What nobody tells you about losing weight

Alidecker

birgitkwood wrote: »

How much TALLER I feel now that I'm thinner (and I'm 6ft tall, lol)

People used to say I looked taller all the time...especially my dad

LauraInTheWater

zelminashibby wrote: »

How the other *kitten* sides of your life become unbearable. How can you keep the other terrible habits when you have such a positive experience with getting rid of the rolls ?

I have lost weight. I have quit my job . I have moved out of my apartment. I have quit smoking. I have god rid of annoying friendships. I have solved issues with my family. I have tackled my alcohol issue. LIFE IS FABULOUS NOW

Yes! I used to be such a procrastinator when it came to life goals, or think that doing what I wanted to do was impossible. I have given both of those ways of thinking up in favor of a diving-in-there-and-getting-my-hands-dirty mentality. Learning as I go!

Penthesilea514

Madwife2009 wrote: »

The confidence thing still amazes me. I'm not sure if it's the result of weight loss, or the result of getting older, or maybe a combination but I am much more confident than the younger, obese person I was.

I have been experiencing this a bit too, and I am not sure if it is the weight loss or getting older and NGAF or whatever, but I am much more likely to assert myself more in situations. I am going to be tough to handle when I reach my goal weight! LOL.

laurenebargar

That seeing your progress can be addictive. I was constantly wanting to take new progress pictures and I actually cried last night when I realized the album I had on my phone with all of my progress pictures was deleted somehow (still cant figure out how, still sad) Luckily I posted one on here, was able to find it and so I have my very first one, but thats the best I can get.

AllSpiceNice

Alidecker wrote: »

birgitkwood wrote: »

How much TALLER I feel now that I'm thinner (and I'm 6ft tall, lol)

People used to say I looked taller all the time...especially my dad

Now this is interesting...I'm 5'1" and people tell me all the time I look shorter after losing weight! Like, people I've always known have stopped to look at me and said "Damn - were you always this short?" LOL

But I think they're right. I feel much more petite in general, since losing weight.

ETA: MFP cut off the last two lines of my original post - added them back in. :-)

PaigeInTechnicolor

zelminashibby wrote: »

How the other *kitten* sides of your life become unbearable. How can you keep the other terrible habits when you have such a positive experience with getting rid of the rolls ?

I have lost weight. I have quit my job . I have moved out of my apartment. I have quit smoking. I have god rid of annoying friendships. I have solved issues with my family. I have tackled my alcohol issue. LIFE IS FABULOUS NOW

I love this so much! Congratulations! You are my hero.

pacingoamy

That it is apparently catching. My husband was so impressed with not only my success, but how much I learned about myself and my body on my journey, that he bought a FitBit and downloaded the MFP app. He is down a few lbs, but also eating and feeling MUCH better. His coworkers noticed...so now they both downloaded the app. Both my kids now have a FitBit and we have 'competitions' about healthy stuff. I always covertly try to log so my family didn't feel that I was judging what they ate. But, you can't argue with weighing the same as you did in college 25 years ago and feeling 10 years younger (vs. 10 years older)

laurenebargar

Also that it can be discouraging when your spouse cant see your progress immediately, but I cant see it myself so I cant blame him. But how encouraging it is when you can proudly say how much you have lost so far, and your husband is amazed. I've lost 35 and our dog is 28, he picked her up and said "you lost more than this already that is amazing! I had no idea you lost that much already!" so that was cool, getting to actually feel how much I have lost, even if the dog didnt enjoy being picked up

aeloine

It goes by so fast... but SOOOO slow at the same time!

ridiculous59

PaigeInTechnicolor wrote: »

zelminashibby wrote: »

How the other *kitten* sides of your life become unbearable. How can you keep the other terrible habits when you have such a positive experience with getting rid of the rolls ?

I have lost weight. I have quit my job . I have moved out of my apartment. I have quit smoking. I have god rid of annoying friendships. I have solved issues with my family. I have tackled my alcohol issue. LIFE IS FABULOUS NOW

I love this so much! Congratulations! You are my hero.

I was thinking the same thing

brentleyann1

My dog is fitter! And it's super mortifying when your partner tells others before you are ready. I've still a long way to go but I started to feel a difference within weeks of starting.

thereshegoesagain

I owned and ran a fine dining restaurant for 11 years, loved entertaining friends there. After I sold it, I still loved to eat out, always have. I told myself that I earned it because I worked so hard for all those years, 70-80 hours a week.
I have always been fat, but reached 250lbs on my 5'6 frame, making me morbidly obese.
I finally got it through my head that I deserved to take time for myself and stopped the excessive eating and drinking and began exercising.
I am now at 160ish and have maintained for a couple of years.
No one told me that 9 times out of 10, I would rather stay in and cook, rather than go out just because I want to.

