Anyone else feel this way? I feel like I'm so much thinner than I really am when I look in the mirror.
I guess with my new found energy and feeling more healthy, I feel more thin. I'm all "I look good!" and "I feel beautiful!" Then I take a look at myself in the mirror and I'm all "OMGosh, I'm still so big!!!"
It's really messing with my head.
I'm under 200 pounds now, but still have such a long way to go to get to my ideal weight. If any of y'all have been where I am now emotionally, how close to your goal did you start to see yourself in the mirror the way you felt inside?
I definitely went through that. I was sooooooo lethargic and felt awful at my higher weights. It was exasperated by a basically non-functioning thyroid, high blood pressure and high blood sugars. I felt horrid!
So, when the thyroid meds kicked in, my BP came down to normal, the blood sugars returned to normal and I was getting exercise regularly, I felt like a million bucks! I was wearing smaller and smaller clothes. Even in the mirror I liked what I saw. It was PHOTOS that did it to me. Ugh!!! I remember feeling that around 210. Like, REALLY? I still look fat? I don't FEEL fat!
And for me, at my height and frame size, it took until I was about 185ish to feel and see what I am/was (so about what I am now). When I got to my lowest weight, 165, I actually felt super great and looked pretty good even in photos - just had that awful tummy with loose skin that bugged me.
I feel like this all of the time. I asked my fiance if he ever felt like that when he was losing weight but he said no lol. I'm glad I'm not the only one! It's definitely related to seeing progress with my workouts.
Yeah I have been feeling this way too lately. And I have only lost 8 lbs. I think just eating healthy and exercising more is playing with my mind. But I like that. I would much rather feel thinner than feel like a blob. Boosts my motivation to keep going.
I have always felt like that. Not just now that I am eating better, but ALWAYS. I kind of think that is part of the problem. I was super fit and hot in High School and in my minds eye, I still look like that even thought obviously it's not true anymore. lol
Yes yes and yes. I've actually considered staying a thread about just this. I'm glad you did! And glad to see I'm not alone. Even though I've only lost around 5 lbs, and even though I still weigh 5 lbs heavier that what I weighed most of last summer, I feel like a million bucks. I think posters who mentioned the fact that we have more energy and feel healthier got a big part of it. I have felt so energetic and even needed less sleep. Also I have such a good deal of pride in myself for being on plan. I also think its partly do to being relative. When gaining weight new highs are in relation the older lows. And when losing weight new lows are in relation too, and right after being at new highs. And any loss feels pretty durn good .
It is disappointing when I get a glimpse in a mirror and see that my thighs are still big enough for their own zip code, or that my stomache does show in X shirt. But I'd rather feel good than like a fat lazy slob (which I'm working on never talking to myself like that again).
Ill take the good feelings as a gift for more happiness, but not forgot I have months and months to go.
I have never felt as fat as I know I am/have been. Only would it hit me when I would see a picture of me and a skinny(er) person together. Always the pictures with someone smaller to compare yourself too are the worst. I guess my mirror has been lying to me for many years. I am starting to feel even less fat as I actually get less fat. I like the feeling, makes me feel like I can do anything!
I feel like that. Logically, I know I've lost 14 pounds. My clothes feel a little looser and I feel like I should notice it by now. But I look at myself in the mirror and can't see any physical differences. I'm going to start tracking my measurements every two weeks just to reassure myself that this isn't for nothing.
Oh my gosh, yes! Every time I look in the mirror, I'm like "Oh, I'm still pretty big." Because I'm losing weight, I'm much healthier, my clothes fit better, I have less fat & more muscle, & I feel so great I just get it in my head that I'm somehow smaller than I am. Then I look in the mirror and get a reality check. Sigh.
OMG this happened to me yesterday!!! Iwas trying on my outfit that I plan on wearing for my birthday next month. When I first tried it on a few weeks ago it was snug but when I tried it on yesterday I actually had room. I felt great but then when I looked in the mirror, I felt like I was still freakin huge!!! Then I started second guessing myself. I always look at myself in the mirror and think I still look like I did when I was 293! But based on how my clothes fit, I know that i've made progress. I just need to cover all my mirrors!!! lol
I have a similar yet opposite problem: I don't have a problem with the mirror, but I feel like I should be able to fit into my smaller clothes by now. I was really hoping to be in my medium sized dresses, but they're still too tight
I have this problem too. I think I look so cute....as long as I don't lok in a mirror or have photos taken of me ! I hate to have a skinny person say they hate having their picture made too. It makes me nuts !
I have a similar yet opposite problem: I don't have a problem with the mirror, but I feel like I should be able to fit into my smaller clothes by now. I was really hoping to be in my medium sized dresses, but they're still too tight
We'll get there, one day at a time.
I am one-hundred per cent with you, Missy Krissy - we'll get there, one day at a time.
Personally, I don't think that my head is being messed with by feeling good. I think, "Hey! I'm doing something really great for myself by exercising regularly and eating well! I'm awesome!" Just because I don't look like a size 6 yet, and can't fit into size 6 pants by a long shot doesn't mean that I shouldn't congratulate myself and allow myself to feel good about the progress that I've made. What's wrong with feeling good, after all!?
Feeling Thinner Than I Look?
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