What nobody tells you about losing weight
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Montepulciano wrote: »IILikeToMoveItMoveIt wrote: »shrinkinmom1 wrote: »That is takes a while to realize I am not always the biggest girl in the room. I will still pick out people and ask my husband, "am I the same size as her?"...he laughs and tells me I am delusional. I have no perception of my real size.
http://www.marisota.co.uk/shop/freeformat/page.action?pageId=7758 This helped me, you might find it useful.
Loved this, thank you. I think I will keep the website as a favorite as I go through the process of getting more healthy! I am not quite as big as I thought I was, so a nice little NSV.
What a fab website! Apparently I'm 7.5% smaller than I estimated.
My NSV is that today I did W9D2 of Couch to 5 K, ran for a tad longer, and ended up running 5 K in 30 mins 40 seconds! My goal for the end of the year (!) was to run a sub 30 minute 5 K, but I think I might be able to crack that on my final C25K run in a couple of days...6 -
Montepulciano wrote: »IILikeToMoveItMoveIt wrote: »shrinkinmom1 wrote: »That is takes a while to realize I am not always the biggest girl in the room. I will still pick out people and ask my husband, "am I the same size as her?"...he laughs and tells me I am delusional. I have no perception of my real size.
http://www.marisota.co.uk/shop/freeformat/page.action?pageId=7758 This helped me, you might find it useful.
Loved this, thank you. I think I will keep the website as a favorite as I go through the process of getting more healthy! I am not quite as big as I thought I was, so a nice little NSV.
What a fab website! Apparently I'm 7.5% smaller than I estimated.
My NSV is that today I did W9D2 of Couch to 5 K, ran for a tad longer, and ended up running 5 K in 30 mins 40 seconds! My goal for the end of the year (!) was to run a sub 30 minute 5 K, but I think I might be able to crack that on my final C25K run in a couple of days...
It calculated me 15% lower than photo I selected...
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JennifrClaire wrote: »No one tells you how hard it is to get back all the ("vintage") clothes you lent to your kids, thinking you'd never fit back in them again.
Haha! yes, I am stealing back all my "vintage" clothes from my daughter too!1 -
JessiBelleW wrote: »Shanel0916 wrote: »That getting close to your goal could actually be kind of scary and could possibly make your revert back to the old you.
@Shanel0916 don't believe it! Set a new goal, maybe not weight loss but fitness or maintenance related - don't go back!!
Thanks it just seems surreal sometimes. All the times I've tried to lose weight and now its finally working so it feels odd. Guess I expected to fail again which is pretty sad.4 -
IILikeToMoveItMoveIt wrote: »http://www.marisota.co.uk/shop/freeformat/page.action?pageId=7758 This helped me, you might find it useful.
Turns out that I'm 35% smaller than I thought! I guess my mind really does need to catch up!2 -
aliciasilfies wrote: »IILikeToMoveItMoveIt wrote: »http://www.marisota.co.uk/shop/freeformat/page.action?pageId=7758 This helped me, you might find it useful.
Turns out that I'm 35% smaller than I thought! I guess my mind really does need to catch up!
So funny, it turns out I'm 5.6% LARGER than I thought I was
Whenever I lose half a pound I look in the mirror and think "Oh! I'm so skinny now!" even though it literally makes no difference, haha NOT quite yet. I just love progress! no matter how small!
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piggysmalls333 wrote: »... One girl I know after losing weight actually left her boyfriend because she had no respect for him because he was with a fatty. Umm that was her. WHAT THE WHAT, right!?
That's so ... wrong! Poor guy! >.<
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http://www.marisota.co.uk/shop/freeformat/page.action?pageId=7758 This helped me, you might find it useful.[/quote]
OMG!!!!!!! I was WAAAAYYYYYY off!!! It said that I am 20% smaller than I think. WOW! I'm in shock.
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I love reading this thread~~4
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Today marks 30 days of tracking. This is the longest that I've been consistent without any external "weight loss challenges". I'm tentatively optimistic. I'm walking more, which I really enjoy - as do the kid and dog.
