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    Weightloss Visibility/Self Image

    I don't know how true this is, but is it true that most people who have weight problem continuously see themselves that way even when they've lost weight? I know I've lost weight but I can't see it. Do you think it's all in your mind or do you have to lose a significant amount to actually see it? I'm sure its' different for everyone. Let's not all jump in a once. (LOL!)

    ~ Chris


    Re-Started on 1/2/008, F 5'3, 47
    SW 229/ CW 229/ GW 150



    "Some Things Are About to Change"
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  • #2
    Re: Weightloss Visibility/Self Image

    Hi Chris

    I was like that until I put two photos together and I could then see it instantly!

    jane x
    5ft 4 / female - age 36 start date - 20th March 2006 -restarted 8th August 2006 sw188/cw150/gw147

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    • #3
      Re: Weightloss Visibility/Self Image

      Yep... it can take time for your mind to catch up with your body! But it happens... at least it did for me! Still get a few lingering 'visions', which I try to banish with positive thinking.
      Keep looking at pics, oh and I just remembered that someone on this board once said that by glancing very quickly in shop windows as you pass... you'll see the new slimmer you reflected, before you quite realise it's 'you'!
      Before and after:






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      • #4
        Re: Weightloss Visibility/Self Image

        When I look at myself in the mirror every day, it's very hard to see the changes. When I look at photographs side by side of before and now...it's impossible NOT to see the changes. Make sure you take pictures...they tell the real story.
        ~Joy

        Start 1/2/06 Goal 6/11/07 restart 1/2/09
        268.5/196/185
        QUIT SMOKING JULY 23, 2006 while on Atkins


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        • #5
          Re: Weightloss Visibility/Self Image

          I have lost 95 lbs and still to this day i have not really mentally changed at all... i still dont believe that i look as good as people tell me. i still feel 'chunky" even though i only weigh 130 lbs...
          i wish i could see the me that other people see but i still just dont see it...lol
          even though i know its there, i wear a size 5 in jeans now from a size 18.....
          SW: 215
          CW:135
          GW:120

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          • #6
            Re: Weightloss Visibility/Self Image

            Originally posted by ValidRouge
            When I look at myself in the mirror every day, it's very hard to see the changes. When I look at photographs side by side of before and now...it's impossible NOT to see the changes. Make sure you take pictures...they tell the real story.
            You hit the nail on the head Joy, that's so true! I never see the difference as much as I do with before/during photos!
            ~Lisa
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            Low-carb RULES, and low-calorie drools.
            194/165.6/140
            5'2"
            Mini-goal #3: get below 160 pounds.
            Mini-goal #2: get below 170 pounds. -- met March 18!
            Mini-goal #1 (get below 180 pounds) -- met Dec. 8!
            on my way!

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            • #7
              Re: Weightloss Visibility/Self Image

              Before Atkins, I saw myself as thinner than I really was, (photo on left, Feb '06), until I saw that photo. I suddenly felt huge. Then after a while on Atkins I started noticing the looser clothes, improved posture in my reflection, and started to feel thinner, and now continue to see myself thinner, despite my migrating breasts and belly pouch. I can hide them under smaller clothes now.
              ~Susan
              49/f 5'7" Start 2-27-06 SW222/11-18-09 @ 160-ish/G135-150ish??

              Doin Miles, Flights, & Kid Ketchin'...
              2 Ab Chal's; 6WEC#27 slug-Free; & more; 50# LOST in'06-
              but regained ~20# in '07 in less than 3 weeks! And again early '08 ...Was in HEAVEN -got to 150, for awhile, then got too busy, and gave in too much... and... OK holding pattern "keep it together..."

              .................OMG how did I fail AGAIN
              (((on temporary break)))
              Sigh ... I'll be back... life isn't always fair 10-07-09

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              • #8
                Re: Weightloss Visibility/Self Image

                I think, too, because we see ourselves all the time, the changes occur slowly enough that we don't really see it. The changes are subtle. One less chin here, one less flap there.

                Plus, if you're like me, helloooooo own worst critic! It's easy to see all the faults when you're you. Others treat us with more kindness and respect than we tend to treat ourselves.
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                • #9
                  Re: Weightloss Visibility/Self Image

                  Even though I had lost weight and gone from a size 22 to a size 12, I couldn't seem to see a difference in myself...then I took this pic comparing the jeans I was wearing when I started to the jeans I was wearing then. The jeans were placed on top of one another matching rise to rise. I have since gone down 2 more sizes, but it's still hard to see a difference when I look in them mirror. I'm not sure that I'll ever truly see a difference.

                  45 ~ F

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                  • #10
                    Re: Weightloss Visibility/Self Image

                    What a very cool visual aid, gbu! and you look absolutely marvellous!
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                    • #11
                      Re: Weightloss Visibility/Self Image

                      Usually the way I see a difference is in side by side pics--I always think of myself as being the same, whether I've lost weight or GAINED weight!

                      Sometimes I'll catch a glimpse of myself in a mirror, and if I don't know that it's me--that's when I realize I've lost weight. I see the reflection as a body, not ME. Once I recognize that it really IS me, the image distorts to my usual picture of self image and I can no longer see the difference.
                      START 8/16/06 @ 270+~MG1: 220-12/2/06~MG2: 210-1/07~MG3: 199-3/2/07~MG4: 190-4/27/07~MG5: 180-7/04/07~GOAL: 170
                      RESTART 11/2/09 @ 224.6~MG1: 215~MG2: 210~MG3: 205~MG4: 199~MG5: 195~MG6: 190~MG7: 185~GOAL: 180
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                      • #12
                        Re: Weightloss Visibility/Self Image

                        On the other hand, even after only 30 pounds (have lots more to go), I do see a difference. Slight, but it's there. My face had just gotten SO swollen looking, so I can see a change there. A little change in my body, but not much. (I see myself looking a little taller rather than slimer... lol.) However, like I said, I still have quite a ways to go!
                        F/37/5'7" ~ Started: 8/1/06.
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