I never knew before I started that ________________.

crb426
crb426 Posts: 661 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Have some fun with me. In terms of your weight loss lifestyle, what is something you have discovered that surprised you. Finish this sentence:

I never knew before I started that ______________________.
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  • crb426
    crb426 Posts: 661 Member
    I never knew before I started that I love vegetables. I truly appreciate them for taste and function.
  • Monkeyfreck
    Monkeyfreck Posts: 65 Member
    I would be so so so so so hungry 😋
  • lalalacroix
    lalalacroix Posts: 834 Member
    I never knew before I started that the runger is real!
  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
    ... that the foods I eat so thoroughly control my health and hunger (or lack of it).
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    I never knew before I started that I would become the kind of person that diets. Now it's not something I do, it's the kind of the person I am. I've never been a dieter before and I scoffed at the idea.
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    I gave up eating meat for ethical reasons but never guessed doing so would have so many health benefits.

    I have always been taught that protein is the most filling type of food but for me it is carbs.
  • Mona898989
    Mona898989 Posts: 18 Member
    Hard work really pays off
  • meganreid163
    meganreid163 Posts: 72 Member
    I never knew how long it would take to lose weight.
    I never knew how much my emotions control my eating patterns.
    I never knew how much I would look forward to working out.
  • sharon8271
    sharon8271 Posts: 140 Member
    I never knew before I started how much more energetic I would become.
    I never knew how much I would crave fruits and vegetables.
    I never knew how much I would surpass the goals I set up for myself.
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,481 Member
    I would try -and like- snacks besides chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. Right now I’m eating airpopped popcorn with butter and truffle salt. No chocolate in this snack, lol. Btw this one is def a do over. Yum!!!!
  • Kupla71
    Kupla71 Posts: 1,501 Member
    I never knew before I started that I would be able to take 15 pounds off and keep it off simply by cutting my portions of rice and pasta to a half cup. Now if only I could lose the next 20 pounds with that ease!
  • dolliesdaughter
    dolliesdaughter Posts: 544 Member
    I never knew before I started that I would like meal prepping.
  • kam3190
    kam3190 Posts: 157 Member
    I never knew how much just logging my food would help me realise how much I was actually eating. Im a decently active person with a pretty high tdee and the sheer volume of food I was eating was shocking.
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    I never knew before I started that I was a horrible judge of how much I ate in a week. I would just kind of purchase and graze mindlessly before, and it was easier to overstock on cheese and tortillas and pasta because they didn't go bad very quickly, unlike fresh vegetables. Now I math out just how many avocados I need and at what ripeness they should be so I get a nicely ripe avocado every day of the week.
  • AmyC2288
    AmyC2288 Posts: 386 Member
    I never knew that it would take so long.

    I also never knew that I had it in me to become a consistent gym-goer for almost an entire year.
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    seltzermint555 wrote: »
    Embarrassing to admit this, but I never knew before I started that our bodies needed x amount of calories just for normal activities like moving around, breathing, etc.

    I mean, obviously I knew we couldn't just never eat & be healthy. But I had no idea if the "proper" amount of calories for me was like 600 or 2,300. NO CLUE at all...

    I didn't really learn it until college. I had a nutrition class as my required "science class with a lab" and it was incredibly enlightening regarding how our bodies actually use food. That basis was huge, and I can see how there would be major gaps without it. Anatomy in high school just didn't cover stuff like this.
  • puffbrat
    puffbrat Posts: 2,806 Member
    I never knew that I was so bad at determining what I was actually eating
    I never knew that I would be interesting in lifting heavy.
    I never knew that calorie counting would make me feel in control of my weight. For various reasons I still have a lot of small ups and downs, as well as a few starts and stops with new highest ever weights. But calorie counting helps me understand how I get to those points, what emotions are driving that, and what I need to do to get my weight where I want. Fad diets made me feel out of control or like I was just a victim to my body.
  • shaumom
    shaumom Posts: 1,003 Member
    I never knew that I would have a much easier, and more successful, weight loss experience with exercising to increase calorie output rather than dieting to lower calorie intake.

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