Unexpected results of weight loss
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Lack of thigh rub was a huge one for me. I actually like wearing dresses now. LOL!
Another is how much I'm freezing all the darn time.
And how much I love physical exercise
And how incredibly grumpy I get if I don't get my exercise in.
And for the TMI - I have endometriosis. The pain during my periods was insane, but now that I'm normal weight, the pain is gone.
Snap snap snap. If only the doctors would really strictly say "lose weight and we won't need to be seeing you", rather than skirting round the issue as they do. However I blame no one but myself for the state I got in. It's fabulous to read another endo sufferer is managing it with weight
After the first 25 pounds of my 75 pound journey, my doctor called me "low-hanging fruit", then explained that I was doing all the right things for my health and not to come back for a year! Low-hanging fruit is what the docs call the patients who don't need follow-up.15 -
believe it or not....these stories are very encouraging11
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acstansell wrote: »My brain took forever to catch up too! I would try to try on clothes that were at least a size too big... some of the best parts:
- Enjoying looking at pictures
- being able to see my toes
- my elbow and knee
- Enjoying a dress and a skirt - I hadn't worn one in 3 years.
- NO MORE SPANX
- seeing my collar bones,my hips, and my ribs...
- I'm constantly rubbing my neck because I can fit my hands around it... I wasn't able to do that. so my jawline/neck feels weird.
I stopped working at it for 2 years, and am trying to get back on track. I'll be glad when I feel like myself again, which ironicaly now includes all of these things. WHen I put back on weight, THAT felt odd. I like that.
I pulled out an (old) pair of control top tights this morning to wear under a dress to work. A: I had no need ta all of the control top. B: My size is so dramatically different from the last time I wore them that the tops are bunched up at the top of my things and the crotch keeps slipping down. I'm just like when I was a little kid, constantly tugging these things up.
Going out at lunch for new ones!! YAY!!14 -
My shoulder blades touching the back of my chair ....ugghh.....a
and the bottom of my spine when i try and sit in the bath.
the sensation makes me queasy haha10 -
I am loving this thread!!2
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My ex-husband checking out my *kitten*84
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Love this thread. Looking forward to some of my own.
A quick one, with just around 10 pounds lost so far. Being able to wear a button up shirt again and not having the buttons coming undone every time I sit down.42 -
Two things: I can get up easily & quickly from a chair because my big tummy has shrunk! I noticed some slack in my seat belt when I buckled up for my plane ride at Christmas! Nice.6
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Loose skin everywhere. My upper arms have wings; my thighs jiggle like jolly bowls of jell-o. Reaching back and rubbing my own back, I now massage muscles under folds of surplus skin. I won't talk about the flabby tummy. It tucks in.
No medications! None! Nada!
No heel spurs. Bursitis in my knee fading.
Running up the stairs.
I have a skinny face with a stringy goose neck looking back at me in the mirror.
News yesterday, my nearsightedness has improved. Improved! Need new glasses. Now how is that possible? I am literally reversing my age.
Folding myself in to Mecca pose.
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*Being able to zip high boots up right to the top because my calves fit in them!!!
*I never recognize myself in reflections of store windows or mirrors and so I'm always caught off guard like there was someone standing close to me and I didn't realize. I always look around startled before realizing THAT'S ME!!!!!26 -
TheVirgoddess wrote: »Oh and tending the lady bits no longer involves really awkward positioning and fat shifting. That's pretty amazing.
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Ok here's a weird one - I sleep in default on my belly - when it was bigger I think it kept my spine in better alignment because now I get low back pain when I wake up! Maybe I need a pillow under me now or just to learn to sleep on my side/back!
- Small price to pay tho I'm gonna think of some more. I'm loving this thread! Keep it up guys!10 -
Love this thread! I think one of the best unexpected results has been that my confidence/physical health now enables me to do all these things I've always wanted to do... like charity runs or going to carnivals where the dress code is "as few clothes as humanly possible" or meeting friends on the beach and actually taking off my shirt!
Also I had the opposite problem of @kimkakes28... all this time I thought I had big boobs because of my extra weight, turns out I just have big boobs... cue my mother now constantly telling me that I'm too skinny for my boobs
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coolchange91 wrote: »Love this thread! I think one of the best unexpected results has been that my confidence/physical health now enables me to do all these things I've always wanted to do... like charity runs or going to carnivals where the dress code is "as few clothes as humanly possible" or meeting friends on the beach and actually taking off my shirt!
Also I had the opposite problem of @kimkakes28... all this time I thought I had big boobs because of my extra weight, turns out I just have big boobs... cue my mother now constantly telling me that I'm too skinny for my boobs
I love this!! haha
One of my favorite unexpected things about weight loss is feeling so much more comfortable dancing (99% of the time in a very silly manner) and clowning around, physical comedy type stuff. I have always been a hyper and hammy type but it used to be mostly just through facial expressions and hand gestures. Getting to a comfortable weight has made me a real clown and dancy-pants type of person which I didn't even know that I wanted to be, for years and years I was more restrained due to my size (not literally...but due to feeling very self conscious).
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There are so many!! The collar bones and arm pit thing threw me off!! My breasts are small but more perky, pregnancy and breastfeeding and age had them sagging, now they stand to attention without a bra. My knees and hips are bony, my thighs no longer rub together and the best one is I'm no longer in double digit clothing size. I wanted to cry when I fit into a size eight. I also agree with the people who said they are colder. Without the extra insulation, I'm always bundling up now.11
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Lets here is for cuter belly buttons. No more big black abyss.
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ColoradoBringItOn wrote: »I don't hear my body "clapping" when I run up the stairs anymore!
HA!! Awww...I'm sure your body is still cheering you on! (I burst out laughing at my desk...thanks!)
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Oh and sex. It's just so much more enjoyable now - to be so much closer (physically) to my husband makes it so much more intimate and amazing.31
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TheVirgoddess wrote: »Oh and tending the lady bits no longer involves really awkward positioning and fat shifting. That's pretty amazing.
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Haha! You rock!1
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