I know this isn't a very original variety of post, sorry. But even in a lot of the similar posts I've found here, it seems like OP's complaint is that they don't see a difference, not that there isn't a difference. Since April, I've dropped from 240 lbs to 200, at 5'3", and like... I thought I'd at least be dropping clothing sizes eventually, even if the change is hard to see. I haven't. Not in shirts, nor bras, nor pants. Nothing. It's like I haven't lost anything at all. I don't feel particularly better, aside from the general improvement after cutting sugar, but that kicked in within two weeks of beginning my diet so it's not a side effect of weight loss. I feel like my scale is lying to me at this point. How can I have lost 40 lbs invisibly? Are my organs evaporating? Did I lose a limb and I've just been hallucinating a full set?
I assume the actual answer is that it's a mix of very even, very dispersed fat loss, along with loss of the fat around organs, because I've heard that that doesn't usually make a big visual difference. And some muscle loss, but I've upped my protein to around 100–120g daily and I now exercise three times per week, so it shouldn't be too bad. Knowledge is power, I'm doing my best, etc. etc.
Still, it feels so unfair. I don't feel better, I objectively am not smaller, and I feel like I could lose 100 pounds and still not escape my size 18 jeans. 😭
Not on the verge of giving up or anything; I don't mind my diet and exercise, I know it's healthier even if I'm not feeling the benefits yet, and I know that there will, someday, be literally any change at all. I'm just sad. 40lbs feels like too much to still be wearing the same pants.
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