I'd love to add weight training since I've had such success in the past just by adding that component - but where's the magic pill that makes me love working out? Maybe I'll start with once a week and just see where it takes me. I'm terrible for setting unrealistic goals and I'm mindfully avoiding that now.4 -
Nobody told me that I would have changes in my head - physical changes - as in the bones of my cranium are more pronounced and I can feel the musculature in my neck and up the back of my head. I'm glad I have hair, my scalp probably looked really bad before, all rolls and wrinkles. Yikes.0
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Cutemesoon wrote: »http://www.marisota.co.uk/shop/freeformat/page.action?pageId=7758 This helped me, you might find it useful.[/
This link is very helpful. I am 12.5% smaller than I thought..... Come on brain! Get in the game!0 -
michelekrystasmith wrote: »Cutemesoon wrote: »http://www.marisota.co.uk/shop/freeformat/page.action?pageId=7758 This helped me, you might find it useful.[/
This link is very helpful. I am 12.5% smaller than I thought..... Come on brain! Get in the game!
Awesome Link!! I am 17.5 % smaller than i thought I was and I have the perfect hourglass shape! NSV for sure.0 -
You will lose some friends who see you as a threat! Just let them go.....
I have one University friend who has disappointed me. She is 10 stone and is shorter than me but has no conception of my weight because I'm taller. I said I had lost a stone in 2 weeks and that I had 2 1/2 stone to go and she said that sounded too much and asked me what I was eating! I went dry for January which is not even weight loss related for a lot of people and she almost shamed me for refusing free alcohol and said that I've never refused free alcohol before! I saw her last weekend and the first thing she said was "oh wow looking very skinny minny" before even saying hello! Do you reckon I should say something or just ignore it?0 -
maccabiah2013landers wrote: »I'm only starting on my journey - 16lbs lost since Jan 2nd. But the biggest thing is quite how much time I have to dedicate to thinking about food, prepping food. Whoever mentioned earlier about the sheer volume of healthy food I'm consuming. I'm eating 5-6 times a day. Before I would eat 3 times a day (or sometimes 2 if I skipped breakfast), but what I was eating and my portions were totally out of control.
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- I'm having to cart masses of food into work with me every day.
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In a similar situation to you - I started the same day haha I lost 19 so far and I will be recording my weight and measurements tomorrow morning fingers crossed!
I find I think about food/fitness a lot and that's what drives me. Reading Women's Health magazine and other related fitness ones are a great motivation plus they pass the time when on the bike for 15 mins on an interval setting!
I do find it most difficult when being social as my friends don't think of food/drink the same way I do!0 -
You need to work on building muscle or your butt will be flat. Squat, squat, squat. My hubby's biggest fear is for my butt to disappear.3
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You will lose some friends who see you as a threat! Just let them go.....
I have one University friend who has disappointed me. She is 10 stone and is shorter than me but has no conception of my weight because I'm taller. I said I had lost a stone in 2 weeks and that I had 2 1/2 stone to go and she said that sounded too much and asked me what I was eating! I went dry for January which is not even weight loss related for a lot of people and she almost shamed me for refusing free alcohol and said that I've never refused free alcohol before! I saw her last weekend and the first thing she said was "oh wow looking very skinny minny" before even saying hello! Do you reckon I should say something or just ignore it?
Why would you reprimand a friend for noticing your hard work and acknowledging it?3 -
You will lose some friends who see you as a threat! Just let them go.....
I have one University friend who has disappointed me. She is 10 stone and is shorter than me but has no conception of my weight because I'm taller. I said I had lost a stone in 2 weeks and that I had 2 1/2 stone to go and she said that sounded too much and asked me what I was eating! I went dry for January which is not even weight loss related for a lot of people and she almost shamed me for refusing free alcohol and said that I've never refused free alcohol before! I saw her last weekend and the first thing she said was "oh wow looking very skinny minny" before even saying hello! Do you reckon I should say something or just ignore it?
Some people are very clumsy in their acknowledgement of your success. They also often don't understand that what you are doing is healthy. I would just ignore it and smile.
I have a friend who is similar, she always greets me with 'wow you look so skinny' which makes me uncomfortable. I just go along with it and thank her because I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt that she means well!3
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