What nobody tells you about losing weight
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I remember that happening! With me, it was tights, which I rarely wear, so I was completely taken by surprise getting ready one evening to discover they'd gone from nearly-too-short (next size up was too big, naturallyladyreva78 wrote: »I have a entire stack of blouses and jackets waiting for the sleeves to be shortened and the waist to be taken in, along with 2 pairs of jeans I'm going to turn into summer shorts since they'll be too big by fall anyhow. They're already on the 'too big' side of life. Nearly all other jeans I own suddenly need to be shortened by about 2cm as well... what gives legs? Did you shrink on me?. And why is it that sleeves that were on the 'almost too short' side of life are now suddenly so long that it looks like they're eating my hands?
The joys of women's clothing...) to fitting perfectly.
Oh, I was puzzled. "They can't have expanded in the wash, that does not happen! All they've been doing since then is sitting in the drawer... How are they bigger? HOW?"
It took me a good ten minutes to twig that the tights hadn't changed- I had. I hadn't been able to see it in the mirror yet, but my legs had become slimmer/narrower/lost circumference (however you want to put it) , and now the fabric didn't have to go around as far, that meant it stretched further upwards.
Well, I say 'ten minutes'. I'm not including the small period of delighted fascination, where I experimented with my clothes as if they were giant Finger Traps... We were nearly late.
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HeliumIsNoble wrote: »
I remember that happening! With me, it was tights, which I rarely wear, so I was completely taken by surprise getting ready one evening to discover they'd gone from nearly-too-short (next size up was too big, naturallyladyreva78 wrote: »I have a entire stack of blouses and jackets waiting for the sleeves to be shortened and the waist to be taken in, along with 2 pairs of jeans I'm going to turn into summer shorts since they'll be too big by fall anyhow. They're already on the 'too big' side of life. Nearly all other jeans I own suddenly need to be shortened by about 2cm as well... what gives legs? Did you shrink on me?. And why is it that sleeves that were on the 'almost too short' side of life are now suddenly so long that it looks like they're eating my hands? The joys of women's clothing...) to fitting perfectly.
Oh, I was puzzled. "They can't have expanded in the wash, that does not happen! All they've been doing since then is sitting in the drawer... How are they bigger? HOW?"
It took me a good ten minutes to twig that the tights hadn't changed- I had. I hadn't been able to see it in the mirror yet, but my legs had become slimmer/narrower/lost circumference (however you want to put it) , and now the fabric didn't have to go around as far, that meant it stretched further upwards.
Well, I say 'ten minutes'. I'm not including the small period of delighted fascination, where I experimented with my clothes as if they were giant Finger Traps... We were nearly late.
I'm sooooo glad I'm not the only one. For a while I thought I was hallucinating!9 -
That you would have so few clothing items as you don't want to buy too much in a size that is temporary. It rained so I didn't go for a walk for 3 days so the dog was ticked and chewed my well fitted pair of exercise tights...wish she had chewed the too big ones!15
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How tight my clothes were. I have lost 23 lbs but not had to really change any sizes. I didn't realize how tightly I must have been wearing them so now that they actually fit, I am perplexed as to how I used to fit in them. My blinders have been on for 10+ years.40
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bringbackthejoy wrote: »How tight my clothes were. I have lost 23 lbs but not had to really change any sizes. I didn't realize how tightly I must have been wearing them so now that they actually fit, I am perplexed as to how I used to fit in them. My blinders have been on for 10+ years.
Yep.
One of the things that drove me back to MFP, and hopefully to long term success, was what happened after the one time I lost weight and gained it back. It was about 30 pounds. The clothes that I wore the last time I was at this weight did not fit as they did before the weight loss. I learned that I put on FAT when I regained the weight.
I had already been experiencing the change in body composition that comes with aging and staying the same overweight amount. My weight number was stable, but my shape sure had been changing. When I got back up to the same weight I was at before I started the competition I had parts that now literally jiggled. Parts that had not jiggled before.
Maybe this should be in an Ah ha! thread?3 -
bringbackthejoy wrote: »How tight my clothes were. I have lost 23 lbs but not had to really change any sizes. I didn't realize how tightly I must have been wearing them so now that they actually fit, I am perplexed as to how I used to fit in them. My blinders have been on for 10+ years.
