I have been maintaining for about two yrs now.
I still need to see those before and afters to really *see* it. Maybe that is because there was no finish line like I had envisioned. I am still working on goals. I lift heavy. And I have strength goals. But I still don't think of myself as a *fit* person who has *done * anything.
Anyone else needs reminders of what you have done?
WandRsmom
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Brain will adjust over time and slowly start seeing you *closer* to where you're at.
For many who have lost a lot of weight, I suspect that a mirror or picture (esp. before/after pictures) will remain a useful cross reference.
I would say that a year or two after losing most of my weight I would still occasionally (but no longer daily) check whether my second leg was going to fit in the tiny pants I was holding! Fast forward a bit and it has been years since I've done that.
Yeah. My bff smacks me when I shop with her because I still go to grab larger sizes. I know realistically that I have been wearing 2's and 4's for a couple yrs now but I still mean towards the 12's... It's such a mind trip.
Yes, 1000%. Sitting down, I feel chunky, stomach-y, spread-y and thick. In the mirror, I see gut, baggy skin and flaws.
Photographs make my head snap. I don’t even recognize myself.
I have a hard time looking at them. I feel so vain doing so, and it makes me a little physically ill, though I don’t know why. My trainer sends me photos and videos after every session. I have to force myself to look at them. A lot of times, I just don’t.
It’s almost like my brain doesn’t want to connect the dots and be proven wrong.
Yeah I sometimes look back at my old pictures and then in the mirror and am dumbfounded that I was once that person and am now the me I am now. I struggle to recognise myself as either.
Honestly, no matter what weight I don't really like looking at pictures of myself and am usually quite critical no matter the size, so seeing pictures doesn't really help. When I look in the mirror, some days I think I look pretty good, and other days I focus on my flaws. I know that I am smaller than I once was, and that part I don't need a picture or mirror to believe it.
And how i did it...
With my little helper coach son😍😉
Honestly, for a while after weight loss, some photos didn't even do it for me. I couldn't see it. Now (5 years later), looking at the same photos, the problem was all in my brain. The difference was there. Brains are weird!
It's 2 yrs maintaining for me and I totally agree, brains are weird. I know I am super strong now ,I do things I couldn't do before and my clothes are much smaller ..yet . Haha. I still see a heavier me. So weird.