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What nobody tells you about losing weight
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Something else that I struggle with is using up the excess energy without irritating others.
YES! haha both my husband and my sister ask me where I get my energy and I can tell I annoy them both!!
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YES! I no longer like just laying around all day, I need to do something....except clean the house...I still hate that!!10 -
I'm pretty sure I was aware I was supposed to get more energy, but I didn't really comprehend. Then when I come home from a two-mile-plus walk past my bedtime because I headed out late, and start cleaning the kitchen and help my (adult) kid with something and then move into cleaning something else only to get her pointed "thought you were going to bed..."
Can I help it I had more energy after my walk than before? It's SO. WEIRD.22 -
That I'd need a better water heater because filling the tub takes more water now.20
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Hopping on the scale too often can get you a little discouraged if the number doesn't move like you think it should. It's better to focus on other indicators of your progress, such as how you look in the mirror or how your pants fit or the fact that you can button your favorite sweater now when you could barely get in on a few weeks earlier. I think these things are far better than the scale.19
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Never thought praising a persons weight loss was rude until reading these blogs. Learning that weight loss is a personal journey. I would not mention to someone their weight gain, why would I mention their loss.11
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I now know what it would be like to lather up and bath another grown up dude. My body feels so different in the shower, it throws me off every single time.14
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Loose skin.6
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That people start telling you that you're too skinny now. And that the weight would come off my boobs first.9
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Loose skin.
Stick with it and exercise. I promise it will tighten up. I’m three years in and stuff is still tightening here and there. There’s a period you go through where everything sags like a stretched out water balloon. Once you’ve reached that pit of gloom and insecurity, it’s all up from there.24 -
springlering62 wrote: »Loose skin.
Stick with it and exercise. I promise it will tighten up. I’m three years in and stuff is still tightening here and there. There’s a period you go through where everything sags like a stretched out water balloon. Once you’ve reached that pit of gloom and insecurity, it’s all up from there.
I am weird and have a weird sense of humor.
I have been shaking mine.
Like an extremely twisted version of twerking.
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MargaretYakoda wrote: »springlering62 wrote: »Loose skin.
Stick with it and exercise. I promise it will tighten up. I’m three years in and stuff is still tightening here and there. There’s a period you go through where everything sags like a stretched out water balloon. Once you’ve reached that pit of gloom and insecurity, it’s all up from there.
I am weird and have a weird sense of humor.
I have been shaking mine.
Like an extremely twisted version of twerking.
Man, I wish I had your confidence and humor!6 -
MargaretYakoda wrote: »springlering62 wrote: »Loose skin.
Stick with it and exercise. I promise it will tighten up. I’m three years in and stuff is still tightening here and there. There’s a period you go through where everything sags like a stretched out water balloon. Once you’ve reached that pit of gloom and insecurity, it’s all up from there.
I am weird and have a weird sense of humor.
I have been shaking mine.
Like an extremely twisted version of twerking.
Man, I wish I had your confidence and humor!
To be fair, my audience is extremely limited, and invite only. 13 -
I did not know until recently that if you’ve spent years buying XXX clothing on Amazon, as soon as you start putting M clothing in your Amazon cart the algorithm asks if you’re really really really sure you don’t want “your usual size”
STFU Bezos. I said M! 45 -
livingagoodlife wrote: »Never thought praising a persons weight loss was rude until reading these blogs. Learning that weight loss is a personal journey. I would not mention to someone their weight gain, why would I mention their loss.
Praising their weightloss isn't rude. How it's done can matter.
Stopping someone at the mall and loudly proclaiming, "Oh MY GAWD! You've lost SOOOOO much weight" -- wrong (this happened to me)
Smiling at someone and saying, "You look like you've trimmed up a bit". -- what I say, and has always been met with a broad smile.13 -
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HawkingRadiation wrote: »livingagoodlife wrote: »Never thought praising a persons weight loss was rude until reading these blogs. Learning that weight loss is a personal journey. I would not mention to someone their weight gain, why would I mention their loss.
Praising their weightloss isn't rude. How it's done can matter.
Stopping someone at the mall and loudly proclaiming, "Oh MY GAWD! You've lost SOOOOO much weight" -- wrong (this happened to me)
Smiling at someone and saying, "You look like you've trimmed up a bit". -- what I say, and has always been met with a broad smile.
That is a nice way of doing it and you are right on not doing the other. Sorry! A simple, "You look great or your outfit is nice, with a smile" would be nice. And not broadcasting it. I guess I think of it more being a counselor, too.6 -
salleewins wrote: »HawkingRadiation wrote: »livingagoodlife wrote: »Never thought praising a persons weight loss was rude until reading these blogs. Learning that weight loss is a personal journey. I would not mention to someone their weight gain, why would I mention their loss.
Praising their weightloss isn't rude. How it's done can matter.
Stopping someone at the mall and loudly proclaiming, "Oh MY GAWD! You've lost SOOOOO much weight" -- wrong (this happened to me)
Smiling at someone and saying, "You look like you've trimmed up a bit". -- what I say, and has always been met with a broad smile.
That is a nice way of doing it and you are right on not doing the other. Sorry! A simple, "You look great or your outfit is nice, with a smile" would be nice. And not broadcasting it. I guess I think of it more being a counselor, too.
Agree! Why not just. ..."I don't know what you're doing, but you look amazing!"7 -
I lost 60 lbs.
I didn't see some people for close to a year. So it was pretty abrupt and shocking. That was okay to remark on.
