What nobody tells you about losing weight
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@motivatedmartha If we can't laugh, then what's the other alternative?! I'd rather laugh, for sure! Those are my days exactly. I swear, it's like my bum and my gut collude together to try and escape the pants. They should go to the circus and do tricks, maybe I'd have a few extra bucks, ha! Gotta push through it -- my husband looks at me much the same way. "ARE YOU CRAZY?! MY WIFE IS HOT!" Which I love him for, but at the same time, I'm like, "No, seriously. Is my inner rubber ducky floatie exposing itself around my pants? JUST TELL ME. TELL ME IF MY BUILT IN FLOATATION IS EXPOSED." Eventually I give in, but I wander past reflections, looking for it. Is it there? But the reality is that while I have extra "softness" on my hips and no matter what size pants I wear, I still have this extra roundness, that it is not as bad as I think it is. My brain, however, can weave a tall tale of terror, but I gotta fight it!
@ChangeIsGood29 However far you have to GO, don't let that hinder how far you've COME. Because that's what gets me through the days when my inner demons try to trick me into feeling like I've done nothing, gone nowhere. It's NEVER a trick! Though it feels that way, remember, despite the fear that smaller clothes lie... they really don't. And the scale doesn't always lie. You ARE making progress!16 -
@Vonny198334 Internet hugs are real! It IS a rollercoaster, but hey. Rollercoasters come to a stop eventually and I plan to get off with a better mental me as well as physical me! So can you!9
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bkennedy1981 wrote: »-How you can look in the mirror and not see that you're not obese anymore.
This is so true.
You've hit the nail square on the head. You can look right through yourself. I could brush my teeth and put on my makeup without ever looking at myself. That's why Before and After photos don't work for me. I can look at a photo plastered on my fridge and not even see it every single day. It's a total blur, that's my mind with the dieting mute button pressed.9 -
I was not expecting to drop sizes as fast as I have. When I began, I started in the middle of the overweight BMI (27.5) and wanted to get to the middle of a normal BMI. This totals out to about a 30lb goal to lose. I'm only half way there. What I was expecting was that by now, my clothes I already own and was cramming myself into would simply fit better. What I did not expect was to find out I had dropped a full pant size (or two depending on where I shop) AND 1-2 full shirt sizes. I thought it was vanity sizing at first. When I began I was wearing Junior's XL, and Misses L for shirts. Size 8 Jeans. It started when I went shopping and found a pair of shorts I liked. Size 6's. They were huge, after going down a size and returning them twice I gave up on them thinking that brand just ran big. Then I was trying on dresses at another store and grabbed a L thinking "well I have lost a bit, so Large will fit". Nope it hung on me I had to buy a Medium. I was also thinking it was vanity sizing and that store's brand just ran big. I have bought and returned enough things for being too big. I think I am finally coming to terms that I really have dropped a size or two and it's not clothing manufacturers messing with me.20
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>>Folk taking time out of their day just to give someone else a wee compliment is the loveliest thing. I personally find compliments hard to take, always have, but I say thankyou & try not to add "ooh I've X amount to go, you're being too kind!" cos that part is on me. Say to myself...someone has just put themselves out there just to be kind to you - least you can do is acknowledge that Vonny!!
thank you for this. I have some family members who are trying to encourage me by saying I look great (I've lost a fraction of what I need to, so to me, the notion that I look great is ridiculous). I need to remember they are being kind and accept it.21 -
dhiammarath wrote: »@motivatedmartha If we can't laugh, then what's the other alternative?! I'd rather laugh, for sure! Those are my days exactly. I swear, it's like my bum and my gut collude together to try and escape the pants. They should go to the circus and do tricks, maybe I'd have a few extra bucks, ha! Gotta push through it -- my husband looks at me much the same way. "ARE YOU CRAZY?! MY WIFE IS HOT!" Which I love him for, but at the same time, I'm like, "No, seriously. Is my inner rubber ducky floatie exposing itself around my pants? JUST TELL ME. TELL ME IF MY BUILT IN FLOATATION IS EXPOSED." Eventually I give in, but I wander past reflections, looking for it. Is it there? But the reality is that while I have extra "softness" on my hips and no matter what size pants I wear, I still have this extra roundness, that it is not as bad as I think it is. My brain, however, can weave a tall tale of terror, but I gotta fight it!
@ChangeIsGood29 However far you have to GO, don't let that hinder how far you've COME. Because that's what gets me through the days when my inner demons try to trick me into feeling like I've done nothing, gone nowhere. It's NEVER a trick! Though it feels that way, remember, despite the fear that smaller clothes lie... they really don't. And the scale doesn't always lie. You ARE making progress!
