What nobody tells you about losing weight
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That I would no longer have that 'weight thing' nagging in the back of my mind all hours of the day, even an night when I take a potty break! What a relief! It's like a new felt freedom.19
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MrsDogLady wrote: »That I would no longer have that 'weight thing' nagging in the back of my mind all hours of the day, even an night when I take a potty break! What a relief! It's like a new felt freedom.
Wow. Well said. Still looking over my shoulder...
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I didn't realize my thighs and abdomen would look like a cross between crepe paper and corduroy. They're getting a little better since I've slowed down the weight loss after I'd passed my original goal weight.
Great comments, everyone! I find myself nodding as I read these.9 -
I no longer get rings around my ankles from having my socks on all day!!24
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I now get fewer steps (like up to 700 less) when I go to the grocery store for the reasons of better meal planning with a list and avoiding more of the processed food aisles completely. I was relying on some of those extra steps towards my weekend count.3
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You could be doing everything right, weighing food, counting every calorie but not losing weight... then suddenly (if you don't give up and stick to it) you get a WOOSH of weight loss
Weight loss is not linear and can be VERY frustrating at times but it's important that you don't let it get you down so much that you give in and give up!
A lot of people also seem to think that weight loss is mostly about exercise and not about diet, but I lost most of my weight through diet alone. I had a friend from interstate come visit and after seeing my weight loss said 'I really need to get to the gym to lose weight'. When I mentioned that she needed to watch her calorie intake as well, she shut me down completely and wouldn't have a bar of calorie or food talk. The last thing she said was 'I could easily go on the stationary bike for 1/2 an hour a day' and I gave up at that point.27 -
How your self esteem plummets when you have to walk around with super baggy clothes because you cannot keep affording to buy new clothes for your forever shrinking waistline.
I just bought new jeans a month ago and they're already baggy in spots that aren't cute.
I'm wearing a size 16 with a belt to work when I wear a 10 and I feel so unprofessional.
I totally get it! There is a site called ThredUP where you can send gently used items and you can either get credit to shop on their site or you can have it transferred to a paypal account. Most of their stuff is "like new" or "new with tags". Cute stuff... It was a good find!!!
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Complete Morons........where do they crawl out from...sometimes i wish I was fat and invisible again.8
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You will feel FREEZING 90% of the time6
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I also have to express love for this post and those within it.
Good job.5 -
Have bought several polar fleece vests which I wear all the time to keep warm!!
(Needed a few different colours to go with my new wardrobe, lol!)
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- how much fun it is to no longer worry about dresses or tops falling off the hangers because the neckline are so wide. Also, i don't need to fold my skirts when clipping them on the hanger!
- how it is STILL annoying when sales clerks kind of look at you dubiously and ask "the medium?" The other day I asked the clerk of their medium underwear ran large because it looked big. A tad offended I think when she (a stereotypical thin young woman) said she wore medium and if they were too big to toss them in the dryer or "if they're too small, don't dry them". Welp. They were sagging within an hour4 -
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katyjay2014 wrote: »
*sigh*. MFP is skipping part of my reply and won't let me edit. Also, despite losing 52lb to get to 168lb I can honestly say that I don't feel colder. Says the Canadian girl waiting for spring, lol
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I wonder if I'm the only one here with this one but...
Wanting food to make you happy when you're not, and you're unable to, as food is no longer there for you, other than to nourish your body
Does that make sense?! If you were to ask me last year- what do you enjoy doing, what's your favorite hobby/activity? EATING!! It made me (temporarily) relieved of stress and it was something I looked forward to.. Pretty much the only thing I looked forward to for fun!
Now when I'm bored, and I have an off day once a week to get a little craving out of the way, or a family member is diagnosed with cancer/other things life throws at you, and your stomach just doesn't WANT food for comfort... BUT YOUR BRAIN DOES! And you don't know what to do! Because food was your life, and now it's not, and it's time to get out and find something that makes you happy!
Physical changes and having to deal with the mental changes just being a tad bit behind!32 -
I wonder if I'm the only one here with this one but...
Wanting food to make you happy when you're not, and you're unable to, as food is no longer there for you, other than to nourish your body
Does that make sense?! If you were to ask me last year- what do you enjoy doing, what's your favorite hobby/activity? EATING!! It made me (temporarily) relieved of stress and it was something I looked forward to.. Pretty much the only thing I looked forward to for fun!
Now when I'm bored, and I have an off day once a week to get a little craving out of the way, or a family member is diagnosed with cancer/other things life throws at you, and your stomach just doesn't WANT food for comfort... BUT YOUR BRAIN DOES! And you don't know what to do! Because food was your life, and now it's not, and it's time to get out and find something that makes you happy!
Physical changes and having to deal with the mental changes just being a tad bit behind!
