Can you or could you imagine yourself slim?

[LBD]

I love looking at everyone's before and after pics but I have been sitting here thinking that I just can't ever imagine myself being that slim.

I know I am fat, there is no denying that!, and having been big for so long I can't envisage what I will look like after losing 6 or 7 stone.

Anyone else feel like this?

Those of you who have already lost tons of weight, were you able to imagine what you would look like?

 

[bypass.sarah]

hi lisa i still see my self as (fat) as i was for so long. It takes a lot to get used to, i still see all the hanging skin whats there and can not see past it but ill get there x x

 

[LBD]

You look amazing Sarah. I think I said on another thread that you look like a different person! Congratulations, you must be so pleased.

 

[PinkyButtonz]

I can as I was over 9st lighter a few years ago.

It was hard to adjust. I use to go into clothing stores and take sizes 16 & 18 into the changing room when I was actully a size 12. At my lowest I was a size 8 .

I'd see a reflection in window and realise it was me.

 

[tendersage]

Even now i do not see myself as slim, in fact i had a conversation with Jonah last night saying i did not really want to lose any more off my top but that i knew it would happen as i still need to lose more of my hips and thighs. And that i was concerned i was going to look haggard

 

[baby jayne]

I can not imagine myself thin, I think its because of all the times I failed! I look at all the fab pictures on here and see the people transformed and think I wish that was me...but it's hard to believe it could...WILL be me.

 

[fairyringuk]

Hi Lisa............no cannot imagine myself slimmer again so long since I was there, nearly 18yrs and then I was 12st. I tried to avoid looking at myself in the mirror as I just dont recognise the person looking back at me, that upsets me sometimes.
I do think you get into negative thought patterns about yourself and it must take alot of readjustment to feel you have achieved that goal, whatever it is.
I dont want to be a babe, lol just healthy and happy with myself.

Sarah you definately dont look like the same person wow!! well done

Jay xx

 

[phatgirl]

The simple answer is no, I really couldn't imagine what 7 stone off would look like. The more complex answer is that I really did not know (daft thing but true) how big I really was and for how long I had been that big. I was actually shocked when I went through pictures from 10 years ago and was shocked to see that I was so large back then. I had a false sense of size, thinking that I had only been super big for a few years due to illness. Now I realize that I had been morbidly obese for my entire adult life, the last time I was just overwieght and not obese or morbidly obese I was 16 years old. So when I look at myself now and see myself in an overweight category heading for a healthy category I feel like I see a stranger! I still 'feel' plus size!

Nic

 

[fairyringuk]

Well nic and others you certainly dont look it

Jay xx

 

[topsy]

Yes i can remember when i was slim and when i looked in a mirror i saw myself - but now i look in a mirror and it is not me that is looking back so i want to be reunited with that person again x

 

[fat-girl-slim08]

Although I'm near my target weight, I just can't see it, I still feel big and don't ever think I will be slim, Yes smaller but never slim like i dream.

 

[LBD]

Although I'm near my target weight, I just can't see it, I still feel big and don't ever think I will be slim, Yes smaller but never slim like i dream.

Having seen your photos, I would definitely describe you as slim!

 

[j.u.s.t.l.i.z.]

i could never imagine myself slim, when i set out i just wanted to be a normal average person that just blends into the crowd and not have people looking, pointing and staring at me, i only ever wanted to be average and thats what i am now as the average british woman is supposed to be a size 16, im size 14/16 now and im quite happy but i still keep going for the larger sizes in the clothes shops which is a force of habbit.

liz x

 

[salski]

I cant imagine myself slim...Ive been big from being a kid...as school I was sooo active, every sports team going, water polo and cricket player on Manchester squads and all other sports teams...even then I was big. I do not remember a time before I was a size 18...I must have been a little girl but I dont remember...so I cant see what Im supposed t look like?! Random but true!