What nobody tells you about losing weight

Wysewoman53

That someone would ever tell me I eat so healthy every day at work. This comes from people I don't know very well as it is a new job. If only they knew!!!

kajorma

People, in general, treat you better.

I find it depressing, but it's true.

kelcheese

I got my blood drawn today and the band didn't pinch my arm today. Was so cool.

astroamy

That my not very well behaved dog can drag me much easier when she goes charging after a rabbit. 50 lbs ago I could dig my heels in and stop her, now once she gets going it is very hard to stop.

LacednLace

You don't want to sit down constantly. I work long shifts and I have to get up and pace or move because I can no longer just sit those long hours. (This is only with me eating healthier, I haven't even started weightlifting and cardio back again)

lpetty22

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lpetty22

Got off track, but coming back to this forum always helps

llbrixon

thereshegoesagain wrote: »

Nobody told me that my body would actually crave movement and healthy eating. Days that I don't get one or the other, I feel sluggish and sleep poorly.

This is so true for me too!

katyjay2014

LacednLace wrote: »

You don't want to sit down constantly. I work long shifts and I have to get up and pace or move because I can no longer just sit those long hours.

I echo this! I'm asking if I can run the bloodwork to the tube instead of calling a porter I work on my feet but still want ro stretch my legs and get my heart pumping!

tinamarie6624

I've had a lot of these and they are great. The oddest one was that I had to adjust my seat in my car because my rearend didn't take up as much room any more and I was sitting too far from the steering wheel.

aerochic42

Even though you look smaller in pictures and your clothes fit better, you can still not like the way you look in pictures, but for other reasons.

maidengirl_

I'm sure this has been covered before but women you definitely lose your boobs sorry to say. LOL.

richardgavel

maidengirl_ wrote: »

I'm sure this has been covered before but women you definitely lose your boobs sorry to say. LOL.

I'm sure this has been covered but men you definitely lose your boobs!!!

smiles4jo

It seems like lately I must be carrying an invisible (to me) sign that says “Please ask me for directions!” I work in the middle a very large city with tons of tourists. Up until about 3-4 months ago, no one talked to me as I was out on the street walking to get coffee, lunch, etc. Now, I’m sure I get stopped 3-4 times a week to be asked for directions to some tourist attraction or another. What? Did my sense of direction get better with the weight loss? Either that or I’m just considered more approachable.

KareninLux

maidengirl_ wrote: »

I'm sure this has been covered before but women you definitely lose your boobs sorry to say. LOL.

Yep. Wish my bum would fall off instead. Ha ha.

KareninLux

richardgavel wrote: »

maidengirl_ wrote: »

I'm sure this has been covered before but women you definitely lose your boobs sorry to say. LOL.

I'm sure this has been covered but men you definitely lose your boobs!!!

Man, I had to read this twice --- soooo funny.

wazzufreddo

I get marks on my nose from my glasses now. They also fit much better.

Didn't get the marks 50lbs ago, the fat on my nose absorbed it. I'm currently about halfway to where I want to be.

jeanninemolly

Lemonsurprise, why does it become uncomfortable to lie in a bed after losing weight? I would think it would get easier. (I have 55 pounds to lose.)

mangrothian

jeanninemolly wrote: »

Lemonsurprise, why does it become uncomfortable to lie in a bed after losing weight? I would think it would get easier. (I have 55 pounds to lose.)

Because you get boney. Your knees get knobbly and get uncomfortable when you sleep on your side, you may find your pillow is too high, your hips dig in to the mattress, and the mattress might feel way too hard for you since you sink into it less.

tomteboda

Or your mattress might be wearing out. Time marches on!

kdz0444

No one tells you that losing weight won't be pretty. It won't come off in smooth sections or evenly. Right now my stomach looks more like a map of the moon. I have only lost 11 lbs but you can already see my stomach changing and I tell you it ain't attractive lol no one tells you what it will actually do to your body all they say is it will be good for you. I feel amazing from eating better and exercising more. It is exciting to see clothes start to actually fit the way they were intended to and verge on being too big. It is exciting to be able to walk behind a chair near a wall and not have to move the chair or suck in. It's exciting for other people to recognize the change. For me even just losing 11 lbs I already feel lighter.

goldthistime

That by the time you fit into your small sized clothes again they're out of style

mangrothian

goldthistime wrote: »

That by the time you fit into your small sized clothes again they're out of style

Unless your smaller sized clothing is lime green, you also learn that you can make any of your old clothing fashionable I sure am managing to rock my 10 year old wide bootleg jeans with a dirty acid wash on casual Friday in the office!

Intentional_Me

goldthistime wrote: »

That by the time you fit into your small sized clothes again they're out of style

Not if you've always shopped for neutrals. I realize I'm in the minority here. Haha

tamms_1965

tomteboda wrote: »

Or your mattress might be wearing out. Time marches on!

Probably not. I have to hit s prob, as well. My mattress was new when I started my weight loss. You have to find new ways to sleep so your now bony knees font knock:)

ekim2016

how many times I weigh and look at my profile in the mirror... thinking... damn I can really see a difference...

fitoverfortymom

llbrixon wrote: »

thereshegoesagain wrote: »

Nobody told me that my body would actually crave movement and healthy eating. Days that I don't get one or the other, I feel sluggish and sleep poorly.

This is so true for me too!

This is what I look forward to the most. When my body physiologically NEEDS to move and eat "the good stuff."

epratt1000

kajorma wrote: »

People, in general, treat you better.

I find it depressing, but it's true.

I agree. I thought I was imagining this. But since you are experiencing it I must not be.

bounciercastle

How it is that you can look at yourself in semi-profile from one side and see it being much bigger than from the other side. What lol?

Also, how is it that you can look smaller in the bathroom mirror than when you are lying down in the bathtub?

This perception stuff is so weird.

Your elbows also become smoother, just like your heels.

Madwife2009

That you don't recognise the person you glimpse when walking past a shop window/mirror - 'tis freaky. I looked at myself in the mirror yesterday, properly, and I really cannot reconcile the person I see with the person I've been for my entire life. Most odd.