Do you ever feel like you look the same?

Yes, more often than not! I started at 155 and got down to 127.8 at one point. Now that I'm back at 138, I feel like I look like 155 again.

I know I look the same because I still have my "apple" shape. I'm 5'2", and I've lost 22 pounds out of my goal of 75. Only a few pieces of clothing are now too big. But I do feel better. It's easier to lean all the way over for one thing. Plus, I have gone from Obese II to Obese I on the BMI chart.

While I don't have my figure back yet, I do imagine that there is now 22 fewer pounds squishing my internal organs. And that is a wonderful thing.

So much healthier!

I have lost 34 pounds, down from 178. Other than my face which has thinned out, I can't see it anywhere else. I know I have slimmed down as clothes are looser and I can fit in UK 10/US 6 for the first time I'm forever but I don't see it. I'm still not satisfied.

I have around another 15 pounds to go (i think) but I'm evaluating as I go.

Yep, 62 pounds down (not done) and I feel like I look the same, but don't definitely don't feel the same.

Ugh, yes! I've only lost 8 pounds (starting weight 140), but I feel like I look exactly the same... just less bloated. I haven't had any comments from anyone except my fiancé, who thinks my boobs are getting smaller. LOL

We have almost the same stats. 5'4", SW 153, CW 130. Sometimes I feel like not much changed but I know that's not true. I have to wear smaller clothes and so many people comment that I know there's been change. Sometimes our minds play tricks on us. GW is 125, at least it is right now.

Oh absolutely

I'm 5'3" and started at 139. By 125 pounds, people were noticing the changes but I wasn't fully there yet. Now I'm 109 pounds and I'm still not fully accepting of my changes in my mind. Putting my progress pictures side by side has helped me realize it, but I guess it's just hard for me to believe that I've achieved so much with regard to my body composition in a bit over a year. As someone who has never been as slim or fit as I am now, I don't ever think I'll fully get it and if I do it will take quite a long time to get used to it.

I'm 5'3" and 231 now, which is only down about 13 lbs in the last 6-7 weeks. Some days I feel like I can see something, some days I can't. Some days I feel like maybe my arms seem a teeny bit smaller, some days I feel like maybe my stomach isn't quite as jiggly when I touch it. I know that I'm making progress though, because I have a pair of shorts that I bought optimistically a few years back. Two years ago I could just squeeze into them for a cousin's graduation party. At the start of this summer they cut off my thighs and I don't think I could get the waistband buttoned. I've been trying them on again periodically and today they didn't cut my thighs at all and the waistband doesn't pull.

Honestly, as far as motivation goes I got a FitBit and it's been keeping me going. I think I've been dealing with depression a bit this month and I know there's been two days (and today will be another one) where the only thing that's motivating me to exercise is that stupid check mark on the calendar it gives me.

In my analytical mind, I know I'm a lot better body wise having lost 65 lbs cause that shows up on the scale and in the smaller number sizes of jeans I wear. Problems is I also see the loose skin and little bit of fat on the stomach and it makes me feel like there SO much more that needs to be done, but what's bad is all I can do is wait (for the skin to hopefully shrink). I can't diet away loose skin or burn it off via cardio

I've lost 109lbs and I still see the big me. I look at myself and can't believe I'm the size I am, sometimes I don't like what I see. I think it's just the mind trying to catchup.

I'm 5'4", highest weight 178 and lowest 128. Some days I feel like I don't see a big difference between 150 and 130 or something...I just keep trying to change my body fat% by lifting heavy, cutting, bulking, maintaining/etc. I also focus on performance goals. Right now I'm trying to get stronger for my first power lifting meet, so yeah I got a little chub but it's work it for the strength gains.

Agreed. I've lost nearly 40lbs and am back down into the 170's but I feel like I look exactly the same... but I remind myself how much stronger I am, and how much closer I am to reaching my goals.

Progress, no matter how small, adds up to the BIG results. And remember, there is no finish line on this journey, it's a lifestyle change that you will have to continue or you'll end up right back where you started....

You get used to feeling and seeing the body you are in. Minuscule daily changes don't register to your brain, and until it's a big loss you probably won't see it in your clothes of pictures. It takes a while to catch up that you are smaller, just as must of us don't realize we are gaining until the scale shows a much higher number or our clothes don't look good anymore and we have bulges or are too tight to put on.

When I lose, the composition of my body has stages like the fat goes from being solid and jiggly like jello to soft and squishy like wet sand or playdoh. So in those in between times before a big whoosh where I notice that the fat distribution doesn't look any better to me, in fact it looks worse. Plus I bloat horrendously during my time of the month. Then magically once a month after I feel and look particularly small since the water weight left and my weight loss is noticeable!

Good luck and don't lose sight of the end game. One day you will see it and notice. I went from 5'3.75 and 173 to 135 and I didn't see a big difference until 140 lbs.