OK yesterday I started to feel fat I know I am (I have lost a lot of weight ) has anyone else felt like this? Let me know please! Thank you ;}

I have not been banded yet, so I am in the early stages, but I follow several blogs of folks that, even after reaching goal, struggle with the body image. One girl, after losing 111 lbs still thought of herself as fat. She knew she wasn't, but said that it takes awhile for the brain to catch up to the body. So it sounds like it is a normal feeling. Hang in there and keep plugging along and your brain will catch up with your body. Congrats on losing weight. I can't wait to be there.

OK yesterday I started to feel fat I know I am (I have lost a lot of weight ) has anyone else felt like this? Let me know please! Thank you ;}

Yes and I think I always will no matter how much weight I lose. Mirrors are not friendly at all

I am down 104 pound and have gone from a 26 to 14 and I still feel that way. I have 40 to go and have a hard time judging size. I have finally stop going to the plus size to look at clothes but that was a struggle in it's self. when you are in the habit of it, it takes a lot to change it. I have started asking co-worker what size they wear so I can get a better idea of where I am!

that means your brain is still fat, but it will get thin, just let it catch up. Good job & good luck!

I've lost almost 150 pounds. I'm 5'9" and size 12. If I stand naked in front of a mirror I don't see the collar bones, ribs and hip bones that are all protruding through my skin. I see every ounce of fat on my body. I can totally understand the mindset of anorexics. We really don't see what everyone else does when it comes to our bodies.

Even when I was the lowest amount of weight in my mid twenties

I still perceived myself as fat. Something else to work on I guess...

I complained a lot one day about it and my Mom got fed up and drove

me to the grocery store and had me hold up 2 thirty pound bags of

potatoes and she told me that I used to carry that weight.

That alone really put into perspective how my body had changed as I

struggled to hold on to them and carry them around.

You sometimes cant help how you feel but try to redirect your thoughts to

remind yourself of where you have come from. Well done on your

weight loss

Smart Mommy!!!!!!! What a great lesson!!!

well I have 20 more pounds to go to reach my goal and I felt good at first because the first 6 months to a year the weight came off relatively easy. But now I have been on a plateau for at least 4 months, and when I look in the mirror I see part of my stomach that sags and that's when I feel fat still. I know a tummy tuck would cure that but can't afford it at this point. So I totally understand that constant fat feeling, I feel better about my self when I'm covered up, but I would love to be able to wear more revealing things but I guess at my age, it won't happen.

Its insane, isnt it. I feel enormous at the moment, like a big fat cow because I've regained 4lb. My bmi is now, wait for it, hold onto your hats - 20. Yep. Just 20. I feel like my gut is bursting out of my jeans and I have rolls on my back. I see a photo of myself and assume its not even me becuase in my minds eye I'm seeing double chins and fat arms.

I put on one outfit today that this time last year was one of my skinny outfits, a huge thrill, black skinny jeans and a slinky top. The jeans are way too big for me, they kept falling down. So I felt skinnier last year 8 or 9lb heavier, than I do today because my BMI has gone from 19 to 20. I had cancer for crying out loud, that weight loss was unhealthy weight loss, it made me underweight and it was never ever going to stay lost. I looked terrible. And I still feel fat and disgusted because my now healthy body is regaining its equilibrium.

I have accepted that I am disordered - I'm obsessed and illogical about my size, and I'm way too obsessed with what and how much I eat. It is never going to change. Its within the realms of healthy, I mean I dont do things that could physically harm me like severely undereating or purging or any of that stuff, but I know its just a fact of life. I will never have a completely easy relationship with food and my body. I will always be working hard so that I feel like I'm the boss of it.