Has Anyone Gotten Delusional about your Appearance?

[SeeDisney]

HI DIs/Wish friends,


Well, I'm asking if anyone is like me.

I remember 8 years ago, after I gave birth to my daughter and my weight was 180 (I'm 5'8" 1/2) and looking at myself (naked) in front of a mirror and saying to myself -- hey, I really don't look so bad!???!. But a couple of times, pictures of myself was taken and I got mortified -- do I really look this heavy???? But I don't see it in the mirror?!

Now, 8 years later, today, I'm 148 and I compared myself to other women of my height with the same body build and if I find out their weight I'm stunned they're about 15 pounds lighter but I think we look the same weight.

Anyone else like this?????


Aiming goal -- 143 pounds.

 

[believe]

I am. My sister and I can wear the same size clothes and she will weigh 20lbs less than me. We are the same height. I do weight training so I know that makes up some of it, but it truly frustrates me.

I wear a size 6-8 pants and according to the 'charts' I am overweight. This just floors me.

 

[njcarita]

yep
I keep thinking I'm 5'9" 123 lbs like I was when I got married 18 years ago.

I snap back into reality everytime I walk infront of a mirror.

I guess I have anti-aneroxia --I THINK I'm skinny

 

[Simba's Mom]

Oh, yes-I think this has been about the biggest obstacle to my losing weight. I really never believed I was THAT heavy. When I was younger (and about 30 lbs. lighter, but who's counting), everyone always told me how thin I was. So I'm a lot older now, and after all, isn't it normal to gain a little weight when you get older? But then DH brought home a BMI chart and someone posted some pictures, and I had to face the fact-I really was overweight, not healthy, not good. But boy, I was in denial for such a long time.

 

[CJK]

I could have written this post myself! Just this weekend I was pleased to be fitting in a pair of jeans that I had been trying to fit into... I was feeling pretty good. Then, I went out with some friends and caught a glimpse of our table in the wall mirror. OMG! I was stunned to see how much bigger I am than the others. Talk about eye opening!!!!

 

[TheRatPack]

Yea, as a younger newly married person everyone in my new family would always comment on how tiny I was (5'4 and around 110-115 lbs). Then one day it never came up again.....I figured well it does get old telling people how small they are, but I've not gained that much, have I?

We went in for our annual physicals a few weeks ago as a requirement for our adoption and when they weighed me I was just floored that I'm only a few pounds lighter than my 5'9 husband And I do notice more fat in places that shouldn't have fat, like my back or under my chin....etc. So off to sign up for WW I went, my first meeting is Thursday and I'm doing this for myself....I want to feel better physically and mentally, I'm always so sluggish.

Amazing how it just adds up over the years though, and you never really think you're getting that big until something just clicks. And I think we all have these visions of fat being ugly, and dimpled...etc and in reality it's not.

 

[Hermosa11]

Yes , indeed.

I went from 277 to 177 and I FELT like I was 130....140 but then like you said, you see a photo and go, OMG, sure you look better of course, but you are NOT
That thin! ha ha ha ha

 

[NCRedding]

Oh yeah! I was the skinny one in high school--no chest, no hips, everyone told me I needed to gain weight. Sometime after the birth of DD, I evidently listened to all those who told me to gain weight, and DID. I piled on the pounds. Imagine my surprise at the reunion, when I was one of the heaviest people there.

I still catch glimpses of myself and think who is that fat woman??

But in my mind's eye, I'm still that skinny person. I am going to try something--I have started carrying a picture of myself with me (and not the most flattering one). If I want something off my plan, then I can eat it, but only after I look at the picture. I'm just trying to reset the picture in my mind to what I actually am, not what I think I am.

 

[tbstein]

Oh yeah!

I still catch glimpses of myself and think who is that fat woman??

But in my mind's eye, I'm still that skinny person.

Definitely me! I still in my mind envision a smaller woman, although the mirror shows a much larger one. Now, even tho I have lost 40 pounds, am 4 sizes smaller, and told how much better I look, I still think my mirror image is of the person 40 pounds heavier. I don't see the weight loss, but I do feel it. Crazy.


Wendy

 

[Hermosa11]

I was just thinking (remembering) this morning when I was walking my dog.
I was delusional........when I started out (few years ago) at my biggest size
26/28..........and I lost wieght and I bought size 22 size top and I guess the same size pants, maybe 20.............I went to this outdoor concert (DH and don't share same interests (passions) of music) by myself., and I actually remember feeling "sexy"! Well, not THAT sexy, but I felt sort of like that !!!
Oh gosh, that is something I wish I could wipe away from my brain......