I feel fatter now that I've lost weight!

I began my weight loss journey 8 weeks ago at 177 pounds. I have now lost 13 pounds, which is almost halfway to my original goal. However, I am feeling discouraged because I am REALLY conscious of my size right now, much more so than before I started to lose! Before I began losing I was in really deep denial about my weight. I thought I was "normal" and no one told me differently. When I decided to make a change I began looking at myself more realistically and now, even though I have lost 13 pounds and people tell me often that I look thinner, I feel really really fat. It makes me feel ashamed to go anywhere because I feel like a giant. I know the weight is coming off but right now I wish I could hide until it does.

Its really sad because I never had problems with self confidence before. Ignorance is bliss, right? Its just frustrating because I did not begin this change to feel bad about myself - I wanted to feel better about myself! But now that I am thinking about my weight loss goals all day I judge myself so much more than I did when it wasn't a thought at all.

I hope that once I reach my goal my feelings will change. However, I was wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar, and if they had any advice for how to feel better about myself.

Also, my PT name is dream87. Please check out my public log and leave comments if you want!

Mon. Jul 16, 2:36pm

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