stranger watching me shower

I got out of the shower this morning, dried off and put on my garments. That's when I looked up to see a stranger in my bathroom watching me. I don't know where this stranger appeared from. They weren't in the bathroom when I got in to the shower. That stranger was in my mirror. I happened to look in the mirror while I was in my underwear and couldn't believe what I saw. I wondered if other people saw the same person I did. The person I saw was overweight but more chubby and not obese, certainly not morbidly obese. My mind still sees a morbidly obese person when I look in the mirror. Seeing this person in their underwear made me want to go around all day in just my underwear (NEVER, NEVER, I'm just dreaming). I'm still 40 pounds from my doctors goal for me and 50 pounds away from my personal goal. I need to get rid of my "old" image, the image I remember and allow myself to see and believe this new image of me. Melody

I hear ya - I still see a 368 lb hippo when I look in the mirror. Sometimes though I will be walking by a mirror and see myself out of the corner of my eye when I am not expecting it and think, wow, Im kinda cute!! Congrats on your realization!~ -Sherrie

Yeck lady you had me going for a moment!! At a -40 loss I haven't really saw much of a difference. I am just starting to see it. But I am waiting for that day when I do see a stranger. Gala

LOL! Melody, I don't know if our perception of ourselves will ever be correct or rational but it's moments like that that help. Maybe more of those moments will help cement the new image in place. I hope so. Grins, Kaye