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I was like that until today... in fact last week I was despairing that i'd never see myself as anything other than fat and unfit!

I feel like those might be a thing of the past. This is really...different. I'm excited but at peace with it, like it's my new reality

It took them 12 years to diagnose me. IN the end I gave my GP a choice - endo referral or sickness benefit. He saw then that I'd reached the end of what I could cope with. Turned out that my TSH was through the roof and ever since then I've been able to dictate med levels, changes etc.

Hi Great to see the positivity - hypothyroid conditions are manageable. I don't know much about PCOS but I've been hypothyroid for 18 years - but only diagnosed for 6 of those - and the difference in my life between medicated and unmedicated is crazy. I sometimes feel like I could be a posterchild for hypothyroid NOT…

spice it up. peri peri seasoning is great. Often I just have the chicken plain grilled, or sprinkled with lemon and grilled, then add a big dollop of warmed salsa on top

Think of it as 'eat correctly and you'll lose the weight'. I was eating 1800 and now I'm eating 1875 and I've lost 50 lb/ 23 kg in 250 days :)

Yep I kinda want to compare myself with people too, but my friends are mostly teeny tiny or pregnant so they're no help haha. I'm going for more of a Kardashian, Kate Winslet, J-Lo kinda shape myself....

for me i put my hands on my hips and there are bones there. I'm still like 'omg wheres my fat?'

I only have 7 kg left to overall goal and i'll be REALLY p'd off if I'm not maintaining at that weight by New Years!

Thanks... this was the first time I looked at pics and was like.... hmmm maybe it IS visible!

This is so apt. Friends who have lost like 5 kg and are still much bigger than me I look at thinking 'wow you've done so good, you're so much thinner'. I've lost nearly 5 x that and because I'm not 'finished' it's not 'enough'....

I think you might be right. I think it takes time, and for the new body to stop being a temporary thing.

I'm at 50 lb lost now lol. I noticed it MORE at around 20 I think. Theres a difference between seeing an 'unfat' person and a 'thin' one I think :)

I have this one! I like this one :)

OMG I so do that. Catch a cute guy looking at me and my first thought is often 'shame, bet he thinks I'm fat'. Then he'll wink or something and I get adolescent giggly. I'm better than I was though. Starting to realise maybe I'm thinner and prettier than I give myself credit for :S

Yeah I have no issue believing the scale and i'm becoming very good at seeing my trends. I think it's really a case of you realising little bits at a time then one day you wake up and you get it, maybe? I'm hoping my 'get it' day is soon :)

I carry weight well - even now my friends are like 'I didn't think you were big, but now you look amazing' etc. I was mired in depression and in pain and I didn't really see myself at all, let alone clock any size differences etc. About ten kg ago I started to recognise myself in pics. Not sure if that was a weight or…

Yep definitely do that. I look THINNER and everyone else sees a thin person but I don't, yet.

Actually I did that, now you mention it. I was super proud but I guess it wasn't quite enough for me to be convinced yet

Yeah for sure. I have a new wardrobe and it helps a lot. I look thinner...but not thin. Yet i know Im thin now. Hmmm

Ich auch! Ich spreche nuer ein bisschen aber ich mag Deutsch :)

I didn't weigh for the first few weeks because I started over the summer when I was at my parents place for xmas. I lost 6 kg in the first month, but not sure at what rate.

first goal weight (25 lost) will be a pandora charm. ultimate goal weight will be a bikini and a trip overseas, probably to samoa

Thanks...this just feels like it should be under control

30 days ago I couldn't whinge about my progress. Now I can.

leftover dinner. muffin tin fritattas (take ten mins, taste awesome, ask if you want a recipe :) ), salads done with stuff you do like the texture of (a fave of mine is courgette and carrot grated together with lemon zest, mint and sunflower seeds), yoghurt and fruit, apple and cheese with a couple crackers, whatever…

In the past stress has triggered my self starve ED so maybe that's at least one positive, I haven't gone down the usual path :S

I'm trying, it's just super frustrating me today x

Yeah I am. It's the only way to achieve things

that's not my final goal, my final goal is 8kg away. But yeah isn't stress meant to make you lose weight? I'm not normally a stress eater but being at my parents place the last two weekends with dad being sick has blown my usual plan