What is the biggest unexpected surprise after losing weight?
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A lovely warm bath has always been my personal pick me up and now, because I displace so much less water, I can have it deeper so there is a lot more water than there is me and it feels fantastic !0
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people think you have a fake ID if your weightloss is significant (particularly in the face). also i have found that after people notice your loss, they automatically assume it was through an unhealthy manner. :grumble:0
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Bump for later. This is an awesome thread! Congrats to all!0
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Doing ab work - particularly leg extensions is uncomfortable - my bum is too bony!0
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Just looked after my 22 month grandson all day without collapsing - I am 63.
One thing that is a bit sad is that I don't have many people to go clothes shopping with. People I used to go with are now bigger than me and it makes it a bit of a difficult subject. I try not to crow as i love them, but I don't have a lot of slimmer friends.
I had loads of photos taken of myself on holiday and looked good in them!
I look at fashion mags a lot- I used to hate them.
I'm looking forward to summer now as I will be able to wear a skirt without my thighs rubbing together and am considering buying some summer shoes with a slight heel. My feet are appreciating not having to carry so much weight!0 -
I'm cold...All the time...But it's a small price to pay.
That, exactly.0 -
When I am finding clothes I like in shops, a lot of the time they are now way too big. I was a 3XL top and 50" hips/60" waist and I am now a Medium / Large top and 32" waist. Today there a T shirt I liked but it only in XL to 3XL and a pair of jeans was 34" to 42".0
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I'm cold...All the time...But it's a small price to pay.
yes this it's sooooo weird0 -
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cold all the time (fingers and toes especially) and sore tailbone are the negatives. Turning over easily in bed and completing vigorous yard work without complete exhaustion are the positives.0
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The ridiculously huge changes in personal perspective. The biggest and most recent one has been that I can actually enjoy eating slowly.
I don't know if it is a measure of my compulsive eating disorder or if I had just grown accustomed to eating quickly and eating with large mouthfuls for so long that it truly was the only way I felt I could enjoy and "savor" my food in the past. I went into my diet thinking this would never change and would simply be something I would have to deal with—not enjoying my food as much because I needed to eat slowly.
I don't know how or why the change happened, but this is the first time, aside from either being really, really busy while eating or simply being sick that I was able to enjoy eating smaller bites or mouthfuls and more slowly, and that doing so had its own appeal.0 -
In the shower, my shoulders feel slimmer. How weird is that?0
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bump !! This is awsum!0
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For me its how cold I am most of the time. I have to wear lots of layers to keep warm now0
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The ridiculously huge changes in personal perspective. The biggest and most recent one has been that I can actually enjoy eating slowly.
I don't know if it is a measure of my compulsive eating disorder or if I had just grown accustomed to eating quickly and eating with large mouthfuls for so long that it truly was the only way I felt I could enjoy and "savor" my food in the past. I went into my diet thinking this would never change and would simply be something I would have to deal with—not enjoying my food as much because I needed to eat slowly.
I don't know how or why the change happened, but this is the first time, aside from either being really, really busy while eating or simply being sick that I was able to enjoy eating smaller bites or mouthfuls and more slowly, and that doing so had its own appeal.
Wow thats awesome! I really hope that I get to that stage eventually.0 -
going from not being able to run down my road without gasping for breath to being able to run 4.5 miles 3 days a week without stopping!0
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People definitely treat me differently - although I am somewhat appalled to hear the anti fat jibes that are said freely and frequently behind the backs of others who are still carrying around excess weight. I work in an environment where people didn't know me when I carried my extra 100 lbs - so people don't feel the need to hide their comments from me as clearly they assume that I have always been at this weight0
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I agree with sex being better.
People are actually a little less nice to me. I don't get leeway with my friends to feel badly about my body, they just roll their eyes at me. I get a lot of the "oh, well it's easy for *you*" comments regarding weight. I've pretty much just stopped talking to people about it.
Biggest surprise is that I don't feel totally self-confident even though I look a lot better. I think it's because now that I focus so much on how I look I'm more aware of trouble spots, especially things I can't fix. I know objectively that I look pretty good (especially compared to before) and some days I feel like I look awesome, but often I just still see bad things when I look in the mirror. I think part of it is that I'm still wearing a lot of clothes that don't fit, so hopefully I can afford some new ones soon.0 -
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