I hate to disagree with some folks here, but for some of us, namely the former super-obese, there is an adjustment period we go through, and it can be very difficult. Folks who lose a pant size don't have the same way of thinking that someone who loses half their body weight. Dealing with said adjustment and "loss" isn't a matter of focusing on the negative, its confronting some of what made you super obese in the first place.

If you want a specific example, here's one from my experience.... it took a while for me to accept that women might find me attractive. When I was new to weight loss and was near my goal I'd have women flirt with me and I'd not know how to handle it. After all, I was a fat guy, clearly these women were either mocking me or felt sorry for me. It took me a while to get used to the fact I WASN'T 400 pounds and unattractive. (I feel much better about my appearance these days, incidentally.)

A woman I knew online a few years ago wrote about the same situation for her sex. She mentioned that after she lost a lot of weight she suddenly had men interested in her, and like me she didn't know how to handle the attention. She said that being fat for her was "flying under the radar" - no one noticed her when she was obese. Losing weight meant she had to give up that anonymity.