I think we all have "fat" tatooed somewhere in our minds. It takes us ALL a lot of mind work. I know that I have lost 80# and to me I look exactly the same.

I agree. I have a hard time reconcilling the clothes i am wearing with my perception of myself. i keep thinking the clothes must have 'relaxed' or streched or something because i cannot see myself as anything but large. However when i was at my heaviest i was like you and saw myself as much smaller than i was. amazing how a picture reveals so much more than a mirror.

Right now my I am struggling more with my perception than with food. who would have thought? I feel like my brain is 40 pounds behind reality and cannot catch up. I am at a lower weight than i have been in 30 years, yet dont feel all that much smaller.

good luck

I have a hard time too. I went to find some underwear since I have not bought any since weight loss and have to roll them over a bunch. I wore a 5X. Went to dillards and the girl said you wear an X-large. I held it up and said are you sure, this is so small. I took home and sure enough fit like a glove. I still hold up clothes I get out of the closet and think I'm not going to get into that and slide right in. When does this go away?

That is something I have always had a hard time with. I used to work at Lane Bryant, best job I loved it there. Well I had my "light bulb" moment working there while folding the jean wall that never quit!!! This is what happened, when I was in high school, I was always between a 12 and a 14 and thought I was BIG...while folding the jeans I was "in the zone", because I love to fold, and I started to fold a pair of 14 jeans(the smallest size for LB) and then folded a 22(which I was in at the time) then another 14 and a 28 and the next 14 I held up I was like OMG...I THOUGHT I was fat when I wore this size, and now look at the jeans I'm wearing and convinced my self I was hot stuff!!!! It was then I realized that my mind was messed up...thinking I was huge at a size 14 was ridiculous!!! So I am hoping that this time around, since I have been working on my mind, I hope to have a better outlook on me!!!