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Yes. Got 4.7 kgs left. :) Doesn't really feel like it'll be enough but I think it will. I think I'm really already there, in a lot of ways. But it'll be hard to get it into my thick skull.
I think this is really important to understand:
The mirror lies.
Or rather - you look at yourself in the mirror every day. You always see yourself from the same angle. You always see yourself in the same light. You always see yourself with the same facial expression. So;
This is why a lot of fat people think they are not that fat, and when they lose the weight and see how they used to look they are floored. Like how did I let it go that far? How did I not notice?
And it's why we sometimes have a shocking moment, when we see ourselves in a really bad picture someone else took.
We just can't trust what the mirror tells us. The mirror image is processed in our biased mind. The mind has an agenda of its own.
The same way we can have a self-image as a fat person, so we really won't be able to see the good changes. We'll just focus on whatever is still not perfect. We might want to see whatever would help us give up and go back to our old ways, because of safety.
Nobody is perfect. Everyone is photoshopped in magazines and pictures. Nobody loves their body. Talk to any super model and they'll be hating on something in their own body.
If you read Leo Babauta's book "Zen Habits" (a fantastic book btw) he talks about "The one problem". He says, most problems we have in life really stem from one thing - that reality doesn't match up with our mind movie. It causes low grade suffering.
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Zen-Habits-Mastering-Briefly/dp/098334471X
I think this is especially true in weight loss. It's so tempting to think "Yay, when I lose the weight I will be happy, all my troubles will melt away, I will look like a supermodel without applying any makeup, I will look like the Hulk without working out, everyone is going to love me."
No. You're just going to be a thinner version of yourself.
You'll still have things you absolutely hate, like "fat" thighs (certainly not as fat as they were, but you've forgotten that now) and things you absolutely love. It's up to you to choose what to see when you look in that mirror. Just choose to love reality instead of some unattainable goal that doesn't exist.
That said, it's easier said than done... I'm sure that I won't be "happy" with it all in 4.7 kilos. But somehow I'm already happy. :)