[B]Does anyone else look at pictures of themsleves and see only a fat person. I have lost alot of the weight I need to lose but I still see that fat person. I am working on it and I know that others think I look good. I however sometimes just sit and cry at how fat I am. I know this is not a good way to think. Some days are better than others. I know I am not as big as I was at one time.

So how do you get past feeling fat even when the weight starts to go?
Sixy:rose:

I can't answer your question since the same thing happens to me. I've lost almost 30 pounds and I barely notice a difference at all. Even when I do, I still only see fat.

I guess I am just going to have to push towards my goal and hope when I get there I don't feel that way anymore.

send me an email or pm if you are feeling down. I can really sympathize.

Thank you for the support. Sometimes it is so hard and untill I found this place my friends and fimaily would just look at me as if I were nuts.
Sixy:rose:

One thing you can do is to save an outfit or slacks that you wore when you were at your heaviest. As you lose the weight, take a photo of yourself in those "fat" clothes. Maybe that will help you to visably see how far you have come and how much fat you have lost.

Over 20 years ago, I lost 122 lbs. I had kept one pair of slacks from the beginning of my weight loss program. At the end of it, I got in one leg, and my teenaged daughter got in the other leg. If I ever needed proof of what I had lost, that picture was more than enough. I wish I could find it to share, but I can't. Just the same, the memory has never left me. Sometimes we do need a visual diary as well as a written one.

Another thing I did was to have a photo taken of me every 10 lbs less and that I still have. It was great to see the changes 10 lbs could make. Admittedly, the changes were more drastic as I neared my goal.

Think about it. Keeping a visual diary just might be what you both need. It might be able to help you see what you have accomplished. But before you will ever claim your thinner you, you are going to have to make some attitude adjustments in your mind about your own feelings of self worth. You will never be satisfied when you reach goal if you won't be acceptable of yourself now after all the hard work you have gone thru to reach the place you are now.

I just wish I had a 'before' picture. I do the pants thing. I actually can still wear them (though they look awfully baggy lol) and I do so when I am feeling like I am getting nowhere.

Someday soon I will feel good about my body. Until then, I will just have to be proud of all the healthy things I am doing for it.

I am new here....so hello all!
I've lost 65 lbs and next goal is another 35. As much as I have lost, I still have fat days......I look in the mirror and all I can see is that I still look fat. I've been lucky to have a lot of support and encouragement.....but the old images remain. I have all this excess skin on my stomach and it makes feel like I haven't come that far. I know I have, but I get like too. Hang in there, look at old pics if you have them. Good luck to you

i think everyone has their fat days, even skinny people.
it´s more about our minds than our bodies. 8-|

I do the same thing Sandielynne suggests-- I make a picture for every 10lbs I lose. I don't feel thin yet, but seeing the changes is very empowering.

I try not to think of my weight in terms of 'fat or thin' either... I just think less fat! That's enough. :)