What Makes You Nervous About Losing Weight?

im nervous of what i will look like. i started out at 355 pounds and i have been huge my whole adult like i dont actually remember what i was like slim because i was convinced i was fat even though i was not! so i panic that the damage is already done and i will just look a saggy mess x

For me, my nervousness is two things 1) sounds a little shallow but how my stomach is going to look after letting it go so long :-( 2) My relationship. The reason I say that is because I am trying so hard to get on the right track and he is just cool with being super heavy right now so I am just a little nervous that the relationship may change as I change. Its tough :frown:

I am nervous about how I will look - being older I am worried that my skin will not adjust to the weight loss and I will be just saggy all over . :frown:

I don't know what I will really look like. I have been 160 when I was in high school, but since I have been 200 for more than a year i don't know if 160 will still look the same... Let alone what 135 will look like.

I'm nervous that I will have saggy skin when I'm done. I'm hoping it's not too bad.

Attention does get me I've lost a significant amount before and the attention was scary. It also made me angry that now people were much more friendlier and open to me. I was still the same person, but now some how I was worthy. I wasnt expecting it so it caused me to regain the weight. I hope I now know what to expect and can better put it into prespective. The oceans run shallow with human beings.

feel great about losing the weight but nervous about gaining it back and being a failure again. Staying focused so that doesn't happen

That the weight was not an issue at all and I am the soul reson why I dont look good/ have a boyfriend/lazy and so on...

And that my family is gonna act like you just described your people from work

im nervous of what i will look like. I started out at 355 pounds and i have been huge my whole adult like i dont actually remember what i was like slim because i was convinced i was fat even though i was not! so i panic that the damage is already done and i will just look a saggy mess x

That's exactly how I use to feel when I was skinny I still saw fat. Now i have close to 100lbs to lose and im scared im gonna be a saggy skinned weirdo. I also get discouraged when ppl make it their business to monitor my food. Its sooo annoying & I feel like they want me to fail.

Example- another shrinking gal brought some hummus for us to try as her recipe "guinea pigs" and suddenly women who aren't even in my dept are like, "Oh you can eat that?! Well at the rate you seem to be losing we didn't think you ate ANYTHING" (the only thing that made me keep my cool is the fact that these broads, who can't keep their obnoxious words to themselves, believe that by pumping diet pills, skipping meals, and taking the stairs once a day, they will lose weight and keep it off...)

Well, you've showed them. You called them out on the interwebz. Ironic.

My original goal was to "look better fully dressed". I have lost 70 pounds and have achieved that. Beyond my wildest dreams I went from a dowdy size 16 to a "wear what I want to" size 4! I had never really been 135 as an adult. My skin was always kind of flabby anyway with lots of stretch marks, so sadly my skin does indeed sag now, but I'd still rather be at this healthy weight knowing I am adding years to my life than being fat again. Maybe exercise over time will help, but maybe I am just too old. My sagging arms will just have to bear witness to the awesome weight loss job I've done. They will not define me as a person. How many people only dream of losing the weight and reaching their personal goal?

Also people do treat me differently being a size 4 instead of a size 16. It is probably due to the way I also felt about myself. I have much more self confidence just knowing that I am not fat anymore and people are not judging me solely on being fat anymore.

I work at home and we have our own Auto Repair business, so mainly interact with men. Many are long time friends of husband so any remarks are positive. I don't have to deal with the catty women in a workplace. However I do remember losing weight before when I worked at the hospital and people would constantly be sizing me up. You lost weight. What do you eat? Why are you eating that? Like it or not I guess that is just human nature and you need to find a way to deal with it. There will always be those people who are jealous and want to see you fail. It makes them feel better somehow. After all, if losing weight was easy, everyone would be thin. I've heard from women who did lose their weight, too that now they are criticized for not eating! Just goes to show that some people will never be happy with YOUR body, YOUR weight loss, YOUR success. Because somehow it reflects on them and their weight issues.

Just go out there and be the best you can be. This is YOUR life! Maintenance is no cake walk either. IT requires the same diligence as losing weight, however you will be more used to your limitations by then knowing what you should and should not do. And don't ever lose sight of the awesome accomplishment you have made or you WILL be one of the 90 - 95% that does gain it all back and more. It isn't magic. It just takes daily thought and follow through.

I love the feeling of losing weight, the only thing that makes me nervous is gaining it back and then some! Usually comes back ten fold and it gets harder each time I try to start over again.. Maintaining is a huge thing, but metabolism slows after weight loss.We'll see though!

That I'll work my butt off and nothing will happen. Then what?

What other people think....and also finding out what people thought about me when I was overweight.

Some of my family and friends used to say "You're not fat!!" and I would believe them...and now I am a healthy weight...they say "yeah, well you were quite big, weren't you."...it hurts, even though I am not overweight anymore....and it makes me nervous to think about peoples opinions of me....

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I still won't be able to find clothes that fit.