What nobody tells you about losing weight
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You get sad boobs, you feel the cold more, you can cross your legs and sit like a lady and sweat way less which is great as I live in a sub-tropical climate!
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newlifeambitions wrote: »You get sad boobs, you feel the cold more, you can cross your legs and sit like a lady and sweat way less which is great as I live in a sub-tropical climate!
The last time I lost weight I got sad boobs too but once I included more chest exercises in my workouts they perked back up!
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I empathize with all the people who have commented about how much of this weight loss thing is mental and emotional, though funnily, my brain seems to be the opposite of most. I started reading this thread from the very beginning a few weeks ago and I think I was up to about page 75 before I saw a comment that resembled my situation. While so many have shared how long it has taken for their minds to catch up with their bodies and, for example, not knowing what to do when someone randomly hit on them, etc., I—who have been doing this only a month and have purposely eased into it so have only lost a couple of inches from my waist and nothing anywhere else—found myself making eye contact with a couple of guys while walking down the street last week, and when their expressions didn't register much interest, I remember thinking, 'No no, you're mistaken, I look great!'
Any other future megalomaniacs out there, who are just waiting for their bodies to catch up with their minds, and who have possibly been doing the world a favour by suppressing their giant egos under layers of fat all these years?
I wrote the above back in June. Now, roughly 30 pounds down (total; maybe 20-25 from when I wrote this) I'm ACTUALLY getting looked at on the street instead of imagining it I mean, I'm only at the top of the 'overweight' section of the BMI chart now so it's not as if I'm getting gawked at like a supermodel or anything, but it HAS happened. More than once now. And in real life.
Hahahaha I'm 50 lbs down with about 70 more to go, and I'm already a full on megalomaniac I like to think of myself as cute and short and ~thicc~, thanks to my hips that seem to be hereditary (which I don't mind). I've become so vain my catholic teachers would be ashamed to say that I went through their school system. I feel sorry for friends and family that are having to deal with this egotistical monster20 -
MistressSara wrote: »No one told me the target would keep moving, that good enough would no longer be good enough for me.
I wanted relief from aches & pains & to look "normal."
Then I wanted to be somewhat "fit."
Now I think I'm reaching for something beyond average. I'm not quite sure what it is yet, but it ain't mediocrity.
THIS!! I’m only 6 weeks into my program and I already know I want more than I originally thought I wanted.14 -
Another thing I have thought of, that if you loose a lot of weight, during the process you need to really looksfter your hair, as it will suffer under the calorie deficit. Mine is much finer now11
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Another thing I have thought of, that if you loose a lot of weight, during the process you need to really looksfter your hair, as it will suffer under the calorie deficit. Mine is much finer now
I don't know anything about your calorie allotment or how you're going about this, but just in case, I thought I'd mention that for some, when hair suffers it has been a sign of an overly aggressive caloric deficit. Possible food for thought? But on the other end of things you could try a vitamin supplement?
As for myself, nobody told me (though I should have known) that when, in my early 40s I got my weight back to where it was in my early 20s it would not mean my body looked the same as then. Gravity is my master now and loose skin started happening by the time I hit around 40 pounds lost. I know it'll improve, especially once I've improved my fitness on the muscles front but still. On the upside, for no apparent reason I have a more defined waist now than I did at this weight in my 20s. My hips are wider now so the weight is there rather than on my spare tire.16 -
Nobody told me my hands would get so "veiny".19
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Does anyone else have times when they workout for months with no weight loss, but then over night you lose all of the weight you should have lost?
I’ve been getting stronger and eating healthy but my body composition has barely changed. Then over night I lost nearly 8lbs and a layer of fat.29 -
Mikeyiscool182 wrote: »Does anyone else have times when they workout for months with no weight loss, but then over night you lose all of the weight you should have lost?
I’ve been getting stronger and eating healthy but my body composition has barely changed. Then over night I lost nearly 8lbs and a layer of fat.
I really hope this happens to me. It's been 4 weeks of increased strength training, calorie deficit and zero losses for me.11 -
Going to the gym or doing a home work out with your SO is actually a fun date night!17
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That i am constantly flashing my boobs when i sit down. I have yet to buy new shirts because i Always think my old clothing fits well. But when i sit every v-neck hangs open because i have lost weight.19
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Finkelstien wrote: »That i am constantly flashing my boobs when i sit down. I have yet to buy new shirts because i Always think my old clothing fits well. But when i sit every v-neck hangs open because i have lost weight.
I had to get rid of a few wrap dresses like this. It became indecent!12 -
That my fat belly was the reason I didn't walk on my pant legs...it held them up! All of a sudden, I am walking on all my pants. I feel like I shrunk in height also.16
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I didnt know that I would become aware of how lazy I was....beyond the obvious. One day I was at the gym riding the bike. About 30 minutes into it I thought "eh...30 minutes...that's good enough". But something kept me peddling and thinking. "Why am I in such a hurry to be done? I have nothing else to do today" so I stayed another 30 minutes. Then I realized that I was always in a hurry to "get done" with whatever I was doing so I could go home and do nothing. I wasnt enjoying or being present with anything I did. I like biking. A lot.82
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Mikeyiscool182 wrote: »Does anyone else have times when they workout for months with no weight loss, but then over night you lose all of the weight you should have lost?
I’ve been getting stronger and eating healthy but my body composition has barely changed. Then over night I lost nearly 8lbs and a layer of fat.
