I still see the "fat" girl in the mirror...

So I have lost a total of 33 lbs so far over the course of a year and a half, and i have gone from a 12 to a 6, and I want to keep loseing weight. I don't see any real difference, but my mom is having a fit that I wanna be a size 4, she thinks I will look sick. And everone else is telling me that i should stop loseing weight  (even the man in my office that would tell me everyday how fat I was, has told me I shouldn't lose anymore). I feel like ok so now what, nothing has really changed, i don't really see a difference, you know. I still feel like I look the same, how do I stop seeing that fat girl in the mirror?

have you compared yourself through a picture... you should surely see a difference then

This is called a distorted body image.  You might want to think about some therapy to help you adjust this.

When everyone around you is telling you that you need to stop, you need to listen.

When I first went through a major body change, I had to do something I woudln't have done before.  I just had to do something to build my confidence. 

THerapy may be the answer for you, but you might want to try to do something that you couldn't do before because of your body.

Thanks for the replys :) I can't afford therapy, at least not till the school year, :P but I am running the chicago half marathon, which is something I couldn't do before and HOPEFULLY it will help me build my confidence. :) Thanks again! I don't know, I'm just going to lose maybe 10 more lbs and see how I feel :)

I know how you feel.  A few years ago I went on a meal replacement shake diet for several months and lost about 33lbs in about 9 months.  People were telling me that I was looking great, and some even went as far as telling me I was getting too skinny, but I didn't see it.  I went from a size 16-18 (new zealand sizes) to a 10-12.  It was only one day when I saw a photo of myself pre-weight loss compared with a more recent one and I thought WOW, I have come along way!  Those photos are in my pictures if you wanna have a look.

What is your weight and height?

every week when you look in the mirror focus on what part of you that you like and each week add a new part

another thing you can do -- instead of comparing yourself to the ultra skinny people when out, look at everyone and notice how much thinner you are than a lot of other people.  My therapist told me to do this and I was literally amazed at the amount of quite large people in the grocery store the first time I did it.  It sounds awful but you look at the people you see in the gym, grocery store, mall and compare yourself to them....as in I used to look like that but now I am thinner or noticing how much slimmer you are than others.  It helped me, even tho it seems terribly catty! lol

I can completly relate!!! I've lost over 40lbs and am down to 136 but feel huge. I'm to the point of snapping at the next person who tells me how great I look!!!

I saw pictures of when I was heavy and could tell the diffrence but still think I need to lose at least 20 more pounds. One reason I think I feel this way is because I bust my butt at the gym and still have fat everywhere.Its like I'm doing all of this for nothing...

O well, I hope to get over this.

I'm sort of going through the same thing even though I'm a guy. I've had skinny girls in my class ask me if I became anorexic or something.

I think I have a distorted view of myself because my body has taken on a different structure. I'm incredibly top heavy now (from the ribs to my neck), so I keep seeing myself as being huge, yet my waist size has dropped like 8" and I no longer have tons of fat by my thighs.

I used to resist letting people take pictures of me because they made me feel embarrassed, but now I don't mind. I looked at some pictures from my 17th birthday the other day and I couldn't believe how much heavier I was. Last year at this time I weighed 235 lbs and now I weigh 170 lbs.

I know how you feel. I started at 167 5'2" and I am now 125. I went from a 14-16 to a size 5-7 and I still feel like I look the same just a less inches. I am trying to focus on toning instead of losing more weight though. turning my fat into muscle. We will see how it goes. Good luck.