Quote Originally Posted by ivorygorgon View Post
I also think that for many of the mirror lies. I still don't know what I look like! How many times have you heard someone say "I didn't know i looked like that?" Until they saw a certain picture. I certainly never thought I looked how I look in old photos. Even today, I don't think I look like how I look in photos. It's one of the reasons I absolutely HATE having my picture taken.

The whole mess is just really confusing isn't it?
This is such an important point, and it works both ways. I was quite large for well over a decade, and will I chipped away at it over time I've lost over 50 pounds in a little over a year. Even though I am now only 131-132, when I see myself in a mirror I have problems seeing why people now refer to me as "small" or "petite". We have an internal image of how we look, and when that gets out of sync with changes - either way - it takes some time for that internal image to catch up.