I had always been overweight since primary school too, always got told it was puppy fat and I'd grow out of it
30 odd years later I slimmed out of it
I find that it's taking time to adjust, once I first reached goal i still looked in the mirror and saw fat and wobbly bits. People would say how trim I was and have even had the word tiny used
, but I could not see it. I was still very critical of my appearance. I'd look at my jeans in awe and wonder how they could actually fit me as when I looked at my body it seemed so much bigger than those small jeans.
I haven't been maintaining for long, but I have changed a great deal, I look in the mirror now and 90% of the time I see my true reflection, still have few fat days though.
What I now feel is more important isn't how I physically see myself, but how I mentally feel about myself and the fact that my health is greatly improved and getting up the stairs dosent puff me out anymore
Good luck with your weight loss journey
Tracey
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