70 pounds gone!!!

I am just 4 days shy of my 6 month anniversary and down 70 pounds as of today!!! I know I don't lose as fast as some but I am not the slowest loser either. Not that it would matter....we will all get their in our own sweet time. I have gone from a TIGHT Size 22W jeans to a very baggy size 12 and a 2X-3X top to a Med-Large depending on brand and style. Not too shabby when my only dream was a size 14 bottom and XL top. The best part of all of this is my severe acid reflux is gone, my BP is normal, no more sleep apnea, I can run, dance, ride my horses and go all day long. I am starting to feel normal. I am curious though...when will *I* see the visual changes that everyone raves about? I know my clothes are smaller so I am smaller but I still see the same fat girl in the mirror. Anyone else the same way?? Why are we like this?? Lori 231/161/130

I so understand how you feel about what you see in the mirror. I am now in a size 8 petite and can see the difference in pictures, but when I look in the mirror I see a fat person. I have been told it is called dysmorphic body image and plagues many of us. I hope someday I can see what everyone else does Tee 278/161/145

Lori, You aren't the only one. I don't see the changes either... it is probably exactly this blindness that kept me from seeing when I got bigger and bigger as well. I know the clothes fit differently, but if it weren't for that....and most of my clothes are very stretchy so they are shrinking with me somewhat.... it is only in my work uniforms that I realize notice the difference. Can't believe 6 months has come so quickly... B

Hiya Lori, Congrats on 70 lbs gone forever along with all those other health problems!! You know - about the mirror thing - I am the exact opposite. I was thin up until I quit smoking about 16 years ago after graduating college. For these past 16 years as I was getting bigger and bigger and bigger my big mirror images were always a shock to me for some reason. Now when I look in the mirror, I see the me that I used to see - the one I expected to see all along. I am thinking I am the oddball in this regard though. God bless you and keep you, ~Andrea 223/137/123