Do you think you're not as fat as you are?

Machka9

I never thought of myself as overweight ... even when I looked in the mirror. But the scale kept telling me I was. Silly scale!

I've lost over 50 lbs now, and just in the past couple days, I've been looking at photos of me a year ago.

Um. WOW. In a few I hardly recognised myself. Guess I was overweight after all.

asyk805

I'm in the same boat. I like to think I am tall, big boned, fluffy...when in reality I am in the obese class. I look in the mirror and don't think I look that bad but then in some pictures it like....eeeeekkkkkkk

lithezebra

This question is too philosophical for me to answer. How do we know what we know? Can we trust our senses when we look in the mirror, our subjective feelings of fatness? What is truly knowable?

rosebette

lithezebra wrote: »

This question is too philosophical for me to answer. How do we know what we know? Can we trust our senses when we look in the mirror, our subjective feelings of fatness? What is truly knowable?

This is a good question. What about people who are normal weight who see themselves as fat? I was actually the reverse. I felt that I had a lot of cellulite and arms that were so flabby they needed a reduction, and hubby (who is a bit "blind" about my body shape, as he prefers curvier women), insisted there was none. Then my husband took pictures of me on the beach in a bathing suit and I was surprised to see there was no cellulite. Many of us look for every little defect and imperfection and emphasize that; this is especially true of women.

GillianLF

I don't look as heavy as I weigh. When I tell people my weight they look at me as if they are seeing me through new eyes. Or maybe that's how I see it.

I carry myself well, have always been "curvy" and never really thought about myself as "fat" ever. Last year I went to the doctor just for a standard prescription, she got me to stand on the scales and put me against the height chart and asked did I know I was in the obese category on the BMI chart. I didn't and was disgusted...with her!

I'm now in the overweight category but over Christmas when I'm fitting into my nice clothes and everyone keeps telling me how great I looked its easy to think of myself as an ideal weight. Truth is I'm not, I'm still overweight. I really don't like admitting that.

tigerblue

Looking in the mirror I can trick myself into not seeing the fat. I can catch just the right angle, suck it in, etc.

But when I see a picture, I know. Pictures don't lie!

pierson_lauren

I relate completly. I only noticed in picture I was gaining weight. I gained do to a birth control I was on. I never eat that horrible but I'm not very active.. this is all going to change

tthoma5201

I have the same problem. I think I look thinner than I really am and then I see pics and I am like wow. I have a long way to go!

Vcorz

I think this is definitely a problem for people who were thin most of their adult lives. You can see the old me in my profile pic....I'm a good 70 pounds heavier now, and 12 inches wider round the waist, but I still think of myself as the "skinny kid". And theres a girl in my office who had been a size 2, except now she isn't! But I think shes still in denial, squeezing into her same old clothes and joking about how skinny she is....

BirdyWeirdy77

I feel that way everyday! Especially while loosing weight i feel so free. I have lost 10 pounds in 6 days, recently.
i have to remind myself in still very fat and unhealthy, and need to loose a lot of weight.

spzjlb

pierson_lauren wrote: »

I relate completly. I only noticed in picture I was gaining weight. I gained do to a birth control I was on. I never eat that horrible but I'm not very active.. this is all going to change

Careful - birth control doesn't make you fat. Excess calories do.