Dealing With The Aftermath of Rapid Weight Loss

MsTinkerbelly · 04-15-2017, 01:37 PM

In my mid-twenties I lost 110lbs in around 7-8 months.

I ate 800-1000 calories a day.

One day I was walking in the mall and walked by a mirrored post...I had to stop and look again because I didn't recognize the person in the mirror. I never really caught up with my new body...it didn't register in my brain that I was now a " normal" weight; to me I was just Cindy.

The reason I set out to lose weight was not because I didn't like the way I looked...it was because I became diabetic. I think the reason the weight returned, was because I had not really changed my mind-set or my lifestyle. When the shock of the diabetes diagnosis wore off, I resumed eating as I pleased and I returned to my prior weight. I have weighed the same weight
(plus or minus -20lbs) since the age of 18.

I think I heard from someone that it takes years for the image of yourself that you have in your mind to change. That one time was the only time I saw myself as "thinner"...like soft*silver said, sometimes I see "fat" or "flaws", but mostly I just see me.

Edited to add:

The only time I ever see myself as others see me is when I see a photograph. I get severe anxiety over being a fat person...but as soon as the picture is unseen I return to feeling ok.

04-15-2017, 01:37 PM	#3
MsTinkerbelly Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: ... Preferred Pronoun?: ... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: ... Posts: 6,573 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,737 Thanked 22,895 Times in 5,017 Posts Rep Power: 0	In my mid-twenties I lost 110lbs in around 7-8 months. I ate 800-1000 calories a day. One day I was walking in the mall and walked by a mirrored post...I had to stop and look again because I didn't recognize the person in the mirror. I never really caught up with my new body...it didn't register in my brain that I was now a " normal" weight; to me I was just Cindy. The reason I set out to lose weight was not because I didn't like the way I looked...it was because I became diabetic. I think the reason the weight returned, was because I had not really changed my mind-set or my lifestyle. When the shock of the diabetes diagnosis wore off, I resumed eating as I pleased and I returned to my prior weight. I have weighed the same weight (plus or minus -20lbs) since the age of 18. I think I heard from someone that it takes years for the image of yourself that you have in your mind to change. That one time was the only time I saw myself as "thinner"...like soft*silver said, sometimes I see "fat" or "flaws", but mostly I just see me. Edited to add: The only time I ever see myself as others see me is when I see a photograph. I get severe anxiety over being a fat person...but as soon as the picture is unseen I return to feeling ok.