Do you still feel "fat" mentally after a lot of weight loss?

Jalare

I have lost a lot of weight but have a long way to go. I was as high as a size 26 but I currently wear a size 16 jeans. My goal is to be a size 12 (I'm 6 feet tall). I have a co-worker that calls me slim and I cringe a little every time she says it. With that said, I really have a good self esteem, it's not 100% but it's good. I have to agree, I had a hard time believing I lost as much weight as I did. Mentally, I'm in a pretty good place now. My mind is catching up with body. My other mental block is believing I can finish this.

sarabig2fit

i was just talking to my husband about this. even though i've lost quite a bit of weight since my hw, i am now more unhappy with my body than ever. it's kinda crazy.. i was content, or maybe just in denial before, but now, i can't think about anything that will be better than losing another 100lbs.

GemmaRowlands

All the time! I've lost 93lbs, dropped 4 dress sizes, people tell me the difference is shocking, and my BMI is healthy.. yet sometimes I look at myself and wonder whether there's any change at all!

Minds are funny things, just got to let our heads catch up with our bodies :-).

jadedone

I am around half way to my goal, but I don't feel like I have made any progress. I know I am smaller, but my clothing size has hardly changed. And my shape is exactly the same. I guess just smaller, although it doesn't really look like it. I don't think I'll actually feel different until my torso and upper body looks significantly different. Right now it is more of the same old trouble spots.

bilzprincess

This is my story too. I still feel like the size 14/16 I was. I have to look at old pictures of myself and really remember that my face shape has even changed. I started losing very slowly over a year ago, and the first 25 still hasn't registered. Now I've reached my original goal weight, changed the goal, and I still haven't wrapped my head around it. Maybe in 20 more lbs I'll be able to accept it better.

Taryn1627

I've lost 65 pounds...not granted, i'm only halfway to where i want to be, but when i look in the mirror, i feel like i look like the same fat person. The only time I feel that I've lost weight is when I see before and current pictures...or when i put on my size 18 pants...which I have never worn because I've been obese my entire life.

Regardless if I'm only halfway there or not, I think 65 pounds is a huge accomplishment! Halfway there!

dancinrascal

Yes, even though I am my goal weight, I still think I have stomach fat...but I'm the only person who sees it haha.

chicfreak9

I feel the same way, although I have not lost nearly as much weight as you have.

wookiemouse

Add me to the list. And it annoys the crap out of me!

I was always the "fat girl" growing up. I slimmed down in college, thanks to nasty cafeteria food and no car. Then I gained 60 lbs with my first child, and I went right back to feeling like that "fat girl" again.

6 years later, I've dropped 63 lbs, and my mind still can't match up what I see in the mirror with ME. I can watch shows on tv or see ads and think, "I look just like her!" and find out the woman I'm comparing myself to is 30 lbs heavier and 3 sizes larger. I don't know how to get past that!

kimad

I understand you completley.. I have lost 80 lbs, went from an 18 to an 8 pants, 2X to a medium top and I still look in the mirror somedays and cringe... others I look at myself passing a store and see my reflection and go 'wow is that me' I think for me I have alot of extra skin from having full term twins and its something I will have to accept. It's hard though.

kimad

I've lost 65 pounds...not granted, i'm only halfway to where i want to be, but when i look in the mirror, i feel like i look like the same fat person. The only time I feel that I've lost weight is when I see before and current pictures...or when i put on my size 18 pants...which I have never worn because I've been obese my entire life.

Regardless if I'm only halfway there or not, I think 65 pounds is a huge accomplishment! Halfway there!

It is huge, you are doing fantastic. Keep it up! I still have image issues though myself.

kimad

I think I might be obsessed with this whole thing. I find myself scrutinizing every inch of my body every day! I'm always fearful that I'm going to look exactly like I did when I started if I have a day when I "splurge" foodwise (a splurge now is not even equal to what I would have eaten on any given day before I started this journey. My husband always reminds me that I didn't gain the weight overnight, I'm not going to lose it overnight, and I'm certainly not going to regain it overnight!

This is me totally!! Glad I am not alone.

nicholettebell

Sometimes but I am so glad that it is not as often. I can now go to a restaurant and not have a mental battle with myself that I am not going to fit in the booth when I can. It's very freeing to not have those thoughts as much anymore.

JanetLM73

Add me to the list, I've lost 35, I'm 20 pounds away from my goal. I still feel huge. I'm still very self conscious and it makes me cringe to look in a full length mirror.

Curvy1taliana

Yes... I do often feel fat... still.

Jmstill300

Absolutely! I'm hoping that the feeling goes away, but I know it's going to take time.

ChaseAlder

I've lost a considerable amount and I feel half and half. About half the time, I feel all slim and trim (after a workout, when I'm in uniform, when I'm wearing something comfortable/flattering) and the other half I still feel the same size as I was 18 months ago (when I'm sitting in the car and my tummy has to choose whether to go over or under my waistline, when I first put on a pair of jeans out of the dryer, aaaaand when I'm naked.) It's a constant struggle between the fat me and the less fat me. I'll say, in the same day, "I feel so skinny!" and "Ugh, I'm jiggly and fat."

Temple_Fit

I feel this way every other week.

spearfox

YES!
I have lost 39 pounds in 17 weeks, that's over 2 pounds per week.
There are days I am on top of the world strutting my stuff.
A quick look in the mirror confirms that I have lost weight.
That same look in the mirror also shows where there is a lot of fat to go.
I get lots of compliments about how much it looks like I lost.

Patience and dedication are the keys. I know I will have a better looking body in the future as long as I stay with this lifestyle change.

mamagooskie

sometimes I do......I am half the size I used to be but there are still times I feel like I am still the old me. I have found though it happens less and less now that I have been my current size for a year now.