Unexpected results of weight loss
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valente347 wrote: »I didn't realize I would be speechless when someone commented on the chocolate cake I was eating for lunch, questioning how I can lose weight and eat cake. I guess when I weighed more, I was lucky that everyone was polite enough to keep their comments to themselves.
I was surprised how much faster I'm moving down in sizes as I'm getting closer to my goal. It seems that a 5 pound difference is a lot more noticeable when I'm 150 lbs than when I'm 220 lbs.
My natural face shape has surprised me. I've been overweight since I was little and I always thought it was oval under my chubby cheeks, but it turns out that I have a really strong jawline. My eyes also look a lot bigger.
My nails are much stronger now that my diet is better.
I hate feeling my heartbeat in my stomach. I didn't know that would happen.
My sitting posture has changed because my butt doesn't force my lower back into such a weird angle.
I've also been surprised that losing weight doesn't make me less self-conscious about the parts of my body I disliked when I was obese.
This has been surprising for me too.1 -
Realizing I weigh less than my husband now
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I love this thread, it's really motivating me to keep going!1
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I'm finding now I'm losing the last few pounds (nine to go to hit my inital goal, but maybe I'll adjust and add a few more, I'll see how I feel when I get there!) that the weight loss seems realllllly slow but then all of a sudden I'll notice a big change... Last night, suddenly realised my back fat was pretty much all gone and I could make out actual vertebrae. I'm loving being a little (not too much!) bony for the FIRST TIME EVER!6
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just how excited i'd get about wearing clothes i haven't been able to in years - who would have thought i'd squeal with joy when i comfortably buttoned a pair of 5 year old, super cheap jeans!?!6
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Ditto on the feeling cold. What has amazed me four years into this is how I have become addicted to exercise. Another thing I have noticed is now that I eat healthy how foods I used to love turn me off because of how I feel after eating them. I have also found that I own a heck of a lot more clothes than I ever have and that I actually like shopping for clothes now.6
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I might have a strange one: my legs have become even thinner than they already were (i carry weight in the bust and belly) and it is feeling weird to walk. I am so self-conscious of the air between my legs and it makes my walking 'style' awkward.
I am used to having my legs touch a bit but now they are not anymore and i need to learn how to walk again hahah.
+ having my wedding ring resized
+ And being ok with the scale moving slowly
+ Liking new foods better than my old favourites3 -
Ditto on the feeling cold. What has amazed me four years into this is how I have become addicted to exercise. Another thing I have noticed is now that I eat healthy how foods I used to love turn me off because of how I feel after eating them. I have also found that I own a heck of a lot more clothes than I ever have and that I actually like shopping for clothes now.
This is me all of the way but I live in Arizona, so I get a lot of strange looks when I walk around in a jacket and such because I am always cold... but guess who will have the last laugh in August... 1 -
This may be my own perception, but I feel like I look taller. Maybe I'm just carrying myself differently? Standing up straighter? Probably.
And just last night I experienced the 'bony knees' phenomenon. I'm a side sleeper and was tossing and turning like "why can't I get comfortable"? LOL1 -
2ledbetter wrote: »Realizing I weigh less than my husband now
This is one of my goals. I only have 17.5 more pounds to go!! 1 -
I had purchased a number of necklace extenders at my highest weight - they are all off my necklaces now.
New one for me today - went for a walk & it's pretty windy. Actually had to fight to keep my balance at times - used to be a hurricane wind would barely push me over
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nashvillenellie wrote: »One of the first things I noticed was the fact I could jump up from being on the floor so easy. I shocked my self lol. I do animal rescue. We take cats and dogs from the shelters where they euthanize if they are not adopted. We get them vetted, spayed and neutered and socialized and place them with new forever families that will love them and cherish them like they should be. I have worked in rescue for the past 17 years. We get to keep some of our cats at a local pet supply store so the public can see them. I was there one day and one of the cats escaped in the store. He of course climbed under one of the shelves. Without thinking I plopped down on the floor and laid on my belly crawled under the shelf and pulled the protesting cat out lol. I then just popped up on my feet like it was nothing. I was thinking WOW this feels great. Prior to losing any weight It would have taken a backhoe to get me on my feet.
