Odd Feeling

[Startingoverat50 3]

Saturday I decided to venture to the mall to find a couple of new things for my wardrobe. When I got to there I immediately went to my favorite Plus Sized Store. I found a couple of things I liked right away and headed back to try them on. I took size 1X into the dressing room with me and they were too big. I went back for the 0X size the store carries and they were also too big. The oddest feeling came over me. I was a little sad. I had been shopping in this store for years. I know the sales people and they know me. It dawned on me that I would no longer be shopping in my favorite store. I was really sad. I left and wandered around the mall, but I felt lost. I guess I am grieving a little bit for my old self. I know this sounds really stupid. I should be thrilled that I can now shop in the regular misses department. I will get there, but I guess I just need a little time. Boy, there really is a lot of mental work that goes into this weight loss stuff. I knew about the physical part of it, but I am just beginning to realize how it is so much more than that. It takes a while for the brain to catch up with your new body. Anyone else feel this way?

[happy2lose 0]

Yes, I do feel this way! The feeling is wonderful and confusing all at the same time.

I really don't have any clue what I look like even when staring at myself if the mirror. The only way I can see my weight loss is to look at side by side comparison of before and present pictures. Then the feeling is wonderful!

[Hello Bean 0]

Just think, you are going to find some new favorite stores with cute clothes that you are going to look great in!

[btrieger 21]

Don't be a stranger to them. You can still pop in to say hi and show off the new you.

[vlp1968 83]

Yes, I do feel this way! The feeling is wonderful and confusing all at the same time.

The only way I can see my weight loss is to look at side by side comparison of before and present pictures. Then the feeling is wonderful!

I find looking at pictures really helps too. The psyc. involved with my surgery told me to take a pic. of myself once a month. I do it in my bathing suit. I have seen tremendous difference every month. It's starting to mean more to me than the scale- which is going down as well. It is a tough thing to have our minds catch up with our bodies.

[Startingoverat50 3]

Yes, I need to do the picture thing. I have always avoided having my picture taken and that resistance still hangs on.

I need to do it so that maybe then I can really see how I look. Like someone said above, I still am not seeing how much I have changed when I look in the mirror, but then I never really saw how big I was either before I lost the weight. It was always right there though whenever someone took my picture.