My mirror must be lying to me

I don't know if you've experienced this, and it may sound like I'm *****ing about nothing, but I am sometimes disturbed by what I see in the mirror. I don't recognize myself anymore, and it is unsettling. I was a fat girl all my life, and now I am no longer obese. The visual impact of that is unexpectedly striking.

People tell me how I should be so happy I've lost this much weight (112 pounds in 8.5 months), and I am, but it bothers me sometimes to look in the mirror and see this person who is no longer fat-- I don't recognize myself. My clothes look too small before I put them on, my feet are smaller, my face is different...there is no other way to describe it except that it is vaguely disturbing.

I didn't expect to be emotionally affected in this way by my weight loss. Anyone else dealing with this?

I totally get what you are saying. I feel the same way many days. At this point I have lost around 50 pounds and I am really starting to notice that parts of me just don't look like me anymore- like my hands look different.  My face is changing...It is very emotional, and kinda scary- this really is transformation- and some days are better than others!

I totally understand how you feel, except not for quite the same reasons.  I wasn't really the big girl growing up and didn't really gain most of my weight until I was in my late 30's.  I see myself in the mirror now, before surgery and I don't recognize myself.  I am looking forward to the day that I see the same person in the mirror as the one I feel like I am.  

Great job on your weight loss.  You will get used to the new you and be comfortable in your new skin.

Ha! - That is exactly how I feel. I didn't get big until my 30's when I started having kids. 12 years later I am 100 pounds heavier, but I still have a mental image of my slim self, even though I know I'm not that person anymore. I look in the mirror and I have to turn away,  can't stand it. 

I still have the skinny clothes, and I can't wait to fit them again. 

Give it time.  You'll get used to the new you that you see in the mirror.  After a while, you'll look at an old picture of yourself and wonder who that person was?  You've had such a rapid loss in such a small amount of time, that it will take a while for your brain to catch up.  It's okay to feel this way, but know that it is probably only temporary.  Congratulations and celebrate the differences!

Deb

I go thru this every time I go to get dressed.  I say to myself, these are not going to fit, then they go on and are loose.   I look in the mirror and see a woman with small legs.   That's me I say.   This is quit a trip living thru this surgery and I am only 2/3 way to goal.