For so many years I would catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror and have to catch my breath, because I did not recognize myself. But now down 60 lbs I see the girl in the mirror and she is me

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@@hpa omg right? like i knew i was overweight but i never saw myself as "THAT fat" and then i'd get caught in the background of a photo and be like OMG. but now i kinda have the same problem. I don't see myself as NOT fat yet. so i feel basically the same (fat) unless i see myself in a mirror or a photo. smh. #mindissues

This was totally me. I only saw myself as fat when I caught a glimpse of myself in a shop window unexpectedly, or if I was in the FRONT row of a group photo. Otherwise, I just thought I was kinda chunky.

When I hit goal, I would walk through the stores looking at different women and ask my kids, "Is my butt as big as hers? As small as hers? Am I fatter than her? Am I about her size?". Once I went so far as to stand next to a random stranger at Target, pretending to look for something on the shelf. I made my kids take a picture of us because she was the size I wanted to be and I wanted to see how close I was.

Talk about creeper!

This was totally me. I only saw myself as fat when I caught a glimpse of myself in a shop window unexpectedly, or if I was in the FRONT row of a group photo. Otherwise, I just thought I was kinda chunky.

When I hit goal, I would walk through the stores looking at different women and ask my kids, "Is my butt as big as hers? As small as hers? Am I fatter than her? Am I about her size?". Once I went so far as to stand next to a random stranger at Target, pretending to look for something on the shelf. I made my kids take a picture of us because she was the size I wanted to be and I wanted to see how close I was.

Talk about creeper!

Lol that is so something I would do! Too funny.

Yeah I am forever trying to compare my size to others because from my all time heaviest weight till now I have lost like 177 pounds (122 since surgery) and I still don't see it unless I look at comparison pictures or look at myself in a reflection next to someone else.

I don't compare myself. But I feel more like myself it is really nice

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So Lipstick Lady, were you as small as her? And that is a great idea, btw.

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So Lipstick Lady, were you as small as her? And that is a great idea, btw.

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Yes!!!

Yeah I never felt fat, it was only when I looked at myself that I realized my size, kinda. LOL

Now I look like how I feel. And I can physically do all the things I wanted to do before but were too hard wen I was heavier.

I have a hard time gauging my size compared to other people. Mainly because of how I am shaped now. Even though I still have some gut, I am very curvy because my boobs are huge, and my waist is small. Looking at me dead on I look small, but I my side view is different. Plus my fat is all squishy, so if I wear shapewear I can drop at least a size.

At least I don't feel fat like a lot a people do even after they lost weight, because I never felt fat when I should have.

It is a crazy head trip.

I really should have done before pics so I could do after ones but I've been so camera shy for so long, I couldn't make myself do it.

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Before pictures help me so much, I took pictures every even fat, so I have lots of pictures to look at it. It helps me on days that I feel like ugh, not losing fast enough. I can see where I came from.

I never felt like a fat girl, either. After all, I was fairly active and "only" 235 pounds.

Then I see all my before pictures....oy vey! I swear our brains do that to us as some kind of coping mechanism.