What nobody tells you about losing weight
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quiksylver296 wrote: »That when you lose fat, fat soluble hormones such as estrogen are released wrecking havoc on your body.
I had some of these issues. More intense PMS, period cramping, etc.
I am 53 and hadn't had a period in 3 months when I started losing weight I started having painful periods every 3 weeks. I asked the doctor and she said that estrogen is a fat soluble hormone that is stored in fat. When you lose fat the estrogen is released.6 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »That when you lose fat, fat soluble hormones such as estrogen are released wrecking havoc on your body.
I had some of these issues. More intense PMS, period cramping, etc.
I am 53 and hadn't had a period in 3 months when I started losing weight I started having painful periods every 3 weeks. I asked the doctor and she said that estrogen is a fat soluble hormone that is stored in fat. When you lose fat the estrogen is released.1 -
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Suddenly I feel like I’m free to talk about eating and how much I love food. Before losing 65 lbs, I was ashamed about my relationship with food. I now feel free to openly admit that yes, I love food! No shame.30
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sarahlucindac wrote: »Suddenly I feel like I’m free to talk about eating and how much I love food. Before losing 65 lbs, I was ashamed about my relationship with food. I now feel free to openly admit that yes, I love food! No shame.
I've sort of noticed this. Now I'm the first one to pipe up during work meetings that go through lunch - "Hey people, food is here! Let's eat." I never would have done that before
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sarahlucindac wrote: »Suddenly I feel like I’m free to talk about eating and how much I love food. Before losing 65 lbs, I was ashamed about my relationship with food. I now feel free to openly admit that yes, I love food! No shame.
Oh yes! Me too. Now that I'm 'slim', I can talk about food as much as I like without feeling like I'm going to be judged for it.
And I like talking about food, and thinking about food, a lot. Oddly, planning meals and future treats helps me avoid overeating in the now; my brain seems to be as satisfied with imaginary food as with the real thing
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sarahlucindac wrote: »Suddenly I feel like I’m free to talk about eating and how much I love food. Before losing 65 lbs, I was ashamed about my relationship with food. I now feel free to openly admit that yes, I love food! No shame.
Oh yes! Me too. Now that I'm 'slim', I can talk about food as much as I like without feeling like I'm going to be judged for it.
And I like talking about food, and thinking about food, a lot. Oddly, planning meals and future treats helps me avoid overeating in the now; my brain seems to be as satisfied with imaginary food as with the real thing
Yes! I’m the same way! I have fun planning out my meals and treats as well! It definitely helps keep me on track to know I have yummy food all lined up
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sarahlucindac wrote: »Suddenly I feel like I’m free to talk about eating and how much I love food. Before losing 65 lbs, I was ashamed about my relationship with food. I now feel free to openly admit that yes, I love food! No shame.
Same! I also feel no shame at the grocery store when checking out with a gallon of ice cream or a candy bar.13 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »That when you lose fat, fat soluble hormones such as estrogen are released wrecking havoc on your body.
I had some of these issues. More intense PMS, period cramping, etc.
I am 53 and hadn't had a period in 3 months when I started losing weight I started having painful periods every 3 weeks. I asked the doctor and she said that estrogen is a fat soluble hormone that is stored in fat. When you lose fat the estrogen is released.
I recently saw a Breast Cancer surgeon after a weird Mammo. She very clearly explained that the reason Obesity raises breast cancer risk is that especially post-menopausal fat is not passive but is a strong estrogen hormone producer. Reducing fat reduces the hormone production. I suddenly got the motivation to get rid of it!29 -
rheddmobile wrote: »Madwife2009 wrote: »I’m really really grateful to be at a healthy weight, with normal A1C.
But at age 50 after losing 31 pounds my wrinkles are more visible! Has anyone experienced this? Should I moisturize? Drink more water?
This is normal in my experience. Less fat padding out the wrinkles.
