Cons of Losing Weight

> I get really cold really fast now lol.
> constant want of new clothing
> loose skin
> paranoia of gaining weight
> my constant want of approval from others ( I really don't know why but when I lost my weight I suddenly felt the need to want to impress everyone )

You can't float as well. You can't hold as much alcohol. Your wrinkles show. When you argue with someone you can't just sit on them until they scream UNCLE. People do not get out of your way. Idiots hit on you. SEE: There ARE some downsides to losing weight.

The fact you can't spot reduce - I have a wide set frame shoulders, ribcage, pelvis.. Ridiculous just how 'bony' I am in some areas but not others.

Definitely feeling the cold more.

Working out & sex drive going through the roof (but being single).

Falling in between dress sizes - do you opt for too tight. Or being swamped?

Brittle hair & dry skin whilst on a cut (I was prone to these anyway).

Focussing on all my 'problem areas' in the mirror (previously the fact I was just round mitigated specific worries).

hard chairs versus butt bones

I'm now considering the "strong one" in my family (not my husband and kids, I meant family like my parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, etc) and so I'm the one they call for Chore Duty/Yard Sale help/Moving/etc.

I've faked my death too many times to count.

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Gaining a little more confidence, and "friends" think you've "changed" and they like the "old" you better. Intimidated? Jealous? Not sure which, but haters like to hate even when you are doing something healthy and positive. (sorry so many quotes! )

1.) Having to eventually buy new clothes...I'm fashionably challenged as-is and I find shopping to be a pain in the *kitten*. My body doesn't cooperate. Either I have to get shirts way large to accommodate my larger chest, or I can't get into cute clothes without every curve, roll, etc, showing. Or the risk of looking trashy/skanky. I repulse myself.

I don't have $50+ for an individual piece of clothing. So I often am stuck wearing clothes that are looking like bags on me, haha. Better than them looking skin tight and uncomfortable. I just recently got a new pair of dress pants for work, since I only had one pair left that fit.

1.) I feel like I will be judged by the morsels I put in my mouth whenever I eat around others, so I often eat alone, inside or in my car during my lunches.

3.) I have been wanting to talk about fitness, wellness, weight loss a lot, but feeling like I'm annoying the **** out of people. So I keep it to myself anymore when out and about. I do, however, allow my weigh-ins to automatically post to my Facebook. Allowing my friends and family to know that I'm losing weight helps keep me accountable.

4.) I have had to learn the hard way that ultimately, I should focus on me and me alone. My weight loss journey HAS been inspired by others, and seeing others' success and weight loss has helped carry me and push me in the beginning. Some fun competition and motivation has been to catch up to others' weight loss goals at work.

I was going through this journey with a friend, but we have kinda grown distant (which makes me sad). But it's life. And I have had to learn to toughen up and realize that I should lose weight for myself. Not just because someone else is doing it or just to find a reason to bond with someone. That this journey, I walk it alone. And through labored breathing, long miles, pounding pavement with the sun on my face and the wind against my back, my weaknesses and insecurities will trickle away. I had this break-down-turned epiphany this morning. And with that, I completed a 4.5 mile run by myself with no stopping for the first time ever.