Do you miss anything about being bigger?

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  • gary241069
    gary241069 Posts: 255 Member
    Sleep. I've went from around 10 hours sleep per night - to less than 10 hours sleep per week.
    I really miss my sleep. Z z Z z Z z Z z Z z Z z Z z Z z Z z Z z Z z Z z :yawn:
  • SaintGiff
    SaintGiff Posts: 3,679 Member
    I'm not gonna lie. I most comfortable walking around in the high 180s / low 190s. That puts me right around 20% body fat. I've been as low as 170 and hated it. Sure, I looked better if you're into the ripped look, but I always felt too small. At the end of the day I'd rather be comfortable and confident at 20% than uncomfortable at 15% or whatever it was.
  • graceire
    graceire Posts: 323 Member
    I sometimes miss not giving a *kitten* what and how much I was eating. Extra bacon on my bacon sandwich with a side of a bag of potato chips? Why yes, thank you kindly. Other than that, nope, nothing.
  • mandybear014
    mandybear014 Posts: 209 Member
    I do miss my chest. :( And my butt. LOL


    ^^^^Ditto for me! My chesticles were the first to go. :sad:

    LOL!
  • SapiensPisces
    SapiensPisces Posts: 992 Member
    my strength

    This.

    I was a LOT stronger when I was bigger, but that's about all I miss. I'm much happier now.
  • PunkyRachel
    PunkyRachel Posts: 1,959 Member
    I miss my DDD boobs, they've shrunk down to C cup. I can no longer brag about having naturally huge boobs lol
  • mm3212
    mm3212 Posts: 12 Member
    It likes a 90/10 thing for me...90% of the time there is nothing I miss at all, especially when I think back to the absolute struggle just working out used to be...Butttt there is that 10% of the time when I will go a little over on a meal or an entire day and at that point I miss when I was bigger because the guilt of going over is unbearable and I didn't have that before haha.

    Oh and the undeniable warmth an extra layer or three of fat provided me during winter!!!
  • Deipneus
    Deipneus Posts: 1,854 Member
    I miss not being cold. I never used to understand these people who always complained they were cold, now I'm one of them.
    This was my thought too.
    Also, I now find that airplane seats are far less comfortable after a couple of hours. They need more cushioning.
    This is not my experience. Flying is more comfortable now. The seats seem wider.
  • juhnell2610
    juhnell2610 Posts: 291 Member
    I miss being confident without the wonder inside if I was becoming vain and insufferable about my body image.
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  • amyk0202
    amyk0202 Posts: 666 Member
    My ability to move ANYTHING that needed moving at work. As I lose more weight I find some things that I was previously able to move I no longer have the mass to budge.

    This! I used to be able to move anything around the house--furniture up & down stairs, whatever. I'd just push it around. Now I just can't. It's irritating to have to ask my husband to help move things I used to be able to move myself.
  • kimberlyblindsey
    kimberlyblindsey Posts: 266 Member
    Miss the fullness in my face, the fat puffed out my wrinkles.
    ^this, I was not really large, but a little chubby by an extra 10 lbs or, so? However, as you age as a smaller, thinner woman, you have to choose your face or your *kitten*. I guess that's what filler is for, eh?
  • kdhamner
    kdhamner Posts: 309 Member
    The only thing I miss about being bigger is having a wardrobe! Right now, I keep shrinking out of EVERYTHING! I currently do not own a pair of pants that fit me - they are all too big. LOL Other than that, NO, I do not miss a single thing about my old body! I still have 60ish pounds to lose, so I won't miss this current body either once I hit goal!
  • SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish
    SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish Posts: 831 Member
    my strength

    But why did you lose strength? Did you lose muscle mass along with fat? If you took a real thin person and could put 40 lbs of fat on them in one day would they get stronger? Nope. If you reduce fat off your body while retaining and hopefully strengthening muscle.....you should not get weaker. Losing weight should be about losing fat. Losing that which burdens the muscle should make you feel stronger

    But it doesnt work like that, everyone does lose some muscle when losing weight, if its a significant amount of weight, and even if they dont notice that or didn't appear to lose muscle, they do reduce the capacity to gain as much strength as fast as they used to. I know I used to go up in strength faster than I do now, and lifts that I cannot do at maximum due to an injury have reduced as I have lost weight.

    This is not to be confused with the MFP myth that you cannot gain on a deficit, you can, its just difficult, and very very hard to maintain over a long time or a long loss. So difficult that the myth appears to be truth to many.

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