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beppe · 01-09-2011, 06:05 PM

[QUOTE=Iridal;1324592]So you don't do measurements ? I find just looking at myself a really tricky way to judge whether I lost weight. One of the most interesting things I ever learned about dieting is that it can take up to a year for your brain to come to terms with the slimmer you. I always used to think I was fatter than I was. Thinking 'I will never fit into this' when I picked up a pair of pants was very common when I first lost weight. Now I'm pretty good at picking out clothes that fit.

So you just see yourself fatter than you are in reality. I try to combine the two (weighing and measuring), especially when I excercise a lot while dieting. Sadly I'm really horrible at keeping it (measuring) up, it just takes too much time [/QUOTE]
Maybe you might ask your partner to do the measuring for you ...

Exactly so. Lately I became a different person in many ways: the weight, that is a different look, although I am not buying clothes yet as I want to loose more. Than I'll change look as you girls know how to do one day from an other one. No more drinking, no more smoking (big differences in behavior from these two also and in opinion of self which is right there on top of everything), and more. So that when I look in the mirror I do not recognize myself any more. Who is this guy, what does he want? Quite a weird feeling. It is getting slightly easier now. This new guy does not like the things that the old one liked, and likes new things. More frivolous, more adventurous. One of these days I will invite some unknown beauty for a drink and if she accepts, I'll get myself in deep troubles. That sort of things. It can be unsettling. For the moment I just stop at raising a smile.

01-09-2011, 06:05 PM	#226
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	[QUOTE=Iridal;1324592]So you don't do measurements ? I find just looking at myself a really tricky way to judge whether I lost weight. One of the most interesting things I ever learned about dieting is that it can take up to a year for your brain to come to terms with the slimmer you. I always used to think I was fatter than I was. Thinking 'I will never fit into this' when I picked up a pair of pants was very common when I first lost weight. Now I'm pretty good at picking out clothes that fit. So you just see yourself fatter than you are in reality. I try to combine the two (weighing and measuring), especially when I excercise a lot while dieting. Sadly I'm really horrible at keeping it (measuring) up, it just takes too much time [/QUOTE] Maybe you might ask your partner to do the measuring for you ... Exactly so. Lately I became a different person in many ways: the weight, that is a different look, although I am not buying clothes yet as I want to loose more. Than I'll change look as you girls know how to do one day from an other one. No more drinking, no more smoking (big differences in behavior from these two also and in opinion of self which is right there on top of everything), and more. So that when I look in the mirror I do not recognize myself any more. Who is this guy, what does he want? Quite a weird feeling. It is getting slightly easier now. This new guy does not like the things that the old one liked, and likes new things. More frivolous, more adventurous. One of these days I will invite some unknown beauty for a drink and if she accepts, I'll get myself in deep troubles. That sort of things. It can be unsettling. For the moment I just stop at raising a smile.