How to cope with the regrets of having been overweight and bodily effects of major weight loss.

peachvine29

AnnPT77 wrote: »

Just in to comment as another who had quite a bit of loose skin (those thin wrinkles) when I reached goal (at age 60), and saw very major improvement afterward, continuing at least into my 2nd year of maintenance. At the risk of TMI, I've previously said that at first my rear view looked alarmingly like a bloodhound's face, all droops and wrinkles, but now (year 3 of maintenance, age 63) it seems like a pretty normal li'l ol' lady rear, not at all like a droopy canine.

You might get some good from this thread, partly from the body-image standpoint it focuses on, but also because there are many honest photos and reports of appearance after weight loss, babies, surgeries, and more and how those affect the belly area in women:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10689837/does-this-uterus-make-my-stomach-look-fat/

It's so tempting to compare ourselves unfavorably to not-even-anatomically-normal photoshopped supermodels; and more important to understand our appearance in the context of being real, live, flesh and blood women. :flowerforyou:

Haha. That's very encouraging! Thank you! I am working on the non-comparisons.

snowflake954

OP--congratulations, by the way--since you are almost at goal weight, why don't you look into recomp? There's a long thread running on it and it could help you love your body. Good luck.

littlegreenparrot1

I have been much happier since I stopped thinking so much about what my body looked like, and tried to concentrate on what it could do.
It also helps my stress management, confidence, mental health....

The weight fluctuates, the diet comes and goes, the backside/ stomach are not what they could be.

But I can run for miles, I complete races, I am quicker and stronger and feel tremendous when I reach these physical goals.
And if I am going to do that I need the proper fuel, so it makes me pay attention.

So please have a look around and see what you fancy, yoga, dancing, swimming, running, climbing.....

peachvine29

snowflake954 wrote: »

OP--congratulations, by the way--since you are almost at goal weight, why don't you look into recomp? There's a long thread running on it and it could help you love your body. Good luck.

Thank You! I've done a little looking into it but from what I read it takes a long time to do. My current plan is to get down to the weight and look I want and then start a bulk. I love lifting a lot so I'm excited for that, eating more and getting stronger and more energy.