I've lost 1st 13lbs in 8 weeks! I started at 17st 5.5 and now I'm 15st 6.5lbs. But I just dont feel any different
I hate what I see in the mirror and its proper getting me down! Does anyone else feel like this? X
You start noticing bits that look different - I noticed first on my legs/thighs, which have always been really, really solid; I say that they don't look like they belong to me.
After that, my belly seemed to get smaller, then bigger (loose skin, mostly) in comparison. Then I realised that I had to change bra sizes to one 6 inches smaller round the band and over the last couple of weeks, I can tell that my arms are much thinner when I look down at them and because I weight train of sorts, I can see the outline of my biceps - just looking at them now, I can see that my shoulders look narrower with some muscle development visible, too. Mr D says my face shape/colouring (I look healthier, apparently) has changed the most, but that's one thing I just can't see so far.
Oh, and the way that 90% of my wardrobe is utterly unwearable now is a bit of a clue, I suppose.
Of course, a stranger would think I'm fat (because I still am), but anybody who has known me for at least the last 15 years will think there's a real difference; I saw a 12 year old video of me today (bloody social media flashbacks) and I looked pregnant, my stomach stuck out so far; it may be squishy, covered in stretchmarks and has a big old droppy slab of loose skin, fat and more stretchmarks at the lower end, but I pretty much go straight down from my ribs now, rather than have it enter the room before me.
Get me in front of a mirror, though, and I don't see any of this.