Funny postives of weight loss!

xxnellie146xx
xxnellie146xx Posts: 996 Member
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So this morning while making my bed, I had a random thought "My mattress will probably last longer now!". 100 lbs less laying on it every night, is sure to no wear it out as quickly.

What are some random positives of weight loss you can think of?

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  • orangekeeper
    orangekeeper Posts: 16 Member
    I must be saving a whack load of cash now because I'm not buying random breakfasts, lunches and snacks at my work. I could easily spend £5-10 per day in work just on food (depending on what was on offer) and that was also having a breakfast before leaving the house and a dinner when I got back home in the evening (And more snacks before bed). I'd probably spend more money on food in a month than anything else...

    Like your mattress, there's gotta be other things that'll last longer without the extra weight of most of a person... Petrol etc...
  • xxnellie146xx
    xxnellie146xx Posts: 996 Member
    I feel like I spend more $ buying lots of fruit and vegetables.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    Speaking of beds - it'll take less blanket to cover my *kitten*, so I might actually have enough blanket to not freeze my butt off in the middle of the night! :laugh:
  • marias2gaa
    marias2gaa Posts: 118 Member
    Speaking of beds - it'll take less blanket to cover my *kitten*, so I might actually have enough blanket to not freeze my butt off in the middle of the night! :laugh:
    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • NanoBear
    NanoBear Posts: 67
    Where do I start?

    Ties are easier to tie because I don't have to make them so long to go over a huge belly
    I don't get out of breath ties my shoes because my belly doesn't get squashed while I'm doing it now
    Showers are shorter because I have so much less surface area
    Saving massive amounts of money by having my food planned out instead of on the spot purchases
    I sleep better now because I can't feel the bed base through the mattress
    I'm generally more comfortable because I'm not constantly overheating from carrying too much around
    My adjustable chair stays where it is instead of falling to the lowest position under my weight
    My bike is faster because the tires aren't being squashed as much, so there's less rubber in contact with the road
    I no longer break shipping pallets when I walk on them while carrying 80kg of carrots/potatos/apples/bananas

    I'm sure I'll come up with more later.
  • xxnellie146xx
    xxnellie146xx Posts: 996 Member
    Walking into stuff hurts more now that it is less fat cushion :frown:
  • ColleenHollis
    ColleenHollis Posts: 53
    Lost 50 lbs so far and while I was doing V crunches on the gym floor, I was convinced I was sitting on a rock! It's called a tailbone!
  • summerof1988
    summerof1988 Posts: 14 Member
    Lost 50 lbs so far and while I was doing V crunches on the gym floor, I was convinced I was sitting on a rock! It's called a tailbone!

    ^LOL. Looser clothes.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    pullups are a lot easier
  • NureeniWright
    NureeniWright Posts: 13
    Its really strange, no one tells you that you can lose fat in your feet. I've lost about 25kg and half a shoe size.
  • Louisianababy93
    Louisianababy93 Posts: 1,709 Member
    Your gunna go broke because you have to buy new clothes constantly cause everything is falling off of you..especially after you JUST bought some new ones!

    #benefits of lifting weights! :)
  • xxnellie146xx
    xxnellie146xx Posts: 996 Member
    Lost 50 lbs so far and while I was doing V crunches on the gym floor, I was convinced I was sitting on a rock! It's called a tailbone!

    Tailbones are the worse! I need to use a folded blanket to do crunches on otherwise it's too painful!
  • Surfrider
    Surfrider Posts: 364 Member
    Its really strange, no one tells you that you can lose fat in your feet. I've lost about 25kg and half a shoe size.

    No kidding. I have the great pair of dress shoes that cant be tightened any further as the laces pull the two sides together until they physically touch now. Sucks because these are no doubt the best quality pair of dress shoes I have ever owned. They still look like new and I refused to waste money on a new pair. Yet, my feet have a lot of play in them and I can easily pull them off without untieing the laces.
  • divacat80
    divacat80 Posts: 299 Member
    OMG!!! What's this lump here?!? OMG! OMG I have...IT'S CANCERRRRRR!!!!!!

    Oh wait no, it's just a bone...

