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lovefaemuse

Weight blindness when looking at old pictures

All I can say is yikes!

I was looking through my gallery for some full body pics because I didn't take any at the beginning of my weight loss journey and wow. I have no idea how I walked around looking like that. It's such a weird feeling because I remember being extra self-conscious as an obese teen. I would constantly wear tops that hid my arm and hated sitting down because I knew my rolls would show.

But still, it seemed like I somehow convinced myself that I didn't look that heavy hovering between 75kg and 70kg? Weight blindness is absolutely real, I physically recoiled seeing what I actually looked like sitting down in shorts. All this to say that looking back at full body pics sure humbled me and only made me wish I started this journey sooner :')

The worst part is I know for a fact I've lost 7kg/15lbs since then but don't feel any different at all. My pants fit looser but I just don't see any changes which goes against what everyone says should happen as a short person. I'm hoping I'll finally feel it around 10kg/22lbs...

Posted Aug 14, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC

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