What nobody tells you about losing weight

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  • chrisjonesy2k
    chrisjonesy2k Posts: 29 Member
    the annoying thing at the moment is people saying i am too thin,i am far from thin,or feel far from thin,and i still consider my self a work in progress.
  • Yoshirio
    Yoshirio Posts: 242 Member
    chrisjonesy2k wrote: »
    the annoying thing at the moment is people saying i am too thin,i am far from thin,or feel far from thin,and i still consider my self a work in progress.

    I once told a friend I had about 50 more pounds to go and she looked me up and down and said "From where? You look fine to me." and she was serious! I don't think these people mean harm or to irritate,I think they just perceive what is thin and heavy differently. Also,some of us hide that extra weight well.(Mine is all in my stomach atm,hiding safely away in large shirts.)

  • chrisjonesy2k
    chrisjonesy2k Posts: 29 Member
    Yoshirio wrote: »
    chrisjonesy2k wrote: »
    the annoying thing at the moment is people saying i am too thin,i am far from thin,or feel far from thin,and i still consider my self a work in progress.

    I once told a friend I had about 50 more pounds to go and she looked me up and down and said "From where? You look fine to me." and she was serious! I don't think these people mean harm or to irritate,I think they just perceive what is thin and heavy differently. Also,some of us hide that extra weight well.(Mine is all in my stomach atm,hiding safely away in large shirts.)

    at the moment i feel like a defelated version of the marshmallow man lol.
  • Karen_can_do_this
    Karen_can_do_this Posts: 1,150 Member
    edited September 2015
    That even though I've lost 12kgs (which to me is awesome) some of my old clothes still fit.
    I tried on my wedding dress from when I was at my heaviest (82kgs) and it still fit! Yet my favourite jeans fall off me.
    I'm starting to wonder if I was hugely in denial about what size I really was back then
  • Allison1385
    Allison1385 Posts: 353 Member
    After losing 30 lbs in 5 months... I have a hard time still seeing myself as the old me! I'm shocked by photos of me,,,it's weird
  • the_great_unknown
    the_great_unknown Posts: 194 Member
    2ledbetter wrote: »
    Now that I've lost 90 pounds, with 80 still to go it's like having a double body. I feel the muscle and bone structure underneath the fat. I can grab fat and skin and feel where when I finish losing weight my body might be. My fat just seems to jiggle more now, but I can feel the muscle underneath. Does anyone else feel this?

    Yes! I've lost about 100 (well, 110 then gained back 10) with about 40 to go and I can totally relate. My arms would be awesome without all of the loose skin. I am planning to have the skin removed when I lose the rest. I've worked too hard for this to not see it.
  • Lacey0903
    Lacey0903 Posts: 40 Member
    I have found myself down playing my fitness level to overweight/unfit folks so they won't feel bad about themselves. I didn't realize I was doing it until today. Must be the "Minnesota Nice" in me. I don't want to make people more uncomfortable about something when they are obviously insecure about it already.
  • ScrAgnX
    ScrAgnX Posts: 368 Member
    sashayoung72 wrote: »
    That I would become somewhat (a lot) judgemental about others food choices. I'm so sorry!!! I just want to help (i don't say anything out loud) But when the lady at work is cramming a 1000+ calorie meal in her piehole (yes I looked it up on mfp) and complaining about HOW SHE CAN'T SEEM TO LOSE WEIGHT it's so hard to not say then put that down.
    I want to lead everyone to MFP but it's the horse to water thing right?!

    I have a similar situation, and feel bad I can't help. I try to mention how good I feel when the opportunity arises (organically to the conversation).

    Unfortunately, he values his comfort/taste sensation more than his health. So I try to remember they're his choices (ones I made not too long ago), and when he mentions needing to lose weight I ask him if he needs any help, and tell him the biggest thing for me has been MFP.

    But I wish I could show him how easy it is.
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    Xiaolongbao wrote: »
    thankyou4thevenom wrote: »
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    You will be hungry pretty much all the time unless you have a cheat day.

    Everyone says you will get used to it or if you eat different types of foods (more protein, more "whole" foods, more fiber, etc.), you will feel satiated. They are lying. It will be a constant struggle to decide whether you want to feel hungry for the rest of your life or whether you will be fat for the rest of your life. I'm approaching nearly 2 years, and I'm just over 50% to my goal. It hasn't gotten any easier with time nor with different types of foods. There have been times I stuck with it only because I didn't want to leave my MFP friends.

    This might be true for you but it is not true for everyone. Some days are like this for me, however most are not.

    I think it's kind of harsh to say "they are lying" because I think there's a lot of people who don't feel hungry all the time. Sadly I'm not one of them. I do agree though that it's annoying that people on MFP tend to jump to the conclusion that if we'd change what we eat we'd miraculously stop being hungry just because that's what happened to them. I suspect that for me part of the issue is that I ate healthily even when I was fat. Soda (apart from diet coke which I've ditched), junk food, processed food were never particularly on the menu so I wasn't able to benefit by cutting them out. I ate too much plain and simple. To lose weight I have to severely restrict the quantities I can eat. There's no way around that.

