What nobody tells you about losing weight
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Just feeling lighter and more agile. That's my favorite.5
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... that skinny people are cold!
Over the past several months I have lost close to 60 pounds and find that I'm cold all the time. I'm okay with that problem though
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You will lose some friends who see you as a threat! Just let them go.....
Its a sad day when you realize some people just aren't who you thought they were and were using you for how you felt about yourself. But you find out who are your true friends. It's a smaller circle, but truer.
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Buying clothes in a small size...not feeling guilty about it! Instead of avoiding mirrors while nude, actually checking out how much thinner I am. Lol.3
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That one day you will actually CHOOSE to eat zucchini noodles instead of normal pasta.
That (atleast for me) it took 30 pounds lost before my obsession with the scale drastically decrease (once you start feeling better from loosing the weight it gets easier)
That it gets annoying when every time you see certain people they ask if you're "still going strong?" (Like they expect you to have finally thrown in the towel since you last saw them)
Certain "diet foods" just aren't worth it. I would much rather eat a small portion of a "normal" food that to eat something like Arctic Zero7 -
How when you meet someone new you (alone) realize they are meeting a new person!!8
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A few things (good and bad):
1. Moving around is just easier. Everything physical that you do in a day... it's all easier than it used to be.
2. While it's nice to try on smaller pant sizes, you are going to have many of the same 'dressing room problems' that you used to. I have short, stumpy legs. Always have, always will. Skinny jeans will probably never be in my closet, no matter how much weight I lose. Which is too bad, because I was honestly looking forward to owning skinny jeans. Alas.
3. Men suddenly start noticing you. This is a mixed bag. Sometimes I enjoy the attention, and sometimes I wish I could climb back into my formerly fat self and be invisible to them once again.
4. Most people who don't know you very well are nicer. New people are nicer than they were. Now I've heard that "it's your self-esteem," and people are just responding to your newfound happy glow. Except, I haven't experienced a notable uptick in self esteem. I dont go out more, or date more. My self esteem was fine to start with. I was not an unhappy fat person; I was just fatter. No, I'm fairly certain that people are in fact responding to my smaller and more socially acceptable physical form. Which is actually a real bummer, to be honest, though it has made me very thoughtful about how I interact with other people.
5. I think about my physical and mental health a lot more than I used to. It is becoming a higher priority, and this is very good.
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I just read this entire thread over the last few weeks. Thanks for keeping me motivated, everyone! I'm down 16lbs since Feb 8th when I started getting serious. I changed my sleep schedule so I can wake up, make a proper breakfast, then walk 2 miles every morning, then after work walk another 2 miles, then dinner. I feel like it's working out pretty well, and staying busy keeps me from snacking or binging.
That's what I need to do ... follow your example and get up earlier and walk twice a day!0 -
4. Most people who don't know you very well are nicer. New people are nicer than they were. Now I've heard that "it's your self-esteem," and people are just responding to your newfound happy glow. Except, I haven't experienced a notable uptick in self esteem. I dont go out more, or date more. My self esteem was fine to start with. I was not an unhappy fat person; I was just fatter. No, I'm fairly certain that people are in fact responding to my smaller and more socially acceptable physical form. Which is actually a real bummer, to be honest, though it has made me very thoughtful about how I interact with other people.
How true! I've been very thin and very fat (truly!) And people are way nicer to me when I'm very thin, especially random people. I'm the same person inside either way.
However people who know me generally do not get to harbor illusions about my character, thin or fat!1 -
A few things (good and bad):
1. Moving around is just easier. Everything physical that you do in a day... it's all easier than it used to be.
5. I think about my physical and mental health a lot more than I used to. It is becoming a higher priority, and this is very good.
So true. Yoga has always been my favorite form of activity, and now that I weigh less, poses are so much easier. Also, in wanting to take care of myself, and making time for it, I feel so much better inside out.3 -
Kelll12123 wrote: »lemonsurprise wrote: »
- Sitting (particularly in baths) and laying (particularly in beds) will become ever increasingly uncomfortable.
hahaha this... My back is bruised from doing workouts on the floor because my shoulder blades stick out so much now.
No one told me how annoying buying clothes could be. It's great when they fit, but I keep going down sizes and needing to buy more and then not having a purpose for the larger sizes.
On a more positive note, I get hit on a lot more. Three different guys asked me out for Valentine's Day this year
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-My shoe size went from a 9 to an 8!
-I found friends to work out with.
-My junk food cravings never went away.