It could be worse - my family clearly has a genetic disposition to noticeable bags under the eyes. I thought that I'd gotten away with it but no, with weight loss comes the dreaded bags (and the life lines). But better those than excessive fat and the health risks of that. At least the bags don't seem to adversely affect physical health (not too sure about mental health as I was really quite upset when I first noticed them).
I have heard others state that their appearances changed over time once goal weight was achieved but not sure if the lines (I prefer lines to wrinkles, wrinkles makes me think of those dogs that have huge skin folds everywhere) improve or not.
Yep, losing the fat padding under your features can definitely make some women look older when they lose weight. I'm like @Madwife2009 in that my sisters and I all have very deep hollows under our eyesockets which tend to fill up with wrinkles and bags. I have one hopeful observation though - I have been maintaining at normal BMI now for a little over a year, and I have noticed my saggy face is tightening up some. The left side of this is me with no makeup first thing on Christmas morning 2017, right side is me on Christmas morning (no makeup except smudgy eye left over from night before!) in 2018. Same weight, same bathroom, same camera and lights, and same expression, but I think my eye bags and the creases around my mouth have improved.
Wow - your photos are wonderful - thanks for sharing! Huge difference in skin tightness and youthful appearance with just patience
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rheddmobile wrote: »Madwife2009 wrote: »I’m really really grateful to be at a healthy weight, with normal A1C.
But at age 50 after losing 31 pounds my wrinkles are more visible! Has anyone experienced this? Should I moisturize? Drink more water?
This is normal in my experience. Less fat padding out the wrinkles.
It could be worse - my family clearly has a genetic disposition to noticeable bags under the eyes. I thought that I'd gotten away with it but no, with weight loss comes the dreaded bags (and the life lines). But better those than excessive fat and the health risks of that. At least the bags don't seem to adversely affect physical health (not too sure about mental health as I was really quite upset when I first noticed them).
I have heard others state that their appearances changed over time once goal weight was achieved but not sure if the lines (I prefer lines to wrinkles, wrinkles makes me think of those dogs that have huge skin folds everywhere) improve or not.
Yep, losing the fat padding under your features can definitely make some women look older when they lose weight. I'm like @Madwife2009 in that my sisters and I all have very deep hollows under our eyesockets which tend to fill up with wrinkles and bags. I have one hopeful observation though - I have been maintaining at normal BMI now for a little over a year, and I have noticed my saggy face is tightening up some. The left side of this is me with no makeup first thing on Christmas morning 2017, right side is me on Christmas morning (no makeup except smudgy eye left over from night before!) in 2018. Same weight, same bathroom, same camera and lights, and same expression, but I think my eye bags and the creases around my mouth have improved.
I have the same eye type as you. Glad to see that there is some improvement after maintaining for a while!6 -
So this is a combo NSV and What No One Ever Told Me.....a couple of months ago I bought a really cute and slender pencil dress. It’s been hanging in full view in my closet as a Goal Dress, and I figured it would be at least the end of the year before there was a snowball’s chance. On a lark, I tried it on a couple of nights ago. I could get it on, but tummy bulged. I went out and bought some Spanx, tried again, and it looked.....astonishing. I couldn’t believe it was me in the mirror. I wore it out to Valentines dinner with hubby and friends. NSV accomplished. What no one told me was....... I would be too self conscious to take off my coat, for fear people (friends, even!) would laugh or point or tell me I had no business wearing it. I didn’t even get a picture in it. I would say, out of my whole life, even the time my bathing suit broke in the pool at band camp(!!!!!!) that was the most stressful body incident I ever experienced. And it was all in my head. When they finally cajoled me to take off my coat, I apologized and told them I probably looked like a stuffed sausage, but they were like “Wow! Awesome! Well done! You look gorgeous!” But instead of accepting the wonderful affirmation of my friends for my hard work and success getting into that dress, all I heard was the commotion inside my head to quick! cover up again!!! So I did. So it’s like a combo Squeee!!!!! and WTF moment. Very bittersweet.63
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This was a big one for me, too — never realized how much I had to use railings to help support my weight and spare my knees until I suddenly stopped having to do it.twatson4936 wrote: »My knees don't hurt going down stairs any longer
This is the biggest motivator for me - to not regain the weight. We live in a two-storey house and five years ago the husband and I were wondering if we’d have to sell and move to a bungalow - because of my knee! I’ve lost about twenty pounds since then and more or less kept it off. The twenty pounds (and my current fitness level) has made a big difference.
