Do you ever forget that you are no longer PLUS sized?

Hello All:

This weekend I constantly took items in the dressing room that were too large for me!  It feels like I am in denial that I no longer wear the larger size, I did it so many times in one store that I was kind of embarrassed.

I have not reached goal.....but I don't think my mind not has caught up with my body...does this ever happen to you?  Pleeese tell me I'm not psycho (LOL)

No, you are not crazy.  It takes a minute to get used to.  The transformation happens so fast!  The clothing issue is not my problem anymore but I have my days too.  Like at church I don't want to pass over folk and ask them to still come out of the pew so I can pass.   Good luck on getting to your personal goal.

Thanks that's good to know :)

Chile - you ain't alone.  Just this past week I picked out the right size on the first try for the FIRST TIME EVER!!!!!

It's taken YEARS for me to get used to and 'auto program' my head for my body as it is today.  And only recently have I started wearing things that flatter my shape on a consistent basis.  Only a couple months ago did I start wear my shirts TUCKED IN and with a belt! 

so - you're not alone - but do keep a rule on using the dressing room - it will help you condition yourself to pick things out better.  I made it a rule of mine for a while - i wouldn't buy anything if I hadn't tried it on first. 

You know what MM I'm one of those people who in the past never had to try anything on and it always fit & I never had to return anything. 

Well now I try everything on, like you I realized that I was wearing sizes that did not flatter me and when I wear my correct size people think I've lost additional weight.  I know what size I wear but when I select clothes to try on my head says yo fat azz can't fit in that.... git that one over der:)

You are not psycho. I'm 14 months out and still have trouble wrapping my mind around the size 10 jeans I tried on over the weekend that fit. I didn't buy them. Why you ask? Because I talked myself out of it and said that I would gain weight back up to a size 12 and it would be a waste of money. Now that right there is, what was the word you used earlier... oh, psycho!!!!

We will both have to work on the "looking glass self" and realize we have gone though a physical tranformation and it will be a permanent condition just like we thought obesity was.

Hey...Well I actually do not try things on that are bigger BUT I still feel "bigger" in my head...My mind has definitely not caught up with my body...Me calling myself slimmer is like saying a bad word for some reason.

WOW The whole body image thing is some deep psychological head tripping stuff.

I never actually felt plus sized before but I do get what you're saying.  As an 18w I could pretty much look at clothes and know if I needed to go up a size, down a size or take my usual.

Now I can never be certain.  I end up with a fitting room of clothing ranging from 6 through 12.  I hold up clothes I just tried on and can hardly believe they actually fit me.   My head has not yest caught up.  I still look larger than life to myself.  Still, I'm love'n the smaller sizes evn though I feel big.