Same here. I've noticed.. the perception has to do to some degree with the place/people you're surrounded by. I used to be in the 130's and felt incredibly fat, at that time I was living in a city where everyone is 100 lbs. Then I moved and I was 140 and felt normal. After that I got married, moved again, and ballooned up to my hw of 175, but it was so quickly (in a matter of a year) that I didn't notice! (I wore yoga pants for a while, because it was cold and people were very casual in that city) until I moved again, saw pictures of myself and it was as if I were looking at someone else. In fact, I decided to go see my Dr. about my weight when I had to go take a passport picture and I honestly could not believe that was me.
Now that I've lost some of the extra weight.. I don't see the difference from where I started, so I wear some of my old clothes to try to gauge really what I look like. As others have said, when you are in the process of losing weight, you tend to focus on the flaws, because after all that's what you're trying to get rid of, so they seem bigger than what they really are.
Through all the ups and downs though, I think that at least I can say that I've learned to accept that there are things I cannot change about my body. I have the widest hips in the world, and no matter what I weigh, I will never be able to fit into a size 0. I have a wide rib cage as well, so there are things/fits that are just not for me. What I'm trying to say is that I'm no longer trying to achieve the unachievable, which should be just common sense, but somehow it isn't always so. I guess this at least counts as progress in the whole self-image department. But yeap, it's a battle.
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