What nobody tells you about losing weight

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  • kimcalica
    kimcalica Posts: 525 Member
    HappyCampr1 wrote: »
    SingRunTing wrote: »
    Shopping is no fun now.

    My body has completely changed and I have no idea what looks good on me anymore. The styles I used to go for now look ridiculous. I get completely overwhelmed and end up leaving with nothing.

    I'm getting better at being more adventurous with my choices and just trying stuff on, but its stressful instead of fun.

    I agree, although it's getting better. I've started taking trips to the stores where I have no intention of buying anything. It's just a see what size I wear and what looks good on me trip. I take pictures in the dressing room. It's helped relieve the stress because I don't feel I have to make a decision. I'm just seeing the options.
    caroldavison332 wrote: »
    justrollme wrote: »
    Angelfire365 wrote: »
    Carnhot wrote: »
    Part of it for me is wanting to get wear out of clothes in that window of opportunity between them being too small and too big. I am trying to maximise the benefit of the Goldilocks period.

    'Goldilocks Period' That is so perfect. I'm using that. :)

    I just thought the exact same thing! :smiley:

    Last week I was visiting with family, and I brought along a couple of skirts and dresses, never even considering that they'd be too big. One dress and one skirt are not save-able without a lot of tailoring, the other dress I shrank (it's so nice to throw things in the dryer and hope they come out smaller!) and the other skirt had a drawstring. Next time I'm away, I'll have to pack a lot more carefully. Looking forward to the next closet overhaul!

    I'm in a great spot because my style was always for smaller girls and when I was big, I could never wear the kind of stuff I wanted to.. Asian fashion has always been something I've dreamed of wearing and I just got back from San Francisco and visited Chinatown and jtown.. I fit into and bought things that were at one time a complete impossibility.. I never got past the window shopping phase before, and last week, everything I tried on, fit.. It was truly a dream come true for me.. A Long awaited one!
  • kimcalica
    kimcalica Posts: 525 Member
    I don't think I did that right lol.. I said the second quote lol
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    caroldavison332 wrote: »
    mrsfitzyv8 wrote: »
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    You will be hungry pretty much all the time unless you have a cheat day.

    Everyone says you will get used to it or if you eat different types of foods (more protein, more "whole" foods, more fiber, etc.), you will feel satiated. They are lying. It will be a constant struggle to decide whether you want to feel hungry for the rest of your life or whether you will be fat for the rest of your life. I'm approaching nearly 2 years, and I'm just over 50% to my goal. It hasn't gotten any easier with time nor with different types of foods. There have been times I stuck with it only because I didn't want to leave my MFP friends.

    I must be weird because I'm finding that I'm not constantly starving all the time. When I was eating crappy food and sugary drinks I was always hungry. And grumpy and bloated.

    sugar and crap food which quickly converts to it makes your body release insulin which tells you that you are hungry.

    Insulin doesn't tell your body that you are hungry. Insulin removes glucose from the blood and converts it to useable energy for use (by muscles and organs) and storage (mostly as fat, though glucose also goes to replenish glycogen stores).

    Also, nothing makes my body release insulin. I have type 1 diabetes, so my body is incapable of producing insulin. I take artificial insulin.
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    bump.
  • G33K_G1RL
    G33K_G1RL Posts: 283 Member
    Nobody tells you that if you have very light skin, the veins will show more and more as you lose weight.

    The body creates extra blood vessels to oxygenate the fatty tissue, when that fatty tissue diminishes, there are a lot of veins near the skin. It doesn't really bother me, and it isn't ugly, but it is noticeable. :)

  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    mcornall88 wrote: »
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    caroldavison332 wrote: »
    mrsfitzyv8 wrote: »
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    You will be hungry pretty much all the time unless you have a cheat day.

