How is it that one day I can look and feel great and then the very next day I feel like a big ogre (sorry Shrek)? I don't get it. Yesterday I felt good, looked thinner and someone asked if I was losing weight (always). Today I put on jeans that were snug a while ago and are now super comfy and baggy, but still decent. I put on a top and I looked in the mirror. It was all wrong, I looked puffy and out of shape.
Now I know that we don't change shape over night but I don't understand how we get so disorted in the way we see ourselves. Why does this happen? I can't believe that hormones does this on any day of the month, multiple times a month, but I guess that is they way some or most woman are.
The other day I was at the gym and this young fit girl was on the stairclimber telling another guy how fat she is. Honestly, in my eyes she looked about a size 4 or 6 (and ladies are good at sizing others). She was hardly fat or chunky. The guy said 'are you kidding, why would you think that?' And really why would a person who is a size 4 or 6 think they were fat? I find I will probably never be satisfied with how small I can get. I may get to 160lbs and currently I think that would be fabulous but after a while I'll only want to get smaller and smaller. To me it wouldn't matter that I could run for 2 hours straight, teach classes, etc. I look at that number on the scale and want it to be less. Its not good in any way, I just wish I could brainwash myself :)
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You are so right. As women, many of us put far too much emphasis on the scale. I know that personally I can wake up fell really great and good about myself, but if I step on that scale and see that I've gained a pound or two, I can totally kiss those good feelings goodbye. We're far too hard on ourselves, but unfortunately that is the nature of the beast.
We have to find a way to look beyond the scale.
So true! Why IS it that one day we think we look great, we feel great and generally like what we have goin' on...and then the next day you can feel so totally different?? (PMS excluded..hormones can make me straight-up wacko!)
It's strange how our perceptions of ourselves can change so drastically from day to day.
As for the scale never being low enough, I sometimes feel the same. My ultimate goal weight is in the high 150's (I'm 5'10") and I think I might get there someday...but will it be enough? Now that I'm in my 30's I have become a bit more pragmatic about my weight loss struggles/journey. I actually think I might be happy at that weight b/c I know how much larger I've been in the past. At this stage in the game I'd "settle"...maybe....
I was wondering that myself lately. My hubby tells me how great I look and I always say thanks, I'll agree with you in 5 more lbs. Why can't we just take the compliment and say darn right I do! So is the mind of women. I hope that one day I hit that magically weight, or size, or physically active state where I am happy and can maintain it and never have to think of weight loss again, but I doubt it.
At least it's nice to know i'm not alone.
Very good points! We should give ourselves credit when we deserve it instead of always thinking we should have done better.
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