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Feelinhuge

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WHen i put on make up, do my hair and put on some nice clothes i look at myself in the mirror and say.."You're one hot mamma!" (i dont own full length mirrors) when i leave my house..and catch a gilmpse of myself in a mirror at a restraunt or store im horrified..and that thought of my hottness disapears along with my confidence.... im left with "what were u thinking..is that what i look like?..is that what i look like to the world?" i guess in my mind im this cute lil thing who looks great..untill i see my reflection.....has anyone else ever felt this way? or go thru the same thing? im curious to know. Leigh
 
Yeah, I've felt like that. It's like the image of yourself you have in your head doens't quite fit what your eyes see when you do see yourself.
 
I pretty much thought that exact thing yesterday!

I got all dressed up for a wedding - hairdresser, new clothes, makeup, jewellery. I was pretty pleased with the result. I looked HEAPS better than usual. Then I looked in my long mirror (I didn't even have to leave the house), and thought "Oh yeah - I'm still fat!!" :confused: I was kind of surprised!

Well here's to us all feeling healthier, happier, better looking already - and getting even better looking and healthier as time goes on! :D
 
I feel that way when I see a photograph of myself. Consequently, I avoid cameras. Except for today, I had my neice take a picture of me in shorts and a sport bra... for my "before" pose. She's going to take a picture of me every week for the next 20 weeks so I have a photo journey of my shrinking self.
 
I know exactlllllley what you mean, in my room looking at the mirror, im like wow, i dont look too bad, then when shopping and stuff in the full length mirrors in clothes shops, im like :eek: , i look terrible. I blame the lighting!! lol
 
This was me just yesterday. :(
Inside I feel like I this younger, thinner person. My outside does not match what is inside. I am getting there though. I am down 7.2 lbs this month--my first month of actually eating less and exercising more. I am very excited to see the scale #s creeping down instead of going up at turbo speed. :)

One day at a time.
Happy New Year everyone. My wish for us all is that we succeed at losing our weight and gain immense health and confidence.
 
totally feel your pain... I'll walk out of the house feeling good -and then catch a glimpse in a window -and oh boy... so much for good :(

Windows lie -it doesn't show who we really are..
 
^ *eyeroll* Thanks captain obvious.

I find that somedays I can take the surprise window glimpses and say 'wow...lookin' good' and then other days I'm just like 'wow, you're still a fat cow'. I guess a lot of it's in my head, of how I'm feeling that day, if the numbers on the scale have moved etc... More importantly though when I catch the 'holy crap' reflection in the windows I remind myself of where I started and picture that old me and usually I can get myself out of my frump.
 
Wow!! I've been trying to explain this to my husband for what seems like forever and a day!!

I completely know how you feel. Except for me, it usually seems like when I’m at home getting all glammed up, I take a look in the mirror and I think I look great! (no double chin, stomach rolls, or humongous thighs). But then, I will be out with friends and take a picture or something and immediately feel like a blimp. My husband tries to give me the ol' "Oh Honey the camera just adds 10 lbs don’t worry!" but I can't help but to wonder if how I see myself when I look in the mirror is not even close to what I actually look like!
 
I completely know what you are talking about! Sometimes I wonder why I even bother with the hassle of the makeup & the hair & all.

I just thought I had a magic mirror that loved me & only showed me the real me.... darn guess not! :rolleyes: haha ha

Just think though, with a little hard work exercising & eating right, we can show the world the real us.... & they have NO IDEA what they are missing!
 
That's another reason we get as big as we are, we avoid looking at ourselves. If we did really look at ourselves everyday we would most likely get sick & tired of being sick and tired of it and do something about it. I think I will really look at myself this evening in the mirror. I'm sure it will not be a happy time.

Answer to your question is of course.

chip
 
When I read the subject of this thread I couldn't help but think of the old commercial:

"Have you ever felt... you know... not so fresh?"

:D
 
in high school now a days they teach you about self image, and self esteem and a few other things I don't remember, but self image is the image you see yourself in your mind, and usually its different than what other people see you as...
also if the mind wants to see something eventually it will begin to... kind of like when people find images of mary in their cornsyrup and all that... a normal person who isn't catholic usually wouldn't think twice about what his corn syrup looks like... lol... kind of like when teenagers think their gods gift to this green earth, and they have enough confidence to feed america... also 30% of teenagers think one day they will become famous, lol it goes on and on.. but also if you think about it... anorexic people think their fat, because they too... look in a mirror and look for fat.... and eventually their mind sees that fat their looking for... sad but true...
I've been there... I've walked in the mall and I see a reflection of my body, and I'm like wow I really need to buckle down now! lol

the thing is.. you probably are cute... but most people also perceive fat as ugly... which it is not..

there is no such thing as ugly... just people who have different tastes.
 
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