Anyone else still "see" themselves at their old weight?!!

[Texasmom65 23]

I feel like Decamom, I'm down to an XL and now that they fit better and not loose, I feel so bloated/fat again....yes I'm still fat...but was feeling better in the loose clothes...LOL Go figure. It's another mind game.

[cludgie 81]

Yep, me too, as of yesterday I have lost 4 and a half stone (which is 4lb more than my very tall seven and a half year old weighs), I am just 8lb from my ideal weight according to the charts which is actually the same weight I was at 12, do I feel better? Absolutely! Do I feel thin? Never!

I have the same thing you all do when I look at my clothes which are 5/6 sizes smaller than they were in January and wonder whose they are, but I am not really seeing it in the mirror, and I'm not sure if my brain will ever catch up!

[Nichelle 21]

Some days I see it other days I don't. I still have quite a ways to go as I am about half way to goal. The days I feel great, nothing can stand in the way of that feeling. Then there are days or times when I look and still see this huge blob and wonder to myself how I could have ever possibly have been 50lbs heavier as I am still huge now. Only time will tell as my mind has me scattered too!

[VSGandMe2011 (DisneyMomma) 20]

Thank y'all so much! It's so nice to know that I'm not alone. I'm trying out saying to myself every time I look in a mirror, "You are thin and you are beautiful!" I figure if I told myself for years, "You are fat and you are ugly" and I ended up believing it, then if I keep saying the opposite to myself eventually I will believe it too! I am refusing to be miserable and unhappy with myself as I work my way to goal like I was at 299 lbs. That is NOT going to happen! I love this quote by Patsy Clairmont - "My will is stronger than my emotions." SO TRUE! Hugs, Fellow Sleevers!!!

~Dana

[susnl 17]

I feel the same sometimes. I mean I see the difference in my top half, but to me my hips haven't gotten smaller. However, I know that I have gone from a size 26 to a 18 (and even some 16's). Hopefully our minds will catch up.

[SFOTraveler 42]

Funny that you mention this because I literally just completed a blog post about it this morning. I am like Krista, I don't see myself as huge anymore, but I don't see myself as thin either.... I look at pictures and can't believe it is me. Yet when I look in the mirror I don't see what I see in the thin pics. It is all very very strange! If curious, the link is below.

[thinoneday 445]

I'm 24 weeks out and have lost 66 lbs, but I still see myself as a super obese person!! My brain just can't seem to catch up! Here's a pic taken at dinner Wednesday evening (8/24/11)

but I see myself like this!! (I'm on the far left)......Anyone know when this will start to change???

oh my dear how i feel for you. . . (by the way you look cute on both pictures) . . . I'm 2 years outs and still feel obese at times. I have pictures to remind myself that i am not. . . i have kept some really large clothes to remind myself as well. . i'll put them on every now and then to "remind" myself. . . it's tough especially if you've been overweight for ever, but it'll come eventually. . . hang in there my friend and keep up the good work!

[susieq 49]

When I look at my before and now pictures (not yet at "after") I see the huge difference. When I'm walking around, I FEEL the difference, but sometimes, I am confused as to whether or not I'm a fat person or an almost normal person. And I can NEVER tell how my size compares to someone else. If I didn't think it would be ridiculously annoying, I would be constantly asking people, am I bigger, smaller, or the same size as her?

You look great, Dana! Keep up the good work.