What nobody tells you about losing weight
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MelimelCoco wrote: »baysidebitches wrote: »Small things like having a tailbone that makes sitting in a car or Ina plane for long periods of time quite painful.
I know it's been said but my knobby knees knocking together when I lay down.
Being very comfortable with no shirt on (my wife laughs about that one)
I have ribs for gods sake
One major one is patients and friends asking behind my back if I have cancer or something. And yes people don't always believe it's as easy as counting calories and exercise.
People approach my mom often and ask them if I am sick as well. At least its better then when people ask me if I have a relationship with the toilet...
People approach me and ask me if I'm sick. I get the ol' arm around the waist all of a sudden, and someone murmuring in my ear, "Are you all right? I've been concerned. You've lost weight. Are you sick?" One person wouldn't let it go at a morning tea ... kept following me around asking me if I was sure I wasn't sick.
Omg... Me too. People assume I'm dick or dying. Insane!! But when I was huge no one worried about my health. Go figure
My allergist did this to me on Friday.
I visit her once a month, walked in, sat down, and she asked me for the name of my GP. I thought that was a bit odd ... and I'm pretty sure she has it anyway. But basically she was going to ring my GP and tell her that she needed to get me in for an appointment ASAP.
My allergist was all concerned that I've lost way too much weight, and thought I needed a complete physical and diet assessment to make sure I was OK.
The thing is, I now weigh what I've weighed most of my adult life. I am within the normal BMI range, although at the low end. As far as I'm concerned, I'm "me" again. But the people here have never seen "me" because I only moved here 2 years ago and I was some heavier person then. Plus the fact that she only sees me once a month ... I expect my weightloss has come as something of a surprise to her.
But I figure I'm going to get a call from my GP soon.
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I love this thread!1
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How wobbly everything suddenly becomes as the weight goes off lol, and how much fun you can have walking up stairs, as in at first they were killing me, now I do our 3 flight of stairs twice over when I have a break from work
and how obsessed I can become with calories, note to self, washing powder does not contain calories!!!
Hahaha, I've picked up non-food items before and done the same thing. So glad it's not just me
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aussie_girl_del_runner_5 wrote: »How wobbly everything suddenly becomes as the weight goes off lol, and how much fun you can have walking up stairs, as in at first they were killing me, now I do our 3 flight of stairs twice over when I have a break from work
and how obsessed I can become with calories, note to self, washing powder does not contain calories!!!
Hahaha, I've picked up non-food items before and done the same thing. So glad it's not just me
I suppose if you want to get technical, everything has calories, even the washing powder
A calorie is a unit of measure not just solely for edible items.
My NSV for today is that one of the people who visited from an overseas office thought I was a new employee, not the one she's been dealing with weekly for the past 5 years (but hadn't seen in 2).1 -
mommarnurse wrote: »That my once large breasts look like half-deflated balloons. I thought I'd just need a tummy tuck, now I'm sure it's also a breast lift.
How even more critical I can become of my body. How much MORE often I am examining my body and pointing the negatives out to myself.
How frustrated I can become when the scale plays tricks on me.
This has become huge to me and when I get myself down because I have done it that's when I love myself for making my before and after collages. Cause than its like look what you have done your amazing lol.0 -
Just bumping this up because I love reading this!1
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So for the last couple of weeks I had been slacking off both diet wise and work out wise. For last couple of days I started noticing pain in my calf muscles and knees. Also I had trouble getting quality sleep. So yesterday I kicked my own *kitten* and logged my food, got a workout in and guess what! My aches are gone and I had a good night's sleep!
Our body is meant to be active! And when you don't use it well it lets you know through all these aches and pains. !6 -
Currently down about 30 pounds. About to reach my goal of 155.
- I have amazing cheekbones and never knew, even my own mother was shocked and commented that my cheekbones are high like a model. I used to contour my face to get it to look like that but now I don't have to! A make up artist even asked me if she could use me as a model to do make up experiments. Very flattering.
- All of a sudden the fit women I know are asking me for advice. I love helping and sharing because I'm really into healthy living
- People reaching out to me to ask how I did it.
- I've had a lot of men recently want to talk to me while jogging beside them on the treadmill -- I still feel like I'm going punk'd when the buff guys are chatting it up with me
- Walking is easier, I feel alive in my body
- I have a bit of body disphoria where I don't feel like I'm connected to my body. I've begun doing yoga to help with body awareness
- Sales ladies hand me sizes I can't imagine fitting in... But they fit.
- My butt, once my favorite asset, has disappeared
- People are really bad at judging how much weight ive really lost. One guy said I looked like I lost 50 lbs at my 20 lb wright loss mark
- I get crabby if I miss a workout
- Also, my tailbone is literally a pain in my *kitten*. It gets in the way of all sorts of floor exercises I do and HURTS.
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Bump, so I can keep track of this great thread0
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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?!
This is me too.
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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?!
