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Italiana_Lady

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I dont know where to post this, because its not picture but its a before and after question.

Does anyone experience fat brain? Or think you still look the same as you did when you were bigger?

Ive lost over 100lbs and I still feel like I looked before, and im obsessed and I hate it! Everyone around me says I look normal but honestly I dont believe them...

anyone else?
 
Italiana_Lady said:
I dont know where to post this, because its not picture but its a before and after question.

Does anyone experience fat brain? Or think you still look the same as you did when you were bigger?

Ive lost over 100lbs and I still feel like I looked before, and im obsessed and I hate it! Everyone around me says I look normal but honestly I dont believe them...

anyone else?
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Not all the time and I know I don't look like I used to, but I still have days where I feel really overweight. I feel that way when I workout somedays(maybe just tired that day--it does seem to follow a stretch of several days of working out?). My feet literally feel heavy.

I do think part of it is your mind catching up to your real image at this point. Other times I think it's just a bad day like any others. Even people at a normal weight have their 'fat days'. Just like people with incredible hair have days where they feel their hair looks like crap even if it looks fine to us. I think it's just a psychological thing and then it can be worse some days because of our mood.

I know when I get bloathing from eating too much salt or before my TOM I feel enormous.

I'm not sure what to do about any of it since I'm sitting over here glaring a scale when I know I've made other changes in my body so I understand getting obsessive at time.:ack2:


As silly as this sounds, I usually do my make up nice, wear something I love, and put my camera on self-timer on days I feel like that and taken a picture. Usually the picture is sobering since I see an average in size girl with a little junk in places I can live with. That's always a reminder that what I really look like may not match the negative image I have in my mind at the moment.
 
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I definitely know how you feel. I look a lot better than I used to, but when I go out I'm still so self-conscious and I still feel like I am 20 lbs heavier...:p
 
i have the same felling too but am still not done with my jorney i hope i dont feel like t his when am done

ive gone down from 255 to 214 in just 6 weeks :)

i need to be around 190
 
You need to have pictures of your before and after somewhere in your house that you can see everyday that will show you that you've lost weight. People tell me all the time and I get called "skinny" but most of the time I still feel like I'm huge. So, I keep a before and after in a frame in my room so I can remind myself that I am smaller now.
 
Thank You, these are good ideas. I will definitley try them. I just still see a very fat person when I look in the mirror and I still have more weight to lose. Everyone around me calls me average or even skinny and I just dont see it. I should post before and after's but Im weirded out by the internet lol
 
I wrote a blog about something similar to this.. If you didn't accept yourself when you were heavier how on earth are you suppose to accept yourself now? We obsess over body image because there is something deeper going on. You've got to mentally shed the weight before you can allow yourself to see the phyiscal weight you've shed. I went through the EXACT same thing (I didn't lose as much weight.. but the thoughts and feelings were the same) ahmm and here is a link to the blog I wrote about it a few months back. (my blog link is not spam.. i'm just linking for reference to the topic)



I know this probably is going to sound very lame.. but when I was trying to get over feeling fat and ugly and learn to accept myself I would stand in the mirror and force myself to name off the things I liked about my body instead of only naming off imperfections... because lets face it if you only focus on the negative thats just what you'll see.
 
Yes!

I have always experienced this and I think it's a part of why I let myself get soooo big. When I was in high school I weighed 140lbs ish (at 5'4" this is a 'normal' weight) and I thought I was huge. After high school I got myself down to 124lbs and I still thought I was huge. I was 155lbs ish when I got married, gained a whole bunch of weight after I got divorced and have lived at or near 200lbs up until I decided to do something about it two months ago, but I've considered myself fat at 124lbs, fat at 155lbs, and fat at 200lbs (when I actually was fat). I'm now down to 175lbs and I still think I'm as big as I was at 200lbs.

I can't see any difference in a mirror at any of the weights I've been. I can see it in photos though-it may be helpful for you to take photos of yourself to document your weight change. Take the photos in the same clothes, same pose, same location, and same distance from the camera. You'll see a difference even if you can't in the mirror everyday.
 
I have experienced the same thing too and wondered about it. The change is so gradual that you don't notice it from day to day, much like you don't notice aging from day to day. But if you take a picture from when you are 20 and compare it to when you are 50 there obviously has been a big difference, though you can see it as it's happening because it's not an obvious difference from day to day. Maybe looking at a before and after is needed, but is that enough?
 
Ive looked at my before and afters... and while there is a very huge, noticeable difference... (I dont look like the same person at all in them) I still see the person in the before pictures when I look in the mirror. When I have my picture taken and I see it, I think the camera is somehow lying. I dont know if that makes sense to anyone... maybe I am just really mental lol Im so glad to see im not the only one though.
 
I've had the same problem. I use to weigh 395 pounds and now weigh 301 pounds! When I look at myself I can't tell a difference. Most people around me don't notice either but people who don't see me for a year and then see me again always seem to notice a big difference. I would have to agree a bit with Beatles boy it's just so gradual those who see you every day don't notice.

I hope that once I get closer to my goal and I'm not so flabby I'll be able to tell 0-o
 
Does anyone think it's a good idea to get rid of all your old pictures of you being REALLY overweight? It's almost like I WANT to forget those years like they never happened. Thoughts?
 
Beatlesboy said:
Does anyone think it's a good idea to get rid of all your old pictures of you being REALLY overweight? It's almost like I WANT to forget those years like they never happened. Thoughts?
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No, out of site out of mind. You dont ever want to forget how bad you looked, felt about yourself at your highest... would make it easier to slowly go back to it.

I am really ashamed that was me though and will not tell people who dont know me about my weight loss.
 
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