Not catching up mentally.....

Yes. It's normal for your self image to lag behind your physical image by several months while your losing weight.

Yeah, it took me a long time to feel thinner, myself.... and when I've gained a bunch of it back.... it took a while before I realized what I was doing.

I've only lost 20 lbs and I still feel the same as before until I go shopping and can fit into a 7 or 9 instead of 11 or 13. I went wedding dress shopping the other day and picked out mostly A line dresses to try on, but I tried on a mermaid style (more fitted) and it actually looked good! Since I'm still in the process of losing I guess I haven't told myself "you made it", and don't feel very accomplished yet. I wonder how I'll feel after I can tell myself I've reached my goal... I hope some day I can be truly happy with my body, I'm sure once I get to my goal weight I'll be unhappy with problem areas still and end up obsessed with toning work outs.

Yes I definitely felt that way...the scale was showing a difference but I just couldn't see a difference in my body. I felt better physically but I'd convinced myself mentally that I'm still that same obese person even after losing 30lbs. But then I dug out some old clothes in my old size (UK20) and they started falling off, and I started to believe that I had lost weight and sort of caught up mentally.

And just recently I went shopping with some friends and was able to fit into clothes that I would have never worn 30lbs ago, and I guess now I'm slowly beginning to realise that there is a difference after all. Sometimes its because we were 'conditioned' to think that nothing would change, and that we would be stuck in the same body forever...but that's not true at all! Hope you'll realise that you are making a difference!!

I am the same. I am now a couple of pounds below what I always considered to be my dream weight (I am 133 pounds now, I always wanted to be 137 pounds when I was bigger) but still I don't feel slim. Everyone tells me I look slim but when I look in the mirror I really can't see any difference. Either I was in denial before or I am in denial now!
I can see how people get addicted to losing 'just a couple more pounds' as even when you do lose weight mentally you don't feel like you have. I have now moved my goal down to 128 pounds and I will stop there but I wonder whether I will ever feel 'thin' ! I feel healthier and have moe energy (and am fitter) so it has been all worth it, but I just expected to feel thin by now!