Do you ever think......

[becka]

that you are thinner than you really are?

I think I must have a reverse effect from those people with anorexia, etc. They are really skinny and they see themselves as really fat. I am fat and while I don't think of myself as skinny I also do not realize just how big I am most of the time. Pictures of me really shock me sometimes because I just don't "feel" that big.

Does anyone else feel the same way?

 

[Meriweather]

Oh yes!!
I am always shocked to see "me".
I don't feel as big as I am.......and I don't feel as old either

 

[glo]

I have the oppisite affect. I see myself as fat all the time, and feel that 67.5 pounds should look like more off my body

 

[anniet]

Yup.....I was a skinny kid, and a skinny teenager. I was pretty trim right up until I hit about 28. Now I take off my size 10 jeans and can't believe how big they are! It's like being Shallow Hal.

Can't wait until I get back into size 6.

 

[Luvinit]

Yep...when I picture my self..I always forget to add the love handles and the back rolls. For some reason I never seem to notice those until I see a picture or God Forbid a video!!!

Tracy

 

[perfectmatch300]

Yes, that's me, too! I've been in denial about my size for quite a while now. It's been one of the hardest things for me to overcome to get me motivated to lose weight.
Glo, I know you say you don't see it, but the change in you since I first met you has really been one of the biggest motivators for me to get started. You may not see the change in you, but I sure do, & I've got a lot of catching up to do if I want to look as good as you do now.

 

[nativetxn]

Photos of myself always shock me but I don't think I'm thinner than I really am, I just hate having to look at myself

 

[Disneyaholic]

Yes, I do. For some reason, I don't realize my size until my clothes no longer fit, or I see a picture of myself!

And Meriweather, I definitely have that same problem with the age thing, too. DD is getting ready to graduate from HS in a few weeks and I'm trying to figure out how SHE got to be old enough for that!!!

I had a picture taken with her before her prom last Friday, and I thought the 17 pounds or so that I have lost would "show" more than they did.

 

[house_of_princesses]

I always tease with everyone, saying I'm 29. (My mom is 39. ) So, when a friend said, "will you be 38 when this baby is born?" I just about died! It hit me like a ton of bricks. I had deluded myself as to my age, and even more so about my weight. Those pics of me hit just as hard!

 

[dizneegirl]

I thought I was the only "reverse anorexic"! Wonder if there's a name for that (besides delusional...)?

I feel MUCH thinner than I am.

 

[Mermaid02]

Oh yeah! I rarely LOOk at myself (my WHOLE self) and just stick with the face.... which isn't really too fat. When I see a picture of myself, it always shocks and sickens me.

 

[Spirit Feather]

Oh, all the time! I tell people I have reverse anorexia. I wonder if there really is such a condition. Hmmm, maybe we could get a grant for a study--a study that takes place in WDW! We could get a nice cross sampling of the population there!

Regina

 

[tlgoblue]

I pretty much see myself realistically--a Goddess inside a housewife's bod! I don't feel particularly fat, but I do know that I have a rather Rubinesque body. DH says it's not, but that's how I feel. I don't really mind that much, but I see pictures of myself when I was a perfect size 6, and I want to work toward that, even though I may not get there.

I have always had this picture of myself, basically the size I am now, being one of those very comfortable with herself women. You know, the kind that wear loose fitting clothes that sort of billow about. The picture of femininity, IMO. But, society doesn't seem to share that view, and I find myself unable to be that woman. Kind of sad, really. It's too bad, I always say, that I wasn't around in Rubins time. Man, I would be HOT! As it is, I live in the here and now, and try to be socially acceptable, and comfortable with myself. Not always compatible goals.

Keep the Faith!
Tracy

 

[TigH]

I used to think I was fatter than I was, I think. Then last week I kept thinking I was all "Brittany Spears" looking (minus the expensive chest). Today I am back to feeling, um, regular. I am going out to rollerblade soon so I can work off some of my cheat meals from the last week! d'oh!!!

 

[PAdisMOM]

I have this problem. When I see pictures, I just don't believe that I look like that!! Even my face doesn't look like my face.

I weighed about 95 pounds as a senior in high school. I now weigh about 157. When my step mother saw my senior picture she asked, "Who is that girl in white?" That was a shocking moment. To realize that I truly was "unrecognizable".

 

[tiggerlover]

Most definitely!