Started at 233# 12 months ago, currently ~195#. Male, 6'1"
First, I'm happy I've lost the weight... It feels great to see improvement... And I feel accomplished being here. However, it's not something I realized would be so hard psychologically.
It's been about a year... My clothes don't fit, I still crave things all day every day... I feel guilty for any indulgence. Exercising is still a chore. I look in the mirror and I still see room for improvement.
My SO has noticed that I'm more unhappy at my lower weight than at my higher weight, because I'm constantly struggling with my concerns about gaining again, and with my disappointment that nothing fits any longer.
I should be celebrating that things don't fit... But when I go to put on something for a recent wedding and I'm swimming in my pants and shirt, I once again don't feel good about myself. I didn't at my higher weight and I don't at my lower weight, but at least at my higher weight I enjoyed what I ate. All this is making my SO unhappy, and that makes me even more upset.
I don't know how to have a healthy relationship with food, I don't know how to feel good about losing the weight I've lost when nothing fits any longer, and I don't know how to make it sustainable.
Being healthy is the most stressful part of every single day and I don't know how to make it become easier.
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from loseit - Lose the Fat https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/cxsqs7/losing_40_is_psychologically_the_hardest_thing/
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