the one thing you miss about being fat?

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  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    kbrit89352 wrote: »
    I don't miss anything about being fat. But it's definitely harder to stay thin.

    Yeah, this.
  • runningagainstmyself
    runningagainstmyself Posts: 616 Member
    Not worry about the implications of what went into my body.
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    gundon wrote: »
    So just curious what's the one thing that you miss most about being unhealthy... Mine is zaxbys.. My god if I could have a chicken tender plate with hot honey mustard sauce calorie free I would punch a baby in the face

    You can have it. Just allow calories for it.
  • runningagainstmyself
    runningagainstmyself Posts: 616 Member
    Not being cold. I used to be a snow bunny and now I hate winter because I can never manage to stay warm, even with layers upon layers on.
  • DuckReconMajor
    DuckReconMajor Posts: 434 Member
    CarlydogsMom wrote: »
    As nice as it was to not be constantly mindful of what I'm putting in my mouth and to eat what I felt like eating at pretty much any time, I don't miss it. There's something that's so confidence-boosting when you actually control what you're eating--when your brain says "ya know, not going to have that second and third slice of pizza"--that doesn't happen with me when I didn't control my food. The rationalizations I made while shoving X and Y into my mouth started to just. get. me. down.

    Even though that very first meal on the very first day of my losing-weight journey I didn't weigh an ounce less than I did the day before, when I tracked my food and said "no" to just a couple things--the confidence just started building and building--and hasn't stopped. The confidence was way more addicting than my desire to eat something massive, rationalize it, and feel guilty afterwards.

    I'll take THAT any day over whatever 2nd or 3rd, or even 1st, thing I might have missed.
    Yeah, same here. When I was basically binging every meal

    a) felt like absolute crap afterward
    b) felt like i only did this because i had no self control/was failing at life and wanted to feel better

    It's like, I let my life get out of control and mindless eating was my childish grab at happiness.

    If my life gets pulled in that direction again I am going to get help or find some other much healthier way to deal with these things.
  • Diana_GettingFit
    Diana_GettingFit Posts: 458 Member
    I don't miss a single thing.
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    Absolutely nothing.
  • pariskathryn
    pariskathryn Posts: 173 Member
    I have OCD/impulse control issues and anxiety, so when I watch what I eat I have to be very careful and mindful of my thought process/behaviors or I can easily fall into disordered eating behaviors-- I am glad I'm healthier, but at times I experience severe depression and anxiety over food and exercise. I miss not having to worry about that, haha.
  • Jesslan_Rose
    Jesslan_Rose Posts: 137 Member
    Eating whatever I want and not caring about the consequences. I dearly miss pizza and wings and candy. :(
  • felblossom
    felblossom Posts: 132 Member
    I miss not knowing exaaaactly how many calories are in ice-cream/candy/chocolate/cookies/chips/all my favorite treats... Especially knowing how much of it I can (could?) eat in a single sitting :tongue:
  • californiagirl2012
    californiagirl2012 Posts: 2,625 Member
    Absolutely nothing!!!!!!!!
  • jee_nee_us
    jee_nee_us Posts: 107 Member
    Eating whatever I want and whenever I want.

    Not worrying about gaining any weight :pensive:
  • belimawr
    belimawr Posts: 1,155 Member
    Rainboots80 wrote: »
    I'm always cold now, I miss my heat from blubber

    I do as well. Summer was never my season, I couldn't tolerate the heat and would have the AC on full. Now at work I'm always turning off the AC and people look at me odd.

    During the winter, I would shovel snow in the middle of a blizzard in a tank top. That's not likely to happen anymore.
  • half_moon
    half_moon Posts: 807 Member
    triciab79 wrote: »
    My friends being willing to shop, swim, workout with me. Those who are plus sized still suddenly don't feel comfortable around me. I am the same human being and I still love fashion both plus sized and thin, and I would even go just so they could try stuff on without me shopping for me at all but no one wants to anymore. I used to have people over to the house to swim and everyone would be in the water, now they won't even put on a swimsuit in front of me. No one wants to go to the gym with me either. I don't know if they think I am judging them or if my presence makes them judge themselves. I don't judge, I know my success was a combination of circumstances being right and finding a workable system. Somehow I got stuck between worlds. I don't fit in with the plus sized camp anymore and I can't sit idly by while the "skinny all their life" crowd demeans the efforts of those who have to work to just be a size 14.

    @triciab79 this is really interesting. Have you ever asked them what changed?
  • bbontheb
    bbontheb Posts: 718 Member
    azucker88 wrote: »
    Not thinking about what I eat, and cake.

    Um, I think you meant to say cheeeeese (cake) right? lol

    I miss downing incredible amounts of cheesecake or pecan pie with whipped cream and not thinking twice about it.