    Everyone says you will get used to it or if you eat different types of foods (more protein, more "whole" foods, more fiber, etc.), you will feel satiated. They are lying. It will be a constant struggle to decide whether you want to feel hungry for the rest of your life or whether you will be fat for the rest of your life. I'm approaching nearly 2 years, and I'm just over 50% to my goal. It hasn't gotten any easier with time nor with different types of foods. There have been times I stuck with it only because I didn't want to leave my MFP friends.

    I must be weird because I'm finding that I'm not constantly starving all the time. When I was eating crappy food and sugary drinks I was always hungry. And grumpy and bloated.

    sugar and crap food which quickly converts to it makes your body release insulin which tells you that you are hungry.

    Insulin doesn't tell your body that you are hungry. Insulin removes glucose from the blood and converts it to useable energy for use (by muscles and organs) and storage (mostly as fat, though glucose also goes to replenish glycogen stores).

    Also, nothing makes my body release insulin. I have type 1 diabetes, so my body is incapable of producing insulin. I take artificial insulin.

    Mostly right, however high blood sugar does trigger the release of insulin into the bloodstream by stimulating your pancreas, this converts sugars to glycogen for storage as fats in the liver and fatty tissue (it doesn't change it to a "usable energy" as you say, as glucose is already usable there would be no point).

    "Useable energy" for muscles and organs. Without insulin, you cannot use glucose from the blood as an energy source. The glucose just accumulates in blood, causing high BG. High BG puts extra strain on kidneys of course, but the real issue with high BG is a lack of energy.

    In laymen's terms, for type 1 diabetics who are not taking insulin, this is what begins the process that kills them. In order to access energy, you make ketones to break down fat for energy... type 1's (and some extreme cases of type 2) can go into a state of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), where they are subsisting on a fat energy. Someone experiencing this will feel very lethargic and eventually the body will start shutting things down. Next comes a coma and then death. Also, high levels of ketones are toxic and cause a pH imbalance... your kidneys are not only stressed because of high BG, but also trying to clean up ketones. It is common to experience frequent urination, vomiting, and extreme thirst.

    I have first-hand experience with serious DKA, during which I lost around 50 lbs. in about a day (towards the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd day without insulin). While a majority of that was water weight that I regained within a week after stabilizing, I lost a significant amount of fat because that is the only thing that my body could use for energy without insulin. So insulin is absolutely necessary to get energy to muscles and organs.
  • Carnhot
    Carnhot Posts: 367 Member
    How much more uncomfortable camping is, even with a bedding roll, without a built in fat cushion.
  • swadepgh
    swadepgh Posts: 11 Member
    lilaclovebird wrote: »


    That people will ask you why you keep working out if you already look good. Or tell you that you don't need to work out anymore.

    Yes I DO! You wanna know why? Because I L :heart: VE FOOD!

    Haha. I am right there with you. I work out every day so I can have a glass of wine! :blush:

  • Karen_can_do_this
    Karen_can_do_this Posts: 1,150 Member
    thinbyragbrai wrote: »
    You suddenly realize the dryer really wasn't shrinking all your clothes.

    Yes!!!
  • thankyou4thevenom
    thankyou4thevenom Posts: 1,581 Member
    Xiaolongbao wrote: »
    thankyou4thevenom wrote: »
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    You will be hungry pretty much all the time unless you have a cheat day.

    Everyone says you will get used to it or if you eat different types of foods (more protein, more "whole" foods, more fiber, etc.), you will feel satiated. They are lying. It will be a constant struggle to decide whether you want to feel hungry for the rest of your life or whether you will be fat for the rest of your life. I'm approaching nearly 2 years, and I'm just over 50% to my goal. It hasn't gotten any easier with time nor with different types of foods. There have been times I stuck with it only because I didn't want to leave my MFP friends.

    This might be true for you but it is not true for everyone. Some days are like this for me, however most are not.