I've lost 34lbs so far and I have only dropped 1 pant size. Shirts still fit the same, underwear, everything else is the same size. Kind of disappointing really. I'm almost at my goal weight and I am currently 2 sizes above where
I used to be at that weight.9 -
how baggy my shirts and pants are getting... down two pant sizes. Have over a dozen expensive slacks stacked in guest room. Planning on giving them all to Hospice soon. Right now on the cusp of another pant size but they still look a tad obscene to wear in public yet.. haha4
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ladyreva78 wrote: »HeliumIsNoble wrote: »
I remember that happening! With me, it was tights, which I rarely wear, so I was completely taken by surprise getting ready one evening to discover they'd gone from nearly-too-short (next size up was too big, naturallyladyreva78 wrote: »I have a entire stack of blouses and jackets waiting for the sleeves to be shortened and the waist to be taken in, along with 2 pairs of jeans I'm going to turn into summer shorts since they'll be too big by fall anyhow. They're already on the 'too big' side of life. Nearly all other jeans I own suddenly need to be shortened by about 2cm as well... what gives legs? Did you shrink on me?. And why is it that sleeves that were on the 'almost too short' side of life are now suddenly so long that it looks like they're eating my hands? The joys of women's clothing...) to fitting perfectly.
Oh, I was puzzled. "They can't have expanded in the wash, that does not happen! All they've been doing since then is sitting in the drawer... How are they bigger? HOW?"
It took me a good ten minutes to twig that the tights hadn't changed- I had. I hadn't been able to see it in the mirror yet, but my legs had become slimmer/narrower/lost circumference (however you want to put it) , and now the fabric didn't have to go around as far, that meant it stretched further upwards.
Well, I say 'ten minutes'. I'm not including the small period of delighted fascination, where I experimented with my clothes as if they were giant Finger Traps... We were nearly late.
I'm sooooo glad I'm not the only one. For a while I thought I was hallucinating!
I am not happy about the ever lengthening state of clothes. I can't figure out if slim women are taller than plus sized women or what. All my new clothes fit me around just fine, but they get longer with every size decrease. Petites have even less selection than plus sizes and I'm way too old for the juniors I used to wear before gaining.6 -
MsMaeFlowers wrote: »I've lost 34lbs so far and I have only dropped 1 pant size. Shirts still fit the same, underwear, everything else is the same size. Kind of disappointing really. I'm almost at my goal weight and I am currently 2 sizes above where
I used to be at that weight.
I feel your pain. This is where diet ends and fitness takes over. After I reached my goal weight I joined a gym. One year later I'm two pounds heavier and two sizes smaller. You've figured out the weight issue, now you just need to reduce body-fat and lean out a bit.
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treehugnmama wrote: »That you would have so few clothing items as you don't want to buy too much in a size that is temporary. It rained so I didn't go for a walk for 3 days so the dog was ticked and chewed my well fitted pair of exercise tights...wish she had chewed the too big ones!
I'm having the opposite problem. I keep buying too many clothes, because everything fits and there is so much selection now! I'm like no put it back or you will only get to wear everything in the closet twice before it gets too big, but I just can't get through to myself.13 -
that as waist size reduces, the cost of pants reduces too!!12
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and drawer space3
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jennybearlv wrote: »treehugnmama wrote: »That you would have so few clothing items as you don't want to buy too much in a size that is temporary. It rained so I didn't go for a walk for 3 days so the dog was ticked and chewed my well fitted pair of exercise tights...wish she had chewed the too big ones!
I'm having the opposite problem. I keep buying too many clothes, because everything fits and there is so much selection now! I'm like no put it back or you will only get to wear everything in the closet twice before it gets too big, but I just can't get through to myself.
I did that a while back it had been so many years since I felt good in clothes I went a bit crazy! when I donated them all a month later I was happy for the person getting them but decided I wouldn't do that again till I was at goal. my coat is currently 3l2 to 3 sizes to big....I made it through winter and will by one in the fall7 -
gradchica27 wrote: »zharptichka wrote: »How irritated you would get with people who 'hunt' for parking spots when you're in the car.
It's like, what difference does it make? There's a parking spot right here just take it. Why do we have to circle the lot for ten minutes because you're sure we can find one much closer. I just want to get out of the car *I whine in my whiniest voice ever.* Even if we park in the very last spot it's at most a 2 minute walk. We'll live.
True. Except when I have all four kids with me. Parking lots = possible heart attack trying to keep eyes on the 7&5 yo while chivvying on the slow poke 3 yo and either hefting the "walk! Walk!" Screaming 18 mo (plus any bags) or trying to corral /shove him in the right direction/run after him as he escapes while I try to hurry the 3 yo. That's why I'll hunt for a spot by the door or the cart corral--parking lots plus distracted drivers = nightmare.
This sort of problem is probably why I heard someone declare, years ago, that a woman should "only have as many children as she has hands"...
I bet they're fun when you can get them to all behave and go in the right direction though!
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gradchica27 wrote: »zharptichka wrote: »How irritated you would get with people who 'hunt' for parking spots when you're in the car.
It's like, what difference does it make? There's a parking spot right here just take it. Why do we have to circle the lot for ten minutes because you're sure we can find one much closer. I just want to get out of the car *I whine in my whiniest voice ever.* Even if we park in the very last spot it's at most a 2 minute walk. We'll live.
