What do you see when you look in the mirror?

[Lacowgirl72 210]

Do you see the new skinnier you? I go shopping and pick up a shirt and think "oh that looks too small" then I try it on and its big. How long did it take for your brain to catch up with your body? LOL

[Jessiegirl30 149]

Lol I know exactly what you mean I am 7 months down and I still am struggling to see myself as not as big

[bobbyswife 862]

I've often wondered about this. When I have lost weight in the past, my brain never had time to catch up because I was always gaining and losing. It'll be interesting to hear from those on the other side.

[Babbs 14,680]

I kind of suffer from the opposite. I still have 50lbs or so to go, but I see collar bones and hip bones finally and have a tendency to think I'm smaller than I am. I keep trying to squeeze my ass into smaller jeans because I'm impatient and this is just taking entirely too long!

Edited November 5, 2014 by Babbs

[Thinkingthinner1109 485]

I kind of suffer from the opposite. I still have 50lbs or so to go, but I see collar bones and hip bones finally and have a tendency to think I'm smaller than I am. I keep trying to squeeze my ass into smaller jeans because I'm impatient and this is just taking entirely too long!

Hahaha you are funny!

[ladypoohbear 123]

I look in the mirror naked and see a fat person. I look in the mirror with clothes on and see a thinner person. Is that wierd or what?

[Babbs 14,680]

I look in the mirror naked and see a fat person. I look in the mirror with clothes on and see a thinner person. Is that wierd or what?

Not at all! The right clothes have a tendency to hide all kinds of things and make you look fabulous in them! Just watch "What Not to Wear" and be amazed!

[bikrchk 1,313]

I look in the mirror naked and see a fat person. I look in the mirror with clothes on and see a thinner person. Is that wierd or what?

This is exactly my experience most days! My new "thin" clothes tend to show off my best parts and I feel like I look great in them, but without... I see "relaxed fit" skin with all its lumps, bumps and wrinkles and its not so great!

[patsy1947 42]

i thought it was just me I look in the mirror and still think i see a fat person. i have lost 80lbs but my eyes and mind doesn't see it. the chothes are smaller so i know i am too but the mind plays games.

[able2cope 193]

I'm 25 months out and I still have a hard time believing its me that I am buying clothes for in these smaller sizes - but at the same time I have trouble remembering just what I looked like before - or more to the point - just how big I actually had been.

[JCP 619]

I see that my face is thinner, my bras are looser, and I have a bit of a waist now. But I still see a huge person when I look in the mirror...

[JCP 619]

I should add that I told my hubby, "hey, look, my bra cup is looser". He kind of frowned and said "that's not good". LOL!

[Dreamingofhealth 223]

I am not sleeved yet, but I know someone who has been. She lost a bunch of weight, around 140 pounds and she walks like she's still a larger person. Like she's going to bump into things or something.

I think it will take a long time to get to know our smaller selves and learn to live like a smaller person.

[madwife2002 110]

Somedays I see a fat person and somedays I see the new slimmer person! I can't buy clothes by judging the size anymore because I still go for the larger clothes.

I don't even know what size I am because I live in leggings and tops

I just noticed that large size leggings are loose so maybe time to drop to a medium LOL

[knightdoc86 10]

Yeah im 11 months out 140lbs lost and when i do laundry i think my shirts shrunk in the wash but they fit fine haha