5'6-5'7, 140-150 lbs

emilydiehl08
emilydiehl08 Posts: 54
in Motivation and Support
So this might be a little bit of an odd post, but I was hoping to get a little help from fellow MFP-ers. I am a 5'6 (and a half, very important half) and weigh about 144 right now. I have been seeing a therapist, for reasons far to deep to get into on MFP, and one of the topics we talked about today was body dymorphia. I am having trouble when I look at myself seeing anything other then a 200lb+ girl. I know I don't weigh that anymore, and I know that my BMI is very much in the normal range now, but whenever I look into the mirror I still see that girl I used to be. I see other people who are my current size and view them as SO much smaller or skinnier or more fit then me (they probably are a bit more fit. I gotta work on these muscles lol). But anywho, I was hoping some people with my similar stats would be able to post photos of themselves at my current size. I don't if or how this could help, but I thought maybe seeing people and realizing how healthy or good they look at my size will help me realize that I have come a long way. Kinda seems silly, but what the heck. It's worth a shot.

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  • sweetpea129
    sweetpea129 Posts: 755 Member
    Girl, i could have wrote this myself. My husband worries that I have dysmorphia. I think that my brain is just taking awhile to catch up. It's actually slowly getting there in the past month or so. I started at 277 lbs and some days i still see that. But those days are becoming fewer and far between. This mental side of weight loss has been much harder for me than actually losing the weight. Anyways, heres a picture from today. I'm 5'5 and about 150 lbs. Size 8 but 6 soon. I think I carry a pretty decent amount of muscle.

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  • emirror
    emirror Posts: 842 Member
    This was my experience, YMMV:

    I have a full-length mirror that I moved off the wall and onto the floor. It's set up so that when I look in to it, it shows me from the neck down.

    I looked at so many mirrors that only showed the neck up for so long, that I stuck my brain in thinking my body was still that big size. I realized I had an improper perception of my size when I saw my reflection in a gym mirror a few months ago, and thought "that girl looks pretty good", and then realized it was my reflection (my head was obscured by some equipment).

    We can see a 20 pound different on our bodies fairly easily, but it doesn't show as much in the face. Remove the face, increase reality perception.

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