jqpublic 1 Posted May 31, 2006 Doe,s any body else feel this way! Qustion after you have lost your weight.did it take you a while to see your self as being thin? for me it took just a few weeks ago too see how thin I really was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisabethsew 50 Posted May 31, 2006 When I lost 200+ pounds, I never saw myself the way others did. I would see a person and ask, "Am I the same size as she is?" Body image is a strange process and I think the longer a person is morbidly obese, the longer it takes him/her to "see" themselves the way others do. I remember getting a surprise glimpse of myself in a mirror and being shocked it was ME I was looking at. Similarly, when I would shop for clothes, I ALWAYS picked clothes that were too large to try on thinking, THAT size would never fit me... but it did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jachut 487 Posted May 31, 2006 Although I answered in Pnut's post that I never saw myself as really "big" either, I have stuck in my head that I'm a "big girl". I am taller and larger built than most women, yet still smaller than most men. However, I was bigger than most boys in late primary school and throughout high school. I've learned to appreciate myself as "Amazonian", lol. I really dont think I"ll ever feel thin because I didnt feel think when I was 70kg, and I dont feel any fatter now than I did then either. I feel just the same. Gawd, I need a drink. Its wine o'clock here. That made no sense did it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
