What nobody tells you about losing weight

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  • dharbeck24
    dharbeck24 Posts: 8 Member
    ... I miss my favorite T-shirt..no longer made so I can't get my new size.
  • Angelfire365
    Angelfire365 Posts: 803 Member
    http://www.bigdiyideas.com/55-ideas-to-upcycle-your-favorite-or-not-so-favorite-t-shirt/

    I'ma leave this here. . . . :-)
  • patty_36_2
    patty_36_2 Posts: 22 Member
    dn0pes wrote: »
    My butt is now boney and hurts when I sit in chairs.

    Yep.. This is the one which reminds me the most of how much I lost.. Im sitting up right now, no slouching on the sofa anymore :( lol
  • getitamb
    getitamb Posts: 2,019 Member
    How you reAlly can eat what you want if you do it right.
  • k80flec
    k80flec Posts: 1,623 Member
    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???
  • Ruatine
    Ruatine Posts: 3,424 Member
    getitamb wrote: »
    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."
  • xveer22
    xveer22 Posts: 93 Member
    - 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 it
  • terrienne
    terrienne Posts: 5 Member
    -Being able to cross your legs when sitting.
    -When acquaintances notice your weight loss and ask how you've done it.
  • rainbow198
    rainbow198 Posts: 2,245 Member
    k80flec wrote: »
    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.
  • astgte
    astgte Posts: 81 Member
    sadie1164 wrote: »
    kar328 wrote: »
    sadie1164 wrote: »
    NothingsGoing2StopMe wrote: »
    I am surprised I eat more food while losing weight than I did while gaining. Its all about the choices.
    tiffanyfoundit wrote: »
    kgb6days wrote: »
    How cold you get without a thick pad of insulation

    That's the realest! I'm cold all the time now!!
    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..

    Same here, I can look at myself in the mirror and not see the new me, I know im in way smaller clothes, I know that people tell me that im like a skinny brother I dont have but when I see pictures I cant believe its me. I just dont see that in the mirror
  • joinn68
    joinn68 Posts: 480 Member
    terrienne wrote: »
    - Being able to cross your legs when sitting.
    -When acquaintances notice your weight loss and ask how you've done it.

    I came here today to write exactly this!! Omg I didn't notice at first and I just remembered how hard it was just a few lbs ago
  • joinn68
    joinn68 Posts: 480 Member
    pandyg180 wrote: »
    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!
    - 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!

    Yes yes and yes. And if you cook your own food to be more accurate, I summed it up once as: planning, shopping, chopping, slicing, dicing, cutting, peeling, weighing, cooking
  • amandapierce0515
    amandapierce0515 Posts: 67 Member
    KatEmmaMarie wrote: »
    -Being able to cross my one leg over the other while sitting
    -being able to sit "Indian" style in a chair
    -having people not believe me when I say I used to be almost 200 pounds, and then seeing their shocked reactions when I show them a before and after picture
    -looking at my legs and still "seeing" a size 16 leg, but knowing I am a size 4. (This is a big one, not knowing how much the psychological stuff affects you even after losing all the weight)
    -being a little over bearing on my family for drinking soda/eating sweets non-stop

    I have the same experience with still "seeing" my size 16 body, even though I know I am a MUCH smaller size now! I wonder how long it will take to get used to?
  • amandapierce0515
    amandapierce0515 Posts: 67 Member
    No one told me that it would hurt so much more for my 80lb dog to climb in my lap! I am so much bonier than I was before!
  • Lose2Cruise2016
    Lose2Cruise2016 Posts: 36 Member
    edited January 2016
    pandyg180 wrote: »
    - 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.

    THIS is me. I finally decided that I simply cannot turn 50 in this body. Better late than never. I hope to come back to this thread soon with discoveries of my own.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
    edited January 2016
    Ruatine wrote: »
    getitamb wrote: »
    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."

    This happens to me ALL the time! Specifically with my thighs! :lol:
  • dramaqueen45
    dramaqueen45 Posts: 1,009 Member
    Thrift store 10 is going to be department store 6 or thereabouts- vanity sizing!
  • ForMe2No
    ForMe2No Posts: 235 Member
    Bungie01 wrote: »
    IILikeToMoveItMoveIt wrote: »
    That most of the time I think I'm thinner than I am. I'm always grabbing what ends up being 10's at a thrift store. Even when I was sz 20/22+. At some point I wonder if I get into 6's if I'll still go for 10's. I'm into 14's, so I'm getting close!

    Haha I have this issue too! Everyone keeps saying their brain isn't catching up, but mine's well ahead! I'm like "oh man I'm so thin now, I'm doing so great! I bet I'm a size 7!"

    *can't get a 7 up past my thighs* lolol

    I'm not in any rush though, just taking my time with it, enjoying the journey. I'm super duper happy with my progress so far. Every half inch is cause for a huge celebration in my books :)

    I should also note that my weight gain is recent which probably has somethingto do with this. I gained about 30 pounds in 6 months during a very stressful time in my life. So it still feels natural to go for smaller sizes.


    Me 3...lol. I've loss 6 dress sizes. When I look in the mirror I see myself smaller than I actually am...but when I look at a picture I feel like I'm still see a very large person. When I shop for clothes I just pull 2 sizes of everything to try on and usually both sizes fit and then I can't decide which size I want to buy...the more loose comfortable size or the smaller tighter size that I know will soon fit.

    Losing the weight actually hasn't been all that hard...it's all these other decisions..lol.
  • tracefan
    tracefan Posts: 382 Member
    Well good for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • KarlaH9801
    KarlaH9801 Posts: 362 Member
    dramaqueen45 wrote: »
    Thrift store 10 is going to be department store 6 or thereabouts- vanity sizing!

    This is so true. I wear a size 10 in 1990's Mom jeans, but a size 6 in Old Navy Sweetheart jeans?
    On the other hand, spandex IS my friend :smile:
  • leodora1
    leodora1 Posts: 77 Member
    Crossing my legs and curving my foot behind my calf.

    Clasping my hands behind my back to stretch.
  • k80flec
    k80flec Posts: 1,623 Member
    Bump
  • Robo_mooh
    Robo_mooh Posts: 44 Member
    I've got a painful blister on my foot from walking / running so much! I think it's time for me to treat myself to some new properly-fitted trainers!

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