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What nobody tells you about losing weight

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  • tillysmum0308
    tillysmum0308 Posts: 5 Member
    _SKIM_ wrote: »
    How the effort and mindset of the act of losing weight becomes a blueprint for other things in life you want to achieve.

    The application itself is what's life changing, more so than the actual loss.

    Very true!
  • chrissiecastellano
    chrissiecastellano Posts: 26 Member
    DaneanP wrote: »
    So is anyone else having food dreams? I guess I would've thought that back in the day when I was eating whatever and whenever I would have dreamt about food more. But now because I need to plan more (a good thing) I find myself dreaming about food! Occasionally I wake up with a panicky feeling that I just ate something that blew my calories out for the week!! WTH?

    I just think it is strange. I feel more IN control now but my dreams feel more out of control.

    I do this...so glad I am not alone.
  • shellygw
    shellygw Posts: 33 Member
    joinn68 wrote: »
    That during the journey you'll feel both proud and fat... PROUD for having lost a noticeable amount of weight and yet FAT because after all you are still obese or overweight and will be for a few more months

    Exactly. Although mine will be more than a few months. I try to focus on how far I've come, not how far I've got to go. I notice the changes in the way some of my clothes fit and the way I feel health-wise, but I have to work hard at not being discouraged because I still see the old me in the mirror. I still have to fight falling into the old habit of hating myself for the way I was and what I was doing to myself instead of rejoicing that I am slowly taking my life back because I am worth it. The mental struggle is much much harder for me, the food is just the tool I used to avoid the battle.
  • thereshegoesagain
    thereshegoesagain Posts: 1,056 Member
    chrissiecastellano wrote: »
    DaneanP wrote: »
    So is anyone else having food dreams? I guess I would've thought that back in the day when I was eating whatever and whenever I would have dreamt about food more. But now because I need to plan more (a good thing) I find myself dreaming about food! Occasionally I wake up with a panicky feeling that I just ate something that blew my calories out for the week!! WTH?

    I just think it is strange. I feel more IN control now but my dreams feel more out of control.

    That happened to me when I quit smoking. I'd wake up in a panic, thinking I'd been smoking. I'd look over to my bedside table and breath a sigh of relief when I saw no ashtray.
  • ekahnicole
    ekahnicole Posts: 216 Member
    edited December 2015
    rayw89 wrote: »
    How bloating and disgusting it feels to have a day where you eat the way the old you did. After Valentine's Day I couldn't wait to go back to not eating much!

    Omg so much this, Thanksgiving had me dying to get back to my usual routine! Haha

    + How bony your knees end up feeling when you sleep on your side
    + How much fun it is to take selfies, and how weird it is to look at old ones when you weighed more
  • Dreysander
    Dreysander Posts: 294 Member
    That even when you reach your goal you may still be unhappy with what you look like, then you have to start doing more resistance based stuff to not look like the Pillsbury dough boy.
  • Karen_can_do_this
    Karen_can_do_this Posts: 1,150 Member
    The more weight I lose from my face, the bigger by nose looks!
  • k80flec
    k80flec Posts: 1,623 Member
    Angelfire365 wrote: »

    This happened when I quit smoking!! I would have a dream almost every night that I had a smoke, and would wake up so mad at myself and panicked that I blew all my hard work! Haven't had it with food yet. . .


    I'd wake up with a sore throat from smoking in my dreams . . . And I haven't experienced it with food yet (3.5 years on).

  • Qskim
    Qskim Posts: 1,145 Member
    mrsfitzyv8 wrote: »
    The more weight I lose from my face, the bigger by nose looks!

    And eyes too though! So it balances out. B)

  • katekams
    katekams Posts: 22 Member
    _SKIM_ wrote: »
    mrsfitzyv8 wrote: »
    The more weight I lose from my face, the bigger by nose looks!

    And eyes too though! So it balances out. B)

    I have huge eyes and small nose - I haven't noticed that before and I'm really happy that they are visible now without round cheeks :)
  • caitlinrennes
    caitlinrennes Posts: 49 Member
    How totally weird properly fitting jeans can feel!

