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What nobody tells you about losing weight
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less butt= longer pants23
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aerochic42 wrote: »less butt= longer pants
That having less butt changes your seating in all sorts of ways. Including that smallest room.
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I've switched to buying my clothes at Ross or Target since my sizes changed this last year. I don't buy as much since I know it's only for now. I wash my clothes more often so I don't have to buy new clothes. I'll get a mani/pedi or a massage once in awhile instead of spending the money on clothes since everything is changing. That includes glasses! Since losing 35 lbs (so far) my glasses just don't look the same on my face; in fact they dig into my cheeks!13
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I have to remind myself to be patient and understanding with people when they notice I've lost weight and ask how I did it. Real food, lean proteins, fruits and vegetables, little starch, weigh and measure and log my food in MFP every day. Almost all say "Oh, I couldn't . . . " whatever it is. Give up this, that, don't like weighing and measuring, don't like vegetables, couldn't live without x . . .yep. I have to remember my own history of thoughts and emotions around food choices and behavior.21
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I didn't know how to eat in a healthy way! I had to join a few food addictions groups and try their food plans until I learned how to eat, and what real food is. Food Addicts Anonymous has a plan which really helped me learn what to eat and what to avoid to stop the cravings. It was a good solid start for me. Logging my food was a shock at first! So were portion sizes!12
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I do so many hot classes and sweat so badly that the protective coatings on my very expensive astigmatic trifocal glasses bubbled and started peeling off.
I look like a latter day version of nerds who tape their glasses together.
I just can’t bear to go spend another grand on freaking glasses.
I upgraded to schleral contacts but they are uncomfortable and I can literally only focus about 18 inches from my face. I can’t even identify people unless they start talking, which is getting embarrassing. “I saw you at so and so and you ignored me. Everything ok?” How awkward to explain, “I can’t see who you are.” Yeah, I bet they believe that.
Weight loss is playing havoc with all my eye apparatus.16 -
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Anyone else's shoe size go down? I've been the same size (UK 9) since I was 14 and didn't start putting on weight until I was in my late 20s, but now that I've finally lost the weight my feet are only a size 8! That was completely unexpected...I didn't realise this could be a thing!19
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Anyone else's shoe size go down? I've been the same size (UK 9) since I was 14 and didn't start putting on weight until I was in my late 20s, but now that I've finally lost the weight my feet are only a size 8! That was completely unexpected...I didn't realise this could be a thing!
Yes, yes it did. I lost about half a size. Pretty sure it actually came from less weight on them meaning they spread out less far. At least I think it's more that than fat loss. My fee were never observably more padded than they are now.6 -
I do so many hot classes and sweat so badly that the protective coatings on my very expensive astigmatic trifocal glasses bubbled and started peeling off.
I look like a latter day version of nerds who tape their glasses together.
I just can’t bear to go spend another grand on freaking glasses.
I was surprised to learn that the anti-scratch coating on my glasses had a warranty as the optometrist's technician only told me after I complained about it not lasting very long (i.e., didn't mention it upfront as part of the original sales pitch). Couldn't hurt to check for yours. Even if yours are now out of warranty, useful information going forward from here if it does.
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Anyone else's shoe size go down? I've been the same size (UK 9) since I was 14 and didn't start putting on weight until I was in my late 20s, but now that I've finally lost the weight my feet are only a size 8! That was completely unexpected...I didn't realise this could be a thing!
My feet 'expanded' in pregnancy, and stayed that way after, until I lost weight, now I am back to pre-pregnancy size.6 -
When people ask you how you lost weight, they seem to become disenchanted to find out that you had to work hard and diligently to lose the weight over a period of time. They seem to want a quick fix, which is what I had always wanted, but came to the realization that it takes time and practice. It is well worth the effort in the end.22
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FABRICWOMAN wrote: »When people ask you how you lost weight, they seem to become disenchanted to find out that you had to work hard and diligently to lose the weight over a period of time. They seem to want a quick fix, which is what I had always wanted, but came to the realization that it takes time and practice. It is well worth the effort in the end.
100%. I've lost 120 pounds. After failing to diet for almost 15 years. Yet a decent chunk of my family will ask what I did, then dismiss it like I dont know what I'm talking about, since it's not a fast or super easy solution. And these happen to be family members that are in the worst shape of their lives.16 -
FABRICWOMAN wrote: »When people ask you how you lost weight, they seem to become disenchanted to find out that you had to work hard and diligently to lose the weight over a period of time. They seem to want a quick fix, which is what I had always wanted, but came to the realization that it takes time and practice. It is well worth the effort in the end.
100%. I've lost 120 pounds. After failing to diet for almost 15 years. Yet a decent chunk of my family will ask what I did, then dismiss it like I dont know what I'm talking about, since it's not a fast or super easy solution. And these happen to be family members that are in the worst shape of their lives.
Yeah, I've hit this too. I am not sure if I believe that people just can't (or can't yet) handle the idea of changing some deeply ingrained eating habits, or just have so thoroughly bought into diet industry bs that it just CANNOT be that easy.
Or both.
Either way, I've definitely hit that dismissal.8 -
I definitely had a vague belief that losing a lot of weight meant either having surgery or it meant adopting an eating plan which meant your whole life revolved around eating at certain times and you couldn't eat with people at the holidays or eat out any more, and you had to start doing triathalons and have your entire life consumed by exercise and you never got to eat anything interesting or varied any more. And I wasn't willing to give up being able to sit down with my family at Thanksgiving, and I already knew my body doesn't like vegetables (thanks IBS) and I have trauma to weightbearing joints that means that I will never run for exercise, so I figured that that was just something I couldn't do.
