The 3 negatives and positives of losing weight!

briohne128

I thought this would be interesting as everyone always talks about the positives of losing weight which is motivating but it is important to vent the negatives so heres mine!

Negatives:
1. I went for a bra fitting yesterday. Turns out instead of a 34C I am now a 32A. So I pretty much have nothing there now.
2. I bought the smallest dress they had in a shop and its STILL too big. The top bit it so loose that it shows my pancakes!
3. People closest to me have made some absurd comments since I've lost weight. Heres some examples:
.Don't turn anorexic!
.You are all skin and bones now!
.You look sick!

Positives:
1.I can look in the mirror and think "Hell yeah..I don't look half bad "
2.I feel a lot better mentally and physically.
3.Now I've lost weight and gotten stronger, I am now better at climbing and have been entering competitions with pretty good results!

Let me know your three negatives and postives of losing weight!

kieranar

negatives

1. need a new wardrobe
2. need larger salary to pay for the wardrobe
3. no more cake ! or cookies ever

positive

1. feel a lot more energetic and awake , no major days where i exhausted
2. back to my weight when i was much younger
3. hopefully cured my type 2 diabetes finally !!!

silverjoel64

I have lost over 115 pounds and gained more than 30 pounds of muscle in the past 3 years. What a journey it's been.

Positives

richardpkennedy1

Positives:
I can run longer distances and at a faster pace
More energy to do physical activities
I look way better naked

Negatives:
Comments from people saying I'm too skinny or I need to eat more
My old clothes don't fit
Legs look a bit skinny in shorts

youdoyou2016

+ Lost more than I weigh and no one I now associate with knows the old me. That's awesome. It's like getting a do-over at life.
+ I feel really good, and I look kinda cute (if I may say so

Penthesilea514

Positives:
More energy to do just about anything
Increased confidence in myself and to try new things
More clothing options
Exposure to new foods/seasonings
Like what I am seeing in the mirror as my body changes
Attaining personal goals is highly rewarding

Negatives:
Constant new clothes and the budget to do so >.<
Friends that don't share my interests in fitness or health
People who comment on my progress/dietary choices

I wanted to put more positives than I did just because I think I want to point out that despite the negatives, the positives will always outweigh them.

mspris2u

Positives:
Physically stronger than I have ever been in my life. I have muscles even!
The clothes I've been stuffing myself into actually fit properly now and are starting to get loose.
More energy to do stuff!

Negatives:
Going to have to go clothes shopping soon but I don't wanna cause I'm still losing and no money for clothes AND my favorite stuff is too big now.
Loose skin that is never going away. I finally have bicep muscles that show definition even when I'm not trying but also have giant flaps underneath and I feel like that is all anyone can see. This is genetic and no amount of toning is going to get rid of them.
Always having to think about what I'm eating. It works but its exhausting sometimes...

brookielaw

Positives:
Major increase in physical strength and endurance.
No more high blood pressure, and nowhere near pre-diabetic range
Newfound mad ninja skills at getting away from people I don't want to deal with because they don't recognize me anymore.
I can shop pretty much anywhere! No more plus stores!
No more worries about weight limits or fitting into spaces.
I feel good!

Negatives:
Loose skin is a bummer and I'm quite self-conscious about certain areas.
I'm too aware of my choices to go for the convenient and sweet foods I used to love. I miss some of them.
Saying goodbye to my entire previous wardrobe. RIP killer blue dress, I miss you + ouch for my pocketbook replacing everything!

Clearly I can't count and clearly the positives outweigh the negatives.

PS- hey OP, "nothing there" beats going from a 48G or H to a 34 long, trust me. This is why they make bras with pads and push-ups I guess.

JetJaguar

Positive: I'm faster on the mountain bike trails because I'm carrying less weight up and down the hills. I'm hauling *kitten* now because I'm hauling less *kitten*.

Negative: Mountain bike crashes are bigger because I'm carrying more speed up and down the hills.

ValkyrieOnline

silverjoel64 wrote: »

I have lost over 115 pounds and gained more than 30 pounds of muscle in the past 3 years. What a journey it's been.

Positives

Holy crap! You look amazing! Congrats!

pikachuFL

Positives:
1. My body isn't as physically uncomfortable at night so I'm able to sleep better.
2. I can fit into smaller, cuter clothes.
3. My cholesterol, iron levels, blood sugar levels and all that are where they should be so I feel better about my health.

Negatives:
1. I get grumpy as heck when I get hungry. The Snickers commercial could have been made about me!
2. It's hard to be spontaneous and have donuts when someone brings them to the office or have cake for a birthday party I hadn't been told about beforehand. Planning ahead to make sure I eat right is already tedious enough but you can't plan for the things other people do.
3. It seems like diet foods cost a lot more money than junk food. Produce is especially expensive!!! I'd save a lot on my grocery bill if I ate unhealthy foods.

everher

Bad news first I always say.

1. Nothing fits. It's fun at first and you enjoy the novelty of it, but then that wears off and nothing fits! Not your glasses, not your rings, not your underwear, and definitely not your clothes. It's expensive replacing all of that stuff or having the stuff you can have sized down sized down. I also really liked some of my clothes. Goodbye all my old favorites.

2. I kinda don't recognize myself and I'm sure others don't recognize me either. I think it's going to take a while to get used to this new fitter me.

3. I still struggle with wanting to overeat. It's probably something I always will struggle with. You'd think that would eventually go away, but no. I'm always going to have to keep myself in check.


Good news:

1. My health! It had gotten to the point I was out of breath from just walking short distances. My blood pressure and resting heart beat are also much lower. Though I'm still working on getting blood pressure to optimal levels.

