Does anyone else feel even more insecure now that they’ve lost weight?

I’m not sure how to even explain this. I’ve heard people talk about it before when I was morbidly obese but it seemed ridiculous and didn’t make sense to me at the time. I guess I kinda just thought like how could you feel worse when you look amazing? When you’ve accomplished so much?

I’ve lost a good amount of weight, I’m approaching my goal still but I look in the mirror and see more flaws than ever before. I was always 5’0 around 170-190 and even though that is very overweight for my height, I felt relatively good about myself. I felt sexy and pretty. I knew I was a big girl but I almost didn’t mind. It wasn’t until I gained another 50 pounds that I felt really bad and started my weight loss journey.

I’m well below 170 now. I thought I would be much prouder, feel much better about how I look, but I don’t. I feel like I might not ever feel happy about my weight. I keep thinking once I reach my goal I’ll feel much better because I’ll be in a normal BMI, but I’m not sure.

Maybe It’s my circumstances, maybe it’s just the place my head is in currently, but I am miserable about my weight more than ever. Maybe it’s just cause it’s on my mind a lot more now. I don’t know. I am in counseling, so I will sort it out. I’m just wondering if anyone else has felt this way? I don’t mean for this to come off as like “poor me I’ve lost weight”, I’m just perplexed as to why I’m feeling so bad.

Other people have told me just look at how far you’ve come. It’s a process. It takes time. But I can’t help but just staring at my stomach and thinking the worst. Do I just need to get over myself or is this common?

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Some teenage boys oinked at me today.

I've been struggling a bit with weight loss recently - I've been eating at maintenance for a few weeks and not really exercising much. But this week I've gotten back into my old routine and I've been doing a lot better. I was feeling pretty good about myself today, going for my second walk this week, feeling confident about the progress I've made and the fact that I'm on track to see more results soon.

And then, about 15 minutes into my walk, I walked past some teenage boys sitting on a bench and they oinked at me as I walked past. Multiple times. While making eye contact with me.

I'm 26 years old and the opinion of a couple teenagers shouldn't affect me. But it was difficult to hold back tears and I just feel defeated and worthless. It's like the 30 pounds I've already lost don't mean anything - I still have so much more to go. I'm still fat and I feel like I'll always be fat no matter what I do. I know those thoughts aren't true, but I can't fight them off. I feel so gross.

I know that stopping isn't an option. Going back to the habits I had before I lost weight isn't something I can see myself doing, no matter what. I know that all I can do is shake it off and keep moving forward. But today really sucked.

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Three Weeks in to a Second Weight Loss Journey

I think I'll feel more at peace if I write this. I've been overweight since I can remember, but I lost about 90 lbs (293 > 197 lbs) a few years ago. Over the last year I've gained 20-25 lbs back which was kickstarted when I lost a loved one. I'm now 218 and because I'm almost 6ft tall my clothes still fit and I don't think it's looks too dramatic, but it FEELS dramatic to me. Because I've been overweight my whole life, losing all that weight made me feel amazing, I've never felt like that before. I was 10 lbs from my ultimate goal weight. Now, I'm constantly thinking about how I feel in my clothes, how it feels to complete basic life tasks. I don't EVER want to be in a photograph. I've been trying to get back on track for almost the last three weeks while I'm overseas for 2 months and away from my boyfriend, who I love more than anything but can eat anything without gaining a pound. It's been hard to stay on track while on a trip, but it many ways it feels like the perfect time. I'm trying really hard to have a positive mindset through this whole process and to remember that I've come farther than I have to go, but it's difficult.

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I know I'm going to get there, but I don't want to have negative self talk on my entire journey back. I guess this is a journey to self love, and health. I'm working through it, and It's getting better. I think I just wanted to talk about it without friends looking at you with concern. I'd never do anything dangerous to lose weight, but many people do so I get it - it's just annoying.

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I finally committed to my diet and it is a lot easier and less of a big deal as i was making it.

Well congrats to me id have to say because ive stuck with the same diet plan for 2 weeks now and its easy. Im seeing the scale going down. Im not sure if its water weight or whatever but its starting to go down. I have always had a hard time committing to diet and exercise. I found out it was hard because i was trying to do too much at the same time. And i didnt even know what i was doing. I was trying to do a very strict calorie deficit and HIIT workouts and i was just basically killing myself and i gave up after a week so what i decided to do was just start dieting. Ill go on walks every now and then. But im mainly focusing on dieting right now so that it will be much easier to incorporate exercise for weight loss. I do not come from a healthy eating family either. Im the only one in the house that is actually trying to better themselves. So my mother brings home pizza and stuff and i have to resist. I have to if i want reach my goal. Junk food is a rabbit hole for me. Ill start then i have to have the whole thing. So it is not helpful with them around. I do encourage them to eat better but u know, old habits die hard. But i really just wanted to share my story plus im proud of myself for taking the initiative and commitment to my weight loss journey. I weighed 180 two weeks ago. I weighed in this morning at 173. So obviously there is some success going on here. Also im on a calorie deficit diet. Im doing what works for me but i eat 2 eggs in the afternoon. I do 16 hour fasts so ill eat at like 12pm or 1 or something. Eat a snack some fruit or something and then ill eat dinner. I switch between salmon and chicken a lot. And ill eat a cup or more of vegetables and drinks lots of water. Its been working for me. Im not starving either. Yesterday i ate 2 eggs at like 1 pm and it held me over till 8pm. Isnt that crazy ? ? Idk but anyway i am happy for me and everyone else that is on their weight loss journey. congratulations even if you lose 1, 2, 5 or 10 lbs. youre still on a path for greatness ! ❤️

