What nobody tells you about losing weight
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That your hubby can start feeling a bit threatened by your changes.. (You are Looking good... Always working out... Becoming an aerobics instructor, etc) and while still being overall supportive of you, he may still make a few comments that sounds as if he feels threatened by your changes!! NOT that you've given him any reason to be because you love him and your life with all of your heart and would never jeopardize it...you talk it over with him though and reassure him of your continued commitment and love. Lol
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ekahnicole wrote: »you end up looking forward to having a really good poop.
Yes! lol1 -
NothingsGoing2StopMe wrote: »I am surprised I eat more food while losing weight than I did while gaining. Its all about the choices.tiffanyfoundit wrote: »unrelentingminx wrote: »Things I'm loving:
- Being my lowest adult weight. Ever.
- My teeny tiny waist
- The extra energy I have now
- Treating my body with the due care and respect it's always deserved
Things I wasn't prepared for:
- Family/friends saying they want to also lose weight and then in the same breath start making excuses for why they can't.
- How long it would take for my brain to catch up with my body. I've lost 2 st and 2 dress sizes in the last year and even though I know that I'm so much smaller and I can see the huge difference, even now when someone compliments me, calls me pretty, or straight-up hits on me, a part of me doesn't believe they could be genuine. It's like I keep forgetting I'm not overweight anymore.
I wonder if my brain will ever catch up with my body...Not seeing what people are saying.0 -
NothingsGoing2StopMe wrote: »I am surprised I eat more food while losing weight than I did while gaining. Its all about the choices.tiffanyfoundit wrote: »unrelentingminx wrote: »Things I'm loving:
- Being my lowest adult weight. Ever.
- My teeny tiny waist
- The extra energy I have now
- Treating my body with the due care and respect it's always deserved
Things I wasn't prepared for:
- Family/friends saying they want to also lose weight and then in the same breath start making excuses for why they can't.
- How long it would take for my brain to catch up with my body. I've lost 2 st and 2 dress sizes in the last year and even though I know that I'm so much smaller and I can see the huge difference, even now when someone compliments me, calls me pretty, or straight-up hits on me, a part of me doesn't believe they could be genuine. It's like I keep forgetting I'm not overweight anymore.
I wonder if my brain will ever catch up with my body...Not seeing what people are saying.
I didn't see it either, until I printed out two face pictures, one two months before I started this, and one at the fifty pound loss mark, then laid them side by side. Only then was I able to see it.1 -
NothingsGoing2StopMe wrote: »I am surprised I eat more food while losing weight than I did while gaining. Its all about the choices.tiffanyfoundit wrote: »unrelentingminx wrote: »Things I'm loving:
- Being my lowest adult weight. Ever.
- My teeny tiny waist
- The extra energy I have now
- Treating my body with the due care and respect it's always deserved
Things I wasn't prepared for:
- Family/friends saying they want to also lose weight and then in the same breath start making excuses for why they can't.
- How long it would take for my brain to catch up with my body. I've lost 2 st and 2 dress sizes in the last year and even though I know that I'm so much smaller and I can see the huge difference, even now when someone compliments me, calls me pretty, or straight-up hits on me, a part of me doesn't believe they could be genuine. It's like I keep forgetting I'm not overweight anymore.
I wonder if my brain will ever catch up with my body...Not seeing what people are saying.
I didn't see it either, until I printed out two face pictures, one two months before I started this, and one at the fifty pound loss mark, then laid them side by side. Only then was I able to see it.
When I started my weight loss journey last year I neglected to take some 'before' photos to allow that direct comparison. Now I am fairly happy with my general size and weight so have changed to maintenance and recomposition so I have made sure to take new 'before' photos as any further changes will be much smaller.0 -
How uncomfortable my bed really is. After loosing 100 pounds I had to buy a new mattress. I no longer had the padding around my hips.
Both me & the husband have been using this app since April. Between us we have lost 5 stone & it's staying off. We both found it helpful to get a memory foam topper for the bed to enable us to be more comfortable now the fat cushioning has gone.
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NothingsGoing2StopMe wrote: »I am surprised I eat more food while losing weight than I did while gaining. Its all about the choices.tiffanyfoundit wrote: »unrelentingminx wrote: »Things I'm loving:
- Being my lowest adult weight. Ever.
