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  • o2bADyer
    o2bADyer Posts: 208
    Most of us seem to have "those days" and you just need to keep on keeping on...don't give up! You will get where you want to be...you got this! :wink:
  • jipsybird
    jipsybird Posts: 878 Member
    Could it be that your fat looks different now? I have heard many people say that when they started, their fat was more "solid", but once they started losing it sort of broke up and became more jiggly and lumpy before going away.

    Ruthe8 you could be one to something... it is just so much squishier....

    I read something about a 'whoosh phenomenon'. Where the fat loosens up and gets all squishy just before a major flush. I lost about 3 pounds in a week (when I was good to get more than a pound in a month) that I attributed to the whoosh. I'm hoping I'm due for another soon. ;)
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    When I was 45 pounds heavier, I never saw myself as fat? But now I feel fatter than ever. I hate the way I look and feel... Does anyone else struggle with self-perception? I know it sounds crazy to feel fatter now than ever but I really do. Maybe part of it was just denial 45 pounds ago....

    you could always use that to your advantage you know make your self work harder as my mom always use to say " how bad do you want it kiddo?"
  • mccbabe1
    mccbabe1 Posts: 737 Member
    I use to be 180lbs and I was very comfortable with myself, it never crossed my mind that I 'was fat' until some guys started making fun of me , jerks. Now I am at 165 and I feel like I am the fattest grossest person I ever saw in the mirror!

    dont let those idiot boys win!!! you are beautiful!! at 165 or 180.. they are idiots
    you hafta :heart: yourself!!!!!!
  • mccbabe1
    mccbabe1 Posts: 737 Member
    When I was 45 pounds heavier, I never saw myself as fat? But now I feel fatter than ever. I hate the way I look and feel... Does anyone else struggle with self-perception? I know it sounds crazy to feel fatter now than ever but I really do. Maybe part of it was just denial 45 pounds ago....

    self perception is a big part of it... i agree with a lot of what everyone has said!! makes sense to one degree or another!!
    I have lost 15#'s in 6wks.. and i feel so much better!! i have a long way to go.. but i also have been working out EVERY SINGLE DAY.. cardio and strenght training.. so i feel STRONGER/tighter.. more energy!! and with the working out im happier.. cuz it does that!! .. but yes i look at myself and see more of me now then before even.. but now i see myself and feel ok.. and think oh man I was bigger for sure...
    bottom line is you hafta love yourself.. and if it helps put on an old pair of pants or something... sometimes SEEING is believing!!! and last of all.. dont be so hard on yourself!! :flowerforyou:
  • wisters
    wisters Posts: 84 Member
    Amazing...how we are all so critical about ourselves. I look at myself now and I "know" that I am not fat but I find so many other things that I don't like about my appearance that I think I look horrid.

    Horrible stretch marks on my belly, icky neck (to me), what the hell is going on with my deflated breasts (won't even go there), and finally my flabby thighs. Totally sucks!

    But in all honesty, I know I look better and am just finding things to not like. Why???

    My hubby loves me and I have a wonderful family, rewarding career and good friends.

    So seriously, our society put way too much pressure on us to look a certain way and it is a battle we much fight diligently to keep it real
  • rompers16
    rompers16 Posts: 5,404 Member
    I have days like that..today for one...I'm feel fat and frumpy like I haven't lost anything. I'm thinking it's related to the fact that I'm taking a rest today and it's partly guilt..lol.
  • Phaedra2014
    Phaedra2014 Posts: 1,254 Member
    When I was 45 pounds heavier, I never saw myself as fat? But now I feel fatter than ever. I hate the way I look and feel... Does anyone else struggle with self-perception? I know it sounds crazy to feel fatter now than ever but I really do. Maybe part of it was just denial 45 pounds ago....

    You've become self-aware and more mindful now. It's a positive thing so don't associate negative thoughts to it.
  • birdieaz
    birdieaz Posts: 448 Member
    ive often wondered if perception is affected by whether a person was always thin and then gained, or if they had always had a weight issue.

    i was always very thin, no more than 105lbs most of my adult life. my weight gain was a huge shock but yet i couldnt see myself realistically because in my head i was still the skinny girl.
  • anemoneprose
    anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
    Not just you. I think most people have issues with body image after weight loss, especially if the time spent as a heavier person wasn't short.

    The head game is part of it, but there are for sure changes to skin, body composition, etc, that take getting used to. Or changing to the degree that's possible, of course.
  • bugiya
    bugiya Posts: 8 Member
    I have loss 15kg and I thought with that weight I looked ok but now that I am smaller I feel bigger then ever my trainer has said sometimes it takes awhile to except your new body. I now try to concentrate on a healthy inside in hopes that I will see a healthier body, but gee I wish the loose skin would go away
  • ebony__
    ebony__ Posts: 519 Member
    Bump. Can relate a lot
  • georgie181
    georgie181 Posts: 68
    I have lost 56lbs in total and I wear a size 10 (although my waist measures 34.5inches???? any ideas?) I still look at larger sizes and find it very hard to buy clothes.......I can not see things that will look nice and don't want to try them on incase they don't.........

    Before I thought I looked okay, my boobs were alot bigger when I was a size 16-18!!!! Now I see a saggy stomach (following 2 c-sections!) covered in stretch marks, flabby, loose all those gross things :(:( sigh................

    BUT and its a big but, my arms look better then they have ever done :) My legs are toned, except on the inner thighs a little, minimal celulite remains on top of thighs and my bum is ALOT perter :) so I guess I will just have to wait for some time until my stomach looks better, but at least I can admire some of my other body parts which are sexier thhen they have ever been even when I was smaller then I am now :)

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