Weird things nobody tells you about losing weight

PurpleEpiphany

Everyone talks about how great you'll feel, how awesome it is to fit into cuter clothes, how much more confidence you'll have, etc...but have you noticed that there are a few things people tend not to mention? For me, the biggest thing has been the changes in my body. I'm still fairly early on in my journey, but I've noticed things. As an adult, you get used to being at least semi-aware of your body and how it 'should' be, and sometimes these changes can be alarming.

Case in (somewhat hilarious) point:

A couple nights ago I was laying on the couch on my side, typing on my laptop. My hand went to rest on my side and for a second I was like...woah, what is that? I have some kind of weird lump there, on my side and kind of around the back. After a few moments of poking there and on the opposite side I realized that of course it was my rib, but that one side isn't exactly the same as the other. But why hadn't I noticed it before?

Then it hit me. I didn't notice it...because it was covered in fat. Those 20 pounds provided quite a bit of cushion. So...maybe I'm a crazy person, but I'm betting there are a few of you out there who have had somewhat alarming moments that you didn't initially realize were due to having lost weight.

Erienneb

I found out I had an extra bone in my foot. I had been overweight so long that when I started losing, I lost from ankles, feet, and face first. I have a weird protrusion on my feet that turned out to be an extra bone according to my dr. Never knew.

pojinx

One thing I figured out losing weight is that it is not just your clothes sizes that go down. My shoes went down an entire size and my ring size went from a 4.5 to a 3 -i know, weirdly small to begin with.

But I agree, I also noticed parts of my body more. I still get confused/shocked when i touch my rib area and it is not the same cushioned area as before or my hip bones being more pronounced/ visible. It's definitely interesting haha

PurpleEpiphany

Me too on the rings! My wedding ring is now perilously loose, and I've only lost 20 lbs since my wedding two years ago. Money is tight so I haven't been able to resize it and I already lost it once in the snow this past winter and (miraculously) found it a week later when things thawed out. I'm thinking of wraping it in string or something so I can at least keep it on my finger!

awolf2011

Funny that you mention your wedding ring cause I was drying my hands the other day in the bathroom and it slipped right off my finger and into the garbage. I was at work and lucky enough it was early in the morning and the garbage wasn't even hardly full. I found it, of course, but I too think I need to wear some string around it. I am currently trying to get pregnant with baby #4, so I don't want to resize it just yet. I guess I will feel like I am in highschool again wearing my husbands ring with string around it so it doesn't slide off my finger!!

I too have notice bones in my body that I never could feel before. It actually kind of grosses me out a little bit though when I first feel them. I also have noticed that the areas where most of my current fat hangs out just grosses me out too. Weird, but it does, primarily around my belly area. So, I agree that you don't hear about the other kinds of changes that you will experience, only the slimming of your body and the clothes sizes.

icimani

My hand went to rest on my side and for a second I was like...woah, what is that? I have some kind of weird lump there, on my side and kind of around the back. After a few moments of poking there and on the opposite side I realized that of course it was my rib.

I had this same thing just a few weeks ago, but with me it was my hip bone!

It does make sense but I didn't think about going down in bra size. I was riding my motorcycle and it got darn uncomfortable going over some railroad tracks!

tabbykat6802

I had lost weight last year and I lost one of my rings in the mud at church when i was putting my youngest into his car seat. I didn't notice at that time until we started driving and I touched my hand. It was such a rainy messy day w/ so many cars going through the parking lot, that we never did find my ring. I added 20 lbs over this year, that I am trying to get back off(and then some).

It looks like I am on a ring losing streak. On our way back from a beach trip w/ my inlaws, I shockingly found out that the diamond in my engagement ring was gone. No tines were broken or bent. I have no clue how it happened. When I told my parents about it, my dad said that he still had my mom's engagement & wedding rings(she died when i was 8). He said that he had been waiting to give them to me for quite some time now. She was a petite woman, so her rings are a bit too small for my fingers right now. This is another motivation to lose the weight, so that I can wear her rings. ::trying not to cry!!!:: It gets me every time I think about her.

SarahAFerguson

I had lost weight last year and I lost one of my rings in the mud at church when i was putting my youngest into his car seat. I didn't notice at that time until we started driving and I touched my hand. It was such a rainy messy day w/ so many cars going through the parking lot, that we never did find my ring. I added 20 lbs over this year, that I am trying to get back off(and then some).

It looks like I am on a ring losing streak. On our way back from a beach trip w/ my inlaws, I shockingly found out that the diamond in my engagement ring was gone. No tines were broken or bent. I have no clue how it happened. When I told my parents about it, my dad said that he still had my mom's engagement & wedding rings(she died when i was 8). He said that he had been waiting to give them to me for quite some time now. She was a petite woman, so her rings are a bit too small for my fingers right now. This is another motivation to lose the weight, so that I can wear her rings. ::trying not to cry!!!:: It gets me every time I think about her.

Oh my goodness, that is so sweet of your Dad.

I can hardly wait for my rings to fit me again.

JPKemp

Sitting in the bath tub is not as comfortable as before. My tail bone and hips do not have the cushion they use to have...oh well, I will take that side effect...I sit on a folded towel if I plan on soaking for a while.....

mscoco10

ha ha ha, Iost weight in my feet first. all my shoes were too big, then my fingers- none of my rings fit.

susanswan

I thought I had an abdominal mass. I felt it on one side of my lower abdomen, but not the other. Uh-oh. Just happened to have an appointment with my GYN. I told her my concern. She examined me, told me to try and sit up from a lying position on the exam table. She finally completed her exam and said, "Susan, you have abdominal muscles!" Me? At 50 years old. Abdominal muscles for the first time in my life could be felt!

susanswan

Sitting in the bath tub is not as comfortable as before. My tail bone and hips do not have the cushion they use to have...oh well, I will take that side effect...I sit on a folded towel if I plan on soaking for a while.....

