Do you notice your fat more now that you are trying to lose

slenderagain
slenderagain Posts: 21
edited October 2024 in Motivation and Support
This is kind of an odd topic, but - I started tracking my food a week ago and I have lost 5 1/2 pounds. I should feel skinnier but now when I look in the mirror, all I see is how far I have to go. All of a sudden I'm noticing all the extra fat on my body like I never noticed it before!! I think it is because when I was just staying overweight and not trying to do anything about it, I kind of avoided looking in the mirror and stepping on the scale. I had this mental image of myself in my head of myself at a lighter weight, what I looked like before having 3 kids ravaged my body! Now I am actually weighing myself and looking in the mirror and it is just so depressing. Anyone else have this experience?

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  • jennieodwyer
    jennieodwyer Posts: 1,036 Member
    Yes!!! Now that I can see and feel muscle, to me, the fat pockets are much more apparent. Before it was like my body was evenly covered in a layer of fat. Now that the layer is being burned off there are noticable pockets clinging to my muscle. haha

    Congrats on your weight loss. It just takes time so try not to get discouraged. I know easier said than done but you will get there. :happy:
  • slenderagain
    slenderagain Posts: 21
    Wow, you look so fantastic now!! Look at those abs. Thanks for the encouragement!
  • Ephena
    Ephena Posts: 610 Member
    Constantly!!! Every time I looked in the mirror (especially when I first started losing) all I say was fat. I'm starting to see the me underneath, finally, but I think a lot of it for me is mental. I know I'm still fat, although not as fat, and it's really hard to change the mindset from fat to getting healthy to I am healthy.
  • BigDaddyBRC
    BigDaddyBRC Posts: 2,395 Member
    With society's conditioning on how people look, it is to no surprise that depression, envy, and desire to be who you are not is so rampant. The greatest reason for giving up on becoming healthy isn't getting the motivation to do it...it's the mental block of how far it has to be achieved.
    With this in mind, for everyone wanting to lose those pounds...take the before picture...post it up to remind you....but dont focus on how you look. Rather, focus on how you feel and the achievements you make as you hit your goals. When you are all done...THEN look....You pride in achieving will be far greater, and you will be driven to inspire.
  • kristilovescake
    kristilovescake Posts: 669 Member
    Yeah! I was fairly comfortable with my weight before, I just wanted to lose 10-15 pounds, but now when I really look in the mirror I realize how I'm actually a lot more chunky than I realized before. It's a bit disappointing, but it's exciting seeing the fat going away
  • Beccatink
    Beccatink Posts: 27 Member
    I keep noticing the fat on my hips, I never would have said that I had "love handles" before but now my stomach is getting flatter I can really see it and it bothers me.
  • TheKitsune6
    TheKitsune6 Posts: 5,798 Member
    My spare tired is far more apparent now, since I'm losing everywhere but there, haha! I just keep on keepin' on cause someday it's gonna be gone :)
  • lambeas
    lambeas Posts: 229 Member
    You can resolve this by strength training now to tighten the look and feel of your body.. Pushups, weights, squats, kickboxing is AMAZING for tightening!
  • thankyou4thevenom
    thankyou4thevenom Posts: 1,581 Member
    Yes but only because before I was in complete denial of how fat I actually am.
  • gennybunny1
    gennybunny1 Posts: 209
    I'm noticing that my fat seems to be jigglyer. It's almost like before my fat was compressed and hard, now that I have lost some weight, it seems jiggly and loose. Weird..
  • AnnaPixie
    AnnaPixie Posts: 7,439 Member
    Yes, I agree that you dont really see until you look! It's easy to avoid mirrors, reflections and shadows. Now that the brain has admitted there is excess blubber, we see it! :laugh:

    Can't be a bad thing :bigsmile:
  • littlesis412
    littlesis412 Posts: 314 Member
    Yes! And it's so depressing. I knew I was gaining weight and it upset me but my boyfriend said I was still just as beautiful. I ended up in denial for a while, until I weighed more than him. Then, I took my before pictures and realized how much I had changed. I couldn't believe how out of shape I had gotten. Now I can't wait to take the 'after' pictures!
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    I am way more critical about my lumps and bumps than I was before - but, like someone else said, it's because I was in complete denial before and never even thought about them.

    My biggest aggravation is with clothes right now because I'm in between sizes in tops...if I go down a size so it fits better in the shoulders/arms/chest, my belly roll sticks out too much, but if I stay at the same size, I look frumpy. Same thing happened with pants a couple months ago so I know I just need to be patient and wait for my body to catch up but it can be really frustrating!
  • kendib
    kendib Posts: 155 Member
    I notice more because I'm looking. I've lost right at 19 pounds and my clothes are just now getting too big. I was squeezing into them cause I refused to go up a size. I didn't realize just how small they were becoming though.
  • sarahp86
    sarahp86 Posts: 692 Member
    Yes, I look in the mirror and think "what a fat mess!" and I hate seeing myself on shop CCTV cameras eeeeuuuuwww
  • Lisa_222
    Lisa_222 Posts: 301 Member
    Well yeah, seeing as how I haven't looked directly into a mirror for ten years.
  • vernie87wb
    vernie87wb Posts: 33 Member
    I really really try to look at what is getting smaller as opposed to what is still large. I do deffinitely see all the fat now, instead of just some of it. Like the rolls on my back from my bra. UGH! Some day those will be gone! But when I do start noticing bad things, I just ignore them and look at good things. Right now I'm in love with my shoulders because they're the only things that have stayed nice and toned since high school ('05 grad haha). So even though there's lots of bad parts, still try to see the good parts, too.
  • slenderagain
    slenderagain Posts: 21
    Glad I'm not the only one. I agree, it's totally because I was in denial before! Which is why I refused to step on the scale or really look at my naked body in the mirror.

    Even when I look in the mirror I still don't quite see myself accurately. It's when I see a photo of myself that I can really tell that I'm chubbier than I used to be. That is the worst!
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