  • rebeccaEsmith
    rebeccaEsmith Posts: 1,136 Member
    Not being so cold all the time
  • ibamosaserreinas
    ibamosaserreinas Posts: 294 Member
    I looked younger with a rounder face and fuller cheeks... Not sure I miss that though.
  • Adc7225
    Adc7225 Posts: 1,318 Member
    Surprisingly it's shopping! I know one thing said over and over again is how great it would be to finally be able to shop anywhere. But I find it so much harder to shop now for fit and opposed to comfort :) Going from a 20/22 to a 2/4 does allow more options so to speak but not as much as one would think. But of course I will accept the challenge - never hope to go back!!!
  • faithyang
    faithyang Posts: 297 Member
    I think it's just the free mindset - meaning I would eat without any mental hang ups about the calorie content, whether it's "bad" for me and just enjoy myself in a food vacuum. I could eat alot more and more times in a day too and thus prolong the enjoyment. Ignorance is bliss they say.

    But after being so accustomed to exercising your knowledge when it comes to diet, health and fitness - the mindset and habits have become automatic and second nature. You exercise restraint without thinking very much about it. So you can't go all out and stuff your face as your stomach has literally shrank and you simply can't...and somehow mentally many times the reality of stuffing your face when you finally get the chance like how you used to do (after planning specifically for it via calories) no longer seems to live up to the fantasy you had in your head of double dipping oreos in full cream milk while taking bites of fudgy triple chocolate and raspberry and white chocolate brownies in between spoonfuls of gourmet cookie dough ice cream and Baileys / rum n raisin ice cream. Oh and handfuls of chips.
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    Not a damn thing!!
  • DuckReconMajor
    DuckReconMajor Posts: 434 Member
    faithyang wrote: »
    So you can't go all out and stuff your face as your stomach has literally shrank and you simply can't...and somehow mentally many times the reality of stuffing your face when you finally get the chance like how you used to do (after planning specifically for it via calories) no longer seems to live up to the fantasy you had in your head of double dipping oreos in full cream milk while taking bites of fudgy triple chocolate and raspberry and white chocolate brownies in between spoonfuls of gourmet cookie dough ice cream and Baileys / rum n raisin ice cream. Oh and handfuls of chips.

    http://smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=2059
  • mamadon
    mamadon Posts: 1,422 Member
    Jmgkamp wrote: »
    Sleeping without a pillow between my knees!!! Damn bones, never felt them before. Ouch.

    I don't misss it because I still do it lol. It feels weird to have those knees touching.
  • faithyang
    faithyang Posts: 297 Member
    edited July 2015
    Oh one more thing.

    One thing I miss about being fat. How everyone assumes the worse of you.

    I really like that. Because when you shine, they cower. Then they try to cut down your achievements outside of the "fat" label as though that is the only thing in my life that matters by calling you fat, or saying that you are somehow less capable/intelligent/attractive because you are fat - but by then you know how insecure someone must be to have no other comeback or spade to use on you to only have the "fat" card to cut you down.

    Also, no one approaches you and your personality is sort of like your saving grace but... (if you weren't fat we could roll).
    The number of times I got approached AFTER I lost weight with nice compliments, etc was amazing. The change of treatment was so stark. It made me appreciate the friends and loved ones who stuck by me whether I was fat or thin, didn't matter to them.


    It was great fun to be a dark horse. :smile:
  • ArdieAgain
    ArdieAgain Posts: 27 Member
    having a soft built-in cushion for hard chairs... Bony butts are not as comfy
  • happygalah
    happygalah Posts: 343 Member
    Nothing at all
  • faithyang
    faithyang Posts: 297 Member
    ardiea1 wrote: »
    having a soft built-in cushion for hard chairs... Bony butts are not as comfy
    runningagainstmyself wrote: »
    Not being cold. I used to be a snow bunny and now I hate winter because I can never manage to stay warm, even with layers upon layers on.
    mamadon wrote: »
    Jmgkamp wrote: »
    Sleeping without a pillow between my knees!!! Damn bones, never felt them before. Ouch.

    I don't misss it because I still do it lol. It feels weird to have those knees touching.

    OMG. Tell me about it!! The bones - I need pillows for my knees and my bum. Its so annoying! And the cold! I really enjoyed the cold when I had a little more body insulation on me - now I need 5 layers in bed, and I wear at least 3 thick layers of clothes during EVEN THE SUNNY DAYS IN WINTER.
  • PixelPuff
    PixelPuff Posts: 902 Member
    My breasts.
  • lseed87
    lseed87 Posts: 1,105 Member
    Not there yet but I'll say cold winters...
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