At the end of a hard day, or even in the middle of something, I look around, baffled, with my hands out, trying to figure out what I'm missing, what I'm forgetting. Oh yeah - comfort food.13 -
Comfort food was my go to for most of my life. My first reaction when something is going on is what can I eat to make me feel better. I'm still figuring this one out. But I do know that when I indulge it's just not the same anymore.9
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How others will try to sabotage you or try to turn it from my working on being healthy to it being about "vanity". I refuse to be one of those who hit 50 and then blame being unhealthy on their age.25
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I wonder if I'm the only one here with this one but...
Wanting food to make you happy when you're not, and you're unable to, as food is no longer there for you, other than to nourish your body
Does that make sense?! If you were to ask me last year- what do you enjoy doing, what's your favorite hobby/activity? EATING!! It made me (temporarily) relieved of stress and it was something I looked forward to.. Pretty much the only thing I looked forward to for fun!
Now when I'm bored, and I have an off day once a week to get a little craving out of the way, or a family member is diagnosed with cancer/other things life throws at you, and your stomach just doesn't WANT food for comfort... BUT YOUR BRAIN DOES! And you don't know what to do! Because food was your life, and now it's not, and it's time to get out and find something that makes you happy!
Physical changes and having to deal with the mental changes just being a tad bit behind!
YES!!! Just the other day I was super upset about something and I said to my husband "It was so much easier when I could just 'eat' my feelings! I'm sick of this crying 'sh#t'!"22 -
paulajobelle wrote: »How others will try to sabotage you or try to turn it from my working on being healthy to it being about "vanity". I refuse to be one of those who hit 50 and then blame being unhealthy on their age.
Exactly! Well said. I'm 48 and I started my journey a year ago and it was because of my health. I was like OMG I have got to get a handle on this before I'm 50 and can't move around. I'm to young to feel this old. Looking better is just an added bonus!18 -
I forget that the smaller you are, the less wiggle room there is between sizing. All it took was dropping about 4lbs and I dropped another pant size. @_@23
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History1027 wrote: »I wonder if I'm the only one here with this one but...
Wanting food to make you happy when you're not, and you're unable to, as food is no longer there for you, other than to nourish your body
Does that make sense?! If you were to ask me last year- what do you enjoy doing, what's your favorite hobby/activity? EATING!! It made me (temporarily) relieved of stress and it was something I looked forward to.. Pretty much the only thing I looked forward to for fun!
Now when I'm bored, and I have an off day once a week to get a little craving out of the way, or a family member is diagnosed with cancer/other things life throws at you, and your stomach just doesn't WANT food for comfort... BUT YOUR BRAIN DOES! And you don't know what to do! Because food was your life, and now it's not, and it's time to get out and find something that makes you happy!
Physical changes and having to deal with the mental changes just being a tad bit behind!
YES!!! Just the other day I was super upset about something and I said to my husband "It was so much easier when I could just 'eat' my feelings! I'm sick of this crying 'sh#t'!"
Going through this for the last few days, it would be easier to just eat my feelings, and I have had some indulgences, but I decided to focus on the diet being better and it keeps my mind of the other stuff. I am also good about going to the gym to get rid of stress and anxiety now.2 -
CrabNebula wrote: »I forget that the smaller you are, the less wiggle room there is between sizing. All it took was dropping about 4lbs and I dropped another pant size. @_@
Totally agree. I bought some size 10 dress pants a month ago, and despite only losing 3-5 pounds, they are getting too big. Losing inches apparently...
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I wanted to add my note for the people concerned of losing breast size and the opposite - never losing it. It's really simple - your breasts are made out of 2 types of tissues - adipose tissue (fat) and glandular tissue. You can only lose adipose tissue - so if your breasts are naturally large at low weight - it means yours are mostly glandular tissue and it cannot be EVER reduced through weight loss.
How do I know this? I used to be 34K cup. Had to have a surgery and got nearly 4kg of breast tissue removed... and I am still a full C cup.19 -
CrabNebula wrote: »I forget that the smaller you are, the less wiggle room there is between sizing. All it took was dropping about 4lbs and I dropped another pant size. @_@
Oh I remember this effect when I was smaller lol, so ready to get back to that. It has literally taken me 25-30 lbs just to go from a 16 to 12. My "big" mini goal at the moment is to get to a 10, and hoping it doesn't take nearly as much to get there as did to get a 12!
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That when someone you are talking to says they are getting ready to go on "a really restrictive diet next week" I have to bite my tongue to keep from asking why and elaborating on what is working for me. I know they won't be very interested or appreciative of that kind of advice.22
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First time I lost alot of weight, I learned that women can be as rude as men.
...my wife's coworker that stopped to leer at me and wasn't trying to hide it.
...the women in my support group with the never ending compliments (which got old after a while) and requests to dance for them.
...the older women I worked with at the amusement park that offered sex during a shift break.
I'm sorry ladies for my gender!19 -
The biggest positive for me is how its changed my health... i have severe brittle asthma and was struggling daily but loosing weight has helped bring into control more and also the walking has strengthened my lungs...xx18
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