Unexpected results of weight loss
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I've gained all of my weight back, due to injury and stress but when I was smaller I noticed the following things.
People listened to me more and cared about my opinion.
Definitely being able to shop in more stores and not just plus size.
Not having to take so many meds for diabetes.
Not being fat shamed. My mom does this to me all the time. I know she's concerned about my health, but it just makes me literally dig in.
I look considerably younger when I'm a smaller size. I'm in my forties and I look very young for my age, but when I lose weight I look even younger and tend to get carded a lot. (That would always make me smile2 -
I'm kinda shocked when I shop for clothing now---I still shop like I'm big.
People are soooo much nicer to me.
My butt hurts when I sit now. Lol3 -
HappyCampr1 wrote: »Mine was feeling my tailbone against any hard surface I sat on and feeling ever so cold wherever I was.
Another thing was how the guy who'd never looked at me when I was overweight, started paying attention to me. It made me sad instead of happy because I am the same girl he's been studying with for the past six months.
I DO want and need to be healthier, hence the weight loss. So, how do others deal with changes in their relationships with friends, family, and prospective partners after weight loss? I am interested in hearing practical suggestions.
When I started, I used to post things occasionally (maybe every couple months) on Facebook. Not always about my weight loss, sometimes it was about a workout or goal I'd met. After several mocking gifs and sarcastic remarks about not being able to refrain from posting things, I quit discussing anything to do with MFP, weight loss, or exercise with real life friends and family. I use MFP for my social network with regards to my weight and fitness. It helps to have people to discuss it with, but apparently some people think you're bragging or making them feel bad about their own weight, so I just don't talk about it...at all. I do what I need to, for me. They're bound to notice your progress eventually, so just thank them and move on if you can. The more you bring it up, the more remarks you invite and not all of them will be positive, sorry to say.
I generally try not to talk about weight loss too much with other people, unless they bring it up. There's just too many ways it could go wrong, like feeling too much pressure to lose faster since people are watching me for it or seeming like an obsessed nut if I talk about it as much as I think about it or seeming like I'm holier than thou. If other people bring it up, I'll briefly address it, but won't go too deep for all the reasons in the prior sentence. It's just much "safer" to stick to talking about it in a designated place (MFP).8 -
The tattoo on my hip is getting bigger!! Well, it looks like it anyway because I'm getting smaller!2
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I love this thread, so inspiring!
About 45lbs down and only half way but here are mine so far:
-i can wear my engagement ring again and actually moves round and round on my finger.
- my wedding ring is too big and will probably need serious resizing when I'm done.
-The cellulite on my thighs is improving
- when my husband and i went for a walk he noted my pace is now the same as his and I'm not out of breath as often
- i was checking myself out in the mirror and he asked if i was holding in my belly i said not really, he said wow your waist is soo tiny, it really made me smile.
-having always been the chubby one im now lighter than both my sisters and secretly i am super chuffed about this
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-having always been the chubby one im now lighter than both my sisters and secretly i am super chuffed about this
Totally relate to this. Growing up I was the big one, the biggest in the family. Got comments about it a lot, which quite frankly were counter productive. These days however I am the smallest one in the nuclear family that I grew up in. Still slightly overweight but heading to normal BMI, only my husband and my youngest nephew in better BMI territory. But being (a lot) smaller than my mother and brother does bring that secretly chuffed feeling to my face1 -
dutchandkiwi wrote: »-having always been the chubby one im now lighter than both my sisters and secretly i am super chuffed about this
Totally relate to this. Growing up I was the big one, the biggest in the family. Got comments about it a lot, which quite frankly were counter productive. These days however I am the smallest one in the nuclear family that I grew up in. Still slightly overweight but heading to normal BMI, only my husband and my youngest nephew in better BMI territory. But being (a lot) smaller than my mother and brother does bring that secretly chuffed feeling to my face
Fortunately my family never made negative comments about my weight and my mum and dad aren't exactly thin, but i always felt negative about my weight myself. I'm actually pretty proud of what i have achieved and recently volunteered at the gp's to go on the scale that's never happened ever!0 -
This is a bit embarrassing but...
My nipples are really noticeable now, and it's sort of cringey. I want them to go away again! I look like I'm constantly flashing everyone through my t-shirts.2 -
The towel being able to be wrapped around me properly and fitting in swings!4
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BruceHedtke wrote: »Even in the middle of summer, I have to turn the little space heater on in the office where I work because it gets chilly at night in here. When the 1st shift workers arrive in the morning, they always complain that it's like a sauna in my office. And I feel like it's just getting comfortable.
This. I have a heater under my desk at one campus and I DREAD working at the other one because there is no heater.
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I went to sit down last night in my desk chair, and my body tensed expecting my shirt to ride up at the lower back and have cold leather chill my skin... but it didn't. My shirt stayed right where it was supposed to be.
I guess I've gotten used to the chair hitting my lower back and chilling me and I didn't even realize it was happening until it didn't any more.3 -
The brain catching up with my weight. It took me until a few months ago to not "feel" 400 pounds anymore. I still have lingering behaviors, like hiding my body behind the side of my coworkers' cubicle when I talk to them... Or putting on a pair of pants thinking, "These look too small..." when in reality they are loose on me...4
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msharrington315 wrote: »The brain catching up with my weight. It took me until a few months ago to not "feel" 400 pounds anymore. I still have lingering behaviors, like hiding my body behind the side of my coworkers' cubicle when I talk to them... Or putting on a pair of pants thinking, "These look too small..." when in reality they are loose on me...
