What nobody tells you about losing weight

The longer you've been working on yourself (fat loss, muscle gain, both), the more patient you become. When I first started I would get so frustrated when the scale wasn't moving fast enough (or at all sometimes). Now, I'm very accepting of slow progress. My next goal is to get under 160 (currently at 166), may take two months, may take a year, but I'll get there. I also don't ever have "bad" days, just days that slow my eventual progress down a bit. I don't know if it's just me, but it's a really nice feeling how food no longer stresses me out.

VUA21 wrote: »

I also don't ever have "bad" days, just days that slow my eventual progress down a bit. I don't know if it's just me, but it's a really nice feeling how food no longer stresses me out.

This! It's a lovely point to reach.

LioTrn wrote: »

You will lose the fat on your back first, so even if you lose weight it will takes time to see the result through the mirror.

I tend to lose from the tips of my fingers and toes inward. I'm also a little tall for a lady so I end up with very lean arms, legs, face, neck, and chest, then a bit pudgy in the middle. It sucks, but nothing I can do about it.

JetJaguar wrote: »

Actually it seems like the fat knows where you want to lose it the most, and it makes sure that's the last to go.

Yes! Why do my feet keep getting smaller while my mum-tum remains the same? Because fat is a *kitten* :laugh:

JetJaguar wrote: »

Actually it seems like the fat knows where you want to lose it the most, and it makes sure that's the last to go.

So many times this...I'd shake my fist but then my refusing-to-catch-up-speedily-with-the rest-of-me arms would wobble

CarvedTones wrote: »

How much more fun shopping is. I try on shirts I have no intention of buying just to see how the cut (like slim or athletic) fits. I used to dread trying on some I liked because I knew the size that fit would be hanging off my shoulders so that it wasn't too tight around the gut.

Awesome, right?

(Next, try the magic that is bespoke or at least altered shirts. A simple tapering to the waist really changes the look.)

Actually it seems like the fat knows where you want to lose it the most, and it makes sure that's the last to go.


My body: oh you want slimmer thighs (where I carry the biggest proportion on excess fat), time for your boobs to shrink again, and a little bit more off your shoulders because your collar bones aren't sticking out enough!
Me: WTF!

EXACTLY what I'm going through now.

RelCanonical wrote: »

How easy it is to forget how terrible you felt at higher weights. I'll have a sluggish day and think "what's the point" and not realize that despite the sluggish day I still rolled out of bed way easier than I would have before, but I only realize it when I really think about it.

I get this when I overeat and get too much sodium and have the scale spike. I feel like I have ballooned up and put the whole thing at risk. Then I step into my shorts and pull them up without unbuttoning them. And these are shorts I bought when I got barely below a BMI of 25. My last spike was from under 24 to slightly over.

I have had to have my rings re sized 4 sizes smaller and now need them doing again as they still keep slipping off. Why can’t this be my backside!