How can you NOT feel better

dengarrett

I have known a couple of people who lost a LOT of weight - over a hundred pounds yet they say the they do not feel any different. I just don't know how that can be. Is there just a different definition of the word "feel"? I have lost 40 pounds and I feel SO much better.

dls06

Because there real issue is not weight.

dengarrett

Yeah of course that makes sense.

realme56

I agree. As psych nurse I see many patients who have had the bypass surgery. They lost weight but the underlying disease is still there so many times they either substitute another addiction or gain back the weight and add other addiction.

I feel better with just what I have lost so far!

Spayrroe

I worked with a woman before who was very slender, and actually looked underweight to most of us coworkers. She was constantly dieting, and even went so far as to have that new lipo done where they basically ultrasound to break down the tissue and then drain it.

She was a very nice woman, and I got along with her well, but a lot of us felt that she had an underlying body image issue that drastically needed addressed. She was slender, and had to be in a healthy BMI range (I never asked because, well, that's rude), but was still obsessed with losing more weight. Kind of sad really.

papastu

I worked with a woman before who was very slender, and actually looked underweight to most of us coworkers.

i look at peoples pictures on here , and sometimes I think just that

ladybug1009

I agree with PP. Losing the weight might feel better physically, but mentally not so much. There is still emotional pain that needs to be addressed.

I know that when I originally lost 82 pounds, I felt amazing! Inside and out. But there are still things I need to work on emotionally. It shows since I gained most of my weight back.

perrytyra

I worked with a woman before who was very slender, and actually looked underweight to most of us coworkers. She was constantly dieting, and even went so far as to have that new lipo done where they basically ultrasound to break down the tissue and then drain it.

She was a very nice woman, and I got along with her well, but a lot of us felt that she had an underlying body image issue that drastically needed addressed. She was slender, and had to be in a healthy BMI range (I never asked because, well, that's rude), but was still obsessed with losing more weight. Kind of sad really.

Do you find it sad that a doctor would allow her to have that lipo done when she obviously didn't need it?

dengarrett

Do you find it sad that a doctor would allow her to have that lipo done when she obviously didn't need it?

I find it sad that there is a market for it at all.