What nobody tells you about losing weight
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pjbarclay55 wrote: »- Wooshes can happen and when they do its the best mornings ever
Down 4.5 lbs from Monday. 2.4 between Tuesday morning and Wednesday Morning. Hell of a week so far.
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That I'd become such a lightweight when it comes to booze. Used to be, beer and wine basically did nothing for me. I'd need like a third of a bottle of liquor just to get a buzz. Now, two glasses of wine and I'm done for the night. It's a good thing, I suppose. I save a lot of money this way.
THIS! I recently went out to dinner with my mom and had one (1!!) glass of wine, and was staggering around, room spinning drunk. I was so embarrassed.5 -
That if you have a lot of weight to lose, halfway doesn't seem like that much weight lost at a glance. I only really start realizing how much I've lost when I'm picking up dog food for my rottweiler (50+lb bags) or lifting my kid (40lbs). I still pooh-pooh away comments like "that's a ton of weight, wow!", because I see what's left to lose, not what I've already lost.
"But I still have a long ways to go!"
Brain still not computing that what I've lost is a big deal.24 -
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You will lose some friends who see you as a threat! Just let them go.....
like the two who i THOUGHT were my best two! i started this keto/low carb diet because i have stage four cancer. i've never felt better in my life and have gone down 17 lbs since i first got diagnosed. so they can keep drinking and eating their way into oblivion. i feel more clear brain wise, have more energy and even though i'm sick - i've never felt better. my other friends support me on my journey - they are REAL friends!44 -
No one told me i'd keep staring at myself in any reflectice surface i can find! Or that id just lay around for 20 minutes feeling and admiring all my muscles. I also didnt expect to start taking pictures more!
How vain i have become!27 -
heavensshadow wrote: »That if you have a lot of weight to lose, halfway doesn't seem like that much weight lost at a glance. I only really start realizing how much I've lost when I'm picking up dog food for my rottweiler (50+lb bags) or lifting my kid (40lbs). I still pooh-pooh away comments like "that's a ton of weight, wow!", because I see what's left to lose, not what I've already lost.
"But I still have a long ways to go!"
Brain still not computing that what I've lost is a big deal.
Agreed on this one. There’s actually losing the weight then there’s the mental side of your brain recognizing that you lost the weight. Not sure which is more difficult
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No one told me i'd keep staring at myself in any reflectice surface i can find! Or that id just lay around for 20 minutes feeling and admiring all my muscles. I also didnt expect to start taking pictures more!
How vain i have become!
This is so true! I have also noticed how petty I’ve become about certain features.
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No one told me how much more aware of the negative impact of excess weight on daily life I'd be. In my own life, and in other's lives. Not in a judgey-better-than-you way, but in kind of a sad, "I wish you would have this revelation too" sort of way; the way you see someone doing something self-destructive and know you can't say anything and know there's avoidable tragedy going on. It's actually heart-breaking.39
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No one told me i'd keep staring at myself in any reflectice surface i can find! Or that id just lay around for 20 minutes feeling and admiring all my muscles. I also didnt expect to start taking pictures more!
How vain i have become!
^This. Full length mirror in gym showers is now my friend!!
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maccabiah2013landers wrote: »-
- I'm having to cart masses of food into work with me every day.
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This^^^
For me, it's getting things out of the wardrobe I haven't been able to wear for a couple of years.
And WANTING to go to the gym instead of feeling like I should.
But I hate people trying to "feed me up" because I'm smaller now. I've realised how many people are feeders!
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People used to wait for me to finish going up or down the stairs, like there wouldn't be enough room for both of us.
This! I have never been technically (as in BMI classified) overweight however I'm a naturally polite person so I would often see someone possibly a little larger than me and let them finish their journey on the stairs etc before starting mine.
I LOVE how these forums and focusing on my own weight has opened my eyes to how my actions can be perceived to others. What I thought was a polite thing to do was probably my subconscious making me think 'let them go they may not be as fast etc) and it's wrong!
People come in all shapes and sizes and I've very quickly realised that someone two stone heavier than I am is possibly ten times fitter and healthier!!!
I hate to think my actions could have demotivated or hurt someone's feelings without even realising.
I love how my journey has made me a better and more open minded person and stopped me taking everything at face value or assessing things by warped society standards x38 -
No one told me how much more aware of the negative impact of excess weight on daily life I'd be. In my own life, and in other's lives. Not in a judgey-better-than-you way, but in kind of a sad, "I wish you would have this revelation too" sort of way; the way you see someone doing something self-destructive and know you can't say anything and know there's avoidable tragedy going on. It's actually heart-breaking.
