[jigglefree]

I just wanted to know if it was vain to like looking at yourself. I saw myself yesterday in the outfit in my avatar and couldn't stop looking. I was so excited but the constant looking in the mirror seems to be odd...but I like it.

So what do you think...is it vain that I do that?

[beerab]

Pft no freaking way! I look at myself all the time and admire the changes Heck I do it naked in the mornings! lol!

[roxmysox]

you.look.amazing! I don't think it's vain to look, it's pride in all your hard work!

[juliastl27]

if its vain, then i am GUILTY!!

[preetyladyserenity]

No way! Some of us were brough up with the idea that society finds them as disgusting because of the fat (ahem I blame my paternal grandmother for this) that to realise we are bautiful seems odd.

I didn't even have a mirror in my room until recently and this includes the years of teenagehood.

[jigglefree]

I like these answers. Because when I started it was hard to imagine the rolls of fat leaving and to see them going away, I stare at my (yes beerab) naked body in the bathroom. I even look at myself when I go to the bathroom at work. It's surreal. To think how hard I've been working is paying off visually.

[saef]

I think this is pretty common, actually. You're readjusting your mental image of yourself. This takes time, as we all know from people posting here.

For me, there are three thoughts behind all the mirror-gazing:

1) "Yep, still thin."

2) "That is me, right? Right? It's me? Okay. Just checking."

3) "If I saw this person walking toward me, as a complete stranger, would I say that she's pretty? Or has an acceptably shaped body?"

Which is more than is going on with other people in the ladies' room, looking in the mirror, as I think the usual thoughts are more like:

1) "This blouse was a mistake."

2) "Ugh, three washings & that olive oil stain still shows in this crummy light."

3) "Why won't my hair (or eyeshadow) stay looking the way it did in my bathroom mirror this morning?"

[motivated chickie]

I don't own any full length mirrors, so I stare at my top half in the bathroom mirror every morning. I can't believe the results.

When I went clothing shopping recently, for the first I enjoyed the experience in the fitting room. Took me longer than normal to try on clothes. In the old days, I'd get in and out FAST.

[Cherry in STL]

There's nothing wrong witn enjoying your weight loss success!

[Ookpik]

I've never met a mirror I didn't like!

[Firecracker777]

no its not vain at all! I just bought new pants last night and was just staring at myself in the work mirror lol

[effie12]

I don't think it is vain, you have to get to know and learn to recognize your new body somehow! And it really is an amazing thing, not something to be scoffed at, as far as I'm concerned. At home I spend a few minutes everyday just kind of looking at myself, naked or not. It isn't in a 'I am beyond beautiful in all possible ways' manner, but more of a 'this is what I look like?' kind of way.

[MissKelly]

Not vain at all! You're going through changes and should be proud of it. Although I do not like my body where it's at yet, I do the same thing, mostly due to shock that it's coming off more smoothly than I thought it would. You sound normal to me due to the circumstances.

[jigglefree]

You ladies ROCK!!! I'm no where near where I want to be but it's good to see the weight coming off. I look back at where I was just at Easter and see the changes, I marvel let alone when I first started. I didn't expect the weight to come off the way it has been. To me my legs look like they are changing the most. I can flex and feel muscle and it doesn't jiggle if you hit it (while it's flexed).

[bargoo]

Not vain at all. I love going to the mall.Strolling around the mall I see my reflection and going into the stores, especially a large department store with lots of mirrors, I sse me every few feet and I'll admit I sometimes back up and take a second look. No, not vain !