"When did you start seeing yourself thinner?"

Saw changes right away, both in the mirror and in my clothing ...... never said anything to anyone ....... it took losing 25 pounds before anyone verbalized it ......

I was excited to see the weight coming off ...... excited to buy smaller-size clothing & donate the larger-size clothes .....

I went to the gym nearly every day to do cardio, weights, Zumba, and yoga ......

And I was happy to hear nice comments !

But ...... it's been a few years now since I lost & kept off that 40 pounds ....... really need to buckle down & get rid of those last 10 pounds ....... just to satisfy myself ..... and the doctor

Keep on truckin' !

I'm still waiting. I need therapy.

I'm still waiting. I need therapy.

We can go together and save money on gas.

To be honest, I'm struggling with where I am. While I've lost a significant amount of weight, get compliments practically every time I go into the office and am getting close to my goal, I don't actually feel different. I had the opposite problem of most people... I didn't really feel as big as I was. And now, even under my "most of my life weight" of 160, I wouldn't say that I feel thin. I'm shocked at some of the sizes I'm having to buy (I don't remember being an 8 since I was in high school and am certainly not at that weight - sizes are getting bigger to make us feel thinner, but I'm not buying it!) and the other day, two dresses that I bought I felt made me look thin, but until I find a way to get rid of the belly...

Weird thing is... I never wanted to be skinny. Guess I got my wish! lol So... not sure if this is a good or bad thing. I mean, if I didn't hate myself before and don't hate myself now, what's changed? Other than being obsessed with calories and exercise?

I don't see myself as smaller. I've even taken pictures and I can see it in my forearms, face, butt, and a bit in my thighs but that's it. I don't feel smaller by any means. But Saturday, we had the funeral for an officer that was killed in the line of duty and I saw a lot of my old co-workers there. They said I looked very trim and thinner. I had one girl I worked with that was constantly on fad diets call me a b*tch for losing weight. lol she said it jokingly and told me she is proud of me. I guess since I haven't dropped a pant size, I'm in between an 18 and a 16 (why can't they make 17s?) I figured I'm not any smaller. But I did just order a large shirt instead of an XL because I'm starting to swim in XL shirts. I'm just back and forth I guess. lol

Doctor says I've finally lost about 20 lbs but I never noticed anything different (looks, feeling better, etc.) until this afternoon, when I was told that I lost 6 of those 20 lbs. Now I feel significantly lighter and think I look a little bit smaller than before. Of course, I'll have to compare and take one more measurement tonight, but this is a huge start!

OP you have such a great attitude and spirit!

i remember when i first dropped down a full size i really felt great. and that was at about 30 or 35 lbs down. now that I'm at 50 lbs down i don't really feel any different i almost feel like the good feelings of the weightloss have faded and back to "old overweight" me again. when i hit 50 lbs it was almost anticlimactic as i didnt feel any different. this could also be due to maintaining my weight all summer when I've been trying to continue to lose.

i'll get there but it is definitely a work in progress and constant reminder of how far I've come