Do you get scared of your weight loss?

Yes. I remember joining a gym about 14 years ago, and then getting freaked out because my arms were getting bigger and my work shirts were not fitting anymore. At that point, I wanted to lose pounds but couldn't handle getting bigger up top. No kidding, I was actually *afraid* to buy new clothes and stopped going to the gym. I kept the weight on, and it slowly crept up over the next 10 years or so.

There were a lot of mental issues I had to solve for myself first.

I'm feeling this.. =( I have never been 'skinny' I've been overweight my whole life.. I haven't been in the 170's for about 4 years.. and in a few weeks that is where I'll be too.. It is scary and I was thinking that people are going to notice, and I'm gonna feel weird....just keep thinking about your health. I keep telling myself it is for health.

Most days I wake up and a little voice inside tells me that it was easier or safer or better to be fat. You'd think that after 11 months of dieting it would get easier, but it really hasn't for me. My therapist is helping me to work through a lot of it but there are still bad days when my emotions get tweaked and I just want to eat myself fat again.

I've never been skinny in my life. Ever. So my losing weight is like sailing a ship into the ocean with no clue where I'm going to end up. I've always thought if I was skinny I would be so much happier, full of energy, and 'springy' I guess. I'm terrified. What if I look worse skinny than I do fat? Or I just gain all the weight back. Eck.

I get scared a bit losing all this weight at times but at the same time, you're getting more and more healthy. You're not on pills. You're not diabetic. You're not swimming with the others in the ocean of obesity (lame example I know). Maybe it'll be a good time to look at yourself deeply and maybe adjust your wardrobe and clothing choices to better frame you.

Be proud of your accomplishments thus far, you're doing way more than what millions of people are doing nowadays.

I've been fat since day 1 so I've never seen skinny either. But I'm excited and you should be!

Isn't our body image an 'odd' thing. Like one of the previous posters I have a picture of me in my head that is not fat, Since being overweight (20years) that has not changed, i would still get a surprise when I caugh a glimpse of myself in a shop window or saw a photo, because when Ii looked in the mirror I didn't see myself as that fat. Now that I am loosing weight 4lb on MFP, 24lb all up I now don't recognise myself in the mirror anymore, I don't look the same as I did 20years ago on my way 'up',( obviously). So who the heck am I? I just have to tell myself I am the person who wants to be healthy again, who wants a productive, enjoyable, active final third of my life. I am even starting to stress that my favourite fat clothes wont fit anymore.......honestly!!, what is that about? Having a laugh at myself, talk about conflicted lol.

I recently attained my goal wt. 3 weeks ago. It has been over 38 years since I have been at this wt. TRuly Scary! I am dealing with comments, body size, clothes shopping and sometimes I feel so surreal. A friend jokingly said, " Who are you and what did you do with my friend?"I have lost more than half of my current weight. I have vowed never to go THERE again and I know the statistics and they truly put a fear in me.

I keep having to remind myself that I'm now within the range of "normal size" relative to the people around me. I've lost about 70 lbs of fat, almost 30% of my body mass, but I can't seem to convince my brain of this fact. I'm 21 and I've been fat all my life. I'm determined to drop the rest of this weight by the end of the year. This is the endgame, and I am terrified of what happens after I "win." What do I do? Transitioning from "loss" to "maintenance" mode will be a huge adjustment and I'm afraid that when I (likely) backslide and gain a bit back at first, I'll get discouraged and call the whole thing off. Just go back to being fat. At least that's the devil I know.