Weird things nobody tells you about losing weight

That I should really be working on a thigh gap now.

This I'll never understand. I had never even heard of a thigh gap until I joined MFP.

I thought I was the only one that never heard of this. I don't even strive to have one. My legs are too muscular for that to ever happen, and I choose the muscle over skin and bone.

I discovered I have hip bones and collar bones and boy it hurts your hip if you accidentally walk into a table lol

I LOVE my new collar bones!

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.

i found a hernia! it's a little bit different i suppose..i'm just hoping that maybe they could do a tummy tuck when they operate :laugh:

I am also cold all the time! It is nice to see a start to the definition of my abs too.

My neck is thinner & collarbone actually shows. But what I lke most (& I am only down 12 lbs. so far) is that my face looks so much thinner. I hope my shoes size goes down or at least that my shoes aren't so tight!

I have been cutting myself alot on my knees and ankles lately when shaving because I am not use to the skin being so close to the bone, I am use to having all the padding in the way. I dont think about it am in a hurry and find I cut myself alot OUCH

Reading everyone else's replies makes me feel less like wiener for my odd discoveries and laughing at myself. Like, the lump I thought I had in my upper arm...muscle. HA. Ring size, absolutely. I keep hoping that hubs will catch a hint and get mine fixed or buy me a new snappy one. So far no luck. I guess it'll take me losing it. ;-) My closet is like a halfway house right now from all the shifting around. I'm cold all the time (it's going to be a rough winter...). I'm down 119 lbs and am discovering new old things, and never before noticed things. The things I am loving, besides just being less sizeable of course, is definitely the insane libido, and just feeling much more..light. I actually feel like I can be tossed around and not be worried that I'm going to cause a hernia for someone. LOL. I look much more like I did in high school, which is cool kind of, but I think I'm way cuter, because I smile WAY MORE and I'm confident and comfortable. Okay, and the libido makes me grin on a regular basis. ;-)

Nobody ever told me how much time I'd waste just looking at myself in the mirror... flexing! LMAO - it's kinda sad how fascinated I am by my own muscles!

Hahaha I thought that was just me :laugh:

I agree though that at a smaller size I find that any areas I'm not so happy with are way more noticable. I'm also getting wrinkles and my baby face has left me behind as well

That I'd stop being bothered (so much) about 'losing weight' and be proud of my new muscles!

And that I'd want to do more exercise and feel weird if I didn't do something, even if its just a walk...

And that I'd want to do a Tough Mudder!

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!

Important safety tip girls - They make something called a ring guard. You can get it at jewelry stores and it is a little metal thing that fits on your ring to make it smaller. It's cheaper than having it sized (and way cheaper than replacing it if it is lost!) and saves you having to size it over and over as you lose weight. You just bend it up a little to make the ring fit tighter as you lose.