For the newbies: here is what losing 80 pounds is like

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  • pkoll
    pkoll Posts: 135 Member
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    Thank you for this, OP! You might think this would scare people away from weight loss, but it actually encourages me to know that we all will probably go through a similar process, and can still be successful! I just bought some new clothes and have gone down a size for the first time---my first NSV!
  • idabentley
    idabentley Posts: 59 Member
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    Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences with us, much appreciated!
  • Jason67o48
    Jason67o48 Posts: 87
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    too cool..! way to go ^ ^
  • libbymcbain
    libbymcbain Posts: 206 Member
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    Hahaha
  • Edwardo27
    Edwardo27 Posts: 34 Member
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    Brilliant!
  • diverchic73
    diverchic73 Posts: 314 Member
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    Fantastic! Thank you :)
  • Kabijots
    Kabijots Posts: 218 Member
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    BUMP - for future inspiration....:smile:
  • lisaann7089
    lisaann7089 Posts: 43
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    This is so great! Thanks for sharing...I am going to keep it for future inspiration!
  • wannabtight
    wannabtight Posts: 187 Member
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    Awesome post! did you have before and after pictures? NM its on your profile duh! TY for sharing! you look amazing!
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
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    Love this! You forgot a couple, though.

    Month 11: OMG what is that lump? It's cancer! It's cancer! Oh wait, that's just a bone. OMG what are those nubbly little lumps? This time it's cancer for sure! Oh wait, that's just muscle.
  • RaineyLaney
    RaineyLaney Posts: 605 Member
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    So you found out about this app and are determined to lose a bunch of weight and let your inner skinnier person out. It's going to go something like this:

    1st week -
    I'm going to lose two pounds a week. This is going to be great. I'm going to be so determined and so dedicated...

    2nd week -
    The hell!?!?!? Why didn't I lose anything? I've been so good. I worked so hard. I should just give up. I'm just meant to be fat. I'll never lose this weight.

    3rd week -
    How did that burger get in my mouth? Or the pizza? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! I'm a failure...

    4th week -
    Holy cow!! I lost four pounds. That's a pound a week. That's not bad. I think there's hope.

    2nd month - I'm losing so much weight. This is so great. I'll be to my goal in no time at all!!

    3rd month - Um.... hello??? What happened? Why aren't we losing weight now. I didn't change anything. I even worked out more. Why do you hate me?!?!? I want cake!

    4th month - Whew - doing good. I'm OK. Look at how far I've gotten. Yay me. Just hang in there. I'm going to try going to the gym.

    5th month - Going to the gym is hard. I can barely get three days a week in. And everyone there must think I'm so fat and wonder why I'm there. And I'm so sore. Can't move anything. Sitting down is hard.

    6th month - I thought I'd be farther along. Why haven't I lost more? I've only gone down two sizes. Shouldn't I be at my goal weight already? Maybe I should try that fad diet or that starvation diet? So tired of people trying to get me to splurge and eat my old favorite junk foods just because I'm working out now and deserve a treat. They just don't get it. I can't afford to splurge right now!

    7th Month - I'm going to kill someone right now. I hate this stupid diet. Why didn't I just stick with what I was doing before? It was working. Maybe not as fast as I wanted, but it was working. Where are the cookies??

    9th Month - I reached the halfway point!! I'm doing so great. I love my gym. I go there five times a week now. I found this really great class and the instructor is so awesome. This trainer taught me some great new exercises. Some of my friends want to exercise with me now. They are so amazed at how much I've lost and they want to know my secret. I've given up all my old fat clothes for all these awesome new clothes. (Yikes for my credit card bill, but yay for my closet!)

    10th month - Plateau?? FU plateau!! So tired of this. Maybe I should try working out with a trainer because obviously I don't know what I'm doing anymore. I've even started gaining weight because I can't stop binging on junk because I'm so depressed to have become so stuck and just when I was half way there...

    12th Month - Dammit!! I keep dropping sizes. Getting replacement clothes is getting so expensive!! I barely have the stuff for two months and it's too big again. Must buy smaller sizes so I have more time with them. So glad I stopped starving myself. BMR and TDEE all the way!!

    16 Months - I feel great!! You know, even if I don't make it all the way to goal, the size I'm at now is pretty nice. I'm definitely getting a lot more attention. I'm OK if this is as far as I can get. I'm just really enjoying this new lifestyle. And all these changes I made for my health have inspired me to make other changes in other parts of my life. Over all I'm a much happier person and my life is a whole lot better than before. I got rid of the negative influences in my life and have a great circle of supportive, positive people. Work is much better. My attitude about life is better. Life is wonderful!! I feel like a burger tonight. I worked out hard today and I have the calories. I can have it.

    18 Months - 80 pounds!!!!! I can't believe I lost 80 pounds!!!! I'm a smaller size than I was in high school!! It's so weird to see myself in the mirror. I'm the same size as my skinny friend. How did that happen? And I'm a single digit size now. Never thought I'd be able to say that!!

    Love your post. AND oh so true. It sure helps to know others struggle with the same feelings as I do/did. I am now at the pt of, dang can't afford the new wardrobe every couple months. I been buying a bit smaller as a goal to get to and so i can wear it a bit longer. Then I wear those cloths till they are falling off me.. then back to shopping.. Oh poor credit card, but hello new me and wardrobe. Thanks for the enlighting of your post. Love it
  • princessnik7
    princessnik7 Posts: 144 Member
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    bump
  • lenjaw
    lenjaw Posts: 13 Member
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    This was hilarious! Thank you so much for writing it. If it was easy to do and was straightforward it wouldn't be worth doing! :happy:
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,590 Member
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    OMG I :love: :love: :love: this!! I hope you don't mind but I'm going to post a link on my profile because it is just so darn good! As soon as I saw BMR and TDEE it was like it was written about me, lol!
  • KatArceneaux
    KatArceneaux Posts: 34
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    Love your post! Congratulations for staying the course!!! :)
  • hspower50
    hspower50 Posts: 10
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    I sure needed to see this this morning! Congrats!!!
  • xaniza
    xaniza Posts: 250 Member
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    I agree =) Thanks for the post!
  • kendrafallon
    kendrafallon Posts: 1,030 Member
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    Fantastic post!! :laugh: :bigsmile:
  • NutellaAddict
    NutellaAddict Posts: 1,258 Member
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    Me love cake as much as me love COOOOOOOOKIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
  • katrwal
    katrwal Posts: 336 Member
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    great post... and great job... yes, that's exactly how it feels...

    but, unlike quitting smoking, i still want cake :D

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