What nobody tells you about losing weight
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That's I'd development the opposite problem with boots. Instead of the struggle to find any (extremely rare) that would even go over my calf, I now have the issue of some of them being too loose over my calf. Unless they have some built in structure, they end up sliding down - not a good look, nor comfortable.
Watch bands have become another issue. Turns out I have tiny wrists, so even women's watches I have to wear on the smallest settings, some are still too big.7 -
GOT_Obsessed wrote: »emcclure013 wrote: »The upside? How happier I am in the day-to-day. I feel lighter mentally and physically.
The downside? My face feels wrinklier without the extra padding to push it out!
I've noticed that now that my face is slimmer, more features tend to stick out. My nose looks GIANT to me now because it doesn't have fat cheeks to fill in the extra room.
I was the recipient of some nasty neck wrinkles. You know like The Simpsons characters in the seniors home? I have that now. I have no wrinkles anywhere else. Just right in the middle of my neck. Ewww!
Those will go away over time, I think... my neck wattle did - thank heaven.
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GOT_Obsessed wrote: »emcclure013 wrote: »The upside? How happier I am in the day-to-day. I feel lighter mentally and physically.
The downside? My face feels wrinklier without the extra padding to push it out!
I've noticed that now that my face is slimmer, more features tend to stick out. My nose looks GIANT to me now because it doesn't have fat cheeks to fill in the extra room.
I was the recipient of some nasty neck wrinkles. You know like The Simpsons characters in the seniors home? I have that now. I have no wrinkles anywhere else. Just right in the middle of my neck. Ewww!
Those will go away over time, I think... my neck wattle did - thank heaven.
Oh that is good news! Thanks.1 -
The mid loss jiggles! That when you lose weight, everything gets all jiggly at first. Good thing that goes away, eventually, but why must I look worse before I look better....ugh.23
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Yaaassss. It's like everything is sent to the belly for final processing. From the top of your head to the bottom your toes everything goes directly to the belly before it departs the body. I can remember the number of rolls and they just hang loose like a goose. The fat gets its' marching papers and leaves for some final destination. They say it's exhaled as your breath, so it's traveling to parts unknown. I want to send it to those who really need it and struggling to keep weight on. An exchange program. MFP should start one.
My Foods and My Fat...take it, you can have all of it. I'm not losing weight, I'm releasing it because I have no intention of ever finding it again. 26 -
Having to re-tie the gym shorts a bit tighter or they fall down. Embarrassing but it's a feel-good moment too.
Then there's the search for the leather punch when the belt runs out of holes... or having to buy a new one. Definitely feel-good!
And shirts, Hawaiian & Guayaberas, cover a lot of past sins but it's nice to fit the next smaller size.
Wasn't ready for my base calorie rate to creep down with the pounds. That was frustrating more than the implied compliment but I expect it will help keep me losing those pounds. :Arrrrgh!:
Treating the whole process like recovery helps too - from all the things that drive me to eat in the first place.
This is me all day! Treating it like recovery is super important for me3 -
When I am admiring my trim new torso, pull on a pair of shorts and loose skin looks like a roll of fat. I pinch it there is hardly anything inside and I can smooth it out so it is mostly inside the shorts, but it still bugs me. Supposedly that will go away slowly.11
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CarvedTones wrote: »When I am admiring my trim new torso, pull on a pair of shorts and loose skin looks like a roll of fat. I pinch it there is hardly anything inside and I can smooth it out so it is mostly inside the shorts, but it still bugs me. Supposedly that will go away slowly.
The belly flap, still better than the fat. Doing planks is the worst, I look down and there it is! In all it's glory! Just hanging down like a sad sack of soggy kittens.30 -
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This was definitely NOT is the brochure!!!!!21 -
CarvedTones wrote: »When I am admiring my trim new torso, pull on a pair of shorts and loose skin looks like a roll of fat. I pinch it there is hardly anything inside and I can smooth it out so it is mostly inside the shorts, but it still bugs me. Supposedly that will go away slowly.
The belly flap, still better than the fat. Doing planks is the worst, I look down and there it is! In all it's glory! Just hanging down like a sad sack of soggy kittens.
This is why I love to read these forums! Nice to know I’m not the only one and we are all dealing with this together, thanks for sharing
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I stopped snoring!40
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Yaaassss. It's like everything is sent to the belly for final processing. From the top of your head to the bottom your toes everything goes directly to the belly before it departs the body. I can remember the number of rolls and they just hang loose like a goose. The fat gets its' marching papers and leaves for some final destination. They say it's exhaled as your breath, so it's traveling to parts unknown. I want to send it to those who really need it and struggling to keep weight on. An exchange program. MFP should start one. My Foods and My Fat...take it, you can have all of it. I'm not losing weight, I'm releasing it because I have no intention of ever finding it again.