But there are 2 or 3 people who saw me several times and we're now on time 5 or 6 of me being 'complimented' on my weight loss.
STOP TALKING ABOUT MY BODY IT MAKES ME FEEL ICKY.16 -
How you try to squeeze between tables and cars when someone tries to pass you - and all of a sudden that is utterly unnecessary. Then the looks from the people as if you are being weirdly dramatical (because they don't know you lost 90 lbs and your brain just hasn't caught up yet). Like, "Why is that lady acting like she is in a weird dance routine where she needs to hug a car just because a person is walking within her perimeter?"20
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That I'd stop hanging out with "low energy" friends as much. If all you want to do is sit an a bar and I'm the only one making plans to do other fun stuff, we probably don't have enough in common anymore.20
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That I'd stop hanging out with "low energy" friends as much. If all you want to do is sit an a bar and I'm the only one making plans to do other fun stuff, we probably don't have enough in common anymore.
Sometimes for our own peace of mind we have to find new friends along our weight loss journey. I had someone I felt was a good friend make the remark, "Oh why do you have to eat diet food", when we were out for breakfast. It was because she felt guilty loading up her plate with a large amount of greasy food. I didn't pass any judgement with what she wanted to eat, and I don't want anyone analyzing what I eat. Needless to say I stay clear for any invitations to eat out with her.17 -
FABRICWOMAN wrote: »That I'd stop hanging out with "low energy" friends as much. If all you want to do is sit an a bar and I'm the only one making plans to do other fun stuff, we probably don't have enough in common anymore.
Sometimes for our own peace of mind we have to find new friends along our weight loss journey. I had someone I felt was a good friend make the remark, "Oh why do you have to eat diet food", when we were out for breakfast. It was because she felt guilty loading up her plate with a large amount of greasy food. I didn't pass any judgement with what she wanted to eat, and I don't want anyone analyzing what I eat. Needless to say I stay clear for any invitations to eat out with her.
I'm pretty lucky - no one has been negative or tried to sabotage me yet. I'm not advertising my weight loss. I still go out to eat with them, I just read the menu before we go and order my ONE vodka and soda!
I just find myself drawn to people who match my new life more and want to be active and do all the things I was too self conscious to do before.
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FABRICWOMAN wrote: »That I'd stop hanging out with "low energy" friends as much. If all you want to do is sit an a bar and I'm the only one making plans to do other fun stuff, we probably don't have enough in common anymore.
Sometimes for our own peace of mind we have to find new friends along our weight loss journey. I had someone I felt was a good friend make the remark, "Oh why do you have to eat diet food", when we were out for breakfast. It was because she felt guilty loading up her plate with a large amount of greasy food. I didn't pass any judgement with what she wanted to eat, and I don't want anyone analyzing what I eat. Needless to say I stay clear for any invitations to eat out with her.
Opposite problem. I do eat a lot with friends. Our monthly bunco night is a plethora of homemade treats. That’s my “enjoy” time. It really screws with their heads.
I think several of them secretly suspect I’m bulemic because of how much I eat with them. I see the side glances.
I used to feel awkward about it, but now, I does not care.
Anyone who’s spend any time with me knows about the careful weighing and logging. They don’t see that. They don’t know that I probably ate particularly light earlier that day. Or that I studied the menu in advance and can eat the whole little pizza. If they want to ask questions, “how do you do it?” I’ll happily explain. Otherwise, my pig out, my “problem”. Or not, as the case may be.14 -
That I'd be really, really cold!
I was just about to say that I don't remember being super warm 44lb ago, but I think that'd be a lie. Any lifting or up and down stairs at work would break me out in a hot flush sweat. But I honestly don't think I had issues during autumn/winter.
It's currently 11c here and I already have my dressing gown and bedsocks on
On a positive note, I'm really looking forward to finding out what will happen to me in summer temperatures!11 -
MargaretYakoda wrote: »springlering62 wrote: »Loose skin.
Stick with it and exercise. I promise it will tighten up. I’m three years in and stuff is still tightening here and there. There’s a period you go through where everything sags like a stretched out water balloon. Once you’ve reached that pit of gloom and insecurity, it’s all up from there.
I am weird and have a weird sense of humor.
I have been shaking mine.
Like an extremely twisted version of twerking.
I do this at my (adult) daughter. It's hard to get a good "Moooom, stooooppppp!!" out of her anymore, but this still works.12 -
People think I'm taller...13
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I don't know if it is true for all the cold people, but on a thread there was a lady who had to wear thermals during the summer because it would be 73 with A/C and when she added more oil to her diet it helped her not be so outrageously cold. I eat a lot of oil in my diet, and my God-daughter does as well who is 110 lbs at 5'6" and we are not freezing. I mean, do we get cold when it is 50 degrees outside and it is windy? Yes, but it helps a bunch. Of course, there is a trade-off: it means that you have to settle for smaller portions because oil.9
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sargemarcori wrote: »MargaretYakoda wrote: »springlering62 wrote: »Loose skin.
Stick with it and exercise. I promise it will tighten up. I’m three years in and stuff is still tightening here and there. There’s a period you go through where everything sags like a stretched out water balloon. Once you’ve reached that pit of gloom and insecurity, it’s all up from there.
I am weird and have a weird sense of humor.
I have been shaking mine.
Like an extremely twisted version of twerking.
I do this at my (adult) daughter. It's hard to get a good "Moooom, stooooppppp!!" out of her anymore, but this still works.
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