Finally under 300!

So i am finally under 300lbs, 297 to be exact lol I thought I would be more excited. I look at myself everyday and still see the same person. I know it's mental but it can be frustrating. I feel it in my clothes. Everyone tells me i look like I have lost weight but for myself, I have yet to grasp the reality of it. I cant believe I have lost 76 pounds already. Am I the only one who has felt this way?!?!?

 You are definitely not the only person that's felt this way! I've been struggling a lot with this lately because people will constantly say how good I look and how they can tell I'm losing a lot of weight and I just don't see it! I realize that I've gone from a size 26 to a 14 so obviously my size has changed significantly, but when I'm standing there looking in the mirror I still see the person that was there 6 months ago weighing 330lbs. When looking back at pictures and viewing them next to current pictures of myself I also see the difference but I just can't seem to adjust to the difference when looking at myself. I think its just because we spent so much time being that heavier person that its hard to believe that we aren't that person anymore. 

thats amazing! You should feel so good about that.. Im having a hard time seeing myself as a smaller person too.I dont think you can tell that Ive lost weight tho. I think its just gonna take awhile for our minds to catch up with our body is all. cant wait until were all out of the 200s. 

Sounds like we are all experiancing this! I went from a 34 to a 26 and I still can't see the weight loss myself. I catch myself looking in the mirror and I am like I don't see a differance. I can't wait to get under 300, 14 pounds to go!

Have any of you considered going to talk to someone/ counseling? I go to my first therapy next week. Just wondering if anyone else has.

Congratulations Langiel!!

 My 6 month follow up is next week and that requires a psych visit so I'm going to talk to the psychologist at that time and I'll probably keep seeing him for a while.

congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!. and yes its a mental thing. Im just 10 lbs from my goal weight. and most of the tim  i still feel soooo fat! is crazy. my body feels diferent  but when i look at the mirror i see the same fat girl. when i look my pics i m like eh im not 2 bad. I hope that when i get my plastics  i feel better about my new body.  it takes for a while for ur mind to catch your body, don't worry u'll get there!
keep it up!
hugs.

you are not the only one honey! 

ive gone from a 26/28 to a 12/14 nowadays and yeah im still 350 pounds! 

people make comments everyday that i keep on getting smaller and ive even had people walk past me not even noticing me if i havent seen them in a while, BUT STILL,  i barely see it.

i visited home for the first time in 5 months and then i noticed a little. i guess cause i got out of my normal enviroment or something.

but still, it feels good to be wearing really cute clothes and junk but i still have a hard time handling it all.

sometimes our brains take a while, i mean too sometimes when im in crowds i sometimes forget im smaller and find myself thinking out the barriers i used to have to think about when i was bigger (if that makes sense to anybody else? lol)

anyways, im glad you found this forum and we can figure this all out together :D

xoxo
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congrats on being in the 200s! i'm only a few lbs away myself and am excited for it. but i am having the same problem. i see the same exact person and every one around me is telling me how good i look being down over 60 lbs, but i just can't see it. my mom, who had her surgery over two years ago, lost 200 lbs and looks fab still says she can't see herself as skinny even tho she it. i think we have to mentally over come it! take pride and excitement in the little things you notice, like clothes getting to big, or more energy or anything at all, i tend to concentrate on those things instead of being frustrated with still seeing the same person in the mirror.

Thanks ladies for all your encouraging thoughts. I appreciate it. I hope I see a difference soon! lol

thats amazing good job congrats!!! im almost there myself i weigh 306 so 7 more lbs and im finally under 300 for the first time since like 10th grade woooohoooo im down 120 including the preop 6 month diet sincec surgery i lost  87 lbs!!!! its a great feeling i went from a size 32 to a 24 and a tight 4x to a 2x!!!