anybody feeling thin?

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  • klackey23
    klackey23 Posts: 26
    I'm at 129 and struggling with whether I really need to lose 4 more pounds. Some days I feel thin (like when I tried on bikinis last week -- yay!), but a lot of time I have to remind myself that I am not fat and that I will not get fat by eating what my maintenance calories are. I say to myself, look -- you're a size 2, you can wear a bikini, everyone keeps saying you're looking thin and adding 'don't get too thin!', you can see muscle tone that didn't used to be there, and so on. I think we all struggle with this to a certain degree. It also doesn't help when we hit that time of the month and bloat up. YUCK!

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  • secretchallenge
    secretchallenge Posts: 14
    As far as I know from psychology, our brain is trained to stay in status quo - simply because of the survival reasons. It is safe to have the world at the same place each day. That's why the picture of yourself in your brain will not transform automatically, that is the job you have to do yourself. This is probably the nice part :) Take pictures of yourself, try to feel thin, shop new clothes, talk like a thin person you are now and so on. This is a big change to lose so many pounds, that's why you have to make it a safe and normal situation for your brain, then the body will follow (the feeling of being thin).
  • SpecialSundae
    SpecialSundae Posts: 795 Member
    There are days when I feel thin and days when I feel fat. Days when I feel thin are increasing, days when I feel fat are decreasing. I'll never feel thin all the time, but feeling thin more of the time will help.
  • funkycamper
    funkycamper Posts: 998 Member
    I'm one of those who is always shocked at photos of myself because I look so much heavier than I feel. This was true even at my highest weight. I was thin growing up and until I had kids but my youngest is age 26 so it's odd I never saw myself as obese when I was.

    I exercise a lot by lifting, running, cycling, etc., so I definitely feel strong and fit now. I'm just waiting for the strong/fit me to start showing after I get a few more layers of padding off.
  • MissDarlaDoll12
    MissDarlaDoll12 Posts: 27 Member
    Ive been overweight most of my life. After I lost a lot of weight, I was seated and looked down at my lap and was startled( my heart actually sped up) because I did not recognize my thighs! They were so thin. Then, after I had my daughter and had gained a ton of weight with the pregnancy, I seriously thought I was still going to be able to fit into my size 6. I dont have a lot of mirrors in my house and when I did see myself, again I was shocked at how huge I was.

    I read somewhere that a person will see themselves differently if they look at their body in the mirror without looking at their face. So I tried it and I would say that I did have a slightly distorted image of myself vs how I actually looked. I totally understand when someone says they dont feel thin or even fat for that matter. I have to look honestly at myself and now I just try to make healthy choices and know that "healthy" can come in all shapes and sizes. In many ways, my body is healthier at 40 pounds overweight than it ever was when I was at my goal weight. Ive lost almost 20 lbs before joining MFP and I dont feel thin, althought I can fit into a few outfits I was not able to before and my endurance and muscle tone have improved from the workouts. Im not feeling thin, though I am feeling stronger.
  • unnur16
    unnur16 Posts: 140 Member
    i´ve lost around 30 lbs and still feel like a FAAAAAT person even though i haven´t been this "light" since 2007 hope it will come when i reach my goal, after 40 - 50 lbs....
  • lucasriggs
    lucasriggs Posts: 131
    I still feel as fat as I was 30lbs a go.
  • beckyinma
    beckyinma Posts: 1,433 Member
    Nope, I like my top half but still look in the mirror and see a huge *kitten* and fat thighs. Not cool.

    I'm in the same boat. Drat those saddlebags and that jiggly butt. Not to mention that it makes it hard to shop for dresses when my lower half is significantly larger than my upper half. Does make it awfully hard to feel "thin."

    Whatever, though! Squats and lunges are my friends, and I don't care how *big* my butt and thighs are as long as it's all muscle ^^

    Yeppers!
  • AnewMe2cor5seventeen
    AnewMe2cor5seventeen Posts: 16 Member
    The First Time I lost 80lbs I couldnt see it! My image of myself was so twisted when I gained back 50lbs I looked at pictures and thought I must have been out of my mind to not have been happy or seen my body change! I decided I needed to heal emotionally before I could Heal and become healthy inside. I got heathy emotionally lost 50lbs gave myself permission to have a subvaginal purse removed(hanging skin brlow my belly button that was floppy from weight loss and csectionsNOT A TUMMY TUCK FYI ) lost another 47lbs for a loss of just under 100lbs and am feeling skinny :) I love my new body!! (Although My thighs have a long ways to go!
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    I feel thin. All of sudden since I got back to what I consider my 'normal' (just after college) weight. I look in the mirror and I look skinny. My husband walks in the room when I change my clothes and tells my I look tiny. My mom told me she doesn't remember me ever being this thin (I've been thinner - and have pictures to prove it).

    I felt really good and like I losing a lot when I had lost 10% of my body weight. But now, at 25%, within 5 pounds of my 'idea' weight - yes, I feel thin and great about how I look.

    And yes, I even feel sexy.

    Not bad for a 54 year old lady.

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