Weird things nobody tells you about losing weight

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  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
    Underwear! Underwear that's too big is a problem. They fall down INSIDE YOUR PANTS. And how the heck are you supposed to pull them back up without attracting attention? You can't.
  • reddaddie
    reddaddie Posts: 121 Member
    I saw grey hair where I didn't want to.
    Oh well don't feel too bad about that! I'm a red head and well I've found white hair where I didn't want to for years and I'm only 31 and not a gray hair on my head!
    HaHa Salt & Paprika mostly salt now.
  • ThriceBlessed
    ThriceBlessed Posts: 499 Member
    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!

    Get some ring snuggies. http://www.amazon.com/Ring-Snuggies-Original-Adjusters-Assorted/dp/B0014DGXU8
  • currlee
    currlee Posts: 395 Member
    Not having any idea where to even begin looking when you go clothes shopping. I hate shopping and won't go into the dressing room more than once. The first time this happened, I gave up after wandering around a couple stores trying to decide what I should pick up/what styles will work.
    lol I've always had a big smile, but now all I see in pictures is teeth! lol
    Shaving under my arms is a little trickier now that the space isn't flat with fat, but goes into.....my body? lol Idk.
    For me, though, the hardest part is my brain not yet seeing so much change. I see that I have changed and lost weight and that I'm smaller; I know this. But when I look in the mirror, I see the same shape and my eyes go first to the areas that still need work, so that's all my brain is recognizing. It will one day. I know it :)
  • MauxFaux
    MauxFaux Posts: 24
    I have Diastasis recti and had no idea until I noticed a dent in abs. My kids are 7 and 9, the dent has been there for a while, all covered in padding.
  • Urban_Princess
    Urban_Princess Posts: 219 Member
    bump

    btw, I haven't lost a ton of weight yet but I'm currently wearing dress pants that I can take off without unbuttoning. There are about 5 inches of extra space. I could feel them slowly drop as I walk down the hall to go to the bathroom. I remember last year when I bought them they made my legs look like sausage links.
  • dym123
    dym123 Posts: 1,670 Member
    Went in for my annual mammogram this year and got the call that there was an issue and I had to go back for a more extensive mammogram. While there the tech doing the exam casually asked "have you lost a significant amount of weight?", I told her I had lost (at that time) almost 100lbs. Turned out that the weight loss showed up as an anomoly in my mammogram. Though it would saved me a lot of extra grief if they had just asked that question during the first mammogram.
  • Pantherfan44
    Pantherfan44 Posts: 25
    My hand went to rest on my side and for a second I was like...woah, what is that? I have some kind of weird lump there, on my side and kind of around the back. After a few moments of poking there and on the opposite side I realized that of course it was my rib.

    I had this same thing just a few weeks ago, but with me it was my hip bone!

    It does make sense but I didn't think about going down in bra size. I was riding my motorcycle and it got darn uncomfortable going over some railroad tracks!

    I can totally relate to the bra size, It is the worst downside to weight loss mine virtually disappear :(
  • JanieJack
    JanieJack Posts: 3,831 Member
    How people who never gave you a second thought now don't want you around when they go out or are jealous of you. I suspect this happens more with single women who lose weight than other categories of folks on this board.
  • tyrsnbdr
    tyrsnbdr Posts: 234 Member
    Went dress shirt buying... Couldn't get my arms into the slim shirts. I can wear the old fat shirts or get custom made shirts.
  • spirytwynd
    spirytwynd Posts: 141 Member
    Everyone seems to be finding stuff about their bodies, ribs, bones, etc. Wow. The thing no one warned me about was the increase in libido. I was not expecting that at all. :-/
  • Katz135
    Katz135 Posts: 22
    You can purchase a ring sizer at the jewellers. It is a piece that fits into the back of your ring making it smaller. Then when you are finished losing you can get them permanently resized
  • Tiznonay
    Tiznonay Posts: 124 Member
    Funny thread! Definitely a few weird things about losing weight I never expected to run into. Here's a few:

    1. My *kitten*! It hurts when I sit on hard surfaces for a lil while. I used to be so well padded!
    2. When I sleep, I now hafta have a pillow between my legs or my hips hurt. Used to have natural padding there, now my knees hit each other
    3. Replacing your XXL wardrobe with XL... and then with L. And now Medium? What the hell?

    But yeah, I definitely agree with the "it's cold!" comments. Used to truly believe that my body just ran a bit hot - nope. just fat

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