What nobody tells you about losing weight
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I love this thread! Just restarted my journey, but I can't wait to have break in the box of too-small clothes I can't give away4
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How good you'll look in clothes you never had a chance to wear before9
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I can't wait to be able to say these things, what I am most looking forward to feeling/seeing/saying are; wow I can fit back in my size 12's not done that for over a decade, to see someone I haven't seen for a while and they say wow look at you, and to actually feel sexy for my hubby and not like a blubber whale or just when I get glammed up3
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How you will wake up one morning look in the mirror and say "I did it". What a wonderful feeling it is to accomplish such a difficult goal.23
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The "JOY" of being able to wrap a towel around yourself and for the ladies we do look cute when doing our makeup like this!8
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I am only 27 lbs. down out of 60 that I want gone, but so far, my favorite thing is being able to run with my dogs in the yard, hike with my boyfriend, or play with the kids in my classes and not get out of breath immediately. There is nothing to remind you how out of shape you were a few months ago than realizing while you're in the middle of an activity that you are not out of breath when YOUR brain still thinks you should be. We recently went on a field trip to a camp with some of our kids, and we were hiking and playing volleyball and all sorts of things, and I kept expecting myself to get really tired or out of breath or need a break, and it never happened. That was such a good feeling!16
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I love this thread!!!
What people never told you about losing weight.
SKIN, lots of SKIN.
Suddenly doing things like climbing stairs without thinking!!
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insaneturtle25 wrote: »How good you'll look in clothes you never had a chance to wear before
Yep! I am wearing totally different clothes now - not just size, but style too. I can now totally rock a pencil skirt for work, when before I wouldn't have gone near one because I would have looked like an overstuffed sausage! I can also wear nice blouses because they fit nicely and my belly is no longer bigger than my boobs! My husband tells me I have the 'sexy librarian' look down4 -
You get haters from unexpected places.8
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Nobody told me how people would suddenly tell me I will look ugly if I lose more.. I'm not even close to goal, haha. Don't really care though, they're just not used to me without my double chins anymore.
Also, how vain I'd become. Oh my. I haven't cared at all about nice clothes, makeup etc in about a decade or so, suddenly all that came back. It's both fun and annoying at the same time..10 -
Kelll12123 wrote: »lemonsurprise wrote: »
- Sitting (particularly in baths) and laying (particularly in beds) will become ever increasingly uncomfortable.
hahaha this... My back is bruised from doing workouts on the floor because my shoulder blades stick out so much now.
No one told me how annoying buying clothes could be. It's great when they fit, but I keep going down sizes and needing to buy more and then not having a purpose for the larger sizes.
On a more positive note, I get hit on a lot more. Three different guys asked me out for Valentine's Day this year
I go to charity shops to replace my clothes, and eBay! No point in spending a lot of money because then I can keep losing without feeling bad about he cost hehe.3 -
I've lost 26lbs out of 115 needed to loose. I was surprised that by 12lbs I could feel the difference in my health already, now I can see it too.
It's only a small amount yet but it feels great.13 -
techguymike7801 wrote: »wateryphoenix wrote: »-You will discover bones you forgot (or never knew) you had.
I was laying on my back in bed one night and went to scratch my stomach/chest and felt something poking out on the side. I thought maybe I had popped a rib or something and started feeling around and realized that for the first time that I could remember, I could actually feel my rib cage.
Not only that, but I could feel my xiphoid process too.
That happened to me 3 days ago for the first time! It feels a little strange2 -
My face is a hot mess that will not clear up. I've paid for laser treatments, taken a ton of antibiotics, used a ton of prescription face creams, tried Proactiv and Mary Kay Clear Proof, use Cetaphil daily. Nothing works at all. It's been bad for the past 3 years and gotten worse as I've lost weight.
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Nobody told me that my facial hair would get darker and more dense, makes sense as the skin is no longer stretched the follicles are closer to each other, my facial hair now seems black instead of brown!10
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I've lost 26lbs out of 115 needed to loose. I was surprised that by 12lbs I could feel the difference in my health already, now I can see it too.
It's only a small amount yet but it feels great.
It's not a small amount it's almost a quarter of the total amount you want to lose! That's major progress!14 -
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