inner fat girl. Sometimes I will stop and look in the mirror and still see her and it is hard to get rid of that other person living in you. I still try on bigger clothes sometimes and am surprised I can fit in things that are smaller. I still have some to lose but it is hard to shake that fat girl complex.
  • SingRunTing
    SingRunTing Posts: 2,604 Member
    My biggest fear is regaining.

    I've lost weight before (never this much though) and obviously regained it all back. Several times.

    But, as cliche as this sounds, this time is different. I'm active. I feel healthy. I'm going to keep setting goals to reach even after I'm done losing weight. I'm going to weigh at least once a week to keep tabs on where I am. Basically, I have a plan instead of just going back to the way things used to be.

    But even with the plan, the regaining fear is still there. I'm planning on having kids someday. I know that pregnancy, especially one with complications, always comes with some weight gain.
  • dubird
    dubird Posts: 1,849 Member
    Kalikel wrote: »
    dubird wrote: »
    As a comment for future: If you're fearing loose skin, look into donating it. I know a place around here will accept donations of skin for burn victims. Don't know if your area does that, but if they do, then loose skin shouldn't be feared anymore.
    What is the name of this place?

    Just looked it up and I was wrong. I'm sorry, I should've looked it up before I posted. ><
  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    I lost weight while I was in college, and I was very conflicted when I started because I thought that a big part of my identity was defined by being the chubby/curvy (depending on how my self-esteem was doing on that particular day) girl. It was 100% a defense mechanism -- a "you can't hurt my feelings when you call me fat if I already call myself fat!" thing. I finally realized that I could always go back if I didn't like how I looked at a lower weight, and it got rid of that particular fear. I was just trying something new, and if it didn't get me to a place I liked, I could try something else.
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    dubird wrote: »
    Kalikel wrote: »
    dubird wrote: »
    As a comment for future: If you're fearing loose skin, look into donating it. I know a place around here will accept donations of skin for burn victims. Don't know if your area does that, but if they do, then loose skin shouldn't be feared anymore.
    What is the name of this place?

    Just looked it up and I was wrong. I'm sorry, I should've looked it up before I posted. ><

    I've looked into this and was told that it is not a possibility.

    Too bad--I only have loose skin in one place and it would be a nice big single piece.
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