    I constantly look at the portions other people eat and am amazed by how small they are... I just wish my body would be satisfied with that.

    They are, in fact, lying when they tell me that I will not be hungry if I eat a certain thing. If they said "some people," that would be different than "you will not be hungry if..."
  • niniundlapin
    niniundlapin Posts: 327 Member
    ScrAgnX wrote: »
    sashayoung72 wrote: »
    That I would become somewhat (a lot) judgemental about others food choices. I'm so sorry!!! I just want to help (i don't say anything out loud) But when the lady at work is cramming a 1000+ calorie meal in her piehole (yes I looked it up on mfp) and complaining about HOW SHE CAN'T SEEM TO LOSE WEIGHT it's so hard to not say then put that down.
    I want to lead everyone to MFP but it's the horse to water thing right?!

    I have a similar situation, and feel bad I can't help. I try to mention how good I feel when the opportunity arises (organically to the conversation).

    Unfortunately, he values his comfort/taste sensation more than his health. So I try to remember they're his choices (ones I made not too long ago), and when he mentions needing to lose weight I ask him if he needs any help, and tell him the biggest thing for me has been MFP.

    But I wish I could show him how easy it is.

    Totally agree! Being judgmental yet not being allowed to help could be really painful... Especially when you know what the better ways are to lose that midsection (or wherever) than just complaining. I wish I could meet someone like the current me when I just started so I didn't have to fall into the loop of failure so many times.

    I used to think exercising as a very painful thing and was avoiding it throughout my teenage years. It was 12 years ago when I realized how much good exercise plan and nutrition control can help, so it really kills me inside when someone I know told me that he/she "doesn't want to (or can't) exercise" to lose weight because of some non-medically related excuses (most common one: I don't want to lose my boobs).

    (Sigh)... I'll pray for them...
  • piperjosie
    piperjosie Posts: 40 Member
    crzyone wrote: »
    Thank you all for your words. I can't wait to enjoy and suffer through some of the things you are mentioning here!!!

  • Wsrivas19
    Wsrivas19 Posts: 8 Member
    I love this post hopefully soon I will have something to share, thank you everyone!
  • k80flec
    k80flec Posts: 1,623 Member
    Some fab posts.

    . . . . . about the extra energy, how 'big hills' will disappear (were they really big hills or gentle slopes which I struggled to cart the extra 49lbs up??), how big hotel bath towels will become (as you become able to wrap them round yourself!), how devastated you will feel when an Achilles injury stops you running, how proud you'll feel when you buy a cycle helmet - for yourself!! . . . . .
  • Karen_can_do_this
    Karen_can_do_this Posts: 1,150 Member
    sashayoung72 wrote: »
    That I would become somewhat (a lot) judgemental about others food choices. I'm so sorry!!! I just want to help (i don't say anything out loud) But when the lady at work is cramming a 1000+ calorie meal in her piehole (yes I looked it up on mfp) and complaining about HOW SHE CAN'T SEEM TO LOSE WEIGHT it's so hard to not say then put that down.
    I want to lead everyone to MFP but it's the horse to water thing right?!

    Omfg yes! Me too
  • JoeyTajzai
    JoeyTajzai Posts: 1,198 Member
    love this thread
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    mrsfitzyv8 wrote: »
    sashayoung72 wrote: »
    That I would become somewhat (a lot) judgemental about others food choices. I'm so sorry!!! I just want to help (i don't say anything out loud) But when the lady at work is cramming a 1000+ calorie meal in her piehole (yes I looked it up on mfp) and complaining about HOW SHE CAN'T SEEM TO LOSE WEIGHT it's so hard to not say then put that down.
    I want to lead everyone to MFP but it's the horse to water thing right?!

    Omfg yes! Me too

    So glad I'm not alone.
  • tkphotogirl
    tkphotogirl Posts: 245 Member
    thinbyragbrai wrote: »
    You suddenly realize the dryer really wasn't shrinking all your clothes.

    ..then you get to the point where you are willing your dryer to shrink your favourite jeans because they're getting too baggy to wear :)
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    G33K_G1RL wrote: »
    Nobody tells you that if you have very light skin, the veins will show more and more as you lose weight.

    The body creates extra blood vessels to oxygenate the fatty tissue, when that fatty tissue diminishes, there are a lot of veins near the skin. It doesn't really bother me, and it isn't ugly, but it is noticeable. :)

    This happened to me, too, mostly the backs of my hands and forearms.

  • tkphotogirl
    tkphotogirl Posts: 245 Member
    silverarcheress wrote: »
    That sometimes your friends are genuinely proud of you. I was showing my friend before and after pictures. Instead of doing the usual 'well done that's amazing' she welled up, kissed me on my forehead and told me how proud and happy she was for me. It was an emotional shift I just didn't see coming!