I believe that this is what's called a 'whoosh'. There's a board about them somewhere around here.8 -
Mikeyiscool182 wrote: »Does anyone else have times when they workout for months with no weight loss, but then over night you lose all of the weight you should have lost?
I’ve been getting stronger and eating healthy but my body composition has barely changed. Then over night I lost nearly 8lbs and a layer of fat.
Yes, I get those. I sometimes get some frustrating weeks loosing absolutely nothing, and then whoosh, it catches up with me and comes off9 -
Madwife2009 wrote: »Madwife2009 wrote: »Vonny198334 wrote: »Also amazed by how much more easily doors can move ME out of the way if they swing hard!
Others fail to realise the change as well. My children still hurl themselves at me the way they used to when I was huge . . . I love, love, love their enthusiasm but they can actually knock me off my feet now, especially as two of them have gone through massive growth spurts and are now taller than me - I have really brace myself and adopt a very steadying stance when I see them gearing up for a running embrace
You're a lucky woman to still have your kids WANTING to do a running embrace once they hit the sullen teen years (which I'm assuming some have done since they're now taller than you)!
I am a lucky woman, you're right. My kids are usually great to have around. I have three teenagers, but only one is totally in the sullen, grumpy teenager-wilderness (and blames me for just about everything that goes wrong in her life), one of my sons has the odd bout of grumpiness which lasts just minutes (unlike his older sister whose grumps last hours, no, probably days) and my other teenage son hasn't yet hit the grumps (maybe he won't, who knows?). Both of my sons still launch themselves at me. My five year old is a long way off from all that although we do get tears when she doesn't get her own way. Lots of hugs too though, and she's more than capable of knocking me off my feet
When my oldest started the teenaged grumpfest at dinner one night, I just kept smiling until my 9 year-old daughter asked why I wasn't annoyed. I said that I was just thrilled that he was doing everything the child rearing books said he would at that age and that he was wonderfully predictably normal. He was appalled. And he stopped acting so grumpy after that. Lol62 -
Madwife2009 wrote: »Madwife2009 wrote: »Vonny198334 wrote: »Also amazed by how much more easily doors can move ME out of the way if they swing hard!
Others fail to realise the change as well. My children still hurl themselves at me the way they used to when I was huge . . . I love, love, love their enthusiasm but they can actually knock me off my feet now, especially as two of them have gone through massive growth spurts and are now taller than me - I have really brace myself and adopt a very steadying stance when I see them gearing up for a running embrace
You're a lucky woman to still have your kids WANTING to do a running embrace once they hit the sullen teen years (which I'm assuming some have done since they're now taller than you)!
I am a lucky woman, you're right. My kids are usually great to have around. I have three teenagers, but only one is totally in the sullen, grumpy teenager-wilderness (and blames me for just about everything that goes wrong in her life), one of my sons has the odd bout of grumpiness which lasts just minutes (unlike his older sister whose grumps last hours, no, probably days) and my other teenage son hasn't yet hit the grumps (maybe he won't, who knows?). Both of my sons still launch themselves at me. My five year old is a long way off from all that although we do get tears when she doesn't get her own way. Lots of hugs too though, and she's more than capable of knocking me off my feet
When my oldest started the teenaged grumpfest at dinner one night, I just kept smiling until my 9 year-old daughter asked why I wasn't annoyed. I said that I was just thrilled that he was doing everything the child rearing books said he would at that age and that he was wonderfully predictably normal. He was appalled. And he stopped acting so grumpy after that. Lol
That's hilarious!7 -
Madwife2009 wrote: »Madwife2009 wrote: »Vonny198334 wrote: »Also amazed by how much more easily doors can move ME out of the way if they swing hard!
Others fail to realise the change as well. My children still hurl themselves at me the way they used to when I was huge . . . I love, love, love their enthusiasm but they can actually knock me off my feet now, especially as two of them have gone through massive growth spurts and are now taller than me - I have really brace myself and adopt a very steadying stance when I see them gearing up for a running embrace
You're a lucky woman to still have your kids WANTING to do a running embrace once they hit the sullen teen years (which I'm assuming some have done since they're now taller than you)!
I am a lucky woman, you're right. My kids are usually great to have around. I have three teenagers, but only one is totally in the sullen, grumpy teenager-wilderness (and blames me for just about everything that goes wrong in her life), one of my sons has the odd bout of grumpiness which lasts just minutes (unlike his older sister whose grumps last hours, no, probably days) and my other teenage son hasn't yet hit the grumps (maybe he won't, who knows?). Both of my sons still launch themselves at me. My five year old is a long way off from all that although we do get tears when she doesn't get her own way. Lots of hugs too though, and she's more than capable of knocking me off my feet
When my oldest started the teenaged grumpfest at dinner one night, I just kept smiling until my 9 year-old daughter asked why I wasn't annoyed. I said that I was just thrilled that he was doing everything the child rearing books said he would at that age and that he was wonderfully predictably normal. He was appalled. And he stopped acting so grumpy after that. Lol
HAHA! I love this. I wish MFP had a "haha/lol" button.14 -
tekkiechikk wrote: »What shocked me the most has been the scowls I get from some co-workers who say they want to lose weight but don't try to. And the comments that they make about my weight loss - you're too skinny now, you look sick, why are you still working out, etc. It's eye opening to see how un-supportive people can be when you actually make positive changes in your life.
I started reading through this thread and just had to stop to thumbs up this. It's truly disheartening, and has thrown me off the path a few times.25
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