At the moment I'm currently carrying around with me a "before" photograph of myself, because everyone seems to want to see one (not that I mind). Yesterday two old friends of mine asked to see it (both of them I've known and kept in contact with since school). Both of them looked at the photo's yesterday in disbelief and said they couldn't ever remember me being that big (I see both of them regularly, so it's not that they hadn't seen me at my biggest).
When I look at the "before" photos now, I can't ever remember being that big either The face and body don't look like mine at all. It's like looking at a totally different person - even my face is different.
My husband took some photos of me yesterday (for my counsellor) and when I look at those photos I don't see "me" either It's a strange feeling, because when I look at the "now" photos I see someone who looks "normal" and dare I say it quite "OK" looking
The only problem I have with feeling like this is that every time I take a "now" photo I look at it and think how "small" I look (obviously compared to before, I am small). But now when I look back at those photos I see someone who is still very overweight (which of course I was, just to me it was skinny at the time!!).
Remember the "Slimmer of the Year" photos that I had taken of me in that red top?? I remember looking at that and thinking how slim and good I looked and everyone assured me that I did. Now I look at it and see massive hips and a big round face.
What if I feel like that about my "now" photos (taken yesterday), in a couple of months time?? I felt like I was finally getting a grip on my weight loss and I do actually feel "normal" now, until I saw those photos yesterday. I think my head still needs a bit of "catching up" time.

I haven't been to the gym lately, as I stupidly hurt my back on the rotadex machine, so I'm just walking at the moment. Eating is ok. Have had a few problems with the 790 plan. It's around double the amount of protein I was eating on add-a-meal plus and extra tablespoon of vegetables. I think the shock to my stomach after almost a year of not eating was too much and I've been suffering with stomach cramps and nausea. I'm currently getting round this by splitting it into two meals a day instead of one in the evening, and so far this seems to be working better for me.

So for anyone that didn't see the photo of me in my red topp (I think it was a "friends only" post), I've posted it again, plus the new pic of me and I think you'll see what I mean.