My sister said to me just yesterday "How are you going to get that stomach in again after being over weight all your life?"
I was actually stunned to hear that. But then I realized something. My sister is on a diet too. Maybe loose skin is something she is worried about. So the question came out as a concern for herself as well as for me. Just a thought.

As for body image, I think the health image is way more beautiful than the trim image. Have you see pictures of people on this site. We are beautiful people. My sister is on a low fat diet and she has very bad dry skin and more wrinkles than I do, and she is 6 years younger!