What nobody tells you about losing weight

palwithme

You can use a regular sized towel when you get out of the shower...and it is one of the best NSVs!

besaro

how simple it really is.

Whittedo

If an important part of your exercise regime is brisk walking the dog, the dog will lose weight too.

carlyn4

I lost 167 pounds kept it off for two years now I have gained sixty back and the reality of how I look was on vacation with friends and photos. Just when my mind got used to my body looking good I got fat again.
Reaching out for support. My fat friends hated when I lost the weight but my boyfriend never knew me before. The world treats you so different based on your weight. Nobody tells you that. Invisible fat ; resented thinner.

tretoptreece

Buy new panties because this will totally happen!

MKEgal

dawnmcneil wrote:

Clothing costs

mrsmay wrote:

I'm trying to wear pants as long as I can before breaking down and buying new ones. It's hard. I feel like everything is falling off of me, but I need to save the money and not buy new clothes every month!

Thrift stores.

And/or find someone with a sewing machine & ask them to take in your pants.
It's not all that hard (depending on how they're constructed).
There are tailoring shops that will do this, but I have no idea how much they cost.
I'd be happy to help people in the greater Milwaukee area (would appreciate a little bit of money
toward gas & supplies, but that's not absolutely necessary). Have thread, will travel. I'll come to you,
or we can meet someplace public where I can plug in the machine & you can try on the clothes.

The uniform pants I'd been wearing for a couple years before I started seriously losing weight
have now been taken in about 12" in the waist & there's no way I can do any more, so I bought
new ones recently... in a M instead of a 2XL!!! Granted, the M is a bit tight right now, but I still
have 40 lb to go, so they'll be comfortably loose before too much longer.

leadixon

BruceHedtke wrote: »

I've gotten a ton of compliments on my weight loss but I've also had friends and family ask me if I was sick. I wasn't expecting that. It's always a good thing to tell them "Nope, I just started eating better and exercising".

While it's flattering to get compliments, I've found the more weight I've lost, the more embarrassing it's been to reveal how much I've lost in total. When I had lost 40-50 lbs, I proudly stated that number whenever asked. Now, I've lost over 90 lbs and if someone asks, I just say something like "I've lost a little" and try to deflect from giving a precise answer.

Why do you think that is? Because then they know more precisely how overweight you were?

hunter6295

palwithme wrote: »

+ You realize you don't need to go into the handicap stall in the bathroom any more to feel like you have enough room. Strange things like that.

I am so glad to see I'm not the only one that uses the handicap stall. I try to make myself feel better by saying I'm claustrophobic but in reality it's because I'm too damn fat!

MKEgal

Pipsg1rl wrote:

Shoe size - I thought it would take more than 20 pounds, but I'm down half a shoe size from a 7 to a 6.5.

I think I should get re-fitted for shoes the next time I need to buy some, 'cause I've noticed that the laces on my current pair are pulled pretty much as tight as they can go (which leaves them flopping on the floor to get stepped on) and the shoes are still getting loose.

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the thought of getting up at 6:00 before work to hit the gym sounds just awful

It is pretty awful, but I decided that on the days I work it's preferable to fighting with the
after-work crowd. And as a plus, my closest co-worker can't tell me I stink, because I've
just had a shower & deodorant. (I didn't stink anyway, but if she does it again I'll know that
she's just being mean, and I can go to HR.)
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the craters on my feet were from the extra weight, not dryness

Mind. Blown.
I just realized that this past winter I really didn't have trouble with my feet cracking, even
though I didn't moisturize like I usually do.
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being overweight (especially obese) is a handicap. you try fitting a BIG badonkadonk in a little itty bitty stall

OK, badonkadonk make me laugh.
But you're right. When I was really huge, I almost couldn't close the door in the normal
bathroom stallls because there wasn't room to get my body out of the way.
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if there is a disabled lady waiting for a stall, I would certainly leave the handicap stall open for her, but only in the same way as I would encourage an elderly lady to go ahead of me in line

