Do you still feel "fat" mentally after a lot of weight loss?

It's sad but I still do. I have weight to lose still but I am short. So my current weight is around or even less than many normal adults. But often I will hesitate before doing something because I catch myself thinking, "am I too big for this?"

It's sad but those thoughts are becoming less frequent. Maybe they'll go away entirely one day.

That's me!
You can call me Miss Inner-Fatty McFatterson!


I have and will forever more feel fat. I still can't get over that when I was 18 and a size 4 that I would cover myself up and call myself fat. What is wrong with me??? sheesh....lol

yeaa, i still feel that way sometimes, its okay though its motivation for me to hit the gym hard!

I've gone from a size 22 to a size 12, and I STILL look in the mirror and think nothing's changed. I'm just hoping that my mind catches up with my body eventually!

Yes. I finally hit 20lbs lost this morning and I am currently wearing a pair pf pants that haven't fit in over 2 years. However, someone said today that I am ready for bikini season and my first thought was "No way! I am still way too big for that! Bikinis are for skinny chicks." I simply said thank you, even though my mind was saying something completely different.
Guess it will take awhile for me to get used to this new figure and the one that is still waiting to emerge, since I am only halfway to my goal. But you are definitely not alone in your feelings. Hang in there!

I have lost 30lbs thus far and 24 inches. I decided to go shopping this weekend for some new clothes. While in the dressing room I seen that I am still FAT, and those 30lbs didn't do no justice at all. I still need to loose a lot more. I was hoping to have 50lbs gone by July so another 20lbs to go. It isn't easy I started this weight loss program in November with the Body By Vi shakes and now onto my second challenge. I only found out about this program 10 days ago but fine it extremely helpful. I just need to be more in a routine with exercising. So in regards to your topic yes I still feel fat and gross looking. Even tho so many people tell me I look great....

It depends on the day! Sometimes I look at myself and see how far I've come, other days I only see how big I still am. It helps to see side by side pics to really see the difference. My son (age 9.5) likes to come up and give me a hug. He'll tell me how much farther he can get his arms around me now:) I can see how happy he is that I am getting healthier, and that helps me to keep reality in mind. Because the reality is, while you still have a ways to go, you have come SO FAR, and you just have to confront yourself with the reality of that sometimes.

I've lost 85 lbs. and every time I look in the mirror, I see a 'still fat' version of me. I'd love to say 'OMG, that's just silly', but in reality, when you've seen the fat version of yourself every day for years, it's hard to look to the mirror, or a small clothing size, or a different - more shapely form of clothing {versus boxy - hide your fat rolls type clothing} and take a true stock of what is there. Will this change... probably. I go with the Fake It Till You Make It theory. The more I tell myself that I'm smaller... the more I believe it. It's not easy... some days I want to just squeeze my fat rolls until they fall off, which won't happen, but I want to. It's hard to love your body when you spent so much time doing terrible things to it.

I have felt this way for a long time.
It takes a lot of effort to maintain a certain weight
Even though I have succeeded on my
Weight loss, but truly that thought will never
Go away. This thought will keep me from
Gaining weight.;(

I don't think that it's so much that I 'feel' fat... It's just that I've been fat for so long that it's almost instinctual to head for the larger clothing. It feels odd that I fit into some of the clothing that I do.

When I originally lost my 50lbs, I had the problem of thinking I was still fat, even though I was fitting comfortably into an American size 7 pants and even squeezed into a slightly stretchy size 5.

I gained that weight back, and I am busy working it off again, but I do still feel that I am not comfortable or confident with my body. You wouldn't catch me dead in a bikini because I don't feel like I would look good in it - hell, I know I wont. Because of toning, I can tell that I lost my back fat, and that weird second *kitten* I had. However, as far as I am concerned, I still have this huge and horrible belly that wont go away. My friends would backhand me if they heard this, because they see the difference and tell me that I am losing the belly, but I really don't see it. Even when I had dropped to 140lb back in the day, I still had the belly. It's all I ever see.

I don't know. It's all messed up as far as I'm concerned. Yay media and poor self image =D

After just reading this thread, I thought I need to look at my photos more and make myself see the difference. The problem with my photos is that they aren't the same size of my body, so I lined them up so my height matched and printed out the photos. Then I've cut the 'new me' out and laid it over the top of the 'old me'. Now I can see the difference and my brain can't make up excuses for the differences I can see. Feel so much better!!

Yes. i still do! when i tell people that, they don't get it . . . i guess you all do:-)

I'm .5 pounds from my goal weight, have lost 80.5 pounds, have gone from a size 20 to 6, and still feel like the 'fat girl'.

I constantly have to look at the sizes on my clothes as a reminder of where i really am.

i guess 15 years of being overweight takes its toll . . .

it's nice to hear it gets better with time!

I've lost 30 and still have around 100 to go and I still feel totally fat. Somedays I feel good because I know I'm making better choices and giving my all to my workouts. But then I look in the mirror and blah....hopefully these feelings diminish with the fat.

Somewhat...I'm down 32 lbs so far...and I still think I look the same when clearly I have gotten a lot smaller. I too head straight for the XL, when I can now fit into a L or M. Eh, eventually I'll mentally adjust to my new body/weight...especially as I need to keep losing...but for now, I think I'm still the same as 32 lbs ago.

i lost 60 and feel it sometimes because i guess the belly is the last to go