Unexpected results of weight loss

For some reason I prefer wearing my fiancé slippers around the house.Even though his feet are way bigger than mine, I still wore them because as fat as my feet were I could put them on and the fat would keep them from falling off when I walk.They fell off this morning and I took a look at my feet and I can see my ankle bones and whatever those other bones are.My toes look tiny and I have never been so excited about my feet.I know I am about to do a lot more pedicures than I used to.

My belly button is so much smaller!

As others have said...the butt bones hurt while on my bike now or doing certain floor exercises that I used to have the padding for and I no longer do...wow does it make a difference! Also in bed I'm a side sleeper and my knees feel so bony now. These were 2 things that made an uncomfortable difference but not complaining here!! I love my shoulders, arms, chest and back...and my leg curves as well. I like seeing the definition of how our human body is supposed to actually look. We weren't meant to have fat rolls on us. Something that I still do is when I put my weight into my bike or elliptical, I keep putting my heavier weight. I've lost 28 lbs now so I just have to realize that I am smaller now. As someone else mentioned, sometimes I feel like I'm not "allowed" to be shopping for the smaller clothes and that people will find it odd...but then I remember that I am a size 6/8 now and no longer a 10/12 and I actually look like a size 6/8 female and not just squeezing into them. It's a great feeling to wake up every day and feel like no matter what, I'll look pretty nice in my clothes. It truly is one of the best feelings in the world to be able to eat good food and still lose weight all by counting calories. This is a great thread!! Congrats to all of you who are on this journey. So encouraging to read your stories!

Seeing my collar bone, clothing sizes are always a big one.

A bit of a tmi. But better being able to wrap my legs around my lover: something I had lost before. I've only lost around 20 pounds, but I cant wait to see what the remainkng 50 brings me

I was trying to do superman exercises on my carpeted living room floor. I can no longer do that without some kind of extra padding. And by extra padding I mean that my yoga mat was ineffective. I need a freaking pillow.

kschramm7 wrote: »

I hit a healthy weight in October 2015, so 9 months ago, and I STILL have to take pictures in the mirror and look at the pictures to see the "real" me. The mirror still lies...by at least 20 lbs. and sometimes way more.

Oh, and last night we went out for dinner (Longhorn) and I commented on how far I felt from the table! We decided that booths were no longer the more comfortable seating option for us. I've lost 77 lbs. and am officially at a healthy weight, although I'd like to lose 10 more lbs., hubs has 13 lbs more to go to get to the top of his healthy range on the BMI scale.

That's how I feel. I look in the mirror and see no noticeable changes, and my thighs still look quite thunderous, but when I look at pics, I'm like "Oh, that doesn't look as bad as I thought"!

When you can't shop anymore at one of your favourite stores because the smallest size is too big

Finding 'new' bones and muscles. The muscles I love, the bones, not so much, I keep banging elbows/ankles on things. I feel strangely more 'vulnerable' as a less hefty person, odd feeling, like I'm less protected - I definitely wore my fat as a barrier, both physical and psychological.

Being totally cool with leaving food once I'm full. Took a long time to get out of the mindset of having to clear my plate, now I can push away a half eaten meal and not feel guilty/sad.

Spending ages making comparison photos and staring at them in disbelief!

The biggest, however, is how hard I've found it to get my head round buying UK12s, I've never been lower than a size 14 since I was in my mid-teens. I *still* habitually pick up the bigger sizes. Oh and, despite me always saying I hated clothes shopping, full stop, actually, I don't, I just hated shopping when I was bigger. I now want ALL THE CLOTHES!!

looking forward to hills while walking

jessiruthica wrote: »

We just had a pool put in. I used to float LIKE A BOSS. Now after a 70+ pound loss, I sink like a rock. Can't float at all. That was really unexpected! How is that I could float when I was heavier and can't now that I'm lighter? That seems to defy physics

I had the same problem; I put it down to the fat acting like a buoyancy aid. I had to learn to swim again - it used to be so easy when I was obese.

I've always assumed this is the reason that I cant swim underwater, my bum always floats to the top and my fingers and toes are almost touching the bottom of the pool. LOL x

I think i look awesome in the mirror but when im not looking in the mirror i feel i look Like i did before. Still getting used to it i guess.