Something else to think about is that it can take lots longer for someone with a disability
to get clothes out of the way, transfer to the toilet, etc., so even if she's in line I'd let her jump
the line to get to the larger stall, rather than wait her turn.
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People used to wait for me to finish going up or down the stairs, like there wouldn't be enough room for both of us

Yes.

adbohls

-it only takes six months to gain back what took two years to lose
-you don't realize how good eating healthy makes you feel until you stop doing it

incognitocity

my contribution:

pros:

how insanely strong and proud you will feel. quit smoking and i lost and kept off 80lbs for over a year and a half now, i know i can do anything i set my mind to. anytime i am having
a weak moment i go "WOW. I DID THAT"

also, sleeping better, i had terrible sleep problems when i was overweight

cons:

how so many people you expected to be happy for you, might not be, and especially when you keep it off.

cant tell you how many people i knew when i started to lose would just stop by with crap for me, and when i put my foot down, they disappeared. now when i see them around i hear lovely things like "wow, so you really kept the weight off"

easy way to CUT THE FAT in your life *wink wink* see what i did there?!

scaryg53

HappyCampr1 wrote: »

scaryg53 wrote: »

I've found that people love to be discouraging. A supervisor at work said, "you're so tiny, don't worry, you'll gain it all back." She also said, "you're starting to look frail." Why would you tell someone who has lost weight that they are going to gain it all back?!

I've had people whom I hadn't seen in a few months act surprised that I was still small. I'm thinking "It's only been 8 months of maintenance, people. How fat did you think I was going to get?!!"

Yes! A lot of people think you just go back to your old eating habits after you lose weight, because that's what they would do. Like no, I worked this hard for a reason, I'm keeping it off!

999tigger

You definitely feel the cold more.
Dieting is boring, but the results arent.

mom4tav

Love this thread!!

hbwgonnabe

The best thing about losing weight for me is my back pain is gone. It used to hurt all the time. I even saw a chiropractor every other week but now I don't need to.

mom4tav

I wish there was as like button.. there are so many comments here I want to like. Sorry.. former Facebook addict.

dswope85

started mfp on 2/28
worked on only my calorie intake (needed to form the habit) this month and occasionally taking a walk (more then I've done in a year due to varies reasons)
I have lost a total of 22 pounds as of 3/28 ......
I love mfp ...
I did ww, quit due to lay off ...lack of funds ...THEN FELL OFF TRACK
on it in 2013 I lost 45 pound ,gained all back on my own it did take two years to gain it back + more
+
****what I love the most is my neck skin is not rubbing I have had no irritation!!
**** my close are getting loser
**** I feel alive !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
**** I can move and bend my body ......been so long
****I'm happy
AND MOST OF ALL IT'S FREE .... so if I fall of track I have nothing or no one to blame but my self!

shannonbun

S_Evanson613 wrote: »

Also, i am SO sick and tired of explaining to people that i will not be GAINING muscle or looking like a man with the amount of cals i eat. Just because I lift does not mean i will be bulky and veiny. So frustrating.

Usually they're very uneducated on what that muscle will look like... the idea of a "healthy, thin" woman is usually one with the muscles you'll get from lifting and strength training, not a wispy woman--but when the idea of weights are introduced, people just get all confused. Do what makes you happy, it's your body after all

shannonbun

Nobody tells you about how some of the people who cheered you on when you started to lose weight become jealous and cold when the weight actually does come off... Like they expected you to fail or something, and it's magically your fault that your victory makes them feel bad

RaeBeeBaby

shannonbun wrote: »

Nobody tells you about how some of the people who cheered you on when you started to lose weight become jealous and cold when the weight actually does come off... Like they expected you to fail or something, and it's magically your fault that your victory makes them feel bad

^^^^This! Especially the ones who started along with you and fell by the wayside, while you continued. They'll stop by with cake or bring you candy or a special treat and hang around waiting for you to eat it. So aggravating! I learned how to say 'no thanks' graciously and after a while they stop.