I'm almost at 50lb loss out of my 145/175lb goal and I really haven't noticed the feeling of being "lighter" that everyone seems to talk about. Even when I was younger and lost 20-30lb I never felt lighter despite loved ones commenting on me looking different and themselves feeling "lighter" after their own much smaller losses. I have noticed less strain on my knees, but I feel that being more active/working on knee strengthening has helped more-so than the weight loss.
I also don't feel more energized which I suspect is two-fold being that I'm 1) under a daily a 1200 daily cal (which I decided on due to my current weight and I have plans to increase as I go down in conjunction with adding more strenuous activities) intake with flexibility training and 5-7k steps and 2) that my current weight-loss goal is a compromise to not exacerbate former fasting-binging behavior I tend to fall into while under certain a stressful living situations so I'm not feeling the dopamine hit from weight loss (I'm very FA/HAEW so while I've wanted to lose the covid lockdown weight I gained I don't have an issue with my appearance beyond anti-fat harassment I get and wanting to fit into clothes more easily).
I feel like I should also mention that while I started at 300+ my weigh distribution is mostly on my hips/legs and upper body than on my waist and my build has always been pretty bulky (my Greek grandma would say I was built like an amazon as a 6-10 y/o) for my demographic (f25 and 5'6"; wrist circ. 7" and within healthy hip:waist ratio at even my heaviest.)
I'm also on the autism spectrum so I feel like that might factor into having a non-existent self image and not noting the loss; since I honestly feel the same after a 1/3 (or 1/4) of my goal loss down.
TL;DR: I'm not feeling lighter or stronger, and I'm wondering if anyone has felt like this, or can explain this lack of feeling better than I can, and if not, do you feel like you're actually feeling lighter after weight loss or is it added strength, or even just feeling psychologically lighter (like how some people don't notice weight gain until they don't fit in their jeans/see themselves bigger than they remember in the mirror)?
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