Has seeing your weight loss results make you become more arrogant? Or confident?
raneshiaanderson4027
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Has loosing weight changed your personality?
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No. I'm the same person I was. I'm just not carrying a lot of extra weight.5
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No. Kind of the other way around for me. Self-growth led to more confidence which led to consistently working on my health and fitness which led to losing weight.4
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No, if you are to lose a big amount of weight you might see some things differently than you used too. Doesn't have to be arrogance but you might change your opinions a bit2
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I am more confident. People think I am arrogant. I can't really control that.3
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I have zero patience for fatlogic now.22
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Kind of the opposite, really. My weight crept up on me very slowly, so I totally thought I was hot *kitten* up until the day I made the horrifying realization that I was 50 lbs overweight (I'm only 5'0"). Now I'm the fittest I've ever been, and all I see are my flaws and the trouble areas that could look better. But I guess you could say my confidence levels have pretty much stayed the same, because most of my self-worth comes from areas other than my appearance.8
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my personality hasn't changed but I'm more willing to share it with others. so i guess that makes me more confident.1
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Not overall, no.
Professionally/non-socially, no change.
Socially, I am minimally different in that I may smile more or make brief eye contact with strangers whereas I absolutely tried to avoid it in the past. Despite the fact that I am chatty on MFP, I am very introverted in real life and it takes me a long time to warm up and talk to people. I usually assume that I am pretty invisible and forgettable and am surprised when people notice or remember me. It's not a lack of confidence, it's just how I look at things (I am surprised when people choose to allocate brain space to remembering certain things/people.)
On a personal level, I am not body-confident at all. When I was heavy, I never really thought much about my appearance. Now that I am healthier and in good shape, I am very self-conscious about my appearance and that is a definite negative. It was much easier to be invisible when I blended in with the overweight masses around me.7 -
Nope I am same old me.. Just a few years older...2
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I am more confident clothing choice wise. Which has been a surprise because I never considered myself to ever really care much before, I wore what I liked but I guess I made allowances for being bigger and trying to flatter myself.
But in every other way, not really.
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I've the same personality and confidence
I have more body confidence which I think translates as regaining sexual confidence, something I lost as a mother with young children. But I'm not sure if that was relevant to my size or to the age of my children...it's certainly nice when they start to become intelligent, more independent tweens and teens though and that has hit at the same time as me losing fifty pounds plus and getting fit and strong and regaining my health
It's all lead to me being more easy in how I walk and dress, perhaps it makes me overtly more confident...but I doubt it
I don't think personalities change
My high level of happiness in my relationship with my husband and interpersonal relationships with friends and colleagues has remained stable through fat and thin, my energy levels have improved though3 -
more self confident for sure..less anxious0
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I think I'm more confident and less arrogant. I'm proud of what I've accomplished and happier with how I look, but i also now am brutally aware of my deficits and mistakes.
One bad run leaves me questioning everything. A new PR makes me feel like a beast.
Overall I'm happier and more confident, but it seems a little fragile. My fitness is pretty new, though. Hopefully I get to where an off day just rolls of the back.0 -
raneshiaanderson4027 wrote: »Has loosing weight changed your personality?
Nope. But, I sure feel a whole lot better.3 -
I would say confident, but it's also come with age. I find that I"m more comfortable in my skin in my 40's than I was in my 20's6
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I am and I blame it all on heavy lifting.
I walk taller because I feel strong.
I puposely move my living room furniture to sweep; before If I dont see dust, it isn't there
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I wouldn't say I'm confident or arrogant about my weight loss. If anything I'm more insecure now. I felt fine before but decided I could be healthier and now that I've lost some weight I've dropped 6 inches and 3 pants sizes. None of my clothes fit anymore. They're all super loose and baggy. I still have a bit more to lose so I'm waiting on buying new clothes. I feel like I look ridiculous in my baggy clothes..2
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My personality hasn't changed too much although I've had to watch how friendly I am as some see that as flirting when it wasn't.