- My teeny tiny waist
- The extra energy I have now
- Treating my body with the due care and respect it's always deserved
Things I wasn't prepared for:
- Family/friends saying they want to also lose weight and then in the same breath start making excuses for why they can't.
- How long it would take for my brain to catch up with my body. I've lost 2 st and 2 dress sizes in the last year and even though I know that I'm so much smaller and I can see the huge difference, even now when someone compliments me, calls me pretty, or straight-up hits on me, a part of me doesn't believe they could be genuine. It's like I keep forgetting I'm not overweight anymore.
I wonder if my brain will ever catch up with my body...Not seeing what people are saying.
I didn't see it either, until I printed out two face pictures, one two months before I started this, and one at the fifty pound loss mark, then laid them side by side. Only then was I able to see it.
I have before and now pictures and still doesn't seem real..0 -
I now have a drawer of ridiculously large t-shirts from events I've done in the past. I don't want to get rid of them because I had fun at those, but when I put them on, I look like a hobo that robbed a thrift store and ended up with a night shirt.
(this message is not making fun of hobos, or thrift stores, both of which I favor)
I've seen people make quilts and stuff out of cool T shirts they can't wear anymore.1 -
... I miss my favorite T-shirt..no longer made so I can't get my new size.1
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http://www.bigdiyideas.com/55-ideas-to-upcycle-your-favorite-or-not-so-favorite-t-shirt/
I'ma leave this here. . . . :-)1 -
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How you reAlly can eat what you want if you do it right.4
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I tried on UK size 10 dress, it fitted, I bought the size 12 - my brain isn't ready!! When does the brain catch up???1
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How you reAlly can eat what you want if you do it right.
^^This so much! I had exactly what I wanted at Chik-fil-a last night, and it fit perfectly in my calories for the day.
One of my own to add (finally). That you can sometimes get this weird dissociative feeling when looking at random body parts, thinking "those can't be my thighs... they're not big enough."3 -
lemonsurprise wrote: »Wanted to make this thread for motivationial purposes more than anything but they don't all have to be super positive! More of what came as a surprise. I'll start..
- how much confidence it will actually bring, especially when strangers start treating you like royalty all of a sudden!
- Sitting (particularly in baths) and laying (particularly in beds) will become ever increasingly uncomfortable.
- how vain you will become! I can't walk past a mirror without checking how I look nowadays!
Your turn!
Love this thread! Here are mine....
- How you feel when reflecting back on your journey and feeling a little sad when thinking about how you waited so long to do this for the sake of your health and self-esteem. Although I'm very happy with my weight loss so far and am excited about the future I wish I would have had the mindset to start much sooner than I did.
- Compliments about your body that others give that you don't see yourself.
- How you lose weight in smaller places: my feet I have much more space in my shoes, ring slides around on my finger and hardly stays upright but instead turns to the side.
- How much day in and day out you constantly think about the whole process...food and the decisions you have to make, how much of that I can eat so that I reserve calories to have when meeting friends for dinner, how much you hope to lose in the next week, what time you will go workout, not feeling like working out and forcing yourself to go so you don't feel guilty, what size you hope you will be on your next clothes shopping trip, ...the list goes on lol!5 -
- The self-control you learn during dieting is also useful as self-control with other social situations
- Feeling more in control of cravings, especially at parties
- Getting yourself up after a bad day costs so much energy, but the day after you will be glad you did it3 -
Being sore all the time, especially when you've done strenght training. And when it is finally gone? You just repeat the whole cycle again.5
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-Being able to cross your legs when sitting.
-When acquaintances notice your weight loss and ask how you've done it.
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Two people who hadn't seen me in some time complimented me today on my weight loss, then added, "I hope it was intentional, and not disease?" So maybe others who say nothing are afraid I might be ill?
Surprise! I can eat a few squares of good chocolate, and save the rest for another day. Time was, I'd not have believed I could.
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I tried on UK size 10 dress, it fitted, I bought the size 12 - my brain isn't ready!! When does the brain catch up???
I understand! I'm over 2 and a half years maintaining and my brain still hasn't fully caught up. Still can't believe I wear medium/sometimes small clothes. They look so small to me when I look at it, but they fit perfectly.1
lol 
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