so what does thin feel like?

For me, this one is really motivating, although I don't necessarily take it literally...

I think maybe a more accurate one for me is "Don't give up what you want most for what you want right now"... source anyone??

I'm still going to eat those delicious things, and savor them, and find them JUST as delicious.... but in moderation. Just because when I walk past the cupcake store I REALLY want a cupcake, I can't let that short-term craving get in the way of my long-term goal, which is to lose weight and get healthy!

The quote is from Zig Ziglar and he says, "The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want now."

I read that quote on my first day being on MFP and I now have it taped to various places at home and on my desk at work. I have a LONG way to go to thin or fit. This thread has given me a lot of inspiration and I hope it gets bumped often and people keep coming on to tell us how they feel.

I hope to return with my own "how does it feel" response.:bigsmile:

This might be silly but what does bump mean?

Not sure if anybody answered you, but "bump" is what you put into a reply to bump the thread to the top of a forum list so it doesn't get lost in the hundreds of other threads. This is done particularly if you need an answer to something important.

As for an answer to the OP: I can't quite remember. I used to be. I used to be able to eat whatever I wanted, and I was skinny as a rail (6ft tall, 135lbs). That was a loooooooooong time ago....I think I remember that I was kinda sexy. At least construction workers used to hoot at me, so that was something.

I think.

my best moments are my "i feel skinny" moments.. so i agree with the quote! nothing is worth eating compared to that feeling! and im not even at my goal!

"Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels" is a quote used by people who follow the thinspiration movement. The movement is often linked with eating disorders such as anorexia.

"Skinny" doesn't mean anything if you aren't healthy. You can be skinny and feel much, much worse than if you are overweight.

You should aim to be fit and healthy, not skinny.

That phrase is inherently flawed. It is suggesting that you can't be fit and thin without completely cutting out the things you love, or even having a taste.

I shall now share with you a by-no-means all-inclusive list of foods I have eaten and heartily enjoyed, all whilst on my road to being the fittest MILF I can carve out of myself:

Pizza. Lots, and lots of pizza.
Ice cream
Cookies. All sorts. Many cookies.
Chicken alfredo
Taco Bell
Burritos
Cake
Tacos
Whataburger
In'N'Out
Lasagna
Waffles
Pancakes
Cheese. Plain, melted, mixed in things, smothering things, lots of cheese.
Pasta
Chocolate bars
Candy. All kinds.
Doughnuts.

I could keep going, but I'll assume you get the point.

The idea is that you can have whatever you want, as long as your nutritional goals are being met, and you are staying under a reasonable calorie goal. (1200 is NOT "reasonable" for 99% of the people here).

It feels rad, so much better than the feeling of that extra ring of fat around your gut.

Powerful and confident.

This is a really old thread.

It feels confident, disciplined, and like you can take on the world. (I think this is probably more true for people who have worked to lose weight than those who come by thinness naturally because we have the added pride in our hard work and accomplishment.) Just today, as I walked into a grocery store, there was an overweight woman also walking in. For some reason, she made me think about the trade-off. I thought about how she probably has a much different and in some ways more enjoyable lifestyle than me; but I smiled inside, pleased with myself for my commitment to health, and specifically thinking how I would much rather have my current lifestyle even if it means I'm not so carefree. So I guess I was actually feeling how "nothing tastes as good as being thin feels" without putting that phrase on it at the time.