What nobody tells you about losing weight

ultimateyou

Speziface wrote: »

That I'd end donating probably $1000 worth of clothing to charity shops. All of it in good shape, of course, but some of items I really liked and, despite my weight at the time, looked good in. I'm going to miss one aloha shirt in particular.

Could you resize it? Do you know anyone that sows?

dizzimoo

Love this thread!

ekim2016

going to miss so many nice fitting slacks and expensive shirts.. but will donate to a place that helps men find jobs

JenHuedy

Tacklewasher wrote: »

OhMsDiva wrote: »

shelaghcol wrote: »

A great way to give yourself a gentle boost about your weight loss - go to a store and pick up something that's the equivalent of the pounds you've dropped.
Carry it around the store for about ten minutes. Then put it back and walk through the store again.

That is interesting, but I do not honestly think that I could do it. As a matter of fact, I am pretty sure I cannot.

Huh.

Walking around with 100+ lb bag of something.

Nope. Not gonna happen.

I carry 50 pound bags of water softener salt down to the basement every week.

Two at a time.

Just because I can, now!

And every step of the way I remind myself that I used to carry around an extra 90 pounds with every step, for every single second of the day.

Speziface

ultimateyou wrote: »

Speziface wrote: »

That I'd end donating probably $1000 worth of clothing to charity shops. All of it in good shape, of course, but some of items I really liked and, despite my weight at the time, looked good in. I'm going to miss one aloha shirt in particular.

Could you resize it? Do you know anyone that sows?

Maybe, but I'm talking about needing to take out at least half the fabric in some items. I'd had a custom kilt made before the weight loss. After the loss I had it retailored (not altered) and you wouldn't believe how much fabric they removed.

So I've got a spot on my dresser where I stack up clothes that don't fit and when it gets too high I make a run to the charity shop. And I keep an eye out for clothing sales and replace an item or two at a time instead of all at once.

dutchandkiwi

Speziface wrote: »

ultimateyou wrote: »

Speziface wrote: »

That I'd end donating probably $1000 worth of clothing to charity shops. All of it in good shape, of course, but some of items I really liked and, despite my weight at the time, looked good in. I'm going to miss one aloha shirt in particular.

Could you resize it? Do you know anyone that sows?

Maybe, but I'm talking about needing to take out at least half the fabric in some items. I'd had a custom kilt made before the weight loss. After the loss I had it retailored (not altered) and you wouldn't believe how much fabric they removed.

So I've got a spot on my dresser where I stack up clothes that don't fit and when it gets too high I make a run to the charity shop. And I keep an eye out for clothing sales and replace an item or two at a time instead of all at once.

As somebody that sews- if it is more than a size it really becomes a hassle. I have altered a few items that I really really love but honestly it has to be something special to do that. It is a lot of work for little gain and quite frankly a pain in the proverbial even if I'd get paid for it.
I'd rather sew something new and donate the stuff to somebody in need (and I have)

VintageFeline

dutchandkiwi wrote: »

Speziface wrote: »

ultimateyou wrote: »

Speziface wrote: »

That I'd end donating probably $1000 worth of clothing to charity shops. All of it in good shape, of course, but some of items I really liked and, despite my weight at the time, looked good in. I'm going to miss one aloha shirt in particular.

Could you resize it? Do you know anyone that sows?

Maybe, but I'm talking about needing to take out at least half the fabric in some items. I'd had a custom kilt made before the weight loss. After the loss I had it retailored (not altered) and you wouldn't believe how much fabric they removed.

So I've got a spot on my dresser where I stack up clothes that don't fit and when it gets too high I make a run to the charity shop. And I keep an eye out for clothing sales and replace an item or two at a time instead of all at once.

As somebody that sews- if it is more than a size it really becomes a hassle. I have altered a few items that I really really love but honestly it has to be something special to do that. It is a lot of work for little gain and quite frankly a pain in the proverbial even if I'd get paid for it.
I'd rather sew something new and donate the stuff to somebody in need (and I have)

This is me. I HATE doing alterations.

Speziface

dutchandkiwi wrote: »

Speziface wrote: »

ultimateyou wrote: »

Speziface wrote: »

That I'd end donating probably $1000 worth of clothing to charity shops. All of it in good shape, of course, but some of items I really liked and, despite my weight at the time, looked good in. I'm going to miss one aloha shirt in particular.

Could you resize it? Do you know anyone that sows?

Maybe, but I'm talking about needing to take out at least half the fabric in some items. I'd had a custom kilt made before the weight loss. After the loss I had it retailored (not altered) and you wouldn't believe how much fabric they removed.

So I've got a spot on my dresser where I stack up clothes that don't fit and when it gets too high I make a run to the charity shop. And I keep an eye out for clothing sales and replace an item or two at a time instead of all at once.

