even with weight loss do you ever ...

yes, I think its pretty normal. I sometimes forget how far I have come and still see a large me. It should get better with time

I don't quite see myself as a 'lighter' version yet....I still see the same 40lb heavier version. But it's wierd, if I'm out shopping for clothes I still find myself reaching for the size L but if I pick up a S (what I am now) I can see that it's going to fit me wheras before it would've looked tiny. It's surreal I guess.

I have those days all the time. I have lost over 110lbs but sometimes when I look in the mirror I still see a chubby me. I mean I obviously can see a difference, over 110lbs is a lot but I don't see myself the way others do. It is all part of retraining our brain I guess. Someday I will see the new me completely, until then I just take it day by day. It helps when I look at my before and after pictures. Then I realize how far I really have come.

It makes total sense! I have lost about 50 lbs since Aug 2010, but feel like the end is no where in sight. I hit about where I am last year gained about 10 back and then lost it again. I'm a size 4-6, but sometimes feel like a size 14 still. I see my problems areas more than others. I have been hitting the weights more and getting more toned though. I may weigh about the same as I did a year ago, but my weight has shifted proportionally due to strength training. I have to remind myself that I have changed a lot in the past 2 years even though I still see the same girl. I act the same, talk the same, but I don't look the same when I go through old photos. Just take it day by day and hopefully we'll see what everyone else is seeing...the amazing outside that matches the inside.

Absolutely. My brain is nowhere near catching up with my body; and my loss has been pretty gradual.

I've lost 77lb (5.5 stone) over 18 months, and I still find myself reaching for the wrong size clothes, or sadly sometimes still feeling like 'that fat girl'. Every now and then I'll catch sight of myself in the mirror and honestly have to check it's me. That sounds melodramatic, I don't meant it to, but it's the case.

I really hope that this will end in time - who knows, it may take the 18 months that it's taken for me to lose the weight. I want to be able to fully celebrate my body with no doubt or self-consciousness, and that desire was part of my motivation to join MFP.

Let's all hope that we'll get there, one day...who said the hard work ends with the loss?!

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Definitely. I think it's hard because you see yourself everyday(obviously) so you don't see such a drastic change as people would if they haven't seen you for a while. So I think sometimes that's why I find myself thinking, have I actually changed that much? Even though the scale and the way clothes fit say that there has been a change.