What nobody tells you about losing weight

How sensitive I'd become at people's comments and talk about weight. For example, I'd say, "I've lost about 20 pounds in the last 6 months" and get "From where?" in response...Obviously, from my body! I wanted and worked to lose the weight, don't belittle it because you think I'm "skinny" enough! It sure has increased my awareness of what I say.

mazarasltm wrote: »

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hrod215 wrote: »

That you may lose your 'rack' and the tummy may be the last thing to go.

This has been one of the saddest parts of my weight loss journey. I have always enjoyed my larger chest size and now they have shrunk and I want them back but not the weight. I'll have to learn to live with it because I can't afford fake ones.

Completely agree. I have two bags with not much in them any longer. I may have to save up to change the situation.

My wife has same problem. I dont love her any less. Its a small price to pay for no more diabetes, no more hypertension, no more plantar fascititis. My wife and I need the longevity for our 4 children. Ego and everything else are secondary issues. I dont like loose skin on myself but i have two four year olds that need mom and pops to be healthy for a long time. Being that she lost 100 and I lost 45, the sex is better. My wife and I are never going to grace the cover of a swim suit magazine. Who cares what other people think. Only your self assessment matters.

Your wife and kids are lucky to have you!

That you'll find yourself in your local grocery store for the 2nd or 3rd time a week buying up more fresh fruit and veggies for your meals.

lcantrell65 wrote: »

How many dishes you are going to wash.

An unusual one, but I can relate to it. I would eat out 3 to 4 times a week, now it's perhaps one on weekends. Hate doing it and will avoid whenever possible, soooooo more dishes.

How wonderful it feels to finally get to the point where you can accept a genuine compliment without getting that squicky embarrassed feeling.

Morgaen73 wrote: »

jennifer_417 wrote: »

How much I touch myself. (Not like that, pervs!) But I just find the new contours of my body fascinating. My collarbone, knuckles, my legs look/feel completely different, I can feel my ribs and hipbones when I lie down. It's crazy.

lol I'm only half way and I'm already doing that.

- the way you get exited about discovering new things about your body. I lie on my back on the bend and feel my tummy and pretend I'm already at goal weight lol

I did that last night at about 1.30am when i couldn't sleep, i was feeling my flabby tummy but how much it had gone down and that i could feel a hip bone. i woke my husband to tell him, dont think he was as impressed as i was though lol.

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JamesBost2016 wrote: »

40 lbs down and I have to lean against the bed so my pants don't fall down while putting on a belt.

Funny, I was out with my wife last night and she asked why I was walking with my hands in my pockets. It's because I forgot to put a belt on with my shorts and they would have been around my ankles if I did not hold them up.

I hear you brother. Ive lost 48 lbs. I told my wife I couldnt dance at a party since the cheap belt broke at head (reversible) and these pants were bough 40 lbs ago. She was pissed. My tayloring bills are gonna be a beach.

How great it feels to drop my bath towel and NOT have it hang up on my butt shelf. HA!

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.

True. I spend a ton of time looking up food, recording food, making substitutions in recipes, finding specific foods in stores, making sure food is available where I am going to be (work, home, in cooler on trips, hotel rooms, etc). Preparing to eat takes up way more time than cooking and eating. Up's up with that! ;-)

Hungry_Shopgirl wrote: »

GOOD: Chuckling to myself when people use euphemistic language to refer to my weight loss, like "Oh wow, you're looking really well!" which automatically translates in my head as "less-fat-than-before"

BAD: Constantly being scared that I'll stop losing weight and then gain it all back before reaching my goal. For example, the last two weeks have been crazy and I went back to some old habits. I stalled, didn't regain, but I started to panic inside, thinking "What if this is where it stops? I'll lose all my momentum!"

Ultimately I know I am in control of how much food I put in my mind, ipso-facto-ergo-presto, I am in control of my weight loss. But the fear....yep, still there.

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Hang in there. My graph of weights is up and down all the time. Failure is part of weight loss struggled, its cliche but you get up back on the horse battered and bruised. In any goal (quit smoking, lose weight, heart failure, exercise tolerance, get bp undercontrol) three things are possible. 1 success, 2 stalemate, 3 failure. If you dont attempt to succeed things can only go the two worst ways. Remember this a math game: you eat what you can burn. Burn more than you eat, you lose. The calories have to go somewhere. (a professor lost weight eating twinkies, proves that its a math game not magic). Lastly Ive seen 70 y/o Open Heart Surgery patients become athletic surfers (no lie).

I was shaving my legs and I still can't get over how many "hollows" fit legs have! Knees, ankles and hips! Crazy!!

I also agree about the shopping. Last time I was this size was my early twenties and even then I thought I was "fat"....now I'm not quite sure what my style is as a 42 year old professional not to mention mother of 4 daughters! Signing up for Stitch Fix has helped me a lot but it's spendy so don't do it until you are close to goal!

It's also strange being hit on. At first I wasn't sure that it was happening until my co-worker pointed it out!!

Keep up the great work everyone!

I love cheering on others who come to me for advice because they've seen my results (about 45 lbs in 2 months).

I love it especially since my own household was not supportive at all and pokes fun to this day over my "obsession". Best quote anyone has given me lately is that "obsessed is the word that the lazy use to describe the dedicated"...never give up even when the people you thought/hoped would be the most supportive are exactly the opposite.

How enjoyable eating healthy is and how you will feel satisfied
That you will exercise (willingly) on your days off
That you will enjoy shopping for cute workout clothes (I usually hate shopping)