Wow! Well, I'll tell ya  - you may still be overweight but no one would ever
think it if they saw you walking down the street. It must be a drastic
change - how about a Before/After pic. It would surely inspire some newbies.
And myself too- in the time I've been taking to lose 50 lbs you have halved
your body weight!!

Good job!!

What nanner said.  And I've had this conversation with low-carb people
locally, and I believe also here.

Body image is a personal concept.  We see far more flaws within ourselves
than others ever do, mostly because other people are too busy worrying about
their flaws to spend much time noticing ours.

Once you develop the "fat" self-concept, it's almost as hard to lose that as
it is for a smoker to quit cigarettes.  You won't see yourself, on your
weight-loss trip as going from obese, to somewhat fat to chunky to filled.
Until you find yourself being almost literally skin and bones, many tend to
think they are still fat.

I don't have a solution for that, except to pick the target weight that you
feel is right for you, and anything above that is overweight.  Not
necessarily fat, just overweight.

I take it you are not yet at your target weight, but your picture suggests
someone who is in a normal weight range.  Look at all you have gained from
what you have lost.

And yet you think exercise has no part to play in this situation?

You're lucky, Cubit---most once-fat people still see themselves as "fat
folks" even after they drop the weight.

I think that you already 'see" yourself as trim and lean is a very
positive thing. rom your pirture, I'd call you a "big man"---NOT a 'fat"
one.

LassChance

Start LC~5-16-05
202-195-165
(i only weigh on Sunday)