More I Lose, the Fatter I Feel

[laurigee 545]

This is just my personal experience...If I lose weight without exercise I always feel fatter. It seems like things start jiggling. I have exercised since the beginning and was close to 300 pounds and am down to 188 now and still have no hanging skin. If you can exercise I would strongly recommend that you do! It does make you feel thinner and healthier, and puts a bounce in your step!

[CHEZNOEL 4,061]

The brain is the last to get the message. It will come. As long as you are losing weight and/or inches, be happy! The system is working with you to get you to your goal! The head will catch up!

[Frederic 500]

I also have a huge portion of my personal identity tied up in being the big guy (my father overheard a nurse in the maternity ward ask "who gave birth to the cow" while pointing at me).

I've decided to help myself adjust to the changes I photograph myself in approximately the same outfit and body position each week (in the same location of my house) and then watch the images in a slideshow on my computer. I'm hoping it will allow me to see and reinforce my progress while also clearly providing my sub-conscious with an affirmation that despite how the image changes it's still the same person.

[flrosie 154]

I also have a huge portion of my personal identity tied up in being the big guy (my father overheard a nurse in the maternity ward ask "who gave birth to the cow" while pointing at me).

I've decided to help myself adjust to the changes I photograph myself in approximately the same outfit and body position each week (in the same location of my house) and then watch the images in a slideshow on my computer. I'm hoping it will allow me to see and reinforce my progress while also clearly providing my sub-conscious with an affirmation that despite how the image changes it's still the same person.

Great idea!!

[sunflower26 9]

well i quess its very hard to think of myself as thinner its like somedays i grab my upper stomach wont go down same as 47 lbs ago i keep doing exersice and sit ups its right about where my port is i quess i still have swallowing after 3 months you would think not but i have had fills and i think it makes me swollon there but yes i still feel fat i gained all this weight the past 15 years and its very hard to think my self thin

so even after losing 47 lbs i still feel over weight and fat omg what did i look like before well on the road to a better me inside and out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! some days i just get down i wish i could post a pic but i cant get it to load right