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Originally Posted by 0o0o KimoKawaii o0o0
Well at first i thought that was kind of strange........i thought to myself "i'd die to be a size 12, i'd be going nuts in clothing stores!" hahaha!
But the truth is, a lot of time you're nervous it's not going to last.
You're subconscious is afraid of a relapse......and perhaps that's why you're afraid to let go!?
That, and sometimes people who have been overweight all their lives and have become accustom to not being viewed as "the pretty one" in a crowd, or to not being teased, or to not wearing their big-clothes!, and they have a hard time getting use to being smaller, and more confident, and wearing the more confident/reveling clothing..........you know!?
Just keep up the strong work, and remember YOU WORKED YOUR BUTT OFF TO GET TO WHERE YOU ARE..........ENJOY IT!
You DESERVE to be in those cute jeans, you DESERVE those cute tops, and you DESERVE TO BE, and SHOULD BE, HAPPY at your new found size!!
++Violet++
I know how much different I thought it would be for me when I started out at about your weight, I couldn't wait to get down to a size 12. Now I'm here and there's not as much jubilation as I thought there would be.
For me I know it's terrified that I'll go back to my old weight, that this isn't for real. When I look in the mirror I still see someone hugely overweight and I'm not happy with the way that I look and i know that has so much to do with it.
It's weird thinking about the clothes that will fit me now, I am wearing a size I wore in high school and it's just ... well shocking. I guess maybe I should take some comfort in the fact that I haven't weighed this little at during any of my attempts to lose weight, so maybe this time it IS for real, but I just can't be confident about it.
Thank you for your kind words, I know how right you are.
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Originally Posted by thesame7lbs
I just posted about this in the maintainer's forum. I couldn't decide what to do. Some said, "Pitch 'em! It's part of making the commitment to your new lifestyle. It's your statement that you're not going back!" Others said that they packed away the clothes for a year before donating them.
I'm planning on packing mine in a bin and putting them in the basement until we move next summer. I will not take them with me.
Part of my positive self-talk is that I remind myself that now that I know about calorie-counting, and now that I log every bite on Daily Plate, I have the tools not to regain. Before it was all a mystery (how much can I eat without regaining?). Now I pretty much know. It is in my hands.
ETA: 80 lbs lost! Way to go Audrina!
My therapist says that people who hang on to their clothes usually have an easier time going back to their old size, and that by getting rid of the clothes it makes it easier to not go back. Throwing them out is important to me, but it's weird when you're down to nothing and I just don't believe that I am. These are the clothes I've been wearing for years because I hate shopping so much, it's weird to see the last of them go down the garbage chute.
You are right, I log my calories too and it IS in my power to not regain the weight and go back. If I just stick with what I'm doing I'll continue to go down like I want to and hopefully I'll never go back.
Thanks for the congrats!! It's been a lot of hard work
It's just ... hard to let go.