so do you feel thinner or larger then you are?

Mom2rh

I think I am still "fat." I find it rewarding that I am wearing a size 4 and my workout clothes are now baggy...but when I see my reflection I still see too thick thighs, extra tummy, big behind. So not sure how the body got smaller without losing all that stuff!

SmileyJ23

I feel bigger than I am. Caught a glimpse of my reflection in the metro door today and I had to smile I did really well last month dropping pounds and serious inches but when I look in the mirror I see the same me... I look at my progress pics every week to remind myself hey that's me and I worked hard!!

cofakid

I'm the opposite... I forget that I'm fat and am always surprised when I see my reflection. I don't buy clothes that are small or anything - I'm realistic about what size I am when I shop, but I'm still surprised when I catch a glimpse of myself that I'm not the thinner person that I feel like.

i think im this. i dont think im thin i KNOW im fat but when i look in a mirror its always a bit of a shock just how fat i am/ how fat i look. i always dress and think oh yeah this is good then look in the mirror and think omg i look so fat and ugly!

i think in my head i dont see myself as bad as i really am. ironically when i was skinny i was the opposite i thought i was sooo fat and now i wish i was that small

thetrishwarp

I imagine myself as a big person, but when I look in the mirror, I'm like "oh...I'm actually pretty small." I've been working a lot on accepting and loving my body though. I'm my goal size, so I should!

mznisaelaine

Larger! ...I am losing weight but I definitly do not feel thinner....

Lindsey_81

When I look in the mirror I can see that I am getting thinner and I feel good about it but when I see a photo of myself I feel like I am the same size I was and I feel large all over again.

LolasEpicJourney

I feel thinner sometimes. I think I always have felt like a thin girl trapped in a fast body. Its not til I poke and prod my fat or look in the mirror I remember I'm not that thin,(yet)

juliecat1

Definitely larger. I have a friend who was sort of my body inspiration. I keep obsessing about how it will be to look like her. Well we were out this weekend and I got a picture of us next to eachother. And Im freakin CLOSE. And I didnt realize and still dont see it. Makes me mad.

catshark209

I'm a very small person yet I feel big and bumbling. Total crazy way of thinking.

SimplyShanRunning

Larger. Ms Fatty McFatterson still says hello to me in the mirror each morning

Phoenix24601

larger...i know i have lost weight, but i still feel big. Today I was holding my 10 pound weight and thought "I have lost over that much?" It helps to put it in perspective, but it doesn't make it go away in the end.

Football_N_Guns

Larger. Ms Fatty McFatterson still says hello to me in the mirror each morning

The mirror must be broken, because you're not fat.

sassylilmama

I still see my bigger self. I mean logically I know I am much thinner. But even comparing my before and after pics I still feel I look the same. I really need to work on this.

mrmarius

larger, i tend to see myself as fat alot until i really look at myself. i still have a gut to lose but i've never had moobs so it seems i'd feel smaller but i dont

TexasNurseMom78

Larger for sure. When I saw the pic that is now my profile pic, I was like. Those cant be my legs! those legs look good. They are thin. My legs are still big. My husband had to reassure me that yes, those were my legs and yes, that is what they realy look like. I think when you are really heavy for a long time it takes a while for your eyes and brain to catch up to the rest of your body.

whitehandlady

i feel smaller i think...well i dunno if i aqctually feel smaller....but i dress up and do my makeup and take great care of my appearance on a daily basis....and always try to look like i am on the inside....so that i am attractive despite my size....my mom taught me that lesson the first time i came home from school crying because i found out i was fat

kr3851

To kr3851:

A mirror does not define who you are.

If you look good in your clothes and you feel that you look sexy, you are.

Do not let your reflection get you down. When you walk up to someone and they talk to you and you just pour out confidence, they're going to notice that are realize how great of a person you are inside and out.

I know it sounds cheesy, but when you're confident about yourself, others notice.

Aww thanks I don't hate what I see... I know what I've done to get where I am, what I did to get where I was, and what I need to do to get where I'm going. It's just sometimes a shock to see me the way the world sees me - cos inside I'm a normal-sized girl brimming with life. I'm not down on myself at all - in fact I'm a lot more confident than I was 20kgs and two years ago.

quitmakingexcuses

Probably larger. I still have the mindset of the fat little 5th grade me, so that's all I see :ohwell:

littlesis412

I think of myself as smaller than I apparently am because it wasn't that long ago that I was little. But I'm starting to realize my denial. I haven't always thought this way though. In middle/high school I was chubby and developed an eating disorder. So, no matter how small I got or what people said I still thought I was huge. When I began to realize my problem I got to a healthy weight, then went to college....

Samsara9

Much, much larger than I suppose I really am, I think. I have BDD (body dysmorphia). Though, I don't know really what I do see or don't (which is part of the disorder). So, when I look in the mirror I never see thin or skinny...I just see large thighs, thick waist and fat rolls on my back....