Has anyone else struggled to see their new body?

[Littlebitpsycho]

I know this might sound really strange but its something that's really been on my mind.

I've lost nearly 5 stone on mounjaro, from 14st 9lb and a size 16/18, to 10st and a size 10/12. I carry all my weight on my top half, my boobs are still 34H after the weight loss.

I still look in the mirror and see a fat girl. I still look at full length photos and think christ I cant see any difference. I absolutely know there is a difference as all of my old clothes are massive, but why cant I see it?

People around me are starting to tell me not to lose anymore (they're being silly as I'm 5'6 with a BMI of 22.8) so others clearly notice but why cant I? Why can't I be pleased and happy? Will it come with time?

If you have been obese for a long time, I think it can take a long time to put that thought process away and recognise in the mirror what others can see. Certainly that's how I feel about it.

When I catch sight of myself passing a mirror/reflected in a window I see myself as smaller, but not when I stop and look closer at what I see.

I am roughly the same shape I was 8st ago (B shaped belly), just a smaller version of it. Only really notice the difference clearly when I take a side on picture in front of the same door as my initial pictures and realise I am the same shape but not as wide as before. I need to see something for scale.

I get it. Weirdly I see it in the mirror but lot in photos or if im naked as much. My stats are similar to yours - I lost 6 stone and went from a size 20 to a size 10/12 but still have 32G boobs (albeit it half full now!). The biggest change for me was exercise (I dropped another dress size while maintaining weight) and getting clothes that actually fit, not just smaller version of my old styles

Oh undressed I look worse than I did before! And still look fat when dressed. But I'm so much healthier and have given myself a fighting chance of avoiding the classic chronic conditions well into old age.

Yes I feel the same, I'm 5ft 3 and went from 13st 1lbs to 9st 11lbs bmi 32.4 to 24.2, but all I can see is the fat on my belly, which is bloated at the moment because of pmt. I've actually lost 13cm off my belly but don't actually feel like I can see this. I think its because I see myself everyday in the mirror so don't have memory of what I did look like, but only see myself now and what I'm unhappy with. I think the photos submitted for ordering my pen every 3 months has helped but other than that I can't see it. Been told lots times to stop losing as I'm disappearing, I look 20 years younger or like a teenager. Really don't think I do!

Yes, definitely. I started at 15st, now 8st 10lb but when I look in the mirror, all I see is the fat at the tops of my legs and my wide hips. I'm pear-shaped and carry all my weight around those areas. I know objectively that I am thinner and must look different to other people, but I just can't see it myself.