What nobody tells you about losing weight

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  • MrsPinterest34
    MrsPinterest34 Posts: 342 Member
    Ladies, I'm I the only one having bra comfort issues? I feel like my bra keeps rubbing on my rib cage and it's very annoying and uncomfortable. The band is not tight. All the cushing from fat tissue is going away and creating more discomfort for me. I could get a large band bra but that means going up a cup size and well that's too big. I really don't want to wear braletes. I prefer padded bra for a little push up. It's a better look with the tops I wear.
  • HDBKLM
    HDBKLM Posts: 466 Member
    Do you have any option to just wear sports bras or something like that until you hit your goal weight? Bras not fitting well is a big deal if internet horror stories about chafing, etc. are to be believed. But of course bras are expensive do you don't want to reinvest too often, especially when your body is in the process of changing sizes. Of course, a sports bra is not much better than a bralette in this situation, but I'm just trying to think in terms of temporary cost savings.
  • EatingAndKnitting
    EatingAndKnitting Posts: 531 Member
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    jesslla wrote: »
    That knowing that you lose weight everywhere and seeing it in the mirror are two totally different things.

    I've been focused on my belly, because that's where I carry my weight. This morning I was doing my hair, when I looked at my upper arms. They haven't changed diameter wise while measuring with a tape measure, so I didn't really think I was losing there yet.

    But they have gone from being smooth and round (with bingo wings) when raised to having defined arms, with thinner bingo wings that are still just as long as they used to be, just thinner. I did a double take, turned off my blow dryer, and spent a few moments looking at and feeling my arms when I noticed that.

    I wonder how thin the bingo wings will get before the diameter starts to shrink. I don't even care if the skin sags, I expect it to some actually.

    A tip for arms if you have bingo wings that I use: tighten the tape when you measure as much as you can. When you're losing fat there, the amount of fat that can be squished decreases and this leads to a change in measurements that you can track.

    Oooooooooh! That's a good tip. I've just been pulling it snug, but letting things hang too. Thanks! I'll do that and compare it to when I first started, because my arms were pretty smooth then.
  • gymprincess1234
    gymprincess1234 Posts: 493 Member
    jesslla wrote: »
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    jesslla wrote: »
    That knowing that you lose weight everywhere and seeing it in the mirror are two totally different things.

    I've been focused on my belly, because that's where I carry my weight. This morning I was doing my hair, when I looked at my upper arms. They haven't changed diameter wise while measuring with a tape measure, so I didn't really think I was losing there yet.

    But they have gone from being smooth and round (with bingo wings) when raised to having defined arms, with thinner bingo wings that are still just as long as they used to be, just thinner. I did a double take, turned off my blow dryer, and spent a few moments looking at and feeling my arms when I noticed that.

    I wonder how thin the bingo wings will get before the diameter starts to shrink. I don't even care if the skin sags, I expect it to some actually.

    A tip for arms if you have bingo wings that I use: tighten the tape when you measure as much as you can. When you're losing fat there, the amount of fat that can be squished decreases and this leads to a change in measurements that you can track.

    Oooooooooh! That's a good tip. I've just been pulling it snug, but letting things hang too. Thanks! I'll do that and compare it to when I first started, because my arms were pretty smooth then.

    Interesting, I always measured when flexing my biceps, at the biggest part of it.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    gymprincess1234 wrote: »
    jesslla wrote: »
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    jesslla wrote: »
    That knowing that you lose weight everywhere and seeing it in the mirror are two totally different things.

    I've been focused on my belly, because that's where I carry my weight. This morning I was doing my hair, when I looked at my upper arms. They haven't changed diameter wise while measuring with a tape measure, so I didn't really think I was losing there yet.

    But they have gone from being smooth and round (with bingo wings) when raised to having defined arms, with thinner bingo wings that are still just as long as they used to be, just thinner. I did a double take, turned off my blow dryer, and spent a few moments looking at and feeling my arms when I noticed that.

    I wonder how thin the bingo wings will get before the diameter starts to shrink. I don't even care if the skin sags, I expect it to some actually.

    A tip for arms if you have bingo wings that I use: tighten the tape when you measure as much as you can. When you're losing fat there, the amount of fat that can be squished decreases and this leads to a change in measurements that you can track.

    Oooooooooh! That's a good tip. I've just been pulling it snug, but letting things hang too. Thanks! I'll do that and compare it to when I first started, because my arms were pretty smooth then.

    Interesting, I always measured when flexing my biceps, at the biggest part of it.

    That's a pretty valid way of doing it, but may not work for those who have lost a good deal of weight and had fat arms like me. There can be loose skin and more fat left to lose weighing it down, which can't be easily pulled up by flexing.

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