How has the weight loss help you in your day to day life

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  • F4Tdestroyer
    F4Tdestroyer Posts: 34 Member
    >:)
  • F4Tdestroyer
    F4Tdestroyer Posts: 34 Member
    No takers
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I can walk my dog without running out of breath and bend over to cut my toenail without getting the breath taken out of me.
  • yvonne_beavis
    yvonne_beavis Posts: 39 Member
    Being able to run up escalators to get that train!
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Boundless energy :smile:
  • Secretnotes
    Secretnotes Posts: 46 Member
    My blood pressure is in the normal range. My cholesterol has dropped. I no longer have that saggy puffy thing on the inside of my knees. My flexibility has improved.
  • vanmep
    vanmep Posts: 410 Member
    Energy! No more sluggishness! No more knee pain! No more back pain! Walk taller! No more sugar crashes!

    There’s a lovely thread in “Success Stories”. It has about 25 thousand comments regarding non scale victories. I looooove going there when I need a little motivation. :smiley:
  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,256 Member
    I fit comfortably into seats at the train, cinema etc
    When the train is packed I can sit in the luggage rack without anything breaking
    I can walk the mile and a half uphill to campus without straining my dodgy achilles
    My dodgy achilles has become a lot less dodgy
    Clothes are easier to find and cheaper (except for bras, sigh)
    I can sit in more comfortable positions, such as legs crossed
    People respond to me more positively
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Oh yeah, acid reflux gone!!
  • ZRunner5Lulaica
    ZRunner5Lulaica Posts: 168 Member
    I can run with the kids I work with instead of just standing around and watching them play, I can lift 40+ pound kids without feeling like I'm going to injure something, and it's getting easier to lift kids out of cribs the more I lose from my chest.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    ruqayyahsmum wrote: »
    I hike with my baby on my back, a baby I was told I could never have due to infertility, losing weight made his life possible

    That is awesome.
  • WickedPineapple
    WickedPineapple Posts: 698 Member
    Weight loss alone has had minimal impact to my day-to-day life except I'm more comfortable with my appearance in general. It's actually harder to find clothes in my size now because I've dropped off the bottom of the 'normal' size range.

    However, I didn't lose weight to improve my day-to-day life. I did it to improve my life long-term and prevent future health problems. Also, if we talk about how exercise has improved my day-to-day life, I'd have more to say!
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    It's easier to find flattering clothes.
  • F4Tdestroyer
    F4Tdestroyer Posts: 34 Member
    :p
  • djeffreys10
    djeffreys10 Posts: 2,312 Member
    I mean, females are attracted to me now. I prefer what I see in the mirror now. And I get the therapy of the gym everyday. Other than that, not much difference.
  • takemetosingapore19
    takemetosingapore19 Posts: 86 Member
    Confident. Making changes regarding school. Feel more self sure. Feel happier
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,216 Member
    * Less joint pain.
    * Increased general sense of well being (due to lower systemic inflammation, maybe?).
    * Good cholesterol/triglycerides (formerly very bad).
    * Normal blood pressure (formerly high).
    * Easier to do daily life activities while carrying around 50+ fewer pounds.
    * Reduced sleep apnea.
    * Probably other stuff I'm forgetting, because it's been a couple of years since I hit maintenance. ;)
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,324 Member
    of course i am loving looking better and like my young self. But that's not changing my day to day life. it is the twinges, aches, and pains that go AWAY with healthy eating and weight loss that is amazing. That motivated me to stay on course more than looking better.
  • kaydeedoubleu1
    kaydeedoubleu1 Posts: 567 Member
    Being able to walk into any shop and know things will fit.
    Not worrying about being judged for what i eat when i am out.
    Sitting in those crappy aluminium butt enclosing chairs and not feel squished.
    Not being insecure on planes.
    Not having thigh rash when i wear dresses in summer.
    Many more but these will do.
  • dutchandkiwi
    dutchandkiwi Posts: 1,389 Member
    It gave the confidence to start a new post grad course and change my career get a new job
    I have more energy and instead of wanting to do stuff I actually do them
    Significant reduction of asthma medication (and still dropping there)
    Better outlook on life in general
    Less computer and TV time (busy with stuff)
    I like what I see in the mirror

    Just a few
  • CaliMomTeach
    CaliMomTeach Posts: 745 Member
    edited March 2018
    I can bend down much more easily (help my young daughter wash her hair in the bath without feeling super uncomfortable). I went on an easy walk up to Yosemite Falls both before and after losing the weight, and I remembered how tough the walk felt before. I laughed after, thinking that it was nothing. Before I blamed how I felt on getting older. Now I know it was because I was getting fatter. I feel younger now. I've also started exercising regularly. After losing more weight, I felt more confident doing that. Most importantly, I went from being prediabetic to having normal blood sugar and from a doctor saying I needed cholesterol medicine to saying it was now fine.
  • ConnieT1030
    ConnieT1030 Posts: 894 Member
    I started losing just to look more pleasing to myself and to buy clothes I liked better than fat girl clothes. I am smaller now but having a hard time finding clothes since sizes are more complicated and falsely marked than the "plus" sizes were! :o But I did find more stamina (helped I use an elliptical now, not as regular as I should though) and can walk without being out of breath, but also I have a chronic lung condition and I found quite unexpectedly that my pulmonary function test was significantly improved by my last 40 pounds of weight loss (60 total), something I didnt realize would happen! Bonus! <3 Still working on about 20 more for vanity's sake :smiley:

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