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What nobody tells you about loosing weight

Posts: 3,617 Member
edited December 2024 in Social Groups
Your body suddenly goes all wobbly

Your skinny clothes you saved is now 10 years out of date

What you thought you would look good in, does no longer apply, your curves has all changed

Your taste buds changes

You have discovered what hunger really feels like

Your complexion changes

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  • Posts: 1,370 Member
    @mandycat223 - Very true!
  • Posts: 1,248 Member
    Those who lose a LOT of weight may well find out that the people you considered lifelong friends suddenly are not. (*) Big changes can trigger serious anxiety and even hostility. My personal response to this is "Good riddance" but your mileage may differ. Either way, be aware it can happen.

    (*) For various reasons, this applies mainly to women. Guys who slim down are heroes. Gals are a threat.

    That's just dammed sad, and yeah, good riddance!!
  • Posts: 12,019 Member

    Omg I'm going through this right now, took me a but to figure out why I was waking up in pain when nothing had changed, except the amount of extra fat on my body. I ordered a new bed one I realized what was going on.

    That happened to the couch we have by our tv too. I can't sit in it for more than an hour or I hurt. If I want to watch a movie I put it on my laptop and watch it in another chair.
  • Posts: 305 Member
    Those beautiful linen ankle pants that are so fashionable, suddenly are too long, and the crotch is far too low now!
    You look more like bag lady than full figured fashionplate!
  • Posts: 183 Member
    bjmcq wrote: »
    Those beautiful linen ankle pants that are so fashionable, suddenly are too long, and the crotch is far too low now!
    You look more like bag lady than full figured fashionplate!

    One of the first things that got too big was a pair of shorts that I could barely button before I started losing weight. My husband (lovingly and with humor) told me to throw them out because I looked like an old bag lady. I'm keeping them as my only "before" piece of clothing.
  • Posts: 1,370 Member
    My *kitten* hurts no matter where I sit if I sit more than 30 minutes these days
  • Posts: 299 Member
    You always bang your hip into things :D and your far to old to ware the old mini dresses you've saved to grow back into..
  • Posts: 7 Member
    Things are harder to carry, you no longer have big hips to rest them on!
  • Posts: 1,159 Member
    we are LIGHTER and that is a huge "win".

    we are contributing less to over-consumption of the world's resourcses.

    we probably (if we could meaure it) have to buy gas for our vehicles less often.

    according to some sources, the brain prefers to burn ketones rather than glucose.

    Oh Yea!
  • Posts: 1,370 Member
    MyriiStorm wrote: »
    Your rings will fall off your fingers.

    This!!
  • Posts: 5,036 Member
    edited October 2016
    nvmomketo wrote: »
    Speaking of old clothes, I had a an old polyester track jacket from the early 80s that I kept and fits. It's cool for it's "retro"ness now. The kids were blown away by the texture of true, don't bring it near a flame, polyester. LOL.

    Ha! You can buy a hideous leisure (aka "loser") suit at Salvation Army, and the folks at your HS reunion will actually believe your ridiculous yarn that your aunt gave it to you for Easter when you were a junior.

  • Posts: 41 Member
    You didn't realize that you can now squeeze in that tiny hole.
  • Posts: 48 Member
    You'll get stretch marks everywhere, including arms and legs. Or I did, I hope some of you are lucky and do not.

    ::flowerforyou::
  • Posts: 812 Member
    You'll get stretch marks everywhere, including arms and legs. Or I did, I hope some of you are lucky and do not.

    ::flowerforyou::

    I prefer to call them my tiger stripes...
  • Posts: 48 Member

    I prefer to call them my tiger stripes...

    LOL, good call. Do you have any tricks to camouflage them?

    ::flowerforyou::
  • Posts: 812 Member

    LOL, good call. Do you have any tricks to camouflage them?

    ::flowerforyou::

    No I don't really try to. I've kind of learned to live with them. Just changed my mindset about them. I do apply tissue oil daily.
  • Posts: 812 Member
    anglyn1 wrote: »
    The weirdness of buying clothes when you have no idea what size you are. It's such a nice surprise when you take in two sizes and end up needing to go back for one even smaller though! :)

    This
  • Posts: 5,036 Member
    anglyn1 wrote: »
    The weirdness of buying clothes when you have no idea what size you are. It's such a nice surprise when you take in two sizes and end up needing to go back for one even smaller though! :)

    Congratulations! This is your day in the sun.
  • Posts: 411 Member
    anglyn1 wrote: »
    The weirdness of buying clothes when you have no idea what size you are. It's such a nice surprise when you take in two sizes and end up needing to go back for one even smaller though! :)

    I'm holding off buying anything new right now, because I want this pleasant surprise someday :)
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