    That's lovely! I have a similar thing with a friend who lives overseas that I see maybe a few times a year - I saw him on Friday night and his first reaction when he saw me was to bellow across the room 'You look FANTASTIC'. Made my week :)
  • Hybrice
    Hybrice Posts: 117 Member
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    mcornall88 wrote: »
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    caroldavison332 wrote: »
    mrsfitzyv8 wrote: »
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    You will be hungry pretty much all the time unless you have a cheat day.

    Everyone says you will get used to it or if you eat different types of foods (more protein, more "whole" foods, more fiber, etc.), you will feel satiated. They are lying. It will be a constant struggle to decide whether you want to feel hungry for the rest of your life or whether you will be fat for the rest of your life. I'm approaching nearly 2 years, and I'm just over 50% to my goal. It hasn't gotten any easier with time nor with different types of foods. There have been times I stuck with it only because I didn't want to leave my MFP friends.

    I must be weird because I'm finding that I'm not constantly starving all the time. When I was eating crappy food and sugary drinks I was always hungry. And grumpy and bloated.

    sugar and crap food which quickly converts to it makes your body release insulin which tells you that you are hungry.

    Insulin doesn't tell your body that you are hungry. Insulin removes glucose from the blood and converts it to useable energy for use (by muscles and organs) and storage (mostly as fat, though glucose also goes to replenish glycogen stores).

    Also, nothing makes my body release insulin. I have type 1 diabetes, so my body is incapable of producing insulin. I take artificial insulin.

    Mostly right, however high blood sugar does trigger the release of insulin into the bloodstream by stimulating your pancreas, this converts sugars to glycogen for storage as fats in the liver and fatty tissue (it doesn't change it to a "usable energy" as you say, as glucose is already usable there would be no point).

    "Useable energy" for muscles and organs. Without insulin, you cannot use glucose from the blood as an energy source. The glucose just accumulates in blood, causing high BG. High BG puts extra strain on kidneys of course, but the real issue with high BG is a lack of energy.

    In laymen's terms, for type 1 diabetics who are not taking insulin, this is what begins the process that kills them. In order to access energy, you make ketones to break down fat for energy... type 1's (and some extreme cases of type 2) can go into a state of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), where they are subsisting on a fat energy. Someone experiencing this will feel very lethargic and eventually the body will start shutting things down. Next comes a coma and then death. Also, high levels of ketones are toxic and cause a pH imbalance... your kidneys are not only stressed because of high BG, but also trying to clean up ketones. It is common to experience frequent urination, vomiting, and extreme thirst.

    I have first-hand experience with serious DKA, during which I lost around 50 lbs. in about a day (towards the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd day without insulin). While a majority of that was water weight that I regained within a week after stabilizing, I lost a significant amount of fat because that is the only thing that my body could use for energy without insulin. So insulin is absolutely necessary to get energy to muscles and organs.

    Hi Midwestern,

    Don't want to sound argumentative, but this is completely incorrect. Insulin is not required for muscles or organs to uptake and use glucose, please see this link for further information with a plethora of cited medical studies and peer reviews: http://nadeem.no/2012/10/07/glucose-uptake-is-not-insulin-dependant/

    The reason you take insulin when you blood sugar is high is to initiate glycogen storage, which reduces your blood sugar and prevents hyperglycemia. Because a type 1 diabetic can't produce insulin means they must start this process themselves. The muscles and organs will naturally uptake what they need via active diffusion, the rest needs storing somewhere, and that's why you take insulin.
  • kamack1215
    kamack1215 Posts: 109 Member
    bri170lb wrote: »
    I have never enjoyed exercising in my whole life. Now at 51, I get antsy if I don't exercise and I feel so good afterward. That feeling is so weird to me.

    I don't even have to think about whether or not my butt will fit into a seat anymore. This used to be a source of axiety for me. I am going on a plane in August and I am excited about fitting in the seat!

    This! I frequently fly first class as I work for an airline. I used to get so nervous if I was not able to get a first class seat as I was a little too wide for the economy seats. Now I don't even think about it and just pop myself into my seat not having to worry about rolling over into the seat beside me
  • pstegman888
    pstegman888 Posts: 286 Member
    jswede1149 wrote: »
    ... I have family members jealous because I went from a 3x to a small. They are also jealous that I am out climbing mountains, going out on dates, etc.

    3x to a small! Well done!

  • Eri0515
    Eri0515 Posts: 85 Member
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    You will be hungry pretty much all the time unless you have a cheat day.

    Everyone says you will get used to it or if you eat different types of foods (more protein, more "whole" foods, more fiber, etc.), you will feel satiated. They are lying. It will be a constant struggle to decide whether you want to feel hungry for the rest of your life or whether you will be fat for the rest of your life. I'm approaching nearly 2 years, and I'm just over 50% to my goal. It hasn't gotten any easier with time nor with different types of foods.

    That was how I started out and I thought it would never change. There are some days I feel like that but most days I get through just fine, with calories kerf over.

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