What nobody tells you about losing weight

Holy crap... I thought the first time I ran a non-stop mile was a pretty good high.
Then I ran (with no slow-downs) my first 5k this week. I was on a high for a few hours from that!

For me the main thing nobody told me about losing weight (not that I actually asked ) was, like so many mentioned before me, being cold all the time. I acctually like that. I love the fact that I can wear cute, thick sweaters and wrap myself in blanket at home. More than that - I love not being sweaty all the time in summer with these huge, wet marks on my t-shirt. Plus I don't mind it because it doesn't mean I'm getting sick or cold more often. On contrary my immunity is better cause I'm healthier.

Next thing (and this one is the worst) is how people will react to you. Some with hate, some with hostile and some even with verbal assault. In this all the most hurtful for me was my mothers reaction - telling me all the time I'm too thin (even when I was still overweight and had to motivate myself thru my mother's comments) and that I look sick and ugly on my face (appearently I have wrinkles around my mouth at age of 25 which I don't see).

On the other hand all great reactions from other people like these huge astonishment on this lady's face when she measureged my waist and could understand how can I wear size M with just 65cm waist (I'm tall so size S has too short sleaves).

Jewelery doesn't fit anymore (bracelets, rings, watches).

Normal chairs starts to actually gives you spare room so you can almost sit in them with someone next to you.

Everything seems bigger.

Shoping for cothes starts to be barable and even enjoyable cause most of the things you try on fits.

The biggest one - you start to love yourself just the way you are. You start to see youself as individual whos maybe not perfect but in some ways lovely and cute.

You stop to mind when someone is looking at you (because you don't instantly think he/she's judging you).

You start to feel that you control your own life.

Enjoying food rather than absorb it thoughtlessly.

Being joyful and happy most of the time.

*kitten* pain every time you sit on something that is not super soft longer than and hour.

And so on, so on...

Seemingly the most popular entry: Not being the warmest one in the room anymore. My poor, poor wife, who used to use me as a warming brick at night. Winter is not going to be kind to either of us…

Sleep apnea: gone! (along with the aches and pains that accompanied it…)

The amount of “strangers” in the workplace who notice. One woman I ran into told me that I had a twin on campus. After further discussion, it turns out she was referring to “former” me, thinking it was a completely different person (That was an awesome day….)

Bones sticking out….just plain weird. The bottom of my breast bone (xiphoid process) really freaks me out.

Not playing tug-o-war with my clothes throughout the day (any heavy person knows exactly what I’m talking about) or it’s precursor: stretch-them-out-a-little before you put them on…

Getting through a yoga session and actually feeling refreshed (and not completely sweaty)…also, being able to contort into poses that were previously unavailable to me…still striving towards doing things upside down….!

How much I would enjoy nice clothes, and how dressing up isn’t a chore.

It ain’t all wine and roses: a small but persistent bout with hair loss, loose skin, constantly changing out of sweaty clothes, throwing out clothes that I really liked, resizing my wedding ring. (Small sacrifices all)

...and is it weird that I wanna say "In your face" at my next doctors appointment (November 30th at 2:30, not that I'm keeping track.....)


I would love to have more MFP friends to help keep me honest (it helps just knowing people are out there)