    I can't tell you how many times this has happened to me, when I felt my tailbone I really, really thought it was a tumor! I completely forgot what it was to have a tailbone (not visible of course!)

    Other positives...

    No crashing on people's feet when I accidentally stand on them.

    Having trouble to shave your armpits if you're a woman

    Jeans or pants don't wear out in the inner thigh anymore! (That means like a 200€ more in savings for me)

    Falling off the bed because you miscalculated the amount of space you take up now (shouldn't it be the other way around?! Weird me)
    Wearing your wedding ring on your thumb and it stills falls off.

    Going down not one, but almost TWO shoe sizes.

    Needing boob surgery to put evérything back into place

    Spending a lot of money on food like the others said, but with no regrets this time! Everything lean and everything veggie.
    Becoming a better cook

    Having people asking for advice from you when you always thought you would never be slimmer than them.

    Not having your mother in law critizising you for your fatty a**

    Having to buy clothes in the misses' section because the sizes in the women's section look a bit baggy on you.

    The weight lifting machines for the upper body now lift your body weight if you put in the wrong amount of weight in the machine, and need help to be safely put on the ground again. ... Yep.

    I'm very clumsy, and my feet get sort of tangled or stuck more often now that I weigh less. I fall down a lot more.

    Oh! I almost forgot. Those sanitary pads now fit right and you are less prone to 'accidents' while on your period.
  • WinnerVictorious
    WinnerVictorious Posts: 4,733 Member
    Lost 50 lbs so far and while I was doing V crunches on the gym floor, I was convinced I was sitting on a rock! It's called a tailbone!

    this. not really a positive though. every chair i sit on now hurts after a while.
  • Cameron_1969
    Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
    You can sit on the same side of a boat as your friends.
  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,670 Member
    better gas mileage
  • Molly_Maguire
    Molly_Maguire Posts: 1,103 Member
    I can't sit doing nothing for as long as I used to, for:

    a.) I have less fat insulating me and I get cold if I sit still too long

    b.) There's less cushioning on mah butt!
  • louiselebeau
    louiselebeau Posts: 220 Member
    My underwear fell off inside my pants and wadded up. Although a friend of mine had hers fall off completely while she was in a skirt so I guess I was better off with my undie dump.

    (to clarify, I have lost 2 sizes but only 5lbs due to this magical stuff called exercise!)
  • HiKaren
    HiKaren Posts: 1,306 Member
    Baggy-Butt Syndrome... Investment in new underware and jeans. More room in my bathtub. : )
  • 35khris
    35khris Posts: 33 Member
    Less leg to shave!!
  • NordicAlien
    NordicAlien Posts: 110 Member
    Boots boots boots!

    Also, I was gonna say easier to shave my legs, but someone beat me to it. Hopefully as I'm eating more I'll start to lose the protective hair (I think it's called lanugo hair?) that anorexics get. And hopefully as I eat *better* I'll lose the PCOS hair.

    Yes, I have resembled a Hobbit for the last couple years. A girl should not have to shave her toes, lol.

    I can start ice skating properly again. On the minus side, I'll have to work harder to go fast, on ice and while tobogganing, but I like a challenge.

    And wearing high heels will not cause so much pain.

    EDIT: and strange kids who I don't even know will not ask me to go on playground equipment / fairground rides / amusement park rides with them just because being heavy makes them faster. Kids scare me.
  • Dynam1teDyna
    Dynam1teDyna Posts: 28
    I can wear purple pants without people calling me "Purple-People-Eater"
  • aliciagetshealthy
    aliciagetshealthy Posts: 946 Member
    Had my appendix removed 2 years ago. I can now see the 3 incision marks...although I've had kids - one of them might just be a stretch mark :tongue:
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    My clothes last longer because I'm not stretching them out and popping the seems.
  • charlottesky254
    charlottesky254 Posts: 14 Member
    I've not gotten to this stage yet, but I keep thinking- if I go on holiday, I bet I'd be able to fit in an extra top or something due to the room I'd have saved by having smaller clothing!
  • flatblade
    flatblade Posts: 224 Member
    1) Fewer wedgies.

    2) A bigger turn in my golf swing, resulting in hitting the farther despite having less bulk.

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