is it just me or....

Dragongrl

It's called body dismorphia. IMO everybody has this.

laddyboy

For a while I didn't recognize the person in the mirror. I just because so use to being the fun fat guy. Then I didn't recognize the skinny person looking back at me. Took some getting use to. I still have about 10 lbs I'd like to lose but I don't think it will change my face much.
You're doing great and don't let anyone derail you. Super Job!!!

jocraw66

I think this is perfectly normal. I spent most of my adult life grossly overweight and sometimes I'm almost confused at the woman I see in the mirror.

When you come from a high weight and lose a lot of weight, for me it was 126 lbs, you still have to get past always feeling like the big girl. I recently took a photo with some of my friends who I have always thought were thin and when I saw the posted picture I saw that I was actually smaller than they are. I still see them in real life as smaller than me.

Truth is, I'm not a big person anymore but I think I will always have the mindset of a larger woman. In a way I think that is good because the day I get too comfortable with this weight is the day I fear I will tumble back into my old lifestyle and regain all I worked so hard to lose.

sryan8408

Do me a favor and next time you are at the gym, Lift, press, and haul around those 65 lbs you lost. It will be a very sobering effect. Maybe you might not be able to do it but thats all those pounds you lost. And if you cant lift them now, think about what it would be like to have those back on. You have done a lot, you will do more.

lacewitch

try on one of those old shirts in the mirror!

KimmySue72

I've been struggling with this very thing. I've lost 49lbs in the last 19 weeks, and still have long way to go to reach my ultimate goal, but I have a hard time "seeing" the difference to this point. I keep trying to remind myself that I've lost 5 pounds more than my five-year-old son weighs, and in my mind I know I'm on the right track and losing (my baggy clothes are proof that there are changes happening) but I just can't see it in myself visually yet. At least I know I'm not alone!