Just wondering if I am normal in my thoughts here. I have been heavier my whole life. In 5th grade I was in a size 15 juniors and it just went up from there to size 18 by 8th grade and 22/24 by senior year. In the last 5 years I have steadily gained weight to my top weight of 333 (besides possibly when 9 months preggo with my now 2 year old). It is really HARD for me to picture myself at 149 lbs, let alone any smaller if I change my goal.


Is it normal to feel this way? And how do you get over it? I'm not ready to give up so I know that someday I will see myself at 149 lbs but I CANNOT picture it in my mind.

my heaviest was 247, but now im on the long term goal of getting to 145.
i cant even picture it.
i was 227 and couldnt even picture what id look like at 200. im amazed at what a difference it is, so picturing a 55 pound loss is mind boggling!

dont worry about not being able to picture it now.
its like a surprise and im definitely excited to get there.

I have the same problem. That's why I like this site...

http://www.cockeyed.com/photos/bodie...htweight.shtml

I really can't imagine what I look like when I hit my goal. I have never been skinny. I know how much my mom weigh's, and my sister is the size I want to be, and they are both my height. It gives me a frame of reference of where I will be at each weight, but I still can never imagine myself at either of their weights.

I've been at my goal weight before for like 3 days and then I got pregnant again! I still can't really picture myself there. Even when I was there I felt like the huge person I was before... I wonder how long it takes to be at goal and feel the size you actually are, kwim?

I really can't imagine at all what I would look like at goal weight. That is why I picked a weight about 35lbs above what the chart says I should be at. Then I can take it little by little to figure out what looks best for me. But what size, weight... no idea... I havent been below a 16 in over 10 years. Right now... I would give anything to be at a 16.

I was...

thin as a teenager (130lbs)...

...then put on some weight...

...then lost some weight...

thin at 25yrs old (140lbs)...

...then got heavy, heavier, heaviest.

I am now 36 but really can't remember what it feels like being thin. However, I do remember thinking I was fat when I was younger. I would LOVE to have my old body back!!

Having never ever been thin (except when I was 10 and my parents put me on Herbalife and trust me, 26 years later I have no memory at all of it) I can't fathom what I will look like. I STUDY pictures of people on the weight chart linked above, and of every goal and mini goal photo of people in my height and weight range to try to get an idea, but I still can't wrap my mind around it.

To be fair, I have no idea what I look like now either. Just yesterday I was pointing people out on the street and asking the hubby "I am bigger than her, right?" and every time, I picked someone bigger than I was. So. I just think our brains are all screwey when it comes to picturing our own bodies when we have weight issues.

OMG! I do the same thing with my hubby! He gets kinda upset about it though, because I always pick bigger people (apparently) and he thinks I need to have a better self image. It's lead to more then one argument in the past, the worst when I asked if I was bigger then the lady who jumped on Wee-man in the Jackass 2 movie. I may not look like her, but it's what I see in my head and it's how I feel most of the time. Especially when I have to go clothes shopping, or put on jeans right out of the dryer.
I really hope that changes as I get closer to goal weight.

I too am having a hard time thinking about what it will be like. I've been thin before, as I've had about 4 weight losses and then huge gains to become my biggest ever now. What I'm trying to imagine is how much I really can lose this time, and keep it off. I'm reading a book, " I Can Make You Thin" by Paul McKenna right now. In fact, the actual part I'm reading right now is about visualizing yourself as a thin person. I don't know if he's right or wrong, but I'm going to try to start visualizing myself thinner and see if it helps!

I cannot imagine myself as being thin, all my life I have been heavy, my highest weight was 319 I was skinny as a child then when I hit eight I started to gain weight and didn't know why. I gained weight every year and Now I have had enough I am getting a bit frustrated as the scale isn't moving so am trying harder than ever, maybe I am trying too hard.

I cant imagine it..and dont think about it too much. I have been so heavy for so long. BUT thanks to my grandparents there are lots of videos before kids where i was thin.

I guess I'm lucky, my daughter looks exactly like me, so I get a daily reminder of where I'm headed.

I used to try photoshopping my fact onto various women's bodies, at different weights, and trying to visualize how that would look. It always looked silly though... I mean, my frame is different, and wouldn't my face slim down too? So I gave up on that.

Now I just try to focus on things that will be tangible, like smaller pant sizes, bra sizes, etc, because I know I won't be able to picture it and it'll be a while before it's really noticeable.