Look the same in my pics! :( 40+ lb lost?

You simply CANNOT look the same with 40+lbs gone....! you have to be down 2 or 3 dress sizes? surely people have noticed that you are looking slimmer?
Please don't give up, you are worth it! you will benefit in countless ways, this can be a long process but we have to be patient and we will get there

I was just about to make a similar post! I'm approaching 50% of my target weight loss and I can't see any difference - neither do I notice clothes being looser.

Granted, my target is not a massive change but compared to my total weight it is quite a lot - my ticker will show you I'm trying to lose 2st from 12st. The only place I was visibly chubby before I started was my tummy and neither I or my wife think anything has changed.
Given I'm 8lb down AND I've definitely put on some muscle weight from all the unaccustomed exercise, where am I losing it FROM, I wonder?!

There has to be a difference, but usually you are the last person to notice it. It's really difficult to see the changes in your own body. Don't compare pictures to what you see in the mirror. But compare apples to apples: take pictures regularly (once a month) wearing the same outfit (preferably underwear or a bikini) and to make sure your pose and lighting is as similar as possible. If you put these next to each other I'm sure you'll see changes.

I participated in a challenge group in which all the ladies would post 1 picture a month for 3 months in a row. Some lost quite a bit of weight and some not so much. But you could still see a difference in each and every comparison picture! Honestly, you would be surprised to see how much a body can change in just a few months and even while losing just a few lbs.

Hey Guys...need some motivation...just seen pics of myself recently from a wedding and i'm looking huge still my legs look like tree trunks...really distressed how can i overcome this? I feel my year of eating clean and exercising has done nothing... i look like a man beast compared to everyone!

My take on this is...

When I first wanted to lose weight in my head I was happy to lose 30lbs and look slimmer.

I am slimmer now but I am definitely not done - Since I have started I have became more obsessed/engrossed in healthy living and my expectations have risen so much.

I now want to look at a fully toned man in the mirror and the difference between an overweight man losing 30 lbs and an overweight man completing changing his body are not anywhere near close.

Saying this I feel your pain because sometimes I look at myself and think its really not happening but thats just natural for you to be over critical wanting to be a poster girl/guy in no time at all.

Im sure everyone else will be able to tell, keep going

Thanks for the support. I'm really fed up over peoples pictures of me the worst bit is the fact a professional photographer took it haha! I noticed I must of lost cause i forget i'm wearing a bra as they are that baggy around my ribs now haha! I just wish i could see the changes in photos people take of me

Maybe you just expected to lose weight on different spots. Or maybe you just focus on the spots in which you still want to lose. Don't worry, pictures never really make us justice.

this^^^

every month since February I have taken the same series of progress shots. Nine times out of ten, my eyes go STRAIGHT to the spare tire around my waist, and I have to look hard to see the slimness creeping down my ribcage, or the increased tone in my legs, etc. Random people at the gym walk up to me and tell me how impressed they are by my "loss" ( a whopping 6lbs this year).

One of these days you have an "ah ha" moment, and everything will click with you. My latest one was about 2 months ago. My first trainer is a dear friend of mine now. I trust him with all my deepest feelings about body image. Justin and I were having coffee at my house, and talking about my progress with my new trainer when he tells me " You know what really blows my mind? Once you showed me a before picture in a gray shirt, and you look completely different now". This is a side by side of the before picture, and a few days before the discussion. Funny thing is...I might actually be heavier in the after pic! In the before pic, I'm not 100% sure of my weight ( I know it is between 188lbs and 199lbs). In the after, I am 193/194lbs.


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Did you put pictures side by side? 40lbs is Amazing, so be proud!
If your body SHAPE hasn't changed, but your SIZE is smaller it can be tough to see it in yourself, especially if you're looking for flaws. Maybe try lifting as you can lose inches and change your shape which may help with photo comparisons. It's really hard when you have high expectations of yourself- but it will happen, truly 40lbs.. AMAZING!
Most of all- don't give up! what you're doing is working for you, so use the support on here and go for your goal!