The 2nd thing I noticed is what the op mentioned about your brain not catching up to the fact you have lost weight. I still find myself trying to buy clothes way to big. It will take some getting used to that is for sure.
My intimate relationship with my husband has improved tremendously much to his advantage and mine of course. It is nice to not feel like an eighty year old woman verses my actual age. It was an unexpected benefit for me. I have not felt normal since I was in my twenties.
Great big round of applause to you! Thank you! Animals are my passion and I'm forever grateful for kind souls like you. Congrats on your weight loss and successes as well!5 -
AngryViking1970 wrote: »This may be my own perception, but I feel like I look taller. Maybe I'm just carrying myself differently? Standing up straighter? Probably.
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I had people tell me I looked taller, including my dad. I definitely hadn't grown, but I did look taller. I think being less "round" helped.0 -
Have noticed when people are quite heavy that their arms hang out at an angle to accommodate their girth. Including mine. And they swing awkwardly when walking. Noticed as I was walking towards a reflective door the other day that my arms now hang down in a normal position as I walk.11
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Have noticed when people are quite heavy that their arms hang out at an angle to accommodate their girth. Including mine. And they swing awkwardly when walking. Noticed as I was walking towards a reflective door the other day that my arms now hang down in a normal position as I walk.
That is an awesome one. (The way my arms hung was actually one of my motivators to lose some weight...)1 -
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Great big round of applause to you! Thank you! Animals are my passion and I'm forever grateful for kind souls like you. Congrats on your weight loss and successes as well![/quote]
Thank you for the kind words! My animals give me strength and courage to get up and do more for myself. Someone has to be around to take care of them!
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I hadn't really connected a lot of these things to weight loss until reading this thread (shoe size, cold etc. )
One not so great side effect for me has been hair loss, I'm not sure why but when I started to lose weight I started losing hair volume too.. weird I know
You may be eating too little! Usually when you lose hair like that it's because of a crash diet. I hope that that isn't the cause, but for the love of your hair, try eating more and getting a variety of nutrients in for a few months to see if you can stop the damage.
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Haha, I've lost 35lbs since January it may not sound much but I feel like instead of always falling off the side of my boyfriends little bed i feel as if i have more room and can lie on my back instead of just on my side lol and sitting on hard chairs or the floor hurts my bones
haha. sitting on the toilet having a wee i have to look twice at my knees also because they are all sticky out-y haha Xxxxx 3 -
Ooooh also the chub off my face has gone and im sure it makes my eyes look bigger so i look like a meerkat when i spot myself in the mirror... also all the blouses and shirts i was wearing a few months ago are like dresses to me now
Also i can fit into my skinny minnie little sisters clothes 
I've always been clumsy but bumping into things with less fat = more painful !! I've given my pokey out hipbones a right bashing recently2 -
Suddenly realizing that, yes, I may actually have boney knees.
That I haven't gotten sick in ages, whereas during my worst years I had several yucky colds and even the stomach flu (something I haven't contracted since I was a child!).
My bra strap size has shrunk steadily -people don't believe me when I tell them I'm a 32. I'm also finally (TMI!) seeing some actual bust shrinkage; the smaller I went in bra band, the larger I had to go in cups, and at JJ I'm running out of cups! My chest has always drawn attention in ways that frequently made me uncomfortable, especially when I was young and the attention was frightening. I look forward to THOSE changes -though I can't say I'm too pleased by the disappearance of my tush
One of the things I'm reminded of every day, and that is most important to me, is that my fingers don't look like over-stuffed sausages anymore. The first time I ever became conscious of being overweight and unlike the other children was when I saw a photo of myself at a recent birthday party when I was seven; my fingers looked plump and utterly different than the hands of my friends. I've carried that self-consciousness around for 22 years, and it's a poison I'm relieved to slowly be freed from.3 -
p.s due to such good nutritious foods has anybody else noticed their hair and nails growing out of control? since juicing i have to trim my toenails on a regular basis instead of like never (haha embarassing) also im sure my eyebrows are thicker???????? lol i also love the glowy effect on my skin and people asking what makeup im wearing when i have none on2
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Like many of you all, being cold all the time,and I was surprised when I had to tighten my belt two more notches than I'm used to. I was also surprised when my boots that I normaly have to wear with thin socks were loose with a thick pair of socks.
