Here’s my theory for why you don’t think you look bigger. I’m also about 7 BPEL, so I think we’re mentally coming from the same place.
When I look at my dick now, I see something that looks descent but still slightly small. So, I don’t feel great about it. But what I’m not considering is that, before, when I was 6.5” BPEL with a really small flaccid hang, I didn’t really look at my penis directly. I think I used some kind of psychological averted vision, in a hope to see my penis as bigger than it really was. I didn’t really look at it, head on, as it were, and see it in all it’s (lack of) glory. This was clearly a defense mechanism against my feeling like a total microdick (especially when I weighed 245).
The difference is, now I’m really looking directly at it. I’m thinking, how would this look if I were lingering in the public shower, appearing naked on TV, on in the movies. My standards are higher. Now, I want to be comfortable being naked in prime time.
It’s all about perceptions. My appearance has changed, but so have my standards.
But then I think back. Now, I actually do feel comfortable showering in public. I never used to, out of fear of sheer humiliation. That’s real progress. Although I still feel smallish and am far from reaching my goals, I have to acknowledge that I really have come a long way. I’m sure you have, too.