Being fit and strong has spiraled into other positive things in my life...like confidence to by cute clothes in the juniors section and finding my own style. Also I'm normally quiet and reserved, but I have been speaking up more and putting myself out there more. Those are just 2 examples, but there are more.
I have to admit though sometimes I catch a glimpse at my reflection and think "wow, I did a d*mn good job!" It doesn't go to my head for long though. It inspires me to keep working hard everyday even though I'm maintaining.
But words can not describe how happy and proud of myself for losing and keep the weight off. I feel like I can truly do anything!7 -
I haven't lost enough to notice yet for myself, but I do know some people who did change for the worse with weight loss. They started shaming anyone who wasn't in the same place they were with their weight loss journey or who had backslid a bit, when they know when they were heavier that would not have been helpful for them. They became arrogant and expected more things for free because they were "hot" now. Ugh. I have no time for people like that.2
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I think becoming more "fit" has given me more confidence. Now if someone asks me to go for a bike ride, try out a new class with them, go for a long walk, do a 5k race, I can say yes to invites without being worried that I won't be able to keep up. I'm not going to win anything or be the best one, but I feel good knowing that I can hold my own enough to participate, and say yes to any social invite, and feel like I am "living." I don't hold back on life anymore because of the way my body looks, or because I hate everything I own to wear and how it looks on me, or because I am so out of shape that I physically can't do it. I can go on a last minute trip at a moment's notice without feeling like I have to lose "10 pounds first" or say yes to going to the beach because I can put on a bathing suit and feel good. All things I had stopped doing.
But despite how much weight I have lost or stronger I have become, I think there is still that little part of me that will always feel like my stomach isn't perfectly flat, that I am not the fastest runner, or that I still feel like and look like an amateur in the weight room. I feel good about where I am at, and I'm proud of the work I have put in to get there, but I think I'm always looking toward the next goal or where or what I'm not. I also surround myself with people who are better than me, to push me, motivate me, and always have that rabbit to chase. So it really does help me get better, but sometimes it leaves me feeling like I'm always the worst one. But overall, I know I have done it for me and it's about my own progression, and I do feel a lot more confident.3 -
I like the way my body feels after losing weight and afterward from doing some recomp. I can see muscles in my legs when I walk up stairs, can see them in my arms when I pick things up, back and shoulders look nicer with tank tops, and I walk more confidently.2
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I know I put up with a lot less crap - so if that makes me more arrogant, ok. I used to put up with so much....9
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Neither.... I'm just me, but a smaller version
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It makes me more confident, more sure of myself, and further affirms that I can do what I set my mind to and accomplish the goals I set forth. Then from there, I think to myself "Wow, what else can I do?"2
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To speak to this... I have not lost all my weight yet.. but I tire of the whining and weakness of some of the posts in the forums.. and I look at people eating globs of fattening bad food and I too judge. Now where is that coming from i dunno.spinnerdell wrote: »4 -
elisa123gal wrote: »To speak to this... I have not lost all my weight yet.. but I tire of the whining and weakness of some of the posts in the forums.. and I look at people eating globs of fattening bad food and I too judge. Now where is that coming from i dunno.spinnerdell wrote: »
Just curious why it matters what foods people eat. I am now down 41 lbs and I fit in sweets when I can. As long as I can fit it in my goal, I eat it. I just eat 18 m&m's now instead of 18 servings
I think the whole idea of there being "bad" foods is what makes people fail.6 -
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winejunky143 wrote: »I wouldn't say I'm confident or arrogant about my weight loss. If anything I'm more insecure now. I felt fine before but decided I could be healthier and now that I've lost some weight I've dropped 6 inches and 3 pants sizes. None of my clothes fit anymore. They're all super loose and baggy. I still have a bit more to lose so I'm waiting on buying new clothes. I feel like I look ridiculous in my baggy clothes..
You don't need a whole new wardrobe right now but I think you should get a few things that fit. I know I would certainly look ridiculous if I wore clothes two sizes, let alone three sizes, too big. If cost is an issue there is Walmart, thrift stores, craigslist, freecycle, etc. People in my freecycle group, including me, give away clothes.3 -
I've always been a grump, but now I get away with it more.2
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