So true! Especially heart-breaking when it’s your husband.15 -
Mithridites wrote: »FatAFNoMore wrote: »I was told that women's pants don't have pockets because it would bulk up the look of the pants. Uh huh. Suuurrreeeee
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Hmmm weird. Every pair of pants I've ever bought always had pockets lol.0 -
YES! Exactly! Thank you for saying this! I have learned the hard way that everyone's body is different, and their weight-loss will be different, too. Some people don't have to watch what they eat, or exercise, but those people are very few. Most of us HAVE to work out AND eat as healthy as possible!brightresolve wrote: »How much it annoys me when someone says, "oh, you don't have to watch what you eat!" or, "oh, you don't have to work out!"
I feel like they're disrespecting the discipline and hard work it takes to be healthy ...
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This has to be the BEST thread I've ever seen. You guys have brought up things that inspire, regardless of whether they are good or "bad". I have read almost every post and learned a thing or two, most of them with a smile and a cringe of empathy but either way I look forward to it because it means I am succeeding, where I never have before. Thank you, whole heartedly and please, please keep this thread alive!18
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That you will want to wear bright colors! I used to want to wear anything to avoid being noticed. Now I WANT to be noticed!23
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No one told me how much more aware of the negative impact of excess weight on daily life I'd be. In my own life, and in other's lives. Not in a judgey-better-than-you way, but in kind of a sad, "I wish you would have this revelation too" sort of way; the way you see someone doing something self-destructive and know you can't say anything and know there's avoidable tragedy going on. It's actually heart-breaking.
So much this with my husband, who is T2D and more than 100 pounds overweight. Every time I watch him overeat, I feel this way. And scared, because with his Type A personality, family history, T2D, and high stress career, he is a waliking heartattack waiting to happen. I'm scared to lose him, but he is not ready to do anything about his weight.17 -
No one told me how much more aware of the negative impact of excess weight on daily life I'd be. In my own life, and in other's lives. Not in a judgey-better-than-you way, but in kind of a sad, "I wish you would have this revelation too" sort of way; the way you see someone doing something self-destructive and know you can't say anything and know there's avoidable tragedy going on. It's actually heart-breaking.
So much this with my husband, who is T2D and more than 100 pounds overweight. Every time I watch him overeat, I feel this way. And scared, because with his Type A personality, family history, T2D, and high stress career, he is a waliking heartattack waiting to happen. I'm scared to lose him, but he is not ready to do anything about his weight.
Tell him how it makes you feel.4 -
sytchequeen wrote: »maccabiah2013landers wrote: »-
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This^^^
For me, it's getting things out of the wardrobe I haven't been able to wear for a couple of years.
And WANTING to go to the gym instead of feeling like I should.
But I hate people trying to "feed me up" because I'm smaller now. I've realised how many people are feeders!
I love your profile pic1 -
Sp8zmanSpiff wrote: »treehugnmama wrote: »That you actually want to move your body.....I don't want to go to a movie I want to snowshoe or hike or skate even if it's an activity that isn't my fav still better than sitting around
That I need new friends.....friends that want do stuff other then sit and eat
Yep! If you want to be fit, hang out with fit people!
Larry Winget, author of "You're Broke Cause You Want To Be", and other self help books, suggests that if you want change in your life, you need to hang out with people that have already made the change to learn how to live like a person who had already been through the change. In that book, he suggests that if you want to have more money, hang out with people that aren't broke all the time - change your friends. In another part of the book he talks about how being broke is a 'state' that is brought upon yourself through your own actions or inactions and that all the 'states' (weight, fitness level, where you live, the job you have, education level, etc., etc.) in your life are in that state cause that is how you want them to be. Another way to say 'state' is outcome or result.
What I took away from the book was that if I wanted to change my fitness level, and weight, to hang out with people that were fit. So far it is working.
I'm also out of debt, cause I want to be.
There are many self help books on personal finance, I liked Larry's style of delivery more than the others. And, in case you are freaking out about how you don't want to be broke, Larry isn't talking about people that are scraping by on minimum wage, he's talking about middle class people that make 40k/year plus and are broke cause they over spend.
One flaw with hanging out with people who have money when your broke is you want to fit in so you spend more...
but I do agree that if you want to be fit and eat healthy, you can't hang out with people who eat badly..
