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    I lost weight, and *this* surprised me . . .

    Posts: 482 Member
    edited November 2024 in Motivation and Support
    A reprise of another thread, but that one got too long.

    This surprised me: My necklaces had a different hang length.


    (It makes sense; I lost weight around my neck as well as other places, but I hadn't expected a change (and hadn't understood the inverse change as I *gained* the weight in the first place!))

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    • Posts: 4,589 Member
      Because my hips are so wide, as I lose weight my pants sit lower...and lower...and lower...now I need to get them all hemmed.
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    • Posts: 24 Member
      My feet got smaller...
    • Posts: 1,415 Member
      Looking good, yr Grace.
    • Posts: 482 Member
      sofaking6 wrote: »
      Because my hips are so wide, as I lose weight my pants sit lower...and lower...and lower...now I need to get them all hemmed.

      Nice one! That actually happened to me, too, but I didn't think about it. I *must* get "petite" or "short" pants now (or hem them, but I know I'm not going to do it!).
    • Posts: 4,440 Member
      It was easier for phlebotomists to find my veins to draw blood for donation. I guess the increased exercise improved my circulation.
    • Posts: 1,372 Member
      My jeans stopped wearing thin between my upper thighs. This surprised me because I never noticed any chafing there beforehand, and I only lost 2 stone and was never overweight by BMI, yet before I lost weight I would find frayed patches or areas where it had completely worn through there.
    • Posts: 4,397 Member
      edited March 2015
      Lachelleofthesea wrote: »
      My feet got smaller...


      Yep. I didn't even lose much weight, but afterward my feet were not quite as wide. Makes it much easier to find cute heels that don't hurt like hell.
    • Posts: 137 Member
      asflatasapancake wrote: »
      No one thought I was fat or overweight. Until I showed them before and after pictures. Then everyone went "Whoa! That's a pretty dramatic change." Did anyone look at me before?

      Exactly this. Scary thing is I had the same opinion.

    • Posts: 48 Member
      I was also surprised about my feet getting smaller. And the necklace thing is certainly true as well, along with ring size. I lost two rings sizes.
    • Posts: 720 Member
      sofaking6 wrote: »
      Because my hips are so wide, as I lose weight my pants sit lower...and lower...and lower...now I need to get them all hemmed.

      ^Mine do too. Instead of getting them hemmed, I just use a *makeshift* belt. Yarn works best for this. It's not that uncomfortable, either.
    • Posts: 582 Member
      Oddly, my pants are sitting much better on me. When I weigh too much, I have no waist, so pants tend to just slide down if I move too much.
    • Posts: 460 Member
      I haven't lost much weight , I mean pounds wise , yet since I've lost inches most people notice, I was never aware of how much difference workout makes.
    • Posts: 14,464 Member
      YES about the necklaces. I am now wearing "chokers" that I had despaired ever wearing again. Also, my wedding ring fell off. It's waiting until I stabilize and I'll get it resized.
    • Posts: 66 Member
      hollydubs85 wrote: »
      It was easier for phlebotomists to find my veins to draw blood for donation. I guess the increased exercise improved my circulation.

      This is one of my goals, actually. I quit donating because I'm so hard to stick.
    • Posts: 246 Member
      My boobs are pretty much non existent. I mean, I knew they'd shrink but I didn't know that it would make me look like a pre-pubescent tween up top. :o
    • Posts: 482 Member
      1971MLJ wrote: »
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      Exactly this. Scary thing is I had the same opinion.

      I take the view that they saw *you* and not your weight/shape/dress size.
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