This is me too.
Me too but I keep quiet unless they ask me. I have a lady at work who has been trying to lose for years. I saw that she ate from the faculty salad bar one day which is good, but she had a very very large portion of chicken salad with several crackers to dip in it along with her salad with a lot of creamy dressing. Why do people always assume that all salads are low calorie? I can easily make a salad add up to 500 calories if I put nuts, seeds, eggs, cheese, and croutons on it. I mean it's good and good for me, but I have to weigh every item and it's an eye opener! But yeah- I just don't say anything to people who complain and then just eat a LOT of food.1 -
I'm starting to get a bit judgemental of people and their fad diets. I was talking to a lady today who is on the rainbow diet. Each day is a different color. Today was her red day. So she was drinking a red soft drink and eating red velvet cake preaching about how she's going to lose all these kilos and how I'm wasting my time weighing my foods and counting calories.
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mrsfitzyv8 wrote: »I'm starting to get a bit judgemental of people and their fad diets. I was talking to a lady today who is on the rainbow diet. Each day is a different color. Today was her red day. So she was drinking a red soft drink and eating red velvet cake preaching about how she's going to lose all these kilos and how I'm wasting my time weighing my foods and counting calories. [/quote
I was having lunch with a friend and her sister. We are all discussing our methods for weight loss. The sister said how proud of herself she is for not eating any french fries for 2 weeks, then ordered deep fried onion rings. I almost shot water out me nose trying not to laugh.2 -
mrsfitzyv8 wrote: »I was talking to a lady today who is on the rainbow diet. Each day is a different color. Today was her red day. So she was drinking a red soft drink and eating red velvet cake preaching about how she's going to lose all these kilos and how I'm wasting my time weighing my foods and counting calories.
LOL! Rainbow diet sounds straight out of a terrible sitcom.11 -
dramaqueen45 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?!
This is me too.
Me too but I keep quiet unless they ask me. I have a lady at work who has been trying to lose for years. I saw that she ate from the faculty salad bar one day which is good, but she had a very very large portion of chicken salad with several crackers to dip in it along with her salad with a lot of creamy dressing. Why do people always assume that all salads are low calorie? I can easily make a salad add up to 500 calories if I put nuts, seeds, eggs, cheese, and croutons on it. I mean it's good and good for me, but I have to weigh every item and it's an eye opener! But yeah- I just don't say anything to people who complain and then just eat a LOT of food.
Add me to the list of judgmental people. Sigh... I don't judge peoples grocery carts, bc I eat everything so you don't know my life. I just portion and track! BUT there is a lady who sits next to me at work, and I swear she has "found" every pound I've lost. She eats all day long. It really stresses me out sometimes bc it makes me hungry and want to eat too! And I have found myself making comments like, "Do you know how many calories are in that!?" And one day I tracked everything she ate just so I could see...
I feel guilty bc if someone had done that to me I would have felt ashamed and embarrassed. o.02 -
rhianna818 wrote: »dramaqueen45 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?!
This is me too.
Me too but I keep quiet unless they ask me. I have a lady at work who has been trying to lose for years. I saw that she ate from the faculty salad bar one day which is good, but she had a very very large portion of chicken salad with several crackers to dip in it along with her salad with a lot of creamy dressing. Why do people always assume that all salads are low calorie? I can easily make a salad add up to 500 calories if I put nuts, seeds, eggs, cheese, and croutons on it. I mean it's good and good for me, but I have to weigh every item and it's an eye opener! But yeah- I just don't say anything to people who complain and then just eat a LOT of food.
Add me to the list of judgmental people. Sigh... I don't judge peoples grocery carts, bc I eat everything so you don't know my life. I just portion and track! BUT there is a lady who sits next to me at work, and I swear she has "found" every pound I've lost. She eats all day long. It really stresses me out sometimes bc it makes me hungry and want to eat too! And I have found myself making comments like, "Do you know how many calories are in that!?" And one day I tracked everything she ate just so I could see...
I feel guilty bc if someone had done that to me I would have felt ashamed and embarrassed. o.0
That's me too! The receptionists at work are constantly complaining about their growing spare tyres and one joked that I was "teleporting my fat onto her". Last week I saw them each tucking into 362 calories worth of this:
At lunchtime! On a WEDNESDAY! It wasn't even a special occasion or anything!
