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07-23-2010, 04:58 PM
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If I can; YOU Can!
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 120
S/C/G: 292/Ticker/175 height: 5'9
Height: 5'9
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Why can't I see it?
When I look in the mirror I almost always see what I looked like at 292lbs... It's insane.... Once in a while I'll see the slimmer me. I guess it's a mind set from seeing myself so big for that long? It's really noticeable cause I got bones now && I'm in way smaller size clothes. I'm just having an off day I guess. 
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07-23-2010, 05:00 PM
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Kickin PCOS's Butt!
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: UT
Posts: 832
S/C/G: 240/Ticker/150 Ultimate Goal
Height: 5' 3"
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I think its normal. Especially if you have been overweight for years. You just get used to the reflection in the mirror. It also could be a mild case of body dysmorphic disorder, but I do think its pretty normal. I have the opposite problem, I can't ever see myself in the mirror for the size I REALLY am. I see myself as smaller, until I see myself in pictures. :P
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07-23-2010, 05:08 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 351
S/C/G: 278/190/147
Height: 5'7"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scilla
When I look in the mirror I almost always see what I looked like at 292lbs... It's insane.... Once in a while I'll see the slimmer me. I guess it's a mind set from seeing myself so big for that long? It's really noticeable cause I got bones now && I'm in way smaller size clothes. I'm just having an off day I guess. |
I'm this way too. But when I see pictures of me at my highest weight and then look at myself in the mirror - I see the difference.
I don't know if this has any truth but my friend told me two days ago it takes yourself about 6 months to adjust to a new body image...
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07-23-2010, 05:15 PM
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Loving life!!
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Ponchatoula, LA
Posts: 2,349
S/C/G: 360/159/145
Height: 5' 8"
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It's totally normal....on my weird days I still can see myself at 286 in the mirror. When I get that way I look at my side-by-side before and after (or when I was losing it was a before & current pic)...it'll help!
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07-23-2010, 05:25 PM
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If I can; YOU Can!
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 120
S/C/G: 292/Ticker/175 height: 5'9
Height: 5'9
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I've looked at pics of me when I weighed that much and said Ohh my.. gawd.. and pics of me now. And theres a huge difference. I guess I need to do a better job of reminding myself of those side by sides of pics when I look in the mirror.....
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07-23-2010, 06:32 PM
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3 + years maintaining
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 12,070
S/C/G: 287/120's
Height: 5 foot nuthin'
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Yeah, we all get days like that, especially early on. What I used to do? I grabbed an old skirt and tried it on. There was no mistaking it at that point - I had lost weight - and lots of it.
Quite the journey, isn't it???
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07-23-2010, 07:33 PM
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Shifty Werewolf
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Vermont, USA
Posts: 1,168
S/C/G: 285/209/165
Height: 5'5"
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I can see the difference between then and now but I can also see that I am still fat while before I *knew* I was fat but didn't really see it.
I think now I am about the fat I was "seeing" (in my mind but not with my eyes) before when I was 60 pounds fatter. That's a terrible sentence but I bet you guys know what I mean....
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07-23-2010, 08:23 PM
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One day at a time!
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: The deep south
Posts: 4,349
S/C/G: 301/see ticker/160
Height: 5' 2"
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Yep, me too. I have to look at pictures to see the difference. Even then it does not seem like such a big difference. I still see so much fat. However, if I stop and think, I remember how I FELT. That is where I can tell the big difference!
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07-23-2010, 08:26 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,294
S/C/G: HW:300 Pregnancy: 160/167/185
Height: 5'5"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vladadog
I can see the difference between then and now but I can also see that I am still fat while before I *knew* I was fat but didn't really see it.
I think now I am about the fat I was "seeing" (in my mind but not with my eyes) before when I was 60 pounds fatter. That's a terrible sentence but I bet you guys know what I mean....
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This is me, too. I honest to god didn't look in a mirror or at a picture past about 180 lbs--I even averted my eyes from glass doors. So it wasn't until I got under that weight that things started to look better.
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07-23-2010, 09:38 PM
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On my way!
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: NY
Posts: 23
Height: 5'6"
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I do the same thing. I have to look at the progress pics I've taken so far and put them side by side to see a difference.
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07-23-2010, 09:47 PM
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If I can; YOU Can!
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 120
S/C/G: 292/Ticker/175 height: 5'9
Height: 5'9
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I suppose what also makes me feel bad is that my husband is so skinny && I still see FAT. Ughhh.. I'm so extremely happy with what I've achieved so far. And yet I'm not.... I'm happily UNhappy.. haha
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07-23-2010, 09:49 PM
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Resident Pixie
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 14,658
S/C/G: Pant Size - 28/12/8
Height: 5'2"
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If you figure it out, please let me know. I still see 330 pounds most times when I am looking in a mirror.
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07-24-2010, 01:53 AM
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Cat Cuddler
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: California
Posts: 571
S/C/G: 287/266/150
Height: 5'5"
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I'm just looking forward to having an "after". Right now, I'm still at "before"!
No matter what all of you are seeing today, congratulations on your progress!
Last edited by doingmybest; 07-24-2010 at 01:54 AM.
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07-24-2010, 02:06 AM
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Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 31
S/C/G: HW: 295/218/160
Height: 5'8''
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I totally agree with you that the body and mind and mirror are sometimes totally not in sync. When I was 295 pounds, I never looked in the mirror and thought I was maybe too heavy. Now, 65 pounds lighter, I am horrified! I want to be much better. It's just processing and realizing how we really are and adjusting to it that's hard.
It might just take a while for your eyes to register that they're looking at a different person, because you are. You've become someone who cares about herself. When you see old you in the mirror, look again and see new you. It took a lot of work to get there. Stare til it IS real. You did that. Almost 100 pounds is amazing. Own it, girl. 
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07-24-2010, 02:12 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Lafayette, LA
Posts: 164
S/C/G: 261/161/145
Height: 5'7"
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My best friend showed me a picture of something the other night on her iPhone. Well I started scrolling through the pictures and stopped on one of them. I thought well, she's been 'home' to Costa Rica like 4 times already this year, maybe that is someone from CR. Then after studying the picture more, I realized it had to be her other friend who I had met once before. But as I looked at the surrounding of the picture, I realized it was really familiar, the girl was ME! how could I not recognize myself??? That girl looked thin! I honest to God did not recognize myself.
I am way more critical of myself now than I was at 260 pounds! The fat now bothers me, it repulses and disgusts me, whereas before I didn't care. Everytime I go through my clothes and start getting rid of stuff that is just way too big, I always keep items thinking I can still wear it but then get it on and it floats and makes me look sloppy. I can't see me for who I really am now!! So yes I relate as well!
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