Ok, I've lost 40something pounds and I can definitely feel and see a difference in my body.I have no doubt I will reach my goal of 150#. But somewhere in my mind I think that when the scale says 150 pounds I will look exactly the same as I do now. I look at all the before/after pix and it's so awesome to see the transformations...however, I sort of think that somehow the number on the scale will be low, but I will still be fat. Any thoughts? Does anyone else feel/think this?

Happy weekend to all!
-Megan

Megan,

It takes a while for your brain to "catch up". I know I have lost almost 300 pounds and I still expect to see "Fat" me in the mirror and get really surprised when she isn't there.

Megan - my mirror and mind are still on different pages nearly 100 pounds and 2.5 years into this journey. I also still go to the largest size on the rack. When doing laundry sometimes I wonder if it's really my clothes I'm folding.

My BF, when he does the laundry, freaks out and thinks he shrunk my shirts because they look so small to him...however they all fit. I also think things are way to small for me, but they fit. My brain still sees me as 340+ pounds I guess. I mean I see SOME differences, but I haven't really seen the big differences personally. People see them, but I just see me being "fat"...that is probably really negative!

One thing I will say is that I've come to terms with the "i won't know what I will look like when..." I say that to myself more and more because:

1. I can't expect to look like A if I'm still at B in my journey and on the scale.
2. I know I have the excess skin and hanging tummy, but I don't know what all those problem areas are really going to look like closer to goal.

My previous journey I had this problem I lost 80 pounds and it is what threw me off. I couldn't get my head wrapped around my progress just how much more I had to go. I gave up when I stopped seeing the number lower for a while. This time I am working on it from the inside out.

I can relate...wish I knew how to fix it too. I'll follow this thread and see where it goes. I lost about 50 lbs. once and my clothes were super loose and I even bought some new stuff a size down...but I looked the same in the mirror.

i have lost 65 lbs and i still see the fat me. I have seen changes with certain outfits..but not with others.

I can really identify with this, too! I am forever taking clothes back because I don't take the time to try them on. The other day I was in Ross buying workout pants. Now I know I have a med size pair at home that fit perfectly but do I buy a med...nope an xlarge! I had to take them back and exchange them. I have done the same thing with jeans. The other day I caught my reflection in a window and thought I looked smaller. The next morning i woke up and looked in the mirror and thought I looked bigger. I know I have a way to go but with losing so much I thought I would feel smaller. Most of the time I don't. I think part of the reason for me is how much excess skin I have on the tummy area.