That is always a dead giveaway to me when someone's lost a whole lot of weight. You still keep the habits of leaving room for all the extra body you don't have anymore. When you've got the skinny person who's holding their breath to squeeze around people and objects, it's a safe bet they picked up that habit from being bigger at some point. It makes me smile when I see it. 4 -
My unexpected result the last time around was oddly, lower self esteem. My achievements were quite great, but I wasn't pleased with my new, smaller self. I didn't feel beautiful anymore. I've since dealt with a lot of this and am eager to try again.1
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My sense of balance is off, particularly when walking down stairs.1
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The weirdest one for me was my life insurance. Went down by $20 a month ($240 a year) because I reported my weight loss. They sent a nurse out to verify my weight, then lowered the premium.
And I'm not even in Onderland yet!9 -
Angelfire365 wrote: »The weirdest one for me was my life insurance. Went down by $20 a month ($240 a year) because I reported my weight loss. They sent a nurse out to verify my weight, then lowered the premium.
And I'm not even in Onderland yet!
Bargain!0 -
Good morning , I've only been here 22 days however I wanted to share a few changes I've noticed
I stared at 186 and I'm now 172, 5"3.
1 when I sit up in the bath the water flows better no more dam
2 when I walk my arms don't hit my hips anymore
3 the fat doest bulge out of my pockets
4 no more heartburn
5 no more shortness of breath
Took 3 weeks for someone to notice and say something
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Just wanted to chime in......as others have said, it's expensive! I find I keep ordering clothes and my husband accused me of being a shop-a-holic last night when a box arrived. But, I honestly needed clothes that fit and I've found that the ones I had from when I was this size before are either too worn out (from when I kept stuffing myself into them when they didn't fit) or seem to have somehow disappeared. Oh well.....shopping it is. ;-)0
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KarlaH9801 wrote: »
This. Most of the changes with weight loss are positive, but I feel pretty down in many ways about other people's changing attitudes and how much more positive attention I will get as a smaller woman than I am used to getting now. I used to be pretty small (after being a fat kid, who then developed an ED, and lost a ton of weight) then packed on nearly 100 pounds in the following years. I am in the process of taking that 100 pounds back off again, this time in a healthy and careful way, but the thought of how other peoples behavior will inevitably change as I change is quite a mental hurdle. I've actually asked close friends of mine to refrain from making comments, because I don't want those relationships to change. I DO want and need to be healthier, hence the weight loss. So, how do others deal with changes in their relationships with friends, family, and prospective partners after weight loss? I am interested in hearing practical suggestions.
Certain family members have been super supportive, and some have had some not-so-nice things to say. For them, I just ignore it. It is hard for me to deal with strangers being more friendly towards me and talking to me. I have been heavy for 13 years, so I am used to being invisible. That has been the hardest thing for me.
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Thanks for sharing this post. I too have been heavy most of my life. I think subconsciously I feel protected when I am fat. Being an introvert, it was easier to disappear into the background. I have lost weight in the past and the most challenging part of the journey was the unwanted and unsolicited comments. I have always sought to be recognized for my intellect not my appearance.
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chairs aren't comfy anymore. my butt hurts because i lost a loooot of cushion!!!!
Seats are also an inch lower! I already have trouble at certain restaurants because I have such a short torso - at Outback, the table top is pretty much aligned with my bust (or armpit!). It's like always being at the kid's table.
But the number of times I have gone to sit down and then fallen that last inch is not to be believed. (I've dropped 5 inches off my hips.)
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My arms go straight down along the side of me. When I cross my legs they're so light I feel like I'm flinging them around. I have to hug and squeeze a big pillow at night because of the bone against bone as mentioned above. I can walk up hill for a long time. I love cute colorful belts.1
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EmmaFitzwilliam wrote: »chairs aren't comfy anymore. my butt hurts because i lost a loooot of cushion!!!!
Seats are also an inch lower! I already have trouble at certain restaurants because I have such a short torso - at Outback, the table top is pretty much aligned with my bust (or armpit!). It's like always being at the kid's table.
But the number of times I have gone to sit down and then fallen that last inch is not to be believed. (I've dropped 5 inches off my hips.)
I've noticed this recently! My desk chair is actually higher too! I guess since there is now less to weigh it down.0 -
EmmaFitzwilliam wrote: »chairs aren't comfy anymore. my butt hurts because i lost a loooot of cushion!!!!
Seats are also an inch lower! I already have trouble at certain restaurants because I have such a short torso - at Outback, the table top is pretty much aligned with my bust (or armpit!). It's like always being at the kid's table.
But the number of times I have gone to sit down and then fallen that last inch is not to be believed. (I've dropped 5 inches off my hips.)
My mom has a lot of butt "cushion". I was totally befuddled for a long time at how I have to move the seat higher to drive in the same car than she does, despite me being 2 inches taller than her. Finally realized it when sitting next to her on a bench one day - sitting, she is taller than me!
So I guess as I lost weight, I also got a little shorter when sitting down! And yeah, like the kids table 4 -
One beer...and I am not legal to drive. At least I don't feel like I should drive at all!3
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crazygooselady wrote: »One beer...and I am not legal to drive. At least I don't feel like I should drive at all!
1.5 'servings' of wine and I'm a goner. My rule of thumb now is 'If I take a sip of this (indicating alcoholic beverage) I am NOT driving anywhere.'
I've had to sleep on a couple couches or get rides from friends and I find NO shame in it.4 -
Ha! I thought I had shrunk my brand new top after it's first wash as it looked so tiny, but when I tried it on it still fits!!! It wasn't the top that had shrunk it was me1
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crazygooselady wrote: »One beer...and I am not legal to drive. At least I don't feel like I should drive at all!
That's me too, cheap night out though0
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