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  • rachellosesitall85
    rachellosesitall85 Posts: 497 Member
    How good you feel when trying on old once too tight clothes which now fit perfectly. In a few months you might have to give them up for a smaller size so get your wear out of them while you can!
  • saylorkw
    saylorkw Posts: 69 Member
    edited December 2015
    That the "drinking the extra water" will be hard on an old man's bladder!
  • aubcami916
    aubcami916 Posts: 15 Member
    edited December 2015
    saylorkw wrote: »
    That the "drinking the extra water" will be hard on an old man's bladder!

    So true!!!! Feels like I'm getting my steps in just by going to the restroom! Lol
  • prettyleelee
    prettyleelee Posts: 236 Member
    katekams wrote: »
    _SKIM_ wrote: »
    mrsfitzyv8 wrote: »
    The more weight I lose from my face, the bigger by nose looks!

    And eyes too though! So it balances out. B)

    I have huge eyes and small nose - I haven't noticed that before and I'm really happy that they are visible now without round cheeks :)

    This was me 100% when my face got smaller people were like you have eyes OMG I have always had eyes I guess they just couldn't see it.
  • CJsf1t
    CJsf1t Posts: 414 Member
    rachellosesitall85 wrote: »
    How good you feel when trying on old once too tight clothes which now fit perfectly. In a few months you might have to give them up for a smaller size so get your wear out of them while you can!

    So true! I have been 'closet shopping' since a couple of days. I can wear a lot of my smaller clothes now! It's so exciting !
    On the same note, I sometimes wonder how I was in denial about my growing size! Some of the clothes are getting loose and fitting so much better now. Yet I wore them at my highest weight! Now those dresses look so good, and fall well. So it kind of makes me cringe thinking of how I might have looked in the same dress at 10 lbs higher weight. :neutral:
  • thereshegoesagain
    thereshegoesagain Posts: 1,056 Member
    Nobody told me that my nipples would get smaller, along with everything else. Lol
  • swim777
    swim777 Posts: 599 Member
    votkuhr wrote: »
    Weight in, weight out. Cash in, cash out on new clothes. :'(
    Have gone from a size 16 to a size 6!

    Great job!!!

  • Qskim
    Qskim Posts: 1,145 Member
    thereshegoesagain wrote: »
    Nobody told me that my nipples would get smaller, along with everything else. Lol

    Now that, I agree was definitely unexpected. Who'd have thunk?
  • khhregister
    khhregister Posts: 229 Member
    Angelfire365 wrote: »
    That beautiful sundress in the back of your closet that technically 'fits', but you won't wear because it's sooooo tight?
    Yeah. 80 lbs down, and it fits beautifully. Everywhere but my chest. This thing used to hold my boobs up all by itself, now I need a bra? And a strapless one at that, which I still can't find in my size for a price I'm willing to pay, so I STILL CAN'T WEAR THIS SUNDRESS!!!

    AARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I'm terrified to wear strapless anything. I just do not believe things will stay up. I'm imagining scandal, 10 o'clock news, etc.
  • mcpostelle
    mcpostelle Posts: 418 Member
    Nausicca55 wrote: »
    If I get asked "How did you lose so much weight?" I am just going to reply "The Mafia was involved."

    Unfortunately this one is too close to be truthful for me. :naughty:

  • SomeNights246
    SomeNights246 Posts: 807 Member
    That you can't control where you lose the weight from and when (aside from toning which may or may not help in the future). So, if you're like me and had a flat butt before you gained weight, then a big butt when you got big... you may end up with a big butt after losing the weight, too. Or if you had a big one, you may end up with a small one. Who the heck knows. Weight loss is weird.

    No one ever told me that people would literally start treating me differently. It truly brought out the worst in some people, and I quickly learned which of my friends were shallow, and which were actually worth keeping around.
  • chuckyjean
    chuckyjean Posts: 201 Member
    That your husband tells you you look better even after only losing 5.8 pounds in a week. That you don't lose the weight where you want to right away, waist belly

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