issues, i know i'm not the only one...

The more weight I lose the fatter I feel. WTF?! I mean I have always had body image issues and some eating problems but I know other women go through this too....so my question is how do YOU deal with it? Sometimes I almost feel afraid to eat because I don't want to gain any weight back EVER.

(I am currently in therapy but my therapist is not specialized in eating disorders and I felt like I had a hard time trying to explain to her the way that I feel)

I feel like I get more obsessive over how I look now that I've lost most of what I set out to do because a couple pounds here or a week of bad eating there shows up so much more than it did before. It doesn't help that I'm an emotional eater and when I feel like I'm slipping, I take a giant smurfitol and stuff my face.

I think its more of a mental thing. Us women want to lose weight over night and have people notice right away... And when they dont we get discouraged and feel like its a waste of time. BUT... What i do is keep track of what i eat and what my weight is every week. I also take measurements every 2 weeks. That way i KNOW im not the same as before and that i AM accomplishing something. Also... Every month u are losing weight go buy yourself a cute little outfit in your new size. That way u are rewarding yourself too... It might help with the "im still fat" thinking.

Quoting WeenieMachine:" I feel like I get more obsessive over how I look now that I've lost most of what I set out to do because ... [snip!] ... It doesn't help that I'm an emotional eater and when I feel like I'm slipping, I take a giant smurfitol and stuff my face."

Same here. I have reached my goal but I feel like well, this looks so good maybe a few more pounds can go and it will be better. I'm the opposite, when I am really upset I don't eat. Having just gone through a massive break up with my (ex) SO there has been a significant loss of appetite, its a bit alarming sometimes. I could go days with only having a bite here or there.

Quoting fierce:" Same here. I have reached my goal but I feel like well, this looks so good maybe a few more pounds can ... [snip!] ... has been a significant loss of appetite, its a bit alarming sometimes. I could go days with only having a bite here or there."

I'm so sorry about your breakup. That can take such an emotional toll that manifests itself physically.

Quoting ~*Mommy of 5*~:" I think its more of a mental thing. Us women want to lose weight over night and have people notice right ... [snip!] ... a cute little outfit in your new size. That way u are rewarding yourself too... It might help with the "im still fat" thinking."

I do take my measurements. I know how much smaller I am but I just want to keep going, its like its not enough. I know that I know I MUST be smaller, I measure smaller, I weigh less, and I fit into smaller clothes and my fav skinny jeans...but somehow when I look in the mirror sometimes its all smurfed and I just feel lardier than before.

Quoting WeenieMachine:" I'm so sorry about your breakup. That can take such an emotional toll that manifests itself physically."

I think it actually helped. I couldn't let go of the weight I had until we broke up...part of me felt like it was symbolic in some ways. I just used to stuff face when he was here and I felt so alone and miserable, I would just have food to keep me busy and just shove it down to bury my feelings. Thats the only time I've really ever eaten out of emotions. LOL besides my pms chocolate  

<blockquote><b>Quoting fierce:</b>" I do take my measurements. I know how much smaller I am but I just want to keep going, its like its ... [snip!] ... and my fav skinny jeans...but somehow when I look in the mirror sometimes its all smurfed and I just feel lardier than before."</blockquote>


It sucks... But youre right... Youre not the only one. Were u really overweight before u started to lose?

<blockquote><b>Quoting ~*Mommy of 5*~:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting fierce:</b>" I do take my measurements. I know how much smaller ... [snip!] ... It sucks... But youre right... Youre not the only one. Were u really overweight before u started to lose?"</blockquote>




No. I was 170lbs at my highest (other than when I was 182 and 39wks pregnant) and I'm 5'8". So overweight a bit but not very overweight...idk.

im currently going through the same thing...i have ocd and bdd...i obsess about my image and weight almost always smh...

I know what you mean. I only weigh 105lbs. & According to online calculations, that's borderline "too thin" for my age & height. But I don't feel like it's too thin AT ALL. I feel like I'm an average, in the middle, size.