Morganbennett1

So after losing 50lbs, I started to feel great! Every time I saw my reflection, I was like "wow", I look great! That lasted for a few months, then everything changed. To put into perspective, I still have about 30lbs to go before I'm in the "normal" weight range for my 5'2" frame. With the initial weight loss, I thought, this is the greatest, I don't have to keep losing, I look great.

The thing is though, your brain takes a little while to adjust to your "new" body. It took me about 3 months before I adjusted and started to realize that I am still overweight and have a long way to go still. Now, when I look in the mirror, I see a person that is 30+ lbs overweight, not the perfect skinny person I was seeing for the last 3 months.

It's a little disappointing...

That's life though, here goes 30 more lbs!

jayemes

That your "fat" clothes still fit after you've lost 20 lbs. So I'm still wearing my size 14/XL, but they fit now instead of being stretched out to the max. It'll still be awhile before I go down a size but at least my clothes look a little better on me now

jen_bush

1. That people do treat you differently, no matter what we think. We live in a very vain world, unfortunately.

2. That maintaining is the real challenge and way harder than losing, because you stop seeing the number on the scales drop and it's hard to keep track of progress sometimes or missing the motivation seeing weight loss gives
you.

3. That even when you weren't obese in the first place, you will still feel better in every day activities and your skin will get better and your mind will work better.

4. That diets don't work - it took me way too long to realise this since I dieted from the age of 14 to about 20-21. Now the past year and a half I've actually made a lifestyle change, not a quick fix that is not sustainable - and actually get better results and struggle less with gaining it back.

birgitkwood

Eating grapes. One grape fell, and knees instinctively snapped together HARD, hoping to catch the grape on lap. Grape, of course, fell through the thigh gap and rolled... yup, under the couch. While crouched on all fours, searching for the grape, I also found the two bruises on the inside of both knees where I cracked the now unpadded knee bones together. Knee bone castanets... fun times!

Wouldn't change it for the world, lol

LauraInTheWater

That the same people who jumped on the weight loss boat with you will start diving off when it gets hard or boring or when they have lost 10 lbs and decided that's enough.

diahanndaniels

Please fell free to add me to help keep on the right path. Getting to old to put it off anymore.

VeronicaA76

That you kinda freak out doing "normal" things, you weren't able to do because of your weight.

1. Purse across the body and still loose
2. Not worry about chairs with arms
3. Being able to tie your shoes without being in a weird yoga position, nor holding your breath
4. Crossing your legs knee over knee
5. Clothes last longer: thighs aren't ripping them apart at the seams from the rubbing
6. Sitting in a normal size bathtub
7. Being able to snuggle into hotel bathrobes
8. Curling up in a recliner
9. Not checking weight limits: on anything
10. Being more picky on clothes, every store now carriers your size
11. Wearing heels longer without your feet aching
12. Bucket seats are comfortable
13. Riding every ride at amusement parks (at least the adult ones)
14. Playing with little kids in the indoor parks with the tubes
15. Not worrying about flimsy chairs
16. Being able to sit in a chair and putting your heels on the seat with your knees tucked up
17. Not worrying about if a material is "clingy"
18. Being able to curl up in a sweater when it's cold
19. Shower stalls being infinitely more roomy
20. Being able to wrap a standard size bath towel around you, and not worry about it falling off

Yeah, no one tells you how excited you get over "normal" things that are new to you

LindaGilpin59

Morganbennett1 wrote: »

So after losing 50lbs, I started to feel great! Every time I saw my reflection, I was like "wow", I look great! That lasted for a few months, then everything changed. To put into perspective, I still have about 30lbs to go before I'm in the "normal" weight range for my 5'2" frame. With the initial weight loss, I thought, this is the greatest, I don't have to keep losing, I look great.

The thing is though, your brain takes a little while to adjust to your "new" body. It took me about 3 months before I adjusted and started to realize that I am still overweight and have a long way to go still. Now, when I look in the mirror, I see a person that is 30+ lbs overweight, not the perfect skinny person I was seeing for the last 3 months.

It's a little disappointing...

That's life though, here goes 30 more lbs!

wow this is spot on. I have lost 60 pounds with about 40 to go and had been feeling great about the changes until lately and while I am still losing it has slowed down considerably. Last year lost 40 in 4 months and in the last year since I have lost 20. I went bra shopping and the band size went down but the cup size went up - so can't figure that one out. And clothes shopping has become more of a chore because I am between the Womens sizes and Misses sizes. But I just keep on working toward the goal because quitting is not an option!!

