How do you see yourself??

[Lady Shazerz]

I was out with my husband this weekend and I found myself comparing myself to other body types. He asked me what I was looking at one time and I said "Is that my body size?" and pointed to a lady standing by a counter....he looked at me like I was insane. He said "Honey you weren't that size when you started." I realized that even though I've lost 30lbs and have gone down to a size 12 pants that I still see myself the same way. I can see with my eyes that I look slimmer, I can see the difference in my clothes, my reflection looks different but I don't FEEL slimmer.

Does anyone know if that comes with time or will I always see myself as the same 'fat girl' that I have been for half of my life??

[i82much]

I was out with my husband this weekend and I found myself comparing myself to other body types. He asked me what I was looking at one time and I said "Is that my body size?" and pointed to a lady standing by a counter....he looked at me like I was insane. He said "Honey you weren't that size when you started." I realized that even though I've lost 30lbs and have gone down to a size 12 pants that I still see myself the same way. I can see with my eyes that I look slimmer, I can see the difference in my clothes, my reflection looks different but I don't FEEL slimmer.

Does anyone know if that comes with time or will I always see myself as the same 'fat girl' that I have been for half of my life??

I do the same thing! I always think I'm extra fat. At my last dr appointment I was down 35lbs. My dr was so proud. I told her I couldn't tell. I can tell my clothes are looser, but when I look in the mirror I still see the same old fat..... She was kinda surprised. of course she also looks like a toothpick. If she los***lbs she'd weight the same as my kids.

[cpizzle]

In my experience, I was about 300 lbs all through high school, fat all growing up, but after high school I managed to get down to 190, considerably slimmer. But it took a little while to get used to not being so big. While when I did, I felt great almost as if I could do anythting. But then I quit thinking about it and about 2 years later here we are again.

Heck right now I have lost 10 pounds and I feel fantastic about it.

But yeah, it's all good.

[Lady Shazerz]

I know, I'm so totally shocked when people say "Skinny" and "thin" I look around like WHO?? My boss told me today that if I lost any more weight he wouldn't be able to see me when I walked by. I was like "Dude your high!!!" I mean, it feels good but I still feel HUGE!!

[alykat06]

I'm the opposite, I really dont know what I look like. I feel smaller than the usual 215 lb person and I just dont see where I am obese in the mirror..then when I take pictures Im appalled at how big I look (the camera adding an extra 50 lbs?) I just dont see myself at all. I ask my boyfriend do I look as big as that person and he says no way and I just dont know what to believe

[SHAREBEAR29]

I'm the opposite also. I don't think of myself as being as big as I am.....I know I'm large...but when I see myself in the mirror or a pic it's always a shock that I'm THAT big.

I think maybe it has to do with what size you were the longest....idk. I was around 220-240 for most of my adult life. That's how I think of myself. When a see a 300 lb woman in the mirror I can't believe that's me. :(

[Lady Shazerz]

I find that very interesting. I guess it does have to do with how you have lived for most of your life.

[elischanicole]

I always feel like I'm huge. I compare myself to girls that I think oh my gosh ya know but then I look at myself and I'm like well maybe I'm not that far off. I seriously pretty much compare myself all the time to anyone I see, and I cant even help it. I always feel so self conscious about everything... I also always think about my stretch marks, and they arent even bad, I have them in the normal places on my boobs and hips and thighs I had those when I was growing and you cant see them anymore you can just feel them if you try but I have like these 2 on just my right side about my hip that seemed to appear after I got clawed down the side by my boyfriends dog. They were huge scrathes that bled and after they healed I had two little pink marks like the starting of stretch marks and now they have grown to be like an inch long going up my side and you cant even really see them but I can and my boyfriend tells me I'm stupid and no one cares but yeah I'm just really self conscience and I dont know where I got off track... sorry... but yes I do the same thing I ask my boyfriend if I'm the same size as whoever ya know and sometimes hes like are you just asking me this to see what ill say shes twice the size of you, lol