    I think it's kind of harsh to say "they are lying" because I think there's a lot of people who don't feel hungry all the time. Sadly I'm not one of them. I do agree though that it's annoying that people on MFP tend to jump to the conclusion that if we'd change what we eat we'd miraculously stop being hungry just because that's what happened to them. I suspect that for me part of the issue is that I ate healthily even when I was fat. Soda (apart from diet coke which I've ditched), junk food, processed food were never particularly on the menu so I wasn't able to benefit by cutting them out. I ate too much plain and simple. To lose weight I have to severely restrict the quantities I can eat. There's no way around that.

    I constantly look at the portions other people eat and am amazed by how small they are... I just wish my body would be satisfied with that.

    Where exactly did I say they were lying?
  • sashayoung72
    sashayoung72 Posts: 441 Member
    thinbyragbrai wrote: »
    You suddenly realize the dryer really wasn't shrinking all your clothes.
    Oh my gosh yes!! I use to get so mad if a certain top got put in the dryer, have to stretch it out again, or give up on it. and now i'm like come on shrink so I can wear you!!! LOL
  • Xiaolongbao
    Xiaolongbao Posts: 854 Member
    @thankyouforthevenom.

    You didn't. It's the other person I quoted. I was replying to them. You need to click on "show previous quotes" to see the full thing that was quoted.
  • thankyou4thevenom
    thankyou4thevenom Posts: 1,581 Member
    Xiaolongbao wrote: »
    @thankyouforthevenom.

    You didn't. It's the other person I quoted. I was replying to them. You need to click on "show previous quotes" to see the full thing that was quoted.

    I did. I am the last person quoted. Seems it was just a mistake so I'll leave it at that.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    Xiaolongbao wrote: »
    It's not a mistake. It's obvious that when I quoted a phrase I was replying to the person WHO SAID THAT PHRASE. You know the person whose comments I'd also pasted in.

    Your comment was also pasted in because my reply in general was pointing out that I agree that not everyone feels the way the person described (although I do).

    I'm sorry if this is difficult for you to understand.

    You should apologize for not knowing how to delete/separate quotes and making yourself difficult to understand.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    edited September 2015
    "
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    You will be hungry pretty much all the time unless you have a cheat day.

    Everyone says you will get used to it or if you eat different types of foods (more protein, more "whole" foods, more fiber, etc.), you will feel satiated. They are lying. It will be a constant struggle to decide whether you want to feel hungry for the rest of your life or whether you will be fat for the rest of your life. I'm approaching nearly 2 years, and I'm just over 50% to my goal. It hasn't gotten any easier with time nor with different types of foods. There have been times I stuck with it only because I didn't want to leave my MFP friends.

    I think it's kind of harsh to say "they are lying" because I think there's a lot of people who don't feel hungry all the time. Sadly I'm not one of them. I do agree though that it's annoying that people on MFP tend to jump to the conclusion that if we'd change what we eat we'd miraculously stop being hungry just because that's what happened to them. I suspect that for me part of the issue is that I ate healthily even when I was fat. Soda (apart from diet coke which I've ditched), junk food, processed food were never particularly on the menu so I wasn't able to benefit by cutting them out. I ate too much plain and simple. To lose weight I have to severely restrict the quantities I can eat. There's no way around that.
    thankyou4thevenom wrote: »

    This might be true for you but it is not true for everyone. Some days are like this for me, however most are not.

    I have to agree with you @thankyou4thevenom

    I constantly look at the portions other people eat and am amazed by how small they are... I just wish my body would be satisfied with that."


    ^^^That^^^^ is probably how you meant to post @Xiaolongbao
  • thankyou4thevenom
    thankyou4thevenom Posts: 1,581 Member
    Xiaolongbao wrote: »
    It's not a mistake. It's obvious that when I quoted a phrase I was replying to the person WHO SAID THAT PHRASE. You know the person whose comments I'd also pasted in.

    Your comment was also pasted in because my reply in general was pointing out that I agree that not everyone feels the way the person described (although I do).

    I'm sorry if this is difficult for you to understand.

    You quoted me as the last person. Usually you're replying to the last person who's quoted. So I am very confused as to why you're getting so angry.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    thankyou4thevenom wrote: »

    You quoted me as the last person. Usually you're replying to the last person who's quoted. So I am very confused as to why you're getting so angry.