As somebody that sews- if it is more than a size it really becomes a hassle. I have altered a few items that I really really love but honestly it has to be something special to do that. It is a lot of work for little gain and quite frankly a pain in the proverbial even if I'd get paid for it.
I'd rather sew something new and donate the stuff to somebody in need (and I have)

That makes perfect sense. I went from wearing slightly snug 34-inch waist pants and size large shirts to loose 30-inch waist pants (you wouldn't believe how hard it is to find 29-inch waist pants) and size small shirts. I'd looked into having some of them altered and was quoted prices that were higher than just buying new clothes. So to the charity shops.... (And it really hurt giving up some of those items, but other people needed them more than me.) Fortunately Dillard's has frequent mega-sales on their men's clothes.

MelodiousMermaid

What nobody told me about losing weight:

1. HOLY HORMONES, BATMAN! (No. Seriously. Life is a freakishly crazy rollercoaster right now, and I'm only around 35-40% done. And I'm not talking about "shark week." Though that is definitely a great name for it now!)
2. Clothing fit is not going to be there on anything but stretchy items such as running pants. My running pants (which I actually use for triking) are the only "decent fitting" pants I own. Sure, I have pants that stay up, and have a few more sizes I stored away for the eventuality of getting into this thing for real, but the fit is so off due to the different shape I am at these weights versus my body composition before at these weights, as well as #3.
3. THE POUCH. Pooch. Whatever you want to call it. It's now a "soft W" when I'm wearing pants, and causes a ton of issues for me in water workouts, unless I wear "control garments." Honestly, at this point I couldn't care less about the girls (although I have to admit shrinkage there does help reduce pain!). I want this thing gone like yesterday, and I know that's totally not going to happen.
4. That I would get a new pet peeve. I can't stand BMI talk anymore, particularly relating to end goals, etc. I will probably be "overweight" on the BMI scale when I'm done, but strengthening my body for the long haul is so much more important. I'll happily be "overweight" for the rest of my life.
5. That I would actually find myself preferring to use a food scale for measurements. Once I got the hang of it and learned a few tricks, I LOVE using the food scale!
6. That I would gain a silly new secret habit. When I'm at home and I really, really enjoy something I made, I lick the utensils and plate/bowl clean. Gosh darn it, I weighed everything and got it programmed in -- I've earned this!

Thank you all for your comments! I've really enjoyed reading through all of this thread over the last few weeks! Great laughs, insights, and inspiration abound!

JenObRN

VeronicaA76 wrote: »

LauraInTheWater wrote: »

So...I'm at a healthy BMI--almost the exact middle of the healthy range and I'm a size 00-0. Wtf do I even wear? I can't wear juniors clothing because it has holes in it or the shirts are cropped tops and I work at a jail. And I'm not a petite, they fit weird. No one told me I would have to start buying bigger clothes and getting them altered. Thank God I'm transitioning to maintenance now. I just feel like the women of MFP should band together and form a clothing line that makes sense for women who are losing weight.

It's more of an annoyance, really.

Go to the juniors department at nicer department stores. Much more conservative styles, including nice blouses and actual trousers, not just denims. Also, for a nice pair of demins go online Levi's sizes thiers by waist size and the 501 line are 100% cotton and fit true to size (ie NOT skinny jeans) (Macy's, Nordstrom's etc).

This! I was going to say, "where the heck are you shopping". Any nice department stores are going to have nice jr-sized clothing. Heck! Even Kohls has good options. Before I was a nurse, I was a purchasing agent and had the cutest clothes. Cute skirts, cute blouses... I couldn't fit anything that wasn't in the Jr-department.
Of course, I weighed maybe 110 lbs @ 5'4".

cbeutler

Nobody warned me about drunken weighloss face/ugly weighloss face. Just am in one of those awkward spots where my weigh loss shows in part of my face and fat Craig shows in the other. The result I look hammered stone cold sober;)

beerfoamy

cbeutler wrote: »

Nobody warned me about drunken weighloss face/ugly weighloss face. Just am in one of those awkward spots where my weigh loss shows in part of my face and fat Craig shows in the other. The result I look hammered stone cold sober;)

omg! this is what is happening to me - thought it was just a poor photo!
I look really gaunt on parts of my cheeks when running. Looks horrible - hoping that it stops soon!

VeronicaA76

Alatariel75 wrote: »

VeronicaA76 wrote: »

That I had to buy new socks. They are all too loose now.

Seriously? I have size 7 (women's) feet, my husband has size 12 (men's) feet and we interchange socks all the time... are you sure they didn't just wear out and lose their elastic?

I shrank a full shoe size! And my old feet/calves were bigger: they stretched out my socks.

roserly

I'm back! This might gross some out but...Today I pleasantly discovered that acne under my arms and around my bra is gone. I think this is because I've lost weight PLUS eating differently. But mostly loss because now I'm not sweaty and fat and nothing is rubbing. Lol So far everything about losing weight for me is a huge plus. I love MFP!

CaladriaNapea

The biggest thing no one told me about weight loss, well actually calorie counting I suppose, is that it would hugely improve my money management. It took me a couple months in to realize that if I was tracking every calorie, then I should be tracking every penny just as closely. I got a tracking app for that and all the same principles that made my weight loss successful helped turn my finances around too.

Bluetail6

Really cool ^^!!