I just wanted to find out if anyone else ever gets this overwhelming feeling...

Lately I've been feeling as though I've taken on some inches (especially in my waist) even though I am STILL losing weight at a good pace. Does this happen to anyone else? I mean...I haven't actually measured myself....even before I started dieting...I hate measurements.

It was kinda discouraging when I was looking in the mirror at the gym....maybe it's that my clothes are so baggy it's making me look fatter than I am? Well...I'm not discouraged anymore because I had my good 90 min cardio/weight-lifting session tonight and I'm in a great mood! *bug eyed*

I have had that same feeling. I wonder if it's because when we are losing weight we are more intune with our bodies and because of that we realize how big we really are?! I don't know. I also find it discouraging but if your clothes are getting bigger and your weight is going down you're definitely doing it right!

Keep smiling.

that could be it...thing is that's good is that I don't get mad about my weight now! Because I know I'm doing my body good and that I'm only going to lose weight by diet and exercise...not gain it. Could be that I'm gaining muscle too?...due to my weight-lifting? Maybe all of a sudden one week I'll lose a couple inches cause the muscle will burn the fat?? *pretty please*

yes i do too seems like if i gain even one pound i feel really bloated

I experience that as well and even though I should 'know better' it can still discourage/depress me. I think sometimes there are awkward points along the way. Like maybe the weight drops off some body portion and it takes another drop to even up or another week of exercising to firm up. I don't know.. but, it sounds like some of us are right there with ya!

I think also maybe sometimes we expect more physical improvements for the pound(s) lost or at a faster rate than is apparently practical. Dunno

I felt fatter after I had lost 100 lbs than I did before. Mainly because the "scales" (no pun intended) had fallen from my eyes and I was finally facing reality. I was in complete denial at 346 lbs. Finally, I'm feeling thinner, but it's taken quite a while and lots of lbs for me to feel much different.

I agree about the 'let down' feeling while coming to terms with reality.

i have been feeling like that as well but i believe its because now i actually pay attention and care about how i look.. to where before i didnt care at all.

Interesting topic! And interesting answers!

I guess for me, it's that now I can see the parts that are "still fat," whereas before I was just sort of fat everywhere. It's an odd thing!

But, keep on going! Those parts change, too. Our bodies undergo big changes during weight loss, and some areas take more time to catch up.

Jay

I was discussing this very issue in a pm with a friend a short while back. i feel fatter now at 144 (143 this morning ) than I did at 158. I don't know why that is. I've previously given up weighloss plans at around the 143 -144 mark because I look ok at this weight. On this occasion though I feel really really pudgy and there's no way I can give up. I think it may be because we feel more in tune with our bodies and can feel every spare pound.

Yeah, I feel fatter than I did at 140lbs. I'm a headcase, whatcha gonna do.

Now you guys are making me think twice about losing 100 lbs! No, not really.

I guess what seems most logical that I've read is that my body hasn't "evened" out. For instance....I could stick an extra set of legs in my pants now....but not an extra waist. Seems as though my waist is going to be the last place I lose, which I guess is alright. I'd rather have fit legs and be alittle chubby in a bathing suit than have a small tummy with HUGE legs.

Either way...guess what happened this morning!!! My collarbone sticks out!!!! WAAAAHOOOOOO!!!!! Must be lifting my weights right!

This is the way I've felt before, too. In the past, especially, I was an "all or nothing" type of person: either I'm fat and I don't care about my looks, or I'm thin and I'm focused on my looks. I've gotten past that somewhat, but I definitely do believe I'm more critical of my body when I start losing weight.

This is my body exactly. My legs have always looked pretty good, even when I'm overweight. My waist, however, is another story. I would really love to have a trim waist just once in my life. As it turns out, though, this is the area that I least like working on (e.g., I hate ab work).