    They don't know how to make themselves easily understood and they understand themselves just fine so it is frustrating them. Not necessarily angering them.
    Xiaolongbao wrote: »
    It's not a mistake. It's obvious that when I quoted a phrase I was replying to the person WHO SAID THAT PHRASE. You know the person whose comments I'd also pasted in.

    Your comment was also pasted in because my reply in general was pointing out that I agree that not everyone feels the way the person described (although I do).

    I'm sorry if this is difficult for you to understand.

    I read this as them being frustrated that you cannot understand their way of communicating, not as anger.

    Communicating effectively on these forums isn't the most difficult thing for you and I, @thankyou4thevenom, but it isn't easy or quick to learn for a lot of people.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    Nobody told me I would become cranky if I missed a workout. Or that there would come a time when I would look FORWARD to a run.

    That improving your time by a minute could put you on cloud 9 for an ENTIRE day and it would feel like nothing bad could touch you. :innocent:
  • angiemystik
    angiemystik Posts: 2 Member
    Wow
    Beanogirl wrote: »
    You will lose some friends who see you as a threat! Just let them go.....

    that is sad. Obviously they werent real friends to begin with.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    I agree with you @angiemystik.

    Real friends are more like this:
    silverarcheress wrote: »
    That sometimes your friends are genuinely proud of you. I was showing my friend before and after pictures. Instead of doing the usual 'well done that's amazing' she welled up, kissed me on my forehead and told me how proud and happy she was for me. It was an emotional shift I just didn't see coming!

    Or in the case of my friend who hadn't seen me for a month, she greeted me with a hug and a "You're so TINY! Let's go to (insert our old bar hangout)! I wanna show you off!"
  • angiemystik
    angiemystik Posts: 2 Member
    :) thats awesome
    lilaclovebird wrote: »
    I agree with you @angiemystik.

    Real friends are more like this:
    silverarcheress wrote: »
    That sometimes your friends are genuinely proud of you. I was showing my friend before and after pictures. Instead of doing the usual 'well done that's amazing' she welled up, kissed me on my forehead and told me how proud and happy she was for me. It was an emotional shift I just didn't see coming!

    Or in the case of my friend who hadn't seen me for a month, she greeted me with a hug and a "You're so TINY! Let's go to (insert our old bar hangout)! I wanna show you off!"

  • silverarcheress
    silverarcheress Posts: 125 Member
    lilaclovebird wrote: »
    I agree with you @angiemystik.

    Real friends are more like this:
    silverarcheress wrote: »
    That sometimes your friends are genuinely proud of you. I was showing my friend before and after pictures. Instead of doing the usual 'well done that's amazing' she welled up, kissed me on my forehead and told me how proud and happy she was for me. It was an emotional shift I just didn't see coming!

    Or in the case of my friend who hadn't seen me for a month, she greeted me with a hug and a "You're so TINY! Let's go to (insert our old bar hangout)! I wanna show you off!"

    That's fantastic :smile: I wish all my friends were like this!
  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
    silverarcheress wrote: »
    lilaclovebird wrote: »
    I agree with you @angiemystik.

    Real friends are more like this:
    silverarcheress wrote: »
    That sometimes your friends are genuinely proud of you. I was showing my friend before and after pictures. Instead of doing the usual 'well done that's amazing' she welled up, kissed me on my forehead and told me how proud and happy she was for me. It was an emotional shift I just didn't see coming!

    Or in the case of my friend who hadn't seen me for a month, she greeted me with a hug and a "You're so TINY! Let's go to (insert our old bar hangout)! I wanna show you off!"

    That's fantastic :smile: I wish all my friends were like this!

    I am lucky that most of my friends have been of this variety! Love them. My two best friends expected my Monday weigh in reports to cheer me on and keep me going if they weren't good. The people that were not so supportive were the acquaintances

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