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Do you ever feel like you look the same?

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  • beaglebrandon
    beaglebrandon Posts: 97 Member
    What are you looking at, just your tummy?

    I've lost 35 pounds, and notice it everywhere. I used to have a lot of flab under my arms/rib area when I lifted my arms. That's a LOT less now. My pants are 4" less than they were before. I now wear a size less in shirts. My belly is still there, just a lot smaller. My face is better, not as chubby. There are a lot of differences everywhere. Everything's not perfect yet, but there's a lot different.
  • TangledThread
    TangledThread Posts: 312 Member
    I have the same stats. I could see a small change at 131 lb. Then at 129 lb it was like runaway freight train and a huge change every 3 lbs. Keep at it. It's worth it.

    5' 4"
    SW 151
    GW 123
    CW 123

    151 size 8 and some 6s
    131 size 6
    125 size 4
    123 size 2 crazy I didn't expect to go down a size with 2 lbs
  • st476
    st476 Posts: 357 Member
    I have the same stats. I could see a small change at 131 lb. Then at 129 lb it was like runaway freight train and a huge change every 3 lbs. Keep at it. It's worth it.

    5' 4"
    SW 151
    GW 123
    CW 123

    151 size 8 and some 6s
    131 size 6
    125 size 4
    123 size 2 crazy I didn't expect to go down a size with 2 lbs
    Thank you! That was actually really motivating. I was a size 1 when I was 120 pounds and I'm a size 6 at 133 pounds now. I was a size 6 when I was 150 pounds so I've been feeling like I'll be a size 6 forever. It seems so strange to me that I was 5 sizes smaller when I was only 12 pounds lighter. Hopefully the same thing happens to me that happened to you! :smile:
  • TangledThread
    TangledThread Posts: 312 Member
    Tell me about it. At 151 lbs I should have been an 8 but I was shoving myself into 6s. My original GW was 127 lbs but I was irritated that while I looked thinner I was still a 6. No way had I gone though 5.5 months and 27 lbs to be the same size.

    That's when I set the new goal of 123 lbs. At 125 lbs I was having so much fun I thought about going to 120 lbs or lower. But at the 6 month mark and 124.2 lbs the hunger set in at a level I can't describe. It went from a 3 to 11+. I lasted 2 more weeks and decided that 123 would be good after all. 123.2 to be exact. I couldn't be bothered to go for that last .2 of a pound. Overall I am THRILLED.

    Fingers crossed that it works out the same for you.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    I still use my "fat" gardening jeans to remind me of all the weight I've lost ;)

    I normally don't see it, but the other day at the gym I saw myself in the mirror and did see how much I've lost on my hips. I'm down 5.5 inches since I first measured, which was three months after I started losing weight.
  • owensy12
    owensy12 Posts: 88 Member
    I've lost nearly 40lbs and sometimes don't think I look any different. I can see it in my face, but the rest of my body feels the same even though I've dropped quite a few sizes. Its a phycological thing, which doesn't help me to maintain weight as I think nothings changed so I go back to my old eating habits. It's something I need to snap myself out of.
  • wagnerpe123
    wagnerpe123 Posts: 65 Member
    Yes! I've lost 100, but while I know I don't look the same (I certainly don't feel the same physically; in much better shape of course), I can't wrap my mind around my current size.

    Recently, we were at a crowded place, waiting for the gates to open and I asked my husband if my size was like that of "person A" over there. He said, no way, looked around and said - you are the size of "person B" over there. It was my turn to say, no way. Person B was much too thin to be me. But then, all three of my kids confirmed my husband's opinion. I still don't see it that way.
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