Forgot about that one. And sitting with my back leaning against a wall or hard surface hurts. No more fat padding to rest upon! I need to put a pillow or something soft to lean against!

Cherbear67

lol.. I feel the same way.. I was even telling hubby about my ribs last night.. I have loved seeing the changes in my body.. Now what to do about that tailbone now that it no longer has cushion.. lol

Gremlinz

I thought I had an abdominal mass. I felt it on one side of my lower abdomen, but not the other. Uh-oh. Just happened to have an appointment with my GYN. I told her my concern. She examined me, told me to try and sit up from a lying position on the exam table. She finally completed her exam and said, "Susan, you have abdominal muscles!" Me? At 50 years old. Abdominal muscles for the first time in my life could be felt!

Awesome!

korsicash

Hey yeah my feet got smaller too! I just thought it was some weird fluke! my rings size went down but I expected that.

cherrytulips

my sternum looks weird, and my tailbone hurts if i sit too long

NoMoreFlubbering

I thought I had an abdominal mass. I felt it on one side of my lower abdomen, but not the other. Uh-oh. Just happened to have an appointment with my GYN. I told her my concern. She examined me, told me to try and sit up from a lying position on the exam table. She finally completed her exam and said, "Susan, you have abdominal muscles!" Me? At 50 years old. Abdominal muscles for the first time in my life could be felt!

I love this anecdote. Such a funny story, and inspirational at the same time.

BABetter1

Okay, I'm going to be seriously peeved if my feet shrink and I have to replace all my shoes. I gained a half size in shoes with each of my two pregnancies. I've always just thought it was due to the spreading out of the bones or loosening of the tendons while carrying the baby, and I didn't even associate it with the fact that I put on a lot of weight that I didn't lose after pregnancy. I had a lot of cute shoes that I had to replace.

Anyway, one weird thing I noticed. When I was full on fat, my waistband of whatever pants or shorts I was wearing would kind of sink into the fat. I definitely didn't have to worry about them slipping down. Now that I've lost some fat, toned the muscle underneath, but still have jiggly fat/loose skin floating on top of the muscle, I have to be careful. Especially when I'm working out, my shorts waist bands tend to move around on that waterbed of a fat pad and work their way down, regardless of how much I tighten the drawstring. :blushing:

sandylion

I've been having a hard time sleeping because I can't lie on my side anymore without my hips hurting! They don't have the cushion anymore.

Superchas

Strange thing appeared in my chest that turned out to be my sternum/chestbone
Permanently cold as no longer padded for comfort.
Boost to fitness from not lugging around 3 water bottles all day is immense

best

princessage117

I went down a size in shoes, I pee way more, I get up in the middle of the night more to pee, I notice more wrinkles on my face, it hurts me to sleep on firm mattresses now.

StarLeopard

Looking forward to getting my ring off over my knuckle again. Not that I need to take it off but it will just feel good when I can. At least I can turn it now.

LNZimmer

I still have a ways to go - But I remember on my last weight loss journey, when I saw my collar bone and shoulder bones (generally speaking). (I had lost a total of 130 lbs) I couldn't keep my hands off of them for the longest time! I had NEVER seen/felt those bones before!!! I can't wait to get to that point again.

NicLiving

Damnest thing happened to me. I looked down and saw my feet. Seriously I can see my feet without bending over....SWEET!

samblanken

I thought I had an abdominal mass. I felt it on one side of my lower abdomen, but not the other. Uh-oh. Just happened to have an appointment with my GYN. I told her my concern. She examined me, told me to try and sit up from a lying position on the exam table. She finally completed her exam and said, "Susan, you have abdominal muscles!" Me? At 50 years old. Abdominal muscles for the first time in my life could be felt!

I thought you were going to say a hernia. Those suck.

jayhawkfan51

Sitting in the bath tub is not as comfortable as before. My tail bone and hips do not have the cushion they use to have...oh well, I will take that side effect...I sit on a folded towel if I plan on soaking for a while.....

Forgot about that one. And sitting with my back leaning against a wall or hard surface hurts. No more fat padding to rest upon! I need to put a pillow or something soft to lean against!

Its uncomfortable to sit for very long. Guess its a good thing, keeps me moving!

DonniesGirl69

:laugh:

I'm freezing....ALL the time.

And if I sit too long, my *kitten* starts to hurt. (less cushioning)

janetb21

The weirdest thing for me was losing weight around my girlie bits. There's much less padding there now, and it's kind of odd.

redheaddee

This may be TMI, but I was feeling kind of blah last week, and asked the hubby am I losing? He said hell yeah you are. I asked how he could tell, and he grabbed my hips and said "your handles are back", all the while grinning like a pervy Cheshire cat :devil:

And on that note, one thing I have noticed (and probably everyone who lives with me) is my sex drive is back and better than ever! Best NSV EVER.

ahavoc

I saw grey hair where I didn't want to.

NicLiving

I went down a size in shoes, I pee way more, I get up in the middle of the night more to pee...

Same here. I wish I could count the calories I burn just going to the bathroom over & over & over & over :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: