Unfortunately I don't have great words of advice, but I do want you to know that you are not alone. I struggle with body image as well. In fact I think a lot of us do. I know for me that I have been fat my whole life. I was put on my first diet at 8 years old and until August 2007 yo-yo dieted my whole life. So for me being thin for 2 months is nothing compared to the 20+ years that I spent fat. So in my brain...when I picture myself that is what I see. Though now when I try to picture what I look like...I have no idea. I have no concept of how much space I take up or how I look compared to someone else. Throw that in with the 10-15 pounds of extra skin I am dealing with and I am a mess. I have realized that I deluded myself into thinking that I was a lot smaller than I was when I was fat...and now I am deluding myself into thinking that I am a lot bigger than I really am.

Do you have before and after pictures? I have found for me that when I put those pictures side by side on my desk at work that it helps me to constantly remind myself that I am not 250 pounds any more. There were days when I would be walking out of work and to my car and thinking. "Damnit Karri...if you could just lose 100 pounds you would be just fine." Then I would have to stop and realize that I had lost almost 100 pounds, and that I was trying to stop the weightloss. I don't know that we will be able to see ourselves as thin for a while. As a result it does set us up for other eating disorders. That is why I figure for a LONG time I will be counting calories...not just so that I know that I am not eating too MUCH, but also so that I don't eat too LITTLE.

So I hope that this message brings you a little piece knowing that you are not floundering out there alone. You have done a wonderful job on the weightloss and we should be proud of that.

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