Of course, here I am 55 pounds down knowing that those were false beliefs. Although I still don't eat vegetables and I don't run for exercise. (I walk around more than I used to, though.... my standing budget got bigger.)23 -
FABRICWOMAN wrote: »When people ask you how you lost weight, they seem to become disenchanted to find out that you had to work hard and diligently to lose the weight over a period of time. They seem to want a quick fix, which is what I had always wanted, but came to the realization that it takes time and practice. It is well worth the effort in the end.
100%. I've lost 120 pounds. After failing to diet for almost 15 years. Yet a decent chunk of my family will ask what I did, then dismiss it like I dont know what I'm talking about, since it's not a fast or super easy solution. And these happen to be family members that are in the worst shape of their lives.
Same. Many want to hear about gimmicks like cutting carbs or juicing everything.9 -
Anyone else's shoe size go down? I've been the same size (UK 9) since I was 14 and didn't start putting on weight until I was in my late 20s, but now that I've finally lost the weight my feet are only a size 8! That was completely unexpected...I didn't realise this could be a thing!
Oh yes, that's a thing! An expensive thing as well...5 -
aerochic42 wrote: »less butt= longer pants
I had no idea this was a thing, until I kept having to take my skirt hems in! I wear maxi's all the time. Then I kept walking on the skirt hems, after I would maybe fix a waist. At first, I didn't understand why my skirts kept getting longer... I was like "Why is this happening??!" But when you said that, that is sooo a thing. My hubby said my skirts no longer need to cover my butt, of course it is happening in the front - the sides. The incredible elongating skirts!!13 -
Anyone else's shoe size go down? I've been the same size (UK 9) since I was 14 and didn't start putting on weight until I was in my late 20s, but now that I've finally lost the weight my feet are only a size 8! That was completely unexpected...I didn't realise this could be a thing!
I find that my ankle socks come up higher on my feet than they use to.6 -
Body dysmorphia is a thing. The scale tells me I have lost weight and if I take side-by-side pics it is so obvious, as well as my clothing size being much smaller. But yet I still feel like I am as big as ever and I am in mortal fear of gaining the weight back.
For me, the scale says I've lost weight and i fit in smaller clothing but i feel like when I look in the mirror that I am smaller than I actually am.
Then I do a side by side picture and realise I'm less fat but still fat.18 -
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FABRICWOMAN wrote: »When people ask you how you lost weight, they seem to become disenchanted to find out that you had to work hard and diligently to lose the weight over a period of time. They seem to want a quick fix, which is what I had always wanted, but came to the realization that it takes time and practice. It is well worth the effort in the end.
This is so true.6 -
justanotherloser007 wrote: »aerochic42 wrote: »less butt= longer pants
I had no idea this was a thing, until I kept having to take my skirt hems in! I wear maxi's all the time. Then I kept walking on the skirt hems, after I would maybe fix a waist. At first, I didn't understand why my skirts kept getting longer... I was like "Why is this happening??!" But when you said that, that is sooo a thing. My hubby said my skirts no longer need to cover my butt, of course it is happening in the front - the sides. The incredible elongating skirts!!
I realise that this is happening with my trouser legs too!4 -
justanotherloser007 wrote: »aerochic42 wrote: »less butt= longer pants
I had no idea this was a thing, until I kept having to take my skirt hems in! I wear maxi's all the time. Then I kept walking on the skirt hems, after I would maybe fix a waist. At first, I didn't understand why my skirts kept getting longer... I was like "Why is this happening??!" But when you said that, that is sooo a thing. My hubby said my skirts no longer need to cover my butt, of course it is happening in the front - the sides. The incredible elongating skirts!!
This happens with shirts as well - less belly lets the shirt hang farther down... I have broad shoulders and can comfortably wear x-large shirts, but they hang past my crotch.7 -
Nobody told me I wouldn't be able to fit my smartphone in my jeans front pockets anymore
I've been frustrated at smartphones getting bigger and bigger for a while now (I have small hands) but my jeans pockets have gotten smaller along with my jeans size and now I am super frustrated!
(and annoyed at the sexism, smartphones not being designed with smaller female hands in mind and women's clothing having smaller pockets than men's!)
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They don't tell you that there is no end game. You have to make changes forever, for the rest of your life. If you don't, then you'll go right back to where you were before the weight loss.39
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That the longer you been overweight or obese and or the older you are may play into it also, when you lose weight you may have a jiggly body that needs exercise that may or may not tighten things up. Ugh, but it's better than being overweight.
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justanotherloser007 wrote: »aerochic42 wrote: »less butt= longer pants
I had no idea this was a thing, until I kept having to take my skirt hems in! I wear maxi's all the time. Then I kept walking on the skirt hems, after I would maybe fix a waist. At first, I didn't understand why my skirts kept getting longer... I was like "Why is this happening??!" But when you said that, that is sooo a thing. My hubby said my skirts no longer need to cover my butt, of course it is happening in the front - the sides. The incredible elongating skirts!!
I had to give away all my yoga tights, because they looked like elephant legs on me and looked like loose pants. I'm not complaining, just brought new SMALLER ones.12 -
willboywonder wrote: »They don't tell you that there is no end game. You have to make changes forever, for the rest of your life. If you don't, then you'll go right back to where you were before the weight loss.
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They don't tell you that logging your food feels like paying for it, so if you measure out and log a certain portion then you are going to make sure that you eat every last scrap of it and lick your plate.37
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