For Successful Losers: Do You Still See Yourself as Fat?
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My body is smaller than when I started, but I'm still pretty fat.0
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I don't know that i 'see' myself as fat, but I still objectively see myself as overweight (still looking to lose about 15 pounds).
What still gets me is that I'll pick up a shirt or sweater and think 'there's no way that'll fit'; but not only does it fit, it LOOKS right! It's those moments that help keep me motivated for the home stretch!0 -
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I've lost 98 lbs and maintained that for a year. I'm around 136 at 5'4" and am told I'm skinny by everyone around me. I was always overweight and when I graduated high school 5 years ago I was around 178-180 lbs at 5'4".. My highest weight was 234 pounds in March 2012.. I still see myself as fat and am in awe and wonder and also confused when I go clothes shopping and am buying smalls/mediums tops and size 6 jeans. I feel that I should still be in Large/XL clothes and I feel like the sales clerks are judging me when I purchase my small clothes like "you can NOT fit in that, what are you thinking??"
So I definitely have not adjusted my mindset to my "new body".. Plus seeing the excess skin/stretchmarks/extra flub in my problem areas does not make me feel skinny either.0 -
I definitely still see "fat fat fat" in the mirror. I'm still very slightly overweight, but nothing like I was before. I think it just takes time to let your brain catch up.
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Sometimes I do.0
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I went from 180 to 135 (lowest), currently 145. I don't really see a difference between 145 and 180. I did see a little change at 135. Not sure if it helps but I'm 24 and 5'8. I want to get to 120-130.0
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i have never felt fat because i never ate like a fat person. i always gained weight due to hypothyroid. So i am not made up of burgers or coke or food. i am just in a medical condition.0
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some days i see a difference. most days i dont. i still have 50 more to go. maybe thats why. but other people are seeing me different then i am seeing myself, thats for sure.0
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It's obvious I'm smaller than I was at 265ish, but when someone calls me skinny, I seriously think they must be on crack, because when I look at myself in the mirror or even a photo all I see are areas that still need improvement, my tummy and my thighs. But sometimes, I'll put on on outfit and think...damn, I look HAWT!!!0
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well, when I lost 50 lbs a few years ago (I've put 20 of that back on :grumble: due to not staying the course), it was very hard for me to look in the mirror and not see the fat girl I once was. It was even hard for me to not shop in the plus size section of the store. I always found myself starting there until I realized that my size wasn't there. I'm sure that once I get back down and ultimately to my goal size, I'll still see the fat girl somewhat. It's how I am, I guess.0
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every day, I still think i'm fat0
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yes!0
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I never realized how big I was. Now I look at pictures and see that my weight was more of an issue than I let myself believe. I guess that is a strange way of seeing that you had a problem. Now I do see myself as big because now that I realized the issue, I don't know if it will go away.
Does that make sense? The brain works in odd ways.0 -
yes...sometimes i do still look in the mirror and see much more of the old than the new. its frustrating... however when i look at old pictures, try on my now size 8 jeans, or maybe even walk by a store window...i catch a glimpse. i am very proud of how far i have come. and i know i am a million times better off! the biggest thing i focus on are the things i cant distort with my mind, like the fitness. the fact that i can actually RUN multiple miles lol...which i could only do multiple seconds before :P i think it will just take time, after all i knew the "fat" Kelsey a lot longer than the "fit" Kelsey :P good luck to all of you! enjoy your successes!0
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No.
I see myself as overweight and not in the shape I want to be. I have already passed my original goal (I lost 20 lbs before I started on MFP) of 65 lbs, and my secondary goal of 80 lbs. I am now on my way (weigh?) to my third (and final?) goal of 116 lbs - which would be 1/3 of my starting body weight.
Mainly I realize just how fat (not big boned, or heavy) I was before I started on this Saga, and a realization of where my body should be. Sometimes I do get down if the weight doesn't come off during a week - you know - work out every day, eat at your macros each day, and weight stays the same or goes up - but then the next week doing handstands (yes, I can do that now) when the scale drops 4 lbs.
But everytime I feel like that I pull out an old picture and look in the mirror with it to see the changes, or do 20 pushups (when I started I could do 2-3).
While I still track everything, I also look at weightloss and working out/getting stronger as another part of the great saga that is life - and I still live - you can bet I will have fun and not over worry about what I will eat and drink this Sunday as the Broncos trounce peter the cheater and the seachickens!0 -
I've lost about 30 pounds and am pretty much at goal. When I look in the mirror, I do not see any difference, it's like the mirror has retained a photo of me from 30 pounds ago and just keeps showing that. I've gone from sizes 14 and 12 to sizes 8 and 6, and when I look I just don't see it. I have to rely on the scale and clothes sizes to know that I'm at goal--because otherwise I might keep going and that would not be healthy. It's totally weird. I wish I understood this better.
That said, I don't "feel fat." But I didn't feel fat 30 pounds ago when my BMI was in the overweight category. I sort of couldn't fully see that either.0 -
Yes, because I still have the "same" look to my body just smaller. Until I tone up, I'm sure that feeling will always be there0
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