Does it ever not seem real?

jnv7594

O.P. to answer your question. I certainly have those moments. I've lost 90 pounds, but mentally my brain has not caught up with my body. Sometimes I'll see myself in a department store mirror and won't even recognize myself, especially when trying on clothes that actually fit. My daughter and I went shopping recently at a store that I hadn't been to in over a year. They have a dressing room with a long hall that has a mirror down at the end. When we were there prior to my weight loss, I remember seeing myself in that mirror and not recognizing myself because I had let myself get so big. I was just mortified. On our recent trip there again, I remember looking in that same mirror and getting tears in my eyes. I looked like a different person. It dawned on me how far I'd come. I again didn't recognize myself, but this time for the opposite reason. It's a strange feeling. A lot of times I still see myself bigger than I am. I still have about 50 pounds to lose, too, so it will be interesting to see how I feel then.

angelexperiment

maillemaker wrote: »

I'm with JSurita2. Weight loss may be simple but I don't find it easy. It's very, very hard as I have to battle hunger all the time.

Why? You should not be hungry. There is no reason for it. Maybe up you protein fat intake for satiety.

Sarasmaintaining

Ninkyou wrote: »

In the beginning yes.

What do you mean I don't have to be miserable to lose weight? You mean I don't have to live off of salads? I can still eat ice cream????

Yes. It's ridiculously simple and easy. The hard part is all mental (patience, learning, etc).

This 100%

Oldbitcollector

yes, and yes. I'm down 44 pounds in the last 95 days. If I didn't have pictures of the scale from each of my weigh ins I probably wouldn't believe it. It doesn't seem real except that the pants now require a belt (and will soon require replacement), I've already ditched my double XL shirts, and I've started to get muscle I've never had before from my work outs.

I can't believe I put up with being out of shape for almost a decade when it was this easy...

Lizadizzle

Oldbitcollector wrote: »

... and I've started to get muscle I've never had before from my work outs.

I scratched my shoulder the other day and for 1/2 a second, worried about a weird feeling lump, ah... it was my deltoid. I'm athletically built, I just got fat over the years. I'd forgotten what some of those muscles looked and felt like!

OP, yeah, I'm right there with you. I've been off / on with MFP for a few years, I dont know what made it stick / work this time, but I'm so glad it finally is. This time when I started, I found myself able to log stuff, and not be hungry. It was weird. It's still weird. O.O

otobeslim

As a 56 year old woman I can say it is not as easy as when I was younger. At twenty five the weight flew of me doing what I am doing now. At 30 and 39 I had baby making weight to get off and that was a step harder than at 25. This losing weight is way hard at this age (56). Can not eat 1250 calories a day, I'll gain weight at that. I have always been a smaller portioned eater than most so maybe that's why I need to drop so low. If I stay under 1000 a pound a week comes off. I know ya all will say I'm starving myself. My son went toe to toe with me on that topic. I ate the 1250 with 40 min of exercise a day to boot. I gained for four weeks and I went back to what I knew would work. Healthy clean eating at 1000 calories. Not that I have not been on the site the whole time. Tried another diet The Fast Metabolism diet and watch the calories too. I gained. Weight Watches is fantastic but money is tight and this site works for me!

atypicalsmith

otobeslim wrote: »

As a 56 year old woman I can say it is not as easy as when I was younger. At twenty five the weight flew of me doing what I am doing now. At 30 and 39 I had baby making weight to get off and that was a step harder than at 25. This losing weight is way hard at this age (56). Can not eat 1250 calories a day, I'll gain weight at that. I have always been a smaller portioned eater than most so maybe that's why I need to drop so low. If I stay under 1000 a pound a week comes off. I know ya all will say I'm starving myself. My son went toe to toe with me on that topic. I ate the 1250 with 40 min of exercise a day to boot. I gained for four weeks and I went back to what I knew would work. Healthy clean eating at 1000 calories. Not that I have not been on the site the whole time. Tried another diet The Fast Metabolism diet and watch the calories too. I gained. Weight Watches is fantastic but money is tight and this site works for me!

Try 1250 calories and 60 minutes of exercise.

teresa_garcia29

Omg I feel the same way. I started back this time though I added infused water and am keeping very close track of calories (1200 a day) and logging every day. I like how I feel. I have lost 10 pounds in less than a month !!

Machka9

Jasmunr wrote: »

I've been trying to lose weight unsuccessfully for 3 years. This is my 3rd go at myfitnesspal and for some reason it just stuck this time. I've gone from 133/134 to 125 in about a month and a half. It just doesn't seem real. It just seems too easy like someone is going to pop out and say "surprise, just kidding!" Did anyone else feel like that in the beginning?

Yep ... I'm down 14 kg (30-ish lbs) in 14 weeks, and it still doesn't feel real. Every time I step on the scale I figure it'll show me back close to my starting weight.

Sweet_Heresy

I'm down 23 lbs. In 3 months, about halfway to my goal, and honestly when people comment about all my "hard work" paying off I kind of laugh cause it honestly doesn't seem like hard work at all.

I'm tracking my calories and eating less, but I'm not starving all day. I only go to the gym 3x a week to lift, and even that doesn't seem like "hard work" cause I like doing it...to the point where I'm not currently driving, could easily use that as an excuse to not go to the gym, but I still walk my *kitten* 2 miles there, work out, and walk home. It's a habit at this point. Just something I do.

It HAS just stuck this time. I would try to lose weight over the years but it never lasted. I blame my struggle with depression for alot of it and now that I've finally been getting treatment for it, this journey has been fairly effortless.

Of course I'm not trivializing anybody who's struggling to lose weight I'm simply speaking for myself.