CeciliaBobilia

That MFP will stop showing you ads for fast food and start showing you ads for smut and exercise equipment.

everher

I'm not really fat anymore and I don't really know how to deal with that.

I was overweight/obese for so long it had really become a part of my identity. It was how I thought of myself. Not necessarily bad or good. It was just a fact. I was fat.

I'm not ready to think of myself as skinny and I don't think I am yet, but I can't really call myself fat anymore either.

Oddly enough even though I don't think of myself as skinny I feel like I'm already dealing with skinny woman problems.

For example, I went out the other night and got a "light" option that I feel is just as tasty as the full calorie option, but I just felt like I was that woman you know? The one who isn't overweight, but is getting the low calorie option and you're wondering why because it's not like she's fat.

I just struggle with going out to eat in general now. I really have little to no desire to do so. I can make the same dishes at home for a fraction of the cost and calories. A lot of my friends are overweight/obese and I feel bad when we do go out and I'm over here getting a salad with dressing on the side and a water. It feels snooty even though it's just what I want.

Yet another problem is clothing. I've never really gotten the complaints about vanity sizing before, but the other day I realized a dress I was wearing was too big now only to realize that it was a medium which meant I needed a small. I'm still a few pounds over the healthy BMI weight for my height (six if you want to be technical). I shouldn't need size small clothing. Then, I realized if I needed a small now what would I wear once I lose this vanity weight I want to lose? I might end up naked before this is over.

Life is still wonderful and being smaller is wonderful, but man, it is a head trip.

VeronicaA76

CeciliaBobilia wrote: »

That MFP will stop showing you ads for fast food and start showing you ads for smut and exercise equipment.

And beer. Why do I have so many beer ads, I don't like most beers, at all! Now wine, that's a different story.

VeronicaA76

everher wrote: »

I'm not really fat anymore and I don't really know how to deal with that.

I was overweight/obese for so long it had really become a part of my identity. It was how I thought of myself. Not necessarily bad or good. It was just a fact. I was fat.

I'm not ready to think of myself as skinny and I don't think I am yet, but I can't really call myself fat anymore either.

Oddly enough even though I don't think of myself as skinny I feel like I'm already dealing with skinny woman problems.

For example, I went out the other night and got a "light" option that I feel is just as tasty as the full calorie option, but I just felt like I was that woman you know? The one who isn't overweight, but is getting the low calorie option and you're wondering why because it's not like she's fat.

I just struggle with going out to eat in general now. I really have little to no desire to do so. I can make the same dishes at home for a fraction of the cost and calories. A lot of my friends are overweight/obese and I feel bad when we do go out and I'm over here getting a salad with dressing on the side and a water. It feels snooty even though it's just what I want.

Yet another problem is clothing. I've never really gotten the complaints about vanity sizing before, but the other day I realized a dress I was wearing was too big now only to realize that it was a medium which meant I needed a small. I'm still a few pounds over the healthy BMI weight for my height (six if you want to be technical). I shouldn't need size small clothing. Then, I realized if I needed a small now what would I wear once I lose this vanity weight I want to lose? I might end up naked before this is over.

Life is still wonderful and being smaller is wonderful, but man, it is a head trip.

Oh dear yes, all of this. Ordering a salad, because I want a salad and get looks of "why are you ordering a salad, you can eat whatever you want, you're not fat". Clothing, well, they do make most things in an extra small. Or we could just shop in the children's section, it's cheaper anyways. And who knows, you'll just have to find a way to rock that Dora the Explorer t-shirt!

1TheQueenB

What's vanity sizing??

changeyourstarz

I was going through my closet today purging some sizes that are now too big. Yah! I had to smile when I put on a stretchie skirt and it was too big. My 15 year old daughter and I could both fit in it lol. It's these small things that mean so much!

meganpettigrew86

-going hiking knowing you have lost more than the weight in your pack.
-when sparring in muay thai someone catching your hipbone actually hurts them as it is no longer covered by a layer of fat.
-being able to jump higher
-exercise just gets easier
-when playing hide and seek with kids you get more options of hiding spots
-having to buy new clothes due to weight loss rather than gain.

JeromeBarry1

1TheQueenB wrote: »

What's vanity sizing??

Over time, the makers of women's clothing put the same size labels larger garments.

It's either a real thing or it's a river in Egypt.

JeromeBarry1

CeciliaBobilia wrote: »

That MFP will stop showing you ads for fast food and start showing you ads for smut and exercise equipment.

Delete your browsing history.

CeciliaBobilia

@JeromeBarry1 Oh no--I don't think THAT's what it is! Well, unless all those times I googled what a 5'6" hourglass figure looks like at various weights is catching up with me!