How do YOU see yourself?

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Michelle_MyBelle
Michelle_MyBelle Posts: 56 Member
edited November 2023 in Getting Started
I'm 5'5" tall and currently weigh 307 lbs. When I look at myself in the mirror, I don't see a 307 lb person. I see myself as if I weight a lot less. Not skinny, just not over 300 lbs. Its when I see pictures that I'm like, "WOW! What happened? I don't look like I did in that picture from a few years ago..." I know I'm fat. I don't think I'm skinny, or thin or anything. I'm still very self-conscious about my muffin-top, and my rolls behind my back and my double chin. But my "vision" of myself is about 60 lbs less than who I see in my pictures. Is that weird? Does that make sense?
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  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
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    it's not weird, I was the same when I was obese... still seeing myself as just a bit chubby when I was really fat. I didn't worry about it, just stuck to eating the right number of calories until I was back to a healthy body fat percentage.
  • Vicky_Sinclair
    Vicky_Sinclair Posts: 10 Member
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    I'm with you, when I look in the mirror I don't see the same person that I see in a picture. I HATE having my picture taken, I always feel sad when I see them. Not for long though ~ we are on the right path. Good luck on your journey!
  • UmmaOfThree
    UmmaOfThree Posts: 31 Member
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    That's how I feel about myself. Because I gained weight steadily over the years, the extra weight seemed to just sneak up on me. It's a real shocker when I see pictures of myself since I always remember myself as not a fat person. It's time to get real and work on getting rid of this extra weight!
  • miss_jessiejane
    miss_jessiejane Posts: 2,820 Member
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    I generally see myself in a mirror. Or pictures.
  • TheGymGypsy
    TheGymGypsy Posts: 1,023 Member
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    When I was fat I thought I was little curvy, but I still thought I was hot.

    After losing 60 pounds I see a fat person in the mirror.

    I hate my brain.
  • Dr1nkbleachndye
    Dr1nkbleachndye Posts: 441 Member
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    I have a slight case of muscle dysmorphia. I am happy with my appearance, and most people are shocked when I tell them how much I weigh.

    I gained about 11lbs over a 10 day vacation in aruba. So right now I am focusing on shedding the water weight, and the 1-3lbs of fat that came along with it. But TBH, with a tan, I look very close in weight to how I did when I was 10 lbs less in avitar pic
  • CollieFit
    CollieFit Posts: 1,683 Member
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    I was the same. Despite seeing myself in the mirror I seemed to have no concept of how bad things had got.... until people tag you in current photos and you think "Oh my good God WTF????" :huh: :noway: :sad:
  • discodawnyboo86
    discodawnyboo86 Posts: 4 Member
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    I'm the same. I look at photos from before and thinking I used to think of myself as fat however I would like to be back to being that 'fat' again!
  • Shari325
    Shari325 Posts: 196 Member
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    Not weird or unusual.
    When I was WELL over 300# (weighed 380 at my highest) I did not see my self as super-morbidly obese.
    However, now that I have lost 100# and I am the smallest I have been in almost 25 years - I still see my self as morbidly obese.
    I know I suffer from Body Dysmorphic Syndrome. I will depend on my doctor and husband to honestly tell me when I have lost enough weight. I do not trust myself to know when I have reached a healthy weight. I have never, in almost 50 years, had a normal body weight. I don't know what that is!!
  • kyleekay10
    kyleekay10 Posts: 1,812 Member
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    In my mind's eye, I am still at my heaviest weight. Even though I've dropped inches, pant sizes and pounds like crazy, my brain hasn't caught up yet. My friends keep calling me "slim", and I'm always confused. I argue back with "No, I'm average!" when in reality I'm on the low-end of the BMI scale for my height.

    My self image will eventually catch up, but I'm in a weird limbo right now for sure.
  • silmarilliane
    silmarilliane Posts: 133 Member
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    definitely still had the weird idea that i wasn't as big as i was, that maybe the clothes sizes were wrong. definitely get some photos of you now as you'll be able to use them for comparison when your weight gets lower. i'm suprised when i look back at photos when i was 40lb heavier. at the time i thought i looked like i do now!
  • RudeX
    RudeX Posts: 80
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    When I was fat I thought I was little curvy, but I still thought I was hot.

    After losing 60 pounds I see a fat person in the mirror.

    I hate my brain.


    This is exactly how I feel ! No matter how much i lose, burn, exercise etc. I still feel like I'm huge!
  • pwittek10
    pwittek10 Posts: 723 Member
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    At 126 still see myself as I was at 272
    Weird!
    My family says I'm skinny, I do not see it!
  • ajacot924
    ajacot924 Posts: 31 Member
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    I know what you mean.
    When I look back at pictures of myself in my early twenties, I think, "Wow, I wish I looked that thin again." Even through I remember at the time thinking I was fat.
    I am determined that when I lose this weight and I am healthy, I will be happy with my appearance.
  • RingSize8
    RingSize8 Posts: 175 Member
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    It's so funny, when I was at my heaviest, well over 300lbs, I didn't see myself as being super fat. At all. I kinda thought I was hot ****, actually. Now that I actually am hot ****, I see myself as being WAAAAYYYYY bigger than I am. Case and point, I have a coworker that I thought I was the same size as - today I found out she is 80lbs heavier than me. Whoa. Reality check. Sometimes when I see photos of myself, it's like it's not me. When I look in the mirror I see someone who is still VERY overweight. Meanwhile, everyone I know, from the guys I date, to my friends, to my family, are telling me to stop losing weight. Crazy!
  • SHHitsKaty
    SHHitsKaty Posts: 301
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    Before I lost weight, I thought I looked fine. If someone had told me I had 20 lbs to lose, I would have thought they were high (I was 5'4", 138).

    Now that I've lost the weight and have toned a lot, I can find about 100 things I find wrong about myself when I look in the mirror. Hate my hips, no matter how hard I work, the weight on the sides of my hips isn't budging.
  • love9705
    love9705 Posts: 478 Member
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    As a work in progress. I am not where I want to be but I am also not where I use to be.

    so I am under construction :wink:
  • sub10orbust
    sub10orbust Posts: 706 Member
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    dat skinnyfat feel :(
  • GCAsMom
    GCAsMom Posts: 120 Member
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    I completely relate to both ends of the spectrum. I wasn't all /that/ fat when at my heaviest... now that I'm at my lightest, I'm huge. Two days ago, I had a complete stranger say I was tiny. I know better than that, but I need to wrap my head around the fact I'm not morbidly obese anymore.
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