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I can echo the reduction in band size. Went from 40 to 36 since Jan 1. I haven't owned a 36 in years! I'm just wearing my current ones on the tightest fasteners. Like Cassie, cup size isn't changing as dramatically and I still fill out the J. Bras in that range are expensive, so I'm waiting as long as possible before ordering ones that will fit properly.
I used to be a walking space heater, but now regularly cover up with a blanket on the couch. Have to have a jacket in grocery stores. Those places are like walk-in freezers!
I'm going to have to buy new jammies. My shorts are falling off and the tanks are gaping enough on the sides that I can't walk around in front of the kids without risking a wardrobe malfunction.
My youngest (7), who had asked me why I didn't want to be skinny before I started counting calories/exercising, commented on how skinny I'm looking. Now, I'm NOT skinny by any stretch of the imagination. But, my apple shape has had a few bites taken out of it.6 -
I haven't lost as much as many folks, I'm down about 60 lbs from my heaviest and about 35 lbs since last July. However, my fitness, especially my cardiovascular/aerobic fitness, has increased tremendously in that time so some of these things are size/weight-related and some are fitness-related.
- Like many, my collarbones, cheekbones, and especially, jawline have reappeared. My cheeks and jawline startle me every single time I brush my teeth and see myself in the mirror.
- I never noticed the bony ankles and knees until I read this post. Now I can't *not* notice it.
- Possibly TMI, but I never realized how much sex felt like work when I was overweight and out of shape. It's much, much more enjoyable now for both myself and my wife. Or at least, so she tells me.
- Like many, I had to get a smaller wedding ring.
- Like many, I've become more conscious of/interested in clothes and just dressing better in general. I never cared before.
- I'm frequently shocked by how flat my stomach looks when wearing a belt and a tucked-in shirt. I have about 13 pounds to go yet, but it's a huge improvement.
- Hollows in my cheeks. I'm not sure my face has ever been as thin as it is now.
- The reappearance of ribs!
- Again possibly TMI, but the drastic reduction in padding around the pelvis have, according to my wife, caused the "boy parts" to effectively lengthen noticeably.
- I get strange reactions from health care providers when I tell them I'm on no medicines at all and yes, I'm really 45 years old.
- I get even stranger reactions from health care providers when they measure my pulse and my resting heart rate is below 45 beats per minute.
- I get antsy when I don't ride my bike or workout for a while. That NEVER used to happen.
- I enjoy being outside and active much more than I have since I was a kid.
- I've come to enjoy pushing myself physically. Harder workouts, longer rides, bigger challenges.
I could probably go on and on, but this is plenty long enough. Great thread! I've read ever post and I have it bookmarked to come back to.6 -
atfirstblush wrote: »My co-worker thought my husband was having an affair with the woman she saw in the restaurant... it was me.
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It must make me look younger. I no longer am automatically given the senior citizen discount, and when I asked about it a while back, I was told it was only for people 55 and older.... grocery store baggers no longer ask if I need help getting the bags to the car, the guy on the treadmill next to me in the fitness room was trying to keep up with ME, my outook on life is much more positive and life feels good.9
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I'm jealous, albalegume, my town doesn't give senior discounts until we are 65! I've been taking advantage of it other places when I travel. You DO look younger in your "after pic"!!
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Today, I had a surprising benefit of weight loss. Another example that my brain has not yet caught up with my smaller body. We had a bad ice storm earlier in the week. Today, things finally began to thaw out. I tried to open my back door to check on the ice in my yard but ice on the deck prevented me from opening it all the way. I started to close the door assuming that I would not fit through the small opening but for some reason decided to try anyway. Guess what, I was able to squeeze through without trouble. I was shocked. I never would have fit through such a small space last winter!4
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I have only lost about ten pounds, but it has been fun seeing the scale go down. I bought a new swim suit to swim laps....and now after two weeks it is already baggy!3
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I've had to sew the hems up by an inch or two on the bottoms of my trouser legs/long skirts because they hang off my hips more than before. I think I've salvaged the skirts but the trousers are starting to look silly now as the crotch hangs too low as well and my sewing isn't skilled enough to fix that.1
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