What surprised me most was that my doctor didn’t believe me when I came in for a checkup after losing that weight... I told her I had lost the weight by counting calories and using MFP. Even after SHOWING her my food logs and progress chart, she was still skeptical!
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That I would stop being invisible. Weirdest feeling ever.28
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springlering62 wrote: »So this is a combo NSV and What No One Ever Told Me.....a couple of months ago I bought a really cute and slender pencil dress. It’s been hanging in full view in my closet as a Goal Dress, and I figured it would be at least the end of the year before there was a snowball’s chance. On a lark, I tried it on a couple of nights ago. I could get it on, but tummy bulged. I went out and bought some Spanx, tried again, and it looked.....astonishing. I couldn’t believe it was me in the mirror. I wore it out to Valentines dinner with hubby and friends. NSV accomplished. What no one told me was....... I would be too self conscious to take off my coat, for fear people (friends, even!) would laugh or point or tell me I had no business wearing it. I didn’t even get a picture in it. I would say, out of my whole life, even the time my bathing suit broke in the pool at band camp(!!!!!!) that was the most stressful body incident I ever experienced. And it was all in my head. When they finally cajoled me to take off my coat, I apologized and told them I probably looked like a stuffed sausage, but they were like “Wow! Awesome! Well done! You look gorgeous!” But instead of accepting the wonderful affirmation of my friends for my hard work and success getting into that dress, all I heard was the commotion inside my head to quick! cover up again!!! So I did. So it’s like a combo Squeee!!!!! and WTF moment. Very bittersweet.
Hang that dress back in the primo spot - you need to give yourself a 'do-over' 21 -
springlering62 wrote: »So this is a combo NSV and What No One Ever Told Me.....a couple of months ago I bought a really cute and slender pencil dress. It’s been hanging in full view in my closet as a Goal Dress, and I figured it would be at least the end of the year before there was a snowball’s chance. On a lark, I tried it on a couple of nights ago. I could get it on, but tummy bulged. I went out and bought some Spanx, tried again, and it looked.....astonishing. I couldn’t believe it was me in the mirror. I wore it out to Valentines dinner with hubby and friends. NSV accomplished. What no one told me was....... I would be too self conscious to take off my coat, for fear people (friends, even!) would laugh or point or tell me I had no business wearing it. I didn’t even get a picture in it. I would say, out of my whole life, even the time my bathing suit broke in the pool at band camp(!!!!!!) that was the most stressful body incident I ever experienced. And it was all in my head. When they finally cajoled me to take off my coat, I apologized and told them I probably looked like a stuffed sausage, but they were like “Wow! Awesome! Well done! You look gorgeous!” But instead of accepting the wonderful affirmation of my friends for my hard work and success getting into that dress, all I heard was the commotion inside my head to quick! cover up again!!! So I did. So it’s like a combo Squeee!!!!! and WTF moment. Very bittersweet.
"Astonishing" is the key word here.
Your word.11 -
At 200 lbs down, I have found the following surprising:
-Maintaining is much harder mentally than loosing.
-As someone mentioned before, being cold all the time sucks.