Funny thing, in a few Mediterranean countries, like the one I was living in until last month, the idiomatic phrasing for losing and gaining weight is 'giving' and 'taking' kilos. It reminded me of the exchange program you mentioned because the phrasing to me sounds like some kind of weight-loss Law of Conservation of Energy wherein total fat in the universe remains constant and cannot be destroyed, only transformed or transferred. Coincidentally, as I was losing my weight my husband was gaining. On the night of our going away party before moving overseas some friends I hadn't seen in a while told me, "You look great! You gave kilos!" to which I replied "I have them to him [my husband]."19 -
That losing weight can actually be stressful. Clothes will no longer fit right. For anyone that hates shopping, such as myself, you will have to brave the stores. Those shirts you had for the past 10 years will now be way too large. And don't even think you'll find that favorite sweater ever again in a smaller size.
And that some ignorant people will make outlandish assumptions. When I first started losing weight, my mother was terminally ill. I was out on medical leave to take care of her. I found out later that some woman I never even spoke to was making the assumption that I had surgery during that time, and I was never even overweight enough that I'd come close to qualifying for surgery.
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Nobody told me that my wife who swore that she hated the gym and cutting calories would be at the gym and cognizant of her calories and now is lifting heavy weights and proud of it. Oh ! And she today confessed that she actually enjoys going to the gym. What !
All that because I inspired her she says by my commitment and dedication without forcing her to do it with me.41 -
Yeah, losing is a little stressful because 1) I hate shopping for new clothes 2) I know what I like to wear from my old stuff, if I have to buy new clothes, then I have to put thought into choosing what to wearPaperDoll_ wrote: »That losing weight can actually be stressful. Clothes will no longer fit right. For anyone that hates shopping, such as myself, you will have to brave the stores. Those shirts you had for the past 10 years will now be way too large. And don't even think you'll find that favorite sweater ever again in a smaller size.
And that some ignorant people will make outlandish assumptions. When I first started losing weight, my mother was terminally ill. I was out on medical leave to take care of her. I found out later that some woman I never even spoke to was making the assumption that I had surgery during that time, and I was never even overweight enough that I'd come close to qualifying for surgery.
But I'm a grad student, so I can get away wearing baggy clothes for a couple of years before I have to dress like an adult.14 -
Yeah, losing is a little stressful because 1) I hate shopping for new clothes 2) I know what I like to wear from my old stuff, if I have to buy new clothes, then I have to put thought into choosing what to wearPaperDoll_ wrote: »That losing weight can actually be stressful. Clothes will no longer fit right. For anyone that hates shopping, such as myself, you will have to brave the stores. Those shirts you had for the past 10 years will now be way too large. And don't even think you'll find that favorite sweater ever again in a smaller size.
And that some ignorant people will make outlandish assumptions. When I first started losing weight, my mother was terminally ill. I was out on medical leave to take care of her. I found out later that some woman I never even spoke to was making the assumption that I had surgery during that time, and I was never even overweight enough that I'd come close to qualifying for surgery.
But I'm a grad student, so I can get away wearing baggy clothes for a couple of years before I have to dress like an adult.
I am returning to school so finish my degree....yep, the non-freshman dress code. Baggy sweats/running pants, baggy sweatshirt, socks with shower shoes. And every woman has one of two hair styles, it's up and don't care or down and don't care.12 -
@HDBKLM I like that analogy, I really do. Maybe you're familiar with 'speak to the mountain'.
Ummm, I speak to the mountains of fat and I tell them where to goooo. Let them be removed from here to yonder place...like to the bottom of the sea and let my fat feed the fishes. Yes, I understand what you're saying and I like it. It makes so much sense - when synchronicity hits. 8 -
RachelElser wrote: »sapphiremoon23 wrote: »I don't know if anyone mentioned this. It's probably TMI... but anyway... dealing with loose bras. I'm not buying any new ones yet til I lose more weight & the ones i now own are very loose on me.
Well, now that I have lost enough weight, my bras are loose around the back. It's tricky using the 3rd row of eyes to hook them (instead of the 1st row) while reaching behind me, i can't close the darn thing. now I have to close it in front then rotate it around to the back & then slide my arms into the straps. Annoying, & yet cool.
I am hoping my boobs don't shrink because I bought all new bras this last summer.treehugnmama wrote: »mine did I had just bought new bras then they shrunk.....what do I need to buy to make my stomach shrink
OMG. This is the funniest thing I've seen in ages. Thank you (and yes, I know the post is 1.5 years old!)
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RachelElser wrote: »sapphiremoon23 wrote: »I don't know if anyone mentioned this. It's probably TMI... but anyway... dealing with loose bras. I'm not buying any new ones yet til I lose more weight & the ones i now own are very loose on me.
Well, now that I have lost enough weight, my bras are loose around the back. It's tricky using the 3rd row of eyes to hook them (instead of the 1st row) while reaching behind me, i can't close the darn thing. now I have to close it in front then rotate it around to the back & then slide my arms into the straps. Annoying, & yet cool.
I am hoping my boobs don't shrink because I bought all new bras this last summer.treehugnmama wrote: »mine did I had just bought new bras then they shrunk.....what do I need to buy to make my stomach shrink
OMG. This is the funniest thing I've seen in ages. Thank you (and yes, I know the post is 1.5 years old!)
Ahhh, the disappearing boobs... Yep, for some reason the fat from boobs is quick to go, but stomach, nope somehow the stomach fat is just happy where it's at and doesn't like to leave - jerk!11
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