What nobody tells you about losing weight

Intentional_Me

treehugnmama wrote: »

that different days you can see a different reflection in the mirror. I just posted that I could see my loss (59.6 pounds) in the mirror finally after many months of not seeing it. yesterday I saw the pre loss me looking back...she was smiling though so that's what matters. it's weird I still have 75 to go so i know im not there but the body image thing is odd!

I experience this too! I think it's because the first time I lost a significant amount of weight I did it in a really unhealth way (VLCD) so a 65 pound loss in 3 months (yikes) was pretty noticeable. This time it has been slow and steady so I actually have to think about where I came from if that makes sense!

PhedraJD

@FinallyFatToFit I had noticed this as well and feel the same way. Darn it, I have worked hard, making decision after decision, taking on step after another (literally and figuratively) to get where I am now. Darn it! I am very proud of each and everyone of those decisions and steps. I am already 1/3 of the way to my goal, and I am enjoying being that much closer to where I want to be, what I have accomplished, and what I can do. I am also looking forward to all those new things I will accomplish, and be able to do.

jacintadibble

For me, it is confidence. I look ahead now, instead of down, when I walk.

ChrisNels1

jacintadibble wrote: »

For me, it is confidence. I look ahead now, instead of down, when I walk.

This! I notice that most people are staring at the floor. I used to be one of them. I hold my head up and shoulders back because it looks better on the body. I say hi to everyone, especially them looking down.

carriefingholt

Thank you all for your entries! I'm back on the wagon again myself, and it is so inspiring to see all of you on here and read about your successes. I'm not alone

SueSueDio

ChrisNels1 wrote: »

jacintadibble wrote: »

For me, it is confidence. I look ahead now, instead of down, when I walk.

This! I notice that most people are staring at the floor. I used to be one of them. I hold my head up and shoulders back because it looks better on the body. I say hi to everyone, especially them looking down.

Yes! I find myself "walking taller" now - still look down sometimes, but far less often than I used to! (And you can't catch sight of your reflection in the pavement... )

NancyYale

I'm always surprised when I catch a glimpse in the mirror. With clothes on, it's oooooo cool! With clothes off - at 119 ponds lost and at 52 - it's UGH when the heck did THAT happen?

Lose saggy baggy skin EVERYEHERE is not fun. But feeling boundless energy and 20 yrs younger are worth it.

salleewins

It isn't as nasty warm in the summer anymore.

Sp8zmanSpiff

Anyone else notice it takes less alcohol to get a buzz than before? I used to drink the high alcohol content beers to get a buzz, now any beer gives me a buzz.

nuffer

Sp8zmanSpiff wrote: »

Anyone else notice it takes less alcohol to get a buzz than before? I used to drink the high alcohol content beers to get a buzz, now any beer gives me a buzz.

Yeah, the liquor budget is definitely in the black now!

daworley

NanCaudill wrote: »

My spouse is no longer talking about a king size bed, the queen size fits much better
I can wear clothes again that I refused to throw out when I injured my knee, its like having a store to shop in!
I am no longer snoring!!
My back doesnt hurt as much anymore when I sit all day at work

just a few and with just 26lbs lost. I have a long way to go and I feel this is the best Ive ever done. At 54 I had given up, but now Im gaining a new way of thinking!

You sound like me! Same age, same outcomes and about the same weight loss! We are just getting better all the time!

Bentnotbroken130

tomteboda wrote: »

Nobody told me that my physical deformity from scoliosis would become much more visible and prominent when not hidden under 100 lbs of fat.

Oh well. I'll take the sloped shoulders and slightly weird ribcage over the weight.

I'm noticing that now... 7 inches off the chest showing all my twistedness I have 3 curves now very noticable, and rib cage is very prominent. But 7 inches gone, and my back feels better for it I wore a fitted shirt the other day showing off curves and all anyway. Stay strong

youdoyou2016

That when you don't have much left to lose, it can seem like there is a lot left to lose. The last several days, all I keep noticing is my belly. I look down and there it is. Hey, what?! Then I realize that's the last to go. With everything else nearly gone, I just have a belly left. But: a little pot belly! It just seems so noticeable to me now. What the heck, body?!

canadianlbs

that the fat would be leaving my body in different sequence from how it arrived. it must have been quite a while ago that i passed 135 pounds on my way up, but i'm pretty darned sure i didn't have these strange little pockets and blobs of the stuff still hanging on in random places.

i remind myself of bare ground in spring, where there's still little mounds of snow lying around.

Jezreel12

That I can run up the steps at my job and not become tired like before. And for every pound of fat weight lost, my knees are spared 4 lbs of weight pressure when I walk or run. I'm so sorry knees for all the abuse I put you through because of my mouth!

AnirudhBobbili

I realized i could actually see my abs today and it felt wonderful. It was a distant dream for me 10 months ago.

ina7siete

How many weeks after clean diet or weights? Im dying to get washboard abs. How much protein per day do i need

maybe1pe

A weird number of my friends now seem overly concerned that I don't eat enough. And are ALWAYS trying to feed me when we hang out. I eat plenty but I think because they see me getting smaller they're somehow convinced I'm starving myself.

joans1976

Less or no headaches.

Borderline unhealthy obsession with weight loss, measurements, numbers.

Being cold. All. The. Time.

Finding muscle under fat. Who knew?!?!

rickc74

joans1976 wrote: »

Less or no headaches.

Borderline unhealthy obsession with weight loss, measurements, numbers.

Being cold. All. The. Time.

Finding muscle under fat. Who knew?!?!

The cold hasn't hit me yet, but I'm with you on the rest. I've had noticably less headaches, I attribute that to less sugar. And I think the miscles are a combination of building them and uncovering them all at the same time. Love it.