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Never thought I'd struggle like this half way through... advice?

History: I've battled with my weight since I was 11 years old. I graduated high school at 195 lbs, but got down to 150 lbs in my early 20s due to partying/dancing. I started gaining the weight back when I met my husband, leading to an array of fad diets (some of which worked and some didn't.) This led to binge eating disorder that I dealt with for 3 years (stopped in 2015, thanks to Brain Over Binge), resulting in a weight gain that left me at 242 lbs.

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Then I found this subreddit in June of 2017, made a plan to eat between 1400-1500 calories a day and start walking. In one year I lost 57 lbs, bringing me down to 185. I took up running as well. I couldn't get over how fricken easy it was to lose this weight. People would ask me how I did it and I'd tell them it was just calorie counting and walking. Three of my friends actually listened to what I told them and ended up on their own weight loss journeys, which were successful, and they credited me for inspiring them. I would visit this sub all the time and read stories from people doing well and also those who were struggling, and I was so overconfident that I'd never end up struggling because it had been easy so far.

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Well.... that didn't go how I thought it would.

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Last summer I kinda started to relax with my calories more, indulging more, enjoying a few more beers that were outside of my calories. I was still running 5Ks and walking, but I was eating enough to compensate and ended up just kind of maintaining through the summer. But that was ok, I'll get back into it over the winter. ....Yeah that didn't happen either. I actually found myself trying to track calories but lying on MFP and not counting anything I overate. I began to experiment with cutting carbs and OMAD, basically trying different 'diets'. Of course, then came the food cravings. Restricting food groups is not my jam! The first year I didn't struggle with cravings at all, but by January of this year I really started to crave things and overeat. Not quite binge eating, but sort of the same attitude towards food that led me there (I won't get a chance to eat this again, so I better have it now, etc). My weight held between 185 - 190 thankfully.

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So basically this past year has been a series of recommitting and failing, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get past it. My weight went up to 195 briefly, and sits around 191 right now. I'm still exercising regularly, but seem to lack complete self control around my food cravings. I came very close to binge eating yesterday out of frustration that I feel like I'll never get to my goal, and I'm so scared to undo all the work I've done. I've had a year of involuntary maintenance and I'm ready to move on and lose the rest of the weight but I just can't seem to get in the right mindset. If you would have asked me a year and a half ago, I never ever would have imagined I'd be struggling so badly right now.

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How can I get the discipline to finish this? Have any of you struggled this way before? Is there anything I can do, or tell myself to keep going? It seems simple and crazy to me that all I have to do is stick to my calories, but I can't fricken seem to do it!

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Long Plane Rides for Vacation with Weight Loss??

Hello everyone! In about two weeks, I will be flying from D.C. area to Alaska for a week long vacation! (For non-Americans, it's about 10 or so hours in the air)

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How does your weight fluctuate after long plane rides? My dad advised us to drink a ton of water, I think a usual travel tip. Just wondering how water retention works after long plane rides, in your own experiences?

Also, any tips on how to keep on track while out there would be much appreciated! Currently planning to eat a lot less than I normally would, as I believe the foods we're going to be eating will be much more calorie-heavy than what I eat on a daily basis. Tracking will be a bit difficult, as I'll be with my friend's family, who very much don't believe in calorie tracking. Thank you in advance! :)

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Gone totally backwards and lost my head

So a few years ago I threw myself fully into me weight loss journey, I was 20 stone (280lbs) and in two years managed to get myself down to 13.9 stone (194) lost 14 inches of my waist and never felt better.

Then last year I'd started to settle into my relationship, but was still maintaining around 14.5 stone (203lbs). However my life started to fall apart I stopped working out, started eating like crap and wasn't in a good state mentally. Luckily things have started to turn around for myself now, I'm in a lot better place mentally, however I'm back up to 17 stone (238lbs) and I just can't seem to get back into the good eating habits and the exercise regime I had before.

I don't know what I'm expecting posting this think I just needed to get it off my chest

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