-How much I HATE being told I am inspiring or having the talk about "How did you loose all the weight?" Those conversations just make me want to go binge on Reece's Peanut Butter Eggs. When strangers comment on my fitness level, I feel uplifted. When people I know (even family) comment on weight loss, I feel judged. When a mere acquaintance tells me thy are "proud" of me, I want to get violent. It is kind of funny because I do not care about other people's judgments except in this area. I do not care what anyone (other than my wife and daughter) thinks about how I dress, my old truck, my taste in literature, my love of classical music, my nerdy side, my redneck side, my political perspectives, my ignorance of pop culture, my income, etc. But hearing what someone (and everyone seems to think they need to comment) thinks/feels about my weight loss makes me feel like crap. This is a problem in me, not other people, but, oh my, it has surprised me how intense this is.57 -
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lawsonsaysread wrote: »At 200 lbs down, I have found the following surprising:
I do not care what anyone (other than my wife and daughter) thinks about how I dress, my old truck, my taste in literature, my love of classical music, my nerdy side, my redneck side, my political perspectives, my ignorance of pop culture, my income, etc. But hearing what someone (and everyone seems to think they need to comment) thinks/feels about my weight loss makes me feel like crap. This is a problem in me, not other people, but, oh my, it has surprised me how intense this is.
I experience the exact same thing. Which is why I never talk about weight loss with ANYONE while I'm doing it.
I don't get those people at all who need validation from everyone around them or they give up on their weight loss efforts. I want everyone to leave me the F alone and shut up about my weight.
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lawsonsaysread wrote: »At 200 lbs down, I have found the following surprising:
I do not care what anyone (other than my wife and daughter) thinks about how I dress, my old truck, my taste in literature, my love of classical music, my nerdy side, my redneck side, my political perspectives, my ignorance of pop culture, my income, etc. But hearing what someone (and everyone seems to think they need to comment) thinks/feels about my weight loss makes me feel like crap. This is a problem in me, not other people, but, oh my, it has surprised me how intense this is.
I experience the exact same thing. Which is why I never talk about weight loss with ANYONE while I'm doing it.
I don't get those people at all who need validation from everyone around them or they give up on their weight loss efforts. I want everyone to leave me the F alone and shut up about my weight.
I'm on the validation train. Not to say I would give up if people didn't notice (I haven't). But after being made fun of by my cousins growing up because of my weight, I relish hearing them gush about how thin I am, especially since they're all overweight now. Petty? Yes, yes it is.38 -
lawsonsaysread wrote: »At 200 lbs down, I have found the following surprising:
I do not care what anyone (other than my wife and daughter) thinks about how I dress, my old truck, my taste in literature, my love of classical music, my nerdy side, my redneck side, my political perspectives, my ignorance of pop culture, my income, etc. But hearing what someone (and everyone seems to think they need to comment) thinks/feels about my weight loss makes me feel like crap. This is a problem in me, not other people, but, oh my, it has surprised me how intense this is.
I experience the exact same thing. Which is why I never talk about weight loss with ANYONE while I'm doing it.
I don't get those people at all who need validation from everyone around them or they give up on their weight loss efforts. I want everyone to leave me the F alone and shut up about my weight.
(whispers) I think you're awesome and nice going on your work. (runs away)19 -
Hungry_Shopgirl wrote: »lawsonsaysread wrote: »At 200 lbs down, I have found the following surprising:
I do not care what anyone (other than my wife and daughter) thinks about how I dress, my old truck, my taste in literature, my love of classical music, my nerdy side, my redneck side, my political perspectives, my ignorance of pop culture, my income, etc. But hearing what someone (and everyone seems to think they need to comment) thinks/feels about my weight loss makes me feel like crap. This is a problem in me, not other people, but, oh my, it has surprised me how intense this is.
I experience the exact same thing. Which is why I never talk about weight loss with ANYONE while I'm doing it.
I don't get those people at all who need validation from everyone around them or they give up on their weight loss efforts. I want everyone to leave me the F alone and shut up about my weight.
I'm on the validation train. Not to say I would give up if people didn't notice (I haven't). But after being made fun of by my cousins growing up because of my weight, I relish hearing them gush about how thin I am, especially since they're all overweight now. Petty? Yes, yes it is.
Well, there's petty and there's simply being human, right? And living well IS the best way to have revenge after all.15 -
What I noticed last time I lost weight how high tables are ... I had lost the padding on my butt!
Now that I’ve put it on with interest .. how floatable I am! I do not need a life jacket! I do hope next Summer I won’t be so bouyant!!11 -
Angelfire365 wrote: »malcolmjcooper wrote: »kuwick1230 wrote: »That moment when you pull out your drivers license and realize that for the first time in years you actually weigh less than what's printed on the card!!