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No one told me how much tracking calories would become such a big part of my life. Before I never bothered to check how many calories/what nutrients were in my food, now its something i do regularly. I do it so much that when I see a tag on a pair of socks and I have an instinct to check the back to see how many calories the socks are45
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xpinkrockrx wrote: »My hip bones hurt!!! Lol
I'm a side sleeper and it's starting to kill me.
I can't sleep on my stomach (or what's left of it) anymore. It helps to keep an extra pillow in the bed to provide some extra support when needed.
I have a minimum of 5 pillows in my bed at all times now. I love my "new" hip bones, but I also hate them. And what is it with the stomach thing? I realized recently that I can't do it either! I'm so upset because it was incredibly comfortable.
Well that's a bummer, I can't sleep on my stomach because it's to big, I was hoping when I lost the weight it would be comfy again...0 -
ladyreva78 wrote: »I am no longer traumatized by having blood drawn... the nurse hits my vein the first try now instead of having to try 2-3 per arm because the buggers kept on slipping further into the later of fat...
I might even consider signing up for blood donations now (if I even qualify since I lived in the US for 4 years...)
nice to know, I always thought it was just my veins, not the fat1 -
My tailbone. I can feel it like all the time.8
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I am just beginning my journey with more than 100 pounds to lose. I wish I knew somebody where I live to be a workout buddy or just a source of encouragement. It is hard to change and make good decisions by myself. My kids try to help (three teenagers) but sometimes when they are begging for junky stuff to eat I just cave in and blow it all to pieces. I am hoping to find some strength and motivation from this site and these posts.13
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simplytomya wrote: »I am just beginning my journey with more than 100 pounds to lose. I wish I knew somebody where I live to be a workout buddy or just a source of encouragement. It is hard to change and make good decisions by myself.
Where are you located?
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simplytomya wrote: »I am just beginning my journey with more than 100 pounds to lose. I wish I knew somebody where I live to be a workout buddy or just a source of encouragement. It is hard to change and make good decisions by myself. My kids try to help (three teenagers) but sometimes when they are begging for junky stuff to eat I just cave in and blow it all to pieces. I am hoping to find some strength and motivation from this site and these posts.
One of the biggest reasons I started my journey was for my kids. Not to live longer, per se, but because I saw I was teaching them the unhealthy eating habits I was taught as a kid and am now struggling to reverse. My husband has decent habits -- BECAUSE THATS ALL HE KNOWS. It blew my mind he never "dieted" because it was always a way of life. I realized I had the power to give my kids that. It started with leading by example, then teaching. I took the bag of cookies out of their hands (figuratively) and replaced with an apple with reduced fat peanut butter. Replaced chips with veggie straws (rare treat now). Swapped pop tarts with a healthy "shake" or smoothie for breakfast. They love it just as much, maybe more because they're having what I'm having.
Maybe similar steps can help? Maybe they can help look up recipes they might like for healthy but tasty snacks (no bake energy bites?) and be a part of the new journey with you. Perhaps you can begin to minimize bringing home what tempts you and more of what you feel good eating and giving your kids. You're still teaching and influencing them, you can still make an impact.
Sorry - went off topic a bit. But to circle back to main topic: what I never knew was that our eating habits are truly learned from birth and on. They weren't ours, they were someone else's habits. We have the power and right to make our own.21 -
livenfree45 wrote: »ladyreva78 wrote: »I am no longer traumatized by having blood drawn... the nurse hits my vein the first try now instead of having to try 2-3 per arm because the buggers kept on slipping further into the later of fat...
I might even consider signing up for blood donations now (if I even qualify since I lived in the US for 4 years...)
nice to know, I always thought it was just my veins, not the fat
Sometimes it IS just your veins. Fat or thin, nurses have the hardest time getting a needle into my veins. They're apparently just really narrow!2 -
Susieq_1994 wrote: »livenfree45 wrote: »ladyreva78 wrote: »I am no longer traumatized by having blood drawn... the nurse hits my vein the first try now instead of having to try 2-3 per arm because the buggers kept on slipping further into the later of fat...
I might even consider signing up for blood donations now (if I even qualify since I lived in the US for 4 years...)
nice to know, I always thought it was just my veins, not the fat
Sometimes it IS just your veins. Fat or thin, nurses have the hardest time getting a needle into my veins. They're apparently just really narrow!
Ouch. That sucks. I'm so happy mine where just trying to hide behind the fat. Especially considering that I've had blood drawn nearly every two weeks since the beginning of summer... I'm getting really sick and tiered of getting stabbed with needles...0
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