2. Shopping is much less of a headache. I remember when I used to shop before and 90% of the things I tried on didn't fit. It's hard shopping for plus sized clothing. I don't know if it's because more people are plus sized and therefore buying this stuff up or they just order smaller quantities of the stuff. Either way I could never find my size in stock hardly, but now pretty much everything I try on fits or I need a smaller size.

3. I like the way I look for the most part. Yeah, I want/need to lose some more weight and I want to decrease my BF%, but I don't have those moments of I can't look at myself in the mirror anymore.

Jimb376mfp

I've lost -166# since January 2013.

Negatives
1 Loose skin (I'm 69 yo)
2 Miss bad eating habits (sometimes)
3 Knowing how easily I could gain weight if I quit doing all I do now.

Positive
1 Health, off Rx meds, now my Type 2 Diabetes is controlled by Diet & Exercise
2 Much fuller Lifestyle
3. Look/Feel so much better.

ABabilonia

Positives:
1.- More confidence
2.- More energy
3.- Healthy

Negatives:
1.- Clothes don't fit because they are too big and I look funny(new wardrobe), which is kind of a dilemma in the middle of a transition
2.- Family is not fully supportive. In my family environment the logic is that if you are skinny you are unhealthy
3.- Some injuries that I had to endure. At one point some of my toenails were black because of the running

Despite everything though, the journey is awesome and the destination will be even better.

JeromeBarry1

Three negatives:
Cost of clothes.
I can't torque and un-torque lug nuts as easily as before.
My feet feel cold inside my shoes.

Three positives:
My blood pressure is borderline low, my resting heart rate is just plain low, and I no longer need lisinopril to control blood pressure. That's one.
I can shop for regular sized clothes, so there's a much wider selection.
I seem to be inspiring a flicker of 'care to' in my wife Re: health and fitness.

aprillperry84

Three positives of loosing weight are:
1) self esteem is getting better.
2) smaller wardrobe sizes.
3) better nutrition.


Three negative things are:
1) Crave my old foods.
2) losing bust size
3) have to spend more money on healthier food for me

Syneea

Positives:
1.small waist
2. Increasing in athleticism
3. Younger looking


Negatives:
1. upper arms are still a bit "flabby" and don't match the rest of me
2. Bust almost completely disappeared although my emerging pecs are compensating lol
3. Frequently hearing how I'm "disappearing" (5'8, 140) it's only an illusion... I have muscles and I'm not "tiny"... they are used to the old hippier/"thicker" me.
:-)

goldenday

Positives:
1. The level of confidence I gained! The old me would never have had the guts to flirt with guys and thought that I was just pretty ugly to be honest.
2. Higher self esteem. It showed that I can commit to goals and I did things I thought I couldn't do before- I never thought I could be a "real" runner.
3. I dress better- and I feel good about myself. I wear a lot of tights and dresses because I always thought my legs were "too fat" to wear tights before.

Negatives:
1. The tight shorts I bought a month ago which fitted perfectly now have a gap at the bottom back! I love shopping now,but I'm not going to buy anything for a while now, just until I hit my goal weight with 14 pounds to go.
2. I started strength training a week ago- my body aches and I'm much more tired. I went to bed at 7.30pm yesterday!
3. I get excited looking at active wear xD and half my time is spent in gym clothes
4. I get tired of thinking about what i'm going to eat. Logging and measuring things. Some days I just really want to quit the whole thing.

Madwife2009

Positives:

1) I am fitter, healthier, stronger and smaller than I have EVER been as an adult or a teenager.
2) I love. love, love, love to exercise (from a former I-am-never-going-to-do-anything-physical-unless-I-really-have-to)
3) My outlook on life has changed - I want to try new things all of the time. Some of those things I actually get to try as well.
4) Sorry, have to sneak another one in - the difference in my family is huge as well. We all eat better, exercise regularly and are healthier. My children will grow up to be healthy adults. This gives me huge pleasure as I grew up unhealthy and obese and knowing that they won't have the problems I experienced is the ultimate satisfaction.

Negatives:

These don't really exist as the positives have made such an impact on my life so I try not to dwell on anything negative (pointless waste of time IMO)

One I can think of is that a medical problem I thought was weight-related turned out to be a major, lifelong problem which the doctors are still trying to get under control. But, if I hadn't lost the weight and started exercising I wouldn't have known about it and the consequences of not knowing would have been a lot worse. So I suppose that, even though the condition is affecting me, it's positive that I know about it and that I'm under medical care so early in the disease's path.

The only other is how addicted to exercise I've become. I have to exercise on a daily basis and if I have to miss a day for whatever reason, it really irritates me and I get like an angry legume (a grump-pea, get it?)

mom2kateRH

Negatives:
1. I sometimes miss just chowing down
2. Have to buy new clothes
3. The first time I went to the pool this summer, my swimsuit bottoms were a little loose. Didn't think much of it, until climbing out of the pool. The weight of the water pulled the bottoms down a bit, and my daughter yelled, "mom, hitch yet britches." Luckily, the top is a pretty long tank top, so I didn't reveal too much

Pros
1. I get to buy new clothes!
2. I sleep so much better
3. I'm setting a good example for my daughter, and throughout all of this, I've tried to avoid making it seem like a big deal. More focusing on healthy foods being good and tasty, and making good choices. She's started to eat better too

tealtortoise

Negatives:
*I am absolutely no fun at parties. (Don't even want to go anymore)
*I miss my morning coffee, especially on the weekends... (I gave it up because I cannot drink it black and the creamer has too many calories for me).
*I feel uncomfortable with extra attention.

Positives:
* I suppose I am healthier.
* I have more clothing options.
* My workouts are easier and better