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Yes definitely a emotional roller coaster as mentioned! 70 lbs down and still feel as if this were my first time on the ride
No one tells me how much easier it is to wear heels now that there's less of me
That I can actually be freezing in 70F weather
sometimes you think you've "accidentally" grabbed the wrong size clothes until you realize that they actually fit
That you'll want a cheat meal but it's not as satisfying when you get it because of how unhealthy it is and the ridiculous number of calories it contains
But also didn't expect my mind to take so long to adjust as I still see myself exactly the same in the mirror (so I try to do side by side pics to force myself to see the difference)4 -
Today I went to the Employee Rec office to use some of their Fit Dollars to get a jacket (you track steps, miles, exercise time each month and they send you fake money to buy all kinds of stuff with the hospital logo on them, most of it fitness related). The woman showed me the shelf, I picked up the small since half my wardrobe is small now, but saw how SMALL it was and figured it wouldn't fit. It did
Whoever said the brain is the last place to lose weight wasn't kidding. Sometimes it's so hard to see the reality. 3 -
mrsfitzyv8 wrote: »I'm starting to get a bit judgemental of people and their fad diets. I was talking to a lady today who is on the rainbow diet. Each day is a different color. Today was her red day. So she was drinking a red soft drink and eating red velvet cake preaching about how she's going to lose all these kilos and how I'm wasting my time weighing my foods and counting calories.
That is so funny!!0 -
Thinking about how I'm not going to have anymore muffin top. I can fit into sexy clothing without nothing hanging out.
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Love this! I just started and need to lose 40.. Only 2 so far. Hardest thing for me is giving up my wine:/3
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Love this! I just started and need to lose 40.. Only 2 so far. Hardest thing for me is giving up my wine:/
Then don't give up the wine...
How some people will not believe that you are actually losing weight. It seems that they've placed you firmly in the "fat" category and seeing you shrink just boggles their mind and defies everything they believe about the world
. So they don't acknowledge it. Or they acknowledge it but for them it doesn't translate in you taking less space, wearing smaller clothes sizes, not wanting to taste that piece of cake from this amazing new recipe etc. 5 -
What I didn't think of was how medication would make you feel different. I took a Norco yesterday after surgery and it made me feel higher than a kit. I use to take them and they just made me sleepy. I will have to take this into consideration now when I get new meds.4
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Love this! I just started and need to lose 40.. Only 2 so far. Hardest thing for me is giving up my wine:/
Then don't give up the wine...
How some people will not believe that you are actually losing weight. It seems that they've placed you firmly in the "fat" category and seeing you shrink just boggles their mind and defies everything they believe about the world . So they don't acknowledge it. Or they acknowledge it but for them it doesn't translate in you taking less space, wearing smaller clothes sizes, not wanting to taste that piece of cake from this amazing new recipe etc.
I've had my father's girlfriend try to convince me that I've lost weight. She kept saying it over and over, like I didn't believe her.
"You've lost weight"
"Thank you!"
"No, like you've lost weight. A lot."
"Yes, thank you!"
"No, Angelfire. Like, you've lost a lot."
"Yes, I'm aware. Thanks?"
"No, like, I mean it. A lot."
Yes, 70lbs is a lot. I was tempted to as if that's why the ginch I buy is smaller. . .
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mrsfitzyv8 wrote: »I'm starting to get a bit judgemental of people and their fad diets. I was talking to a lady today who is on the rainbow diet. Each day is a different color. Today was her red day. So she was drinking a red soft drink and eating red velvet cake preaching about how she's going to lose all these kilos and how I'm wasting my time weighing my foods and counting calories.
I'm getting a half decent workout from laughing picturing the rainbow diet - thank you 7 -
Angelfire365 wrote: »
I've had my father's girlfriend try to convince me that I've lost weight. She kept saying it over and over, like I didn't believe her.
"You've lost weight"
"Thank you!"
"No, like you've lost weight. A lot."
"Yes, thank you!"
"No, Angelfire. Like, you've lost a lot."
"Yes, I'm aware. Thanks?"
"No, like, I mean it. A lot."
Yes, 70lbs is a lot. I was tempted to as if that's why the ginch I buy is smaller. . .
Lol. Is she trying to convince you? You've LOST... you don't know where it went. In case you didn't realise you are missing a sizable part of you! Almost like: it's an expensive piece of jewelry how can you be so casual about losing it? 4 -
mrsfitzyv8 wrote: »I'm starting to get a bit judgemental of people and their fad diets. I was talking to a lady today who is on the rainbow diet. Each day is a different color. Today was her red day. So she was drinking a red soft drink and eating red velvet cake preaching about how she's going to lose all these kilos and how I'm wasting my time weighing my foods and counting calories.
Probably the red velvet cake didn't have the cream cheese icing which would have messed up her colors; so she saved a few calories there.
I am wondering what her blue, indigo and violet days look like...4 -
I feel better than I have in 20 years. I just hit my 60lbs goal yesterday. only complaint is I'm alot more cold these days especially frozen fingers.
I put up a blog post with some before and after pics and more info
http://brianboudreauphotography.com/in-the-news/day-200-and-60lbs-lighter/
I read your blog post. Congrats on your hard work and newfound health! The photos are great too. Well done!0 -
That the funky body odor I've had for years is gone.
How badly my breasts sag now that my belly isn't holding them up.
How my weight loss has spilled over into all aspects of life. I'm not just physically healthier but mentally and spiritually.6
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