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  • All the time! I spend a good ten minutes in front of the full length mirror every morning and then I glance every time I go to a restroom!
  • Haha thats what i do! and since i drink 90oz of water i go to the bathroom a whole lot!
  • Probably about 4 or 5 times in front of my full lenght mirror and anytime I pass the bathroom mirror
  • I can't walk past a mirror or refelctive window without looking at myself. After a year of bouncing around the same 5 pounds I'm still amazed at how small I am and how different I look. I still have trouble sometimes because I think I'm 300 pounds.
  • I used to look in any reflective surface I could find. But recently I think I've grown afraid of mirrors...I've been avoiding them. I feel like I know that what I see won't be good enough so theres no point in looking. I really need to get my self esteem back up a bit...
  • um, hardly ever
  • Both a lot and rarely.

    A lot: When I'm running on the treadmill, I will focus on watching my reflection in the window or the TV screen in front of me. The elevator in my building is totally mirrors and I like to look at the backside of me, since I rarely can see it.

    Rarely: I'm the person who goes all day with spinach in their teeth. I "style" my hair by running my fingers through it or putting it in a ponytail. I will sometimes find I have some giant knot it in from sleep about 4 hours into my workday. I don't wear makeup except for special occasions.

    When I look in the mirror often, all I can see are the parts I hate and it makes me think I must be the ugliest person the average person sees in a day. I start making lists of all the parts about me that are "wrong."

    I'd like to get to that point where I am styling my hair again and wearing makeup but I just don't feel like right now is the right time. I think mentally I have it in my head when I lose enough weight that my clothes no longer fit and I have to buy new ones... new clothes, new makeup, new haircut, new person. ... er, Right?
  • Add me to the "never" group. It may shift as I lose weight, but throughout my life, I've never been comfortable in front of a mirror.

    I fix my hair in the mirror in the morning, but even then I often don't look long/closely enough - I got to work yesterday with a big bump sticking out the side of my ponytail! I then head upstairs and get dressed, and quickly glance in the full-length to make sure my outfit's generally acceptable, no tags or tails sticking out. If I'm getting ready to go out, etc, I'll spend a little more time finalizing my hair and doing some makeup, but daily routine is less than 3 minutes at the mirror.

    Once I leave the house, I often don't look in a mirror again. Even when I go to the bathroom and wash my hands, I'm usually chatting with the person next to me or looking around the room - anywhere but in the mirror. As someone else said, I'm likely to have something in my teeth or hair sticking up wonky all day, because I just don't think to check my reflection ever.

    I don't really think it's even got much to do with weight/self-image, but we'll see how things change as I lose. My funniest mirror moment was trying on wedding dresses - I kept walking around the little "stage" area, spinning and flipping the skirts and such, instead of standing still and staring in the mirror. My aunt actually started scolding me to stand still! My argument was that I wanted to make sure I'm comfortable in the dress I pick - that I feel free to move around and look good at all angles/views/positions, not just posed from the front. But when she finally forced me to stand perfectly still and just look, I realized it had a lot more to do with my discomfort in a fluffy white dress and all of the expectations that come with the "bride" label. But I still think it was important to walk around and make sure I feel good moving and turning in the stupid dress - I don't want to keep tripping on a big heavy train!
  • Honestly? rarely if ever, and even when I do look, I don't really LOOK. Is that weird?