The More I Loose, The More Insecure I Am With My Body

KaraB1987
KaraB1987 Posts: 22
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
In the last 5 months, I've lost nearly 40lbs and looking better then ever. But i hate the fact im more insecure with my body, when I should be celebrating my success. Is this weird? I feel like im supposed to be doing this to help with confidence, but it is having the opposite effect on me.

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  • xosmsox
    xosmsox Posts: 119
    Ive also lost 40 lbs since January. I feel the same. I lift heavy and eat well but I feel like my overall bodyfat percentage looks even worse on me now that I weigh less. Its depressing. I have no advice but I understand :sad: :heart:
  • KaraB1987
    KaraB1987 Posts: 22
    Glad Im not the only one. I just feel like i judge myself more.. like saying to myself, "can i really wear that now or do i just think i can and look ridiculous" stupid stuff like that!!
  • PosyPods
    PosyPods Posts: 25
    I honestly never had any body issues until I started losing weight. After losing 80lbs I was definitely more self-conscious. I think some of it simply came from the fact that I had never paid much attention to my body before and now I was scrutinizing everything about my health, diet, exercise, etc. What helped me was looking at pictures of myself before the weight loss, reminding myself that being self-conscious about my looks was not who I was, and that I lost the weight to be healthier, which I certainly was. I ended up gaining 60lbs back, which sucked hard, and I'm having problems with the body issues again. The hardest thing this time around is when I look at picture of me when I was much smaller. I know it looks better than I do now, but I still look big in my eyes even though I was at a perfectly healthy (and really the lowest sustainable for me) weight. I also have the problem with being unsure about clothing choices. When I look at pictures of me 40lbs lighter, I sometimes think, "Wow, I really could not pull that off. I was not as skinny as I felt at the time." It makes you paranoid when you're trying to just love yourself and see yourself in a better light, because you're not sure you can actually trust yourself.
  • KaraB1987
    KaraB1987 Posts: 22
    I feel like you've just read my mind. I never paid attention to my body and never was self-conscious before. Now I dont know how I should feel, and should actually feel about my body. I totally get when you say, "wanting to just love yourself, but cant actually trust yourself". You hit it dead on!! I look at pictures before, and feel great about my loss. But am I going to look at pictures months down the road and say, "how do you ever think you could pull that off at that weight" ahaha Thanks for replying, makes me feel not so weird.
  • raeraeti
    raeraeti Posts: 108
    I'm just as self-concious now as I was at 5'5" and 120 lbs. Maybe you start to expect more out of yourself or something.

    Edit--- I weight 30 lbs more now
  • CassieReannan
    CassieReannan Posts: 1,479 Member
    Its normal, I feel the same. Its like I am still at my start weight mentally...
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