True. Except when I have all four kids with me. Parking lots = possible heart attack trying to keep eyes on the 7&5 yo while chivvying on the slow poke 3 yo and either hefting the "walk! Walk!" Screaming 18 mo (plus any bags) or trying to corral /shove him in the right direction/run after him as he escapes while I try to hurry the 3 yo. That's why I'll hunt for a spot by the door or the cart corral--parking lots plus distracted drivers = nightmare.
This sort of problem is probably why I heard someone declare, years ago, that a woman should "only have as many children as she has hands"...
I bet they're fun when you can get them to all behave and go in the right direction though!
There comes a point in parenting when you switch from "man on man defence" to "zone defence". That happens as soon as you are outnumbered by your children. Yes, it can be like herding kittens, but who doesn't enjoy a challenge? 21 -
ridiculous59 wrote: »gradchica27 wrote: »zharptichka wrote: »How irritated you would get with people who 'hunt' for parking spots when you're in the car.
It's like, what difference does it make? There's a parking spot right here just take it. Why do we have to circle the lot for ten minutes because you're sure we can find one much closer. I just want to get out of the car *I whine in my whiniest voice ever.* Even if we park in the very last spot it's at most a 2 minute walk. We'll live.
True. Except when I have all four kids with me. Parking lots = possible heart attack trying to keep eyes on the 7&5 yo while chivvying on the slow poke 3 yo and either hefting the "walk! Walk!" Screaming 18 mo (plus any bags) or trying to corral /shove him in the right direction/run after him as he escapes while I try to hurry the 3 yo. That's why I'll hunt for a spot by the door or the cart corral--parking lots plus distracted drivers = nightmare.
This sort of problem is probably why I heard someone declare, years ago, that a woman should "only have as many children as she has hands"...
I bet they're fun when you can get them to all behave and go in the right direction though!
There comes a point in parenting when you switch from "man on man defence" to "zone defence". That happens as soon as you are outnumbered by your children. Yes, it can be like herding kittens, but who doesn't enjoy a challenge?
This just made me thnk of that commerial about herding cats.6 -
bringbackthejoy wrote: »How tight my clothes were. I have lost 23 lbs but not had to really change any sizes. I didn't realize how tightly I must have been wearing them so now that they actually fit, I am perplexed as to how I used to fit in them. My blinders have been on for 10+ years.
Yep.
One of the things that drove me back to MFP, and hopefully to long term success, was what happened after the one time I lost weight and gained it back. It was about 30 pounds. The clothes that I wore the last time I was at this weight did not fit as they did before the weight loss. I learned that I put on FAT when I regained the weight.
I had already been experiencing the change in body composition that comes with aging and staying the same overweight amount. My weight number was stable, but my shape sure had been changing. When I got back up to the same weight I was at before I started the competition I had parts that now literally jiggled. Parts that had not jiggled before.
Maybe this should be in an Ah ha! thread?
That's very interesting!
I'm finding that shaving as am losing fat weight takes less time than before. I guess because there is less ground to cover now that my face is slimmer.
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bringbackthejoy wrote: »How tight my clothes were. I have lost 23 lbs but not had to really change any sizes. I didn't realize how tightly I must have been wearing them so now that they actually fit, I am perplexed as to how I used to fit in them. My blinders have been on for 10+ years.
Yep.
One of the things that drove me back to MFP, and hopefully to long term success, was what happened after the one time I lost weight and gained it back. It was about 30 pounds. The clothes that I wore the last time I was at this weight did not fit as they did before the weight loss. I learned that I put on FAT when I regained the weight.
I had already been experiencing the change in body composition that comes with aging and staying the same overweight amount. My weight number was stable, but my shape sure had been changing. When I got back up to the same weight I was at before I started the competition I had parts that now literally jiggled. Parts that had not jiggled before.
Maybe this should be in an Ah ha! thread?
That's very interesting!
I finding that shaving as am losing fat weight takes less time than before. I guess because there is less ground to cover now that my face is slimmer.
I was JUST about to comment that shaving legs is much easier and quicker!7 -
MsMaeFlowers wrote: »bringbackthejoy wrote: »How tight my clothes were. I have lost 23 lbs but not had to really change any sizes. I didn't realize how tightly I must have been wearing them so now that they actually fit, I am perplexed as to how I used to fit in them. My blinders have been on for 10+ years.
I've lost 34lbs so far and I have only dropped 1 pant size. Shirts still fit the same, underwear, everything else is the same size. Kind of disappointing really. I'm almost at my goal weight and I am currently 2 sizes above where
I used to be at that weight.
Add in heavy lifting if you haven't already. you'll start to shrink and drop sizes.2 -
That your old shoes will fit again! I thought I had grown a shoe size with each pregnancy because my bones spread. Ummmm I was just fatter after each pregnancy! Found an old old pair of sneaks that I love and got sad because I knew they were too small. Tried them on anyway and lo and behold, they fit! Tried a few more oldies on and yeah, feet shrink too!!!17
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