Body image...Can anyone relate?

Does anyone else feel like you are working out , eating better and seeing decent results with your body , yet when you put on certain clothes (in my case a form fitting dress for Halloween) you feel like your body doesn't look nearly as good as you thought it would? It's very frustrating to think I am on the right path, but certain clothes and angles are still making me feel like my body is not coming along the way that I would like. Maybe I'm just my own worst critic, but can anyone relate? Opinions and venting are welcome.

you know your body better than ANYONE. every bulge, every crease, everything. so you're going to see things that NOBODY else sees. im sure that you're getting great results, but yeah, everyone is there own worst critic. try not to stare too long or things will get distorted. if only i could take my own advice, lol.

I can relate.  I just saw a picture of my Halloween costume which was form fitting ... and I thought I looked like a guy in drag.  My body was not smooth at all in the form fitting dress. 

I have lost 10 pounds and I remember thinking I looked good.  Then the pictures started rolling in.  My love reminded me that the Bride of Frankenstein was no beauty queen.  Yeah, but it wasn't a guy in drag either.  I looked like Devine not even John Travolta. 

Today, I am wearing a skirt that has a high waist.  It zipped and buttoned fine not tight was very happy.  I have room in the waist band.  As soon as I get to work and sit ... the waist rolls down in a big roll around my natural waist. 

I figure my body will eventually get to where my head is at ... I hope. 

Glad to hear that you 2 have been there and can understand my frustration. Hopefully you are right Laury and NOBODY else is seeing my flaws except me. I guess I'm just paranoid, b/c the last thing I would want is to think I look good and have someone crush my spirits by pointing out my problem areas. It's hard not to fixate when you have such an ideal image in your head, but I'll try.

yeah... when ever I start to think like this I have to remind myself... you have lost 25 lbs!!  You look so much better than you ever have!  There is nothing wrong with still wanting to improve, but its important to stay positive about your body image :) You look great!

Yeah! I workout a lot, and I feel my legs should be looking like a mill by now as much as I press weights, but I have to get these sightly ripples and dimples off my legs. It's a killer.. I Even thought about going under the knife to get some damn results.. But! I still push hard at it, and one day.. It will be GONE! One day.

O man, I completely feel your pain! I can FEEL that my muscles are tighter and more defined, and I feel like I look better....and then I see a pic, and I'm like, THATS how I look? Impossible! blah!

My most problemed area is my love handles! They are monsters! I hate them so much. I always get the "You are skinny, you don't need to loose weight" from my co-workers and people. I just roll my eyes because Yes, I am thin-ish but I am not skinny. I wear clothes that flatter my body, and they cant see my love handles stick out like I can when i put on my skinny jeans. I look in the mirror and I see a wide body, with these hips, and distorted love handles. I've been working out and my tummy is getting flatter, and my arms are getting less jiggly along with my legs and calves, but my love handles go no where! No results!

Last December my boyfriend came to visit me and he was telling me how thin i was and had gotten.. i was working out like a maniac with my Best Friend who was a personal trainer I was looking good, but i still had the love handle problem.. I don't kow if its a distored self image or if it is that I am just so harsh on myself. But I really want to go under the knife to fix the problem one and for all. I am getting a breast augmentation this December and while hes at it I might get the lipo but some people that get it it looks weird! So maybe i wont and im hoping the breast will make my waist look smaller. I am 5'9'' 140 lbs. 22% body fat (results from Sept) maybe less now. I don't think I am crazy for thinking of what I do of myself, but when you flip through a VS magazine Gisele Bunchen drives me crazy! She's perfect to me & I think she looks healthy and thats what I want to look like.

Do you guys find anything wrong with that?

I do it too.  But now instead of stressing myself out if I wear something closer fitting I got a set of Spanx. Those pull me in a lot better so I look more like I think I should with the loss I've seen.  Call it cheating or an optical illusion or whatever but until I get to the point I no longer need them then it's a help.

Makes it easier to see pictures and keeping that positive mind frame.

I lost weight out of my face and that double chin, my arms, my back, my legs, some around the hips... but that evil spare tire just doesn't want to budge.