Things they never tell you about weight loss

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  • dontquit82
    dontquit82 Posts: 6
    When you've spent most of your life being the overweight wallflower, it's hard to adjust to suddenly being noticed. That sounds so depressing but it's true lol Customers that I've waited on for a year are suddenly flirting with me, the guy in Starbucks is suddenly flirting with me....it's weird lol Honestly, I'm uncomfortable with the attention and sometimes I wish they didn't see me again...is that weird? lol



    I really believe that this typically isn't due to the physical changes...but the esteem/confidence changes. You may not notice those changes as much...but others do. :) Congrats on your weight loss!
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
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  • sclarktiw
    sclarktiw Posts: 217
    Since losing weight, I’ve noticed a number of changes that had never even occurred to me may happen:

    Sleep is much less disturbed and I find I have a full 7-8 hours now rather than repeatedly waking up.
    I used to be ill all the time – now in the unlikely event that I do catch a cold, I’m over it in a day or two.
    If I eat a take-away, I can now taste the fat and grease in things I used to eat all the time without noticing. It’s horrible. (most of the time :laugh:)
    I’m cold. ALL the time.
    My body can’t handle binges any more. I used to be a compulsive binger, and now on the odd occasion I slip up, I get AWFUL stomach pains only an hour later.
    Rather than buy new jeans like I’d hoped, the first thing I had to change was my ring size. :laugh:

    Anyone else noticed anything you weren’t expecting?

    I too notice I sleep more...but mine is because my wife isn't hitting to wake me up to either roll over or go downstairs because I am snoring!
    I find that I cant eat sugars as much as they are TOO SWEET now...
    I do get colder easier
    Yeah, I cant binge either...or I feel sick...so when I do eat a little too much it is walking time!
    I have to resize my ring now too!

    And I would trade any of the above for ANYTHING...well, maybe an AERO bar...JK
  • sclarktiw
    sclarktiw Posts: 217
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    Many of the women have remarked that they are disappointed by the reduction in their breast size due to weight loss.

    For the guys, it's the opposite. It's been said we gain back an inch for every 50 pounds we lose.

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    I thought when I heard that we would gain my wife was trying to motivate me...I thought she was lying...and I think she was...well I have lost a total of 62 lbs...27 before MFP and 35 since MFP...and well...I have increased...she will attest to that...

    Humour part of it...well, maybe since it isnt hiding under a shadow and it gets to see the sun it is growing? (sorry, had to)
  • repowife
    repowife Posts: 1 Member
    Yes yes yes!!!! Always cold!!!!:) the coolest thing was changing ring size from an 8 to a 5!!!:) what's up with this wrinkled neck!?!?!?
  • sclarktiw
    sclarktiw Posts: 217
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    It's made me highly judgemental of overweight people (not pretty but true).

    Actually I sort of know what you mean there. I still have a long way to go so I wouldn't say judgemental, but I am definitely no longer sympathetic. In fact, if people moan about their weight, rather than say 'Oh I know how you feel!' I now say, 'get off your backside and do something about it then.'

    I too feel the same way...
  • robindina
    robindina Posts: 157 Member
    My ring size went down from a 7 to 5.25 and I had to remove 2 links from my watch.
    My face is thinner and I can see definition in my arm muscles.
    I agree with getting over illnesses a lot easier now. :smile:
  • tameko2
    tameko2 Posts: 31,634 Member
    I can eat more, better quality (nutritionally, obviously.. not gold plated eggs... yet) foods, work out (doing something I REALLY enjoy) and lose weight.

    Side note: when I ate more, I wasn't freezing to death anymore.

    I do eat a healthy amount (1800+ cals), I've been told it's just because I haven't got as much 'padding' as before. :laugh:

    I don't think there's any merit to the 'padding' thing - I got cold much more frequently when I was fat than I do now. But I did get cold when I was under-eating as well. You should be able to alleviate it with a multivitamin. Most likely its iron deficiency. (at least thats the most common cause for women, and depending on how your food choices changed with your dieting its very possibly yo're missing some nutrients.)
  • Moretakitty
    Moretakitty Posts: 168 Member
    The cold thing for sure.My hands actually started turning purple when they were cold.I went to the Doctor and I was diagnosed with Raynauds disease.The Doctor said "it's very common in tiny people". I was so shocked at being called a tiny person,I missed most of what she told me abouth the condition and had to read up on it later.I didn't know I had this disease because I wasn't tiny.Hmmm,skinny and purple or fat and fleshtone?

    Ditto...
    On being cold, since losing weight, I have been diagnosed with Reynaud's Disease. I've likely always have had it but without that extra 65 lbs, it wasn't too noticeable.
    My ring size has dropped, have to get my ring resized.
    Just went into Nordstom's today to be fitted for a new bra and to help me figure out what size I was. I've dropped 6 inches around the band.

    By far the oddest thing for me however is FEELING MY BONES!
  • Luthien007
    Luthien007 Posts: 281 Member
    When I curl up on my side in bed, my knees bump together and feel bony and uncomfortable. I have to drop one knee down so it doesn't touch the other knee to be comfortable. I used to have extra padding around the knees that were like cushions...lol. Maybe I will get used to it.
    My calves look longer and leaner and my legs are hard. Who knew.
    I can feel bones in places that were padded before :)
  • MissyPoo2013
    MissyPoo2013 Posts: 190 Member
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  • nyemu
    nyemu Posts: 43
    The tips of your heels last loger!
  • auntiejack
    auntiejack Posts: 62 Member
    I haven't lost much but my watch stap is now loose, on the way to get some links removed
  • stephdeeable
    stephdeeable Posts: 1,407 Member
    A lot of the ones already mentioned apply to me..Another one I noticed yesterday when I was clipping my nails was how much thicker and harder to cut they were. Not really from weight loss, but from no longer being malnourished I guess.

    This thread makes me scared for the future of my butt, since I broke my tailbone 6 years ago and it still aches sometimes...it's just going to get worse when the padding is gone :angry:
  • irenematilda
    irenematilda Posts: 45 Member
    Veering into TMI territory, probably, but even though I've only been here a month I've seen off enough midriff blubber to be able to see properly what I'm doing when I.. um... tend my ladygarden. Keeping the 'lower lawn' tidy has become much less hassle :D

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