They put your weight on your licence really that bloody invasive
They don't put your weight on your licence? Where are you from? I'm Canadian, and that's standard. No sarcasm intended, just curious?
I'm Canadian too but we don't have that here in Ontario, just our height.5 -
I'm within 5 pounds of the weight on my licence - I'm pretty excited about that. I haven't been close in years.13
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When I was gaining weight, the last time I bought clothes, I was a size 14. I continued to think I was a size 14, even though my clothes were getting tight.
I then lost about 35 pounds. For someone my height, this is 3-4 dress sizes. Therefore, I thought I was a size 8. I went to go try on clothes for the first time in a while, since my stuff is getting loose.
I am not a size 8. I did drop 3-4 dress sizes, but I am a size 10-12 now. Denial was strong with this person. I was probably up to like an 18 before I started losing, but my brain did not connect.44 -
RelCanonical wrote: »When I was gaining weight, the last time I bought clothes, I was a size 14. I continued to think I was a size 14, even though my clothes were getting tight.
I then lost about 35 pounds. For someone my height, this is 3-4 dress sizes. Therefore, I thought I was a size 8. I went to go try on clothes for the first time in a while, since my stuff is getting loose.
I am not a size 8. I did drop 3-4 dress sizes, but I am a size 10-12 now. Denial was strong with this person. I was probably up to like an 18 before I started losing, but my brain did not connect.
It's sometimes painful when reality hits you in the face. I would always think I gained 10 pounds over the holidays, only to find I gained 25. ugh.9 -
smiliekiwi wrote: »What I noticed last time I lost weight how high tables are ... I had lost the padding on my butt!
Now that I’ve put it on with interest .. how floatable I am! I do not need a life jacket! I do hope next Summer I won’t be so bouyant!!
I've lost about 30. I still float like a MF. I probably need to add more muscle.6 -
kenyonhaff wrote: »lawsonsaysread wrote: »At 200 lbs down, I have found the following surprising:
I do not care what anyone (other than my wife and daughter) thinks about how I dress, my old truck, my taste in literature, my love of classical music, my nerdy side, my redneck side, my political perspectives, my ignorance of pop culture, my income, etc. But hearing what someone (and everyone seems to think they need to comment) thinks/feels about my weight loss makes me feel like crap. This is a problem in me, not other people, but, oh my, it has surprised me how intense this is.
I experience the exact same thing. Which is why I never talk about weight loss with ANYONE while I'm doing it.
I don't get those people at all who need validation from everyone around them or they give up on their weight loss efforts. I want everyone to leave me the F alone and shut up about my weight.
(whispers) I think you're awesome and nice going on your work. (runs away)
lol.. thanks for not being obvious about it.
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Hungry_Shopgirl wrote: »lawsonsaysread wrote: »At 200 lbs down, I have found the following surprising:
I do not care what anyone (other than my wife and daughter) thinks about how I dress, my old truck, my taste in literature, my love of classical music, my nerdy side, my redneck side, my political perspectives, my ignorance of pop culture, my income, etc. But hearing what someone (and everyone seems to think they need to comment) thinks/feels about my weight loss makes me feel like crap. This is a problem in me, not other people, but, oh my, it has surprised me how intense this is.
I experience the exact same thing. Which is why I never talk about weight loss with ANYONE while I'm doing it.
I don't get those people at all who need validation from everyone around them or they give up on their weight loss efforts. I want everyone to leave me the F alone and shut up about my weight.
I'm on the validation train. Not to say I would give up if people didn't notice (I haven't). But after being made fun of by my cousins growing up because of my weight, I relish hearing them gush about how thin I am, especially since they're all overweight now. Petty? Yes, yes it is.
I will never forget one post I read here awhile back. .. a woman losing weight lost 20 pounds, stopped losing and put it all back on because her friends and family didn't compliment her. That's sort of what I meant by "validation".
Sticking it to mean family members is something completely different. lol
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