From this day forth my tummy shall be known as my 'inner rubber ducky floatie' - love it!!!15 -
The frustration and joy of the next size down almost fitting...23
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I found an entire rack of size 32 pants on sale @ the Columbia outlet. The sales guy felt the need to point out that "all those are size 32". I said thanks that's my size and I appreciate them being 70% off the over-inflated original price.... lol!!15
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I didn't know how hard it would be not to grab some people by the collar and tell them they just don't get how much better they would feel if they would quit whining about how hard it is and just do it anyway. It's frustrating to be be unable to get through to some people close to you. It comes off as bragging or the zeal of the newly converted (there is some truth to that latter part) or worse yet as demeaning. I try to say I feel so much better and I want you to feel this good also but what they hear is that I now think less of them from my new perspective.19
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There's people who want to bring you down. Who knows why, be it because they are jealous or they just thrive on negativity. Recently someone was asking me how long I've been dieting and how much I've lost. As soon as I said I started March 1st and I've lost 60 lbs., it started. "You know people who loose weight too fast gain it all back right?" "Studies show people almost always gain it all back plus some within 2 years."
Well studies can kiss my not so fat anymore*kitten.*
I haven't heard that expression before (about "studies can kiss my not so fat anymore *kitten*"). You've just made my day.
Let's not let others bring us down like that.
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Nobody told me that not everyone would have my drive, desire, motivation, patience, and determination to succeed at this. I have helped several people get started at both the gym and with this app. Very few have kept at it.
I was really disappointed initially, but now I just worry about me.25 -
I don't know if it's the weight-loss or the working out but I'm far less clumsy now than I used to be.22
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How it will be a problem to find a sweet thing that tastes good. And I mean I have a major sweet tooth, and I crave sweet stuff now too. But when I allow myself a bite of the sweet stuff I can't resists, it tastes so bad I actually can't take another bite of it. Now I am stuck with not being able to eat sweet stuff and craving how they used to taste at the same time.20
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whitej1234 wrote: »How it will be a problem to find a sweet thing that tastes good. And I mean I have a major sweet tooth, and I crave sweet stuff now too. But when I allow myself a bite of the sweet stuff I can't resists, it tastes so bad I actually can't take another bite of it. Now I am stuck with not being able to eat sweet stuff and craving how they used to taste at the same time.
I agree with you - things like cakes, pies and candy are usually too sweet for me these days. I find a little dried fruit, like an apricot or a few cherries, satisfies my sweet tooth when I'm really craving something sweet.16 -
Ghostofachance wrote: »whitej1234 wrote: »How it will be a problem to find a sweet thing that tastes good. And I mean I have a major sweet tooth, and I crave sweet stuff now too. But when I allow myself a bite of the sweet stuff I can't resists, it tastes so bad I actually can't take another bite of it. Now I am stuck with not being able to eat sweet stuff and craving how they used to taste at the same time.
I agree with you - things like cakes, pies and candy are usually too sweet for me these days. I find a little dried fruit, like an apricot or a few cherries, satisfies my sweet tooth when I'm really craving something sweet.
Yes... was just sharing this in conversation with a friend recently. Fresh fruit is finally a staple in my daily CI and I'm pleasantly surprised how it only continues to taste better as I've eliminated the high corn syrup sodas and cut back significantly on the amount of processed "sugar added" foods I consume. With those sources of human applied high sugar foods curbed back the 'naturally occurring" sources taste so much better (as mother nature intended).12 -
I love fruit but I have not lost my taste for other sweets. I have just learned to exercise more control; fun size candy bars, eating one treat even though there ae two in a package, etc.15
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Ghostofachance wrote: »whitej1234 wrote: »How it will be a problem to find a sweet thing that tastes good. And I mean I have a major sweet tooth, and I crave sweet stuff now too. But when I allow myself a bite of the sweet stuff I can't resists, it tastes so bad I actually can't take another bite of it. Now I am stuck with not being able to eat sweet stuff and craving how they used to taste at the same time.
I agree with you - things like cakes, pies and candy are usually too sweet for me these days. I find a little dried fruit, like an apricot or a few cherries, satisfies my sweet tooth when I'm really craving something sweet.
Well, they should... Since they're packed with sugar...8 -
Ghostofachance wrote: »whitej1234 wrote: »How it will be a problem to find a sweet thing that tastes good. And I mean I have a major sweet tooth, and I crave sweet stuff now too. But when I allow myself a bite of the sweet stuff I can't resists, it tastes so bad I actually can't take another bite of it. Now I am stuck with not being able to eat sweet stuff and craving how they used to taste at the same time.
I agree with you - things like cakes, pies and candy are usually too sweet for me these days. I find a little dried fruit, like an apricot or a few cherries, satisfies my sweet tooth when I'm really craving something sweet.
I agree! I eat some low sugar clif bars and they taste like chocolate bars to me now. I NEVER use actual sugar anymore. Dried fruits with no added sugar are super sweet to me now!6
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