-People have asked me about my weight loss journey, but their eyes glaze over after I start talking about working out and eating better. They want to hear about a magic pill I've taken or something.
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I only started January this year and am not quite a third of the way to my goal, but a few things I have noticed:
The boobs are the first to go
And as someone who didn't have a lot of it to begin with, that's not good news...
You need a lot more washing powder and soap. I'm doing cardio in the morning and weights in the afternoon (with an added walk at times) so my bathing and grooming schedule has had to change to twice daily, which has led to a noticeable increase in the use of cleaning products as well as an increased laundry pile.
People may not notice the weightloss immediately, but many do notice that something has changed. They may ask if you have changed your hair, or something in that vein, few immediately recognise it as weightloss, but do recognise a change...
Walking increases all aspects of cardiovascular health. I have been walking at least 5km daily and no running/jogging. This weekend I tried to jog for the first time in years, and where previously I could only jog for a minute and then have to walk for at least four minutes before I could attempt a jog again when I usually started to get into running, this time I could jog (slow pace) for fifteen minutes on end without needing to slow down! I can only attribute it to the walking I've been doing since January...3 -
I used to be like a lot of people and thought I needed some expensive shake or pill or something else to help me lose weight. I've lost over 25 pounds just tracking calories and using this free app and a friend of my sisters was telling her how she lost weight with this new, expensive, pill. Well...i lost more weight then her in that time frame and I did it for free! If someone told me a long time ago counting calories was this easy and I would see this weight loss I would have done it!2
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Contrary to what a lot of people have felt about being encouraged by others commenting on their weight loss. It actually annoys me when someone says "oh you are looking skinny today" especially when they are much smaller than me. It almost feels condescending like they have said it to tick a box and make me feel good but I don't need that. Looking different and feeling healthy is good enough for me. I've lost 23 pounds since 3rd Jan just from monitoring food intake mainly how much of each macro plus the gym 3 times a week with one PT session a week.
I am cold ALL the time - the summer could not come sooner!
My boobs have evened out (one has always been bigger by a noticeable amount) so although they are smaller, I am chuffed!
I've become quite toned in a small stretch of time even though my plan is to lose another 28 pounds.
Going to the gym makes you randy as hell!
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idipyoudipwedip wrote: »How depersonalizing your body change can be. Sometimes you feel like you're in the wrong body, like you snuck into someone else's. Last night I was casually grabbing my belly and there was much less to grab than before and it actually shocked me. Like my heart flipped over for a second. It was actually scary. Hopefully I'll get used to it. I've only lost ~15lbs total so far.
This happens to me all the time.
This. No one talks much about the disassociation. Sometimes, I'll just take a minute to stand in front of the mirror and think, "Oh, hi. That's me there, with the waist and the hipbones and the leg muscles." Since my partner and I are doing this together, it's not just my body I don't recognize. I'll hug him and he'll feel like a stranger in my arms. It's disorienting.1 -
Contrary to what a lot of people have felt about being encouraged by others commenting on their weight loss. It actually annoys me when someone says "oh you are looking skinny today" especially when they are much smaller than me. It almost feels condescending like they have said it to tick a box and make me feel good but I don't need that. Looking different and feeling healthy is good enough for me. I've lost 23 pounds since 3rd Jan just from monitoring food intake mainly how much of each macro plus the gym 3 times a week with one PT session a week.
I am cold ALL the time - the summer could not come sooner!
My boobs have evened out (one has always been bigger by a noticeable amount) so although they are smaller, I am chuffed!
I've become quite toned in a small stretch of time even though my plan is to lose another 28 pounds.
Going to the gym makes you randy as hell!
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Buying clothes in a small size...not feeling guilty about it! Instead of avoiding mirrors while nude, actually checking out how much thinner I am. Lol.
Awesome! I attend an aquatics center,so there are people that walk from the shower to their area (behind a cloth screen to put on (or take off) clothes. To me, they are my goal weight, but here I am walking around nude from point A to B. I am more comfortable in my skin than they are, and its plain sad. For me its mostly a great way to completely dry off, (after actually drying off with a towel) and yep when there aren't people in there, I do check my naked self out in the mirror to reaffirm what I look like, to what my brain is looking at. To be in sync.1 -
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How uncomfortable my bed really is. After loosing 100 pounds I had to buy a new mattress. I no longer had the padding around my hips.
That is an amazing observation. I can't wait for a new mattress...maybe that is my discomfort in this process. I have a NEW goal other than smaller pants, something to look forward to. Plus a huge luxury
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