What nobody tells you about losing weight
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Right there with you. "You'd know I still need to lose weight if I was standing here naked!" has been known to silence a few people.
No, I don't get invited to social gatherings very often, why do you ask?
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That you're going to go from timidly using the elliptical closest to the door so no-one notices you to confidently dragging a bench across the free weight section because you need it on the other side of the gym. . .16
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That it would piss you off when someone tells you that don't need to lose anymore weight. My mental reaction: Really? Do you know my goals? I'm barely in the healthy weight range, so shut up! Thank you though.
Right there with you. "You'd know I still need to lose weight if I was standing here naked!" has been known to silence a few people.
No, I don't get invited to social gatherings very often, why do you ask?
I like you.
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Angelfire365 wrote: »That you're going to go from timidly using the elliptical closest to the door so no-one notices you to confidently dragging a bench across the free weight section because you need it on the other side of the gym. . .
this is so accurate. the first time i went o use the freeweights, i was so intimidated that i panicked, went home and sobbed in the shower. now i love getting in there and doing my thing (I still have my 'i can't do this' days, but i'm not gym-timidated anymore)
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jasonschick01 wrote: »I'm having issues with getting frustrated about the loose skin on my stomach and arms. I've only lost 75 pounds, but I know it's going to get worse.
Sometimes time helps with that. Sometimes losing more weight does. I've noticed when I'm leaner it's less, not more noticeable. Your results may vary, of course. But try to be patient and kind to yourself. I need to do this as well. Sometimes there are these transition points when you're losing where the fat you have that is about to go gets all jiggly and worse looking than when it was firm, then it goes away!9 -
That it would piss you off when someone tells you that don't need to lose anymore weight. My mental reaction: Really? Do you know my goals? I'm barely in the healthy weight range, so shut up! Thank you though.
Right there with you. "You'd know I still need to lose weight if I was standing here naked!" has been known to silence a few people.
No, I don't get invited to social gatherings very often, why do you ask?
You are funny. I would so invite you to a party2 -
The small.insignificsnt (or so you thought)varicose vein is turning more and more into an unsightly mess as you drop more weight....oh well I guess I'd better get saving.2
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That it would piss you off when someone tells you that don't need to lose anymore weight. My mental reaction: Really? Do you know my goals? I'm barely in the healthy weight range, so shut up! Thank you though.
Right there with you. "You'd know I still need to lose weight if I was standing here naked!" has been known to silence a few people.
No, I don't get invited to social gatherings very often, why do you ask?
Haha. I too will be saying that from now on! Nailed it.1 -
S_Evanson613, I get annoyed when my husband and daughter want to order more food at Pizza Hut, say. 2 pieces of pizza is a good enough portion (a bit high even) without adding breadsticks or the dessert chocolate sticks with icing. If they order it for THEM it's really tempting and kind of demoralizing to me. But then they say, "But we're not dieting" (Not that they don't need to, mind you!). It would be nice if they were just supportive. Maybe, "Wow, Mom, when did you get those jeans?" And then I'd say, "Oh, these have literally been in my drawer for more than 5 years. I just couldn't put them on before."3
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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
There has got to be a clothes swapping app for people with this problem. If one doesn't exist... seems like a great idea that could make some money via advertising.2 -
My husband tried to squeeze my muffin top and he could barely grab on! HaHa! He said "where did it go? I can barely grab it!"3
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very good reading. thanks all for the support. i've lost 23lbs or so. 15 more hopefully to go. i would never have learned to count calories. this site makes it possible.3
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* How bone-chilling the Australian winter really is
* How addictive exercise becomes, and how cranky I get when I can't do it
* How shopping is now a pleasure instead of something to dread
* How bones I didn't even know I had uncomfortably present themselves, and
* How some days I look in the mirror and I still see me at 99kg, instead of the 54gk I am today2 -
Seeing my ribs in the mirror. Oh, and those weird lumps on my stomach...I think they're called abs
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BUYING NEW CLOTHES! Currently walking around in work clothes & gym clothes that are a size too big!!2
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Angelfire365 wrote: »That you're going to go from timidly using the elliptical closest to the door so no-one notices you to confidently dragging a bench across the free weight section because you need it on the other side of the gym. . .
Hahaha so true! Please put it back though or I will send you the evil eye.
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My fiance' can actually lift me in the air!!!!4
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How much younger you look! That amazes me the most. And how you really can look like a completely different person.1
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* How bone-chilling the Australian winter really is
* How addictive exercise becomes, and how cranky I get when I can't do it
* How shopping is now a pleasure instead of something to dread
* How bones I didn't even know I had uncomfortably present themselves, and
* How some days I look in the mirror and I still see me at 99kg, instead of the 54gk I am today
Second this, though not literally addictive. I get cranky ants-in-pants when I don't get up and go do something active every day.
And my favorite non-exercise escape, video games, holds very little interest for me now. Which is great, except other forms of entertainment do tend to cost more per hour.
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This is a really good threat for motivation!1
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Angelfire365 wrote: »That you're going to go from timidly using the elliptical closest to the door so no-one notices you to confidently dragging a bench across the free weight section because you need it on the other side of the gym. . .
Hahaha so true! Please put it back though or I will send you the evil eye.
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- It will take your brain awhile to catch up. I still hold up pants and think there is no way I will fit in them, then I do.
- You will have loose skin in weird places.
- People will treat you differently.
- The amount of energy you will have is crazy, to the point I almost feel A.D.D.5 -
Nobody told me that friends and relatives would not recognize me. Some are delighted, others respond with curiosity or jealousy. One or two just don't smile or talk to me. Huh.3
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People treat you a lot differently.
I wish I'd had a better idea how hard it can be to maintain. I think my initial expectations were probably unrealistic and I struggled a lot when I realized it wasn't something where I was just going to lose the weight and then be "finished."5 -
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monicarungood, I'm thinking about maintenance now, even though I'm still 2 pounds from my goal. I wonder how I'll be able to eat more and still stay at that weight. Eat more, because right now, I'm eating for a person who weighs my goal weight but does nothing but lay in bed all day. 12x125. I'll be a moving, walking, doing person weighing my goal weight. If I don't up the calories, I'll continue to lose. Not a bad thing, really. Just don't want to have to constantly diet for the rest of my life.
The last time I dieted, I went to 110 and that was a constant diet. I am more active now, but also 10 years older. So maybe I'll just keep to my 1500 calories most days and see where it takes me. I don't feel like I deprive myself most days at that budget.1 -
This rings true for me. For the past two days I have made sure to work out despite a slight stomach bug that has left me feeling blah and nauseated. As long as I'm not hindered by the other problems that accompany a stomach bug (Fingers crossed it doesn't lead to that.) I feel like I just need to do it or my entire day will be off. I'm avoiding cleaning and considering getting take out for dinner so I don't have to cook tonight because of how I'm feeling. Still, worked out though.* How addictive exercise becomes, and how cranky I get when I can't do it2 -
pootle1972 wrote: »The small.insignificsnt (or so you thought)varicose vein is turning more and more into an unsightly mess as you drop more weight....oh well I guess I'd better get saving.
Omg, this. I got one behind my knee when I was pregnant with my daughter & now it is horrendous!1 -
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