What nobody tells you about losing weight
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cakegoddess1 wrote: »Being ACTUALLY handicapped, I get really annoyed when large girls take the handicapped stall. It's NOY for you...it's for us who really need it. Please...a little respect.
I have to say I was pretty mortified the time I walked out of the handicapped stall, and there was a person in a wheelchair waiting for the stall. Never again.6 -
stephkirwan wrote: »cakegoddess1 wrote: »Being ACTUALLY handicapped, I get really annoyed when large girls take the handicapped stall. It's NOY for you...it's for us who really need it. Please...a little respect.
I have to say I was pretty mortified the time I walked out of the handicapped stall, and there was a person in a wheelchair waiting for the stall. Never again.
You really don't have to be mortified. Handicapped stalls are not reserved facilites, unlike handicapped parking.18 -
californiagirl2012 wrote: »ljones27uk wrote: »Replacing an entire wardrobe is great unexpected expense :-)
And then as you maintain for many years, it is incentive to not let the weight creep back up - that's expensive too! Double the cost, double the frustration, just keep planning for success and we get to keep our success! It can start to creep up extremely easily if we let it.
Yes yes yes yes yes!!!!!!
I panicked after putting a few holiday pounds on, even though right brain said,”it’s water weight, silly!”
All I could think of was my beautiful drawer full of candy colored leggings. My Precioussses!!!!
Those’ll keep me in line, as if fear of GERD coming back wasn’t enough.
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wunderkindking wrote: »That kids clothing is a lot cheaper than adult clothing of the same size and often a lot more fun. A girls XL and women's medium are pretty close to the same size but the girls comes with WAY more unicorns, LOL
It's silly, but this is SO MOTIVATING! The last time we visited LegoLand, I was upset that all the Princess Unikitty shirts were in kids sizes. If we ever make it there again, I just might be able to get my own!
I've got a way to go before I'm in a women's medium.... But I really like this glittery, silly goal!11 -
- How it doesn't hurt just to reach down and pick up something that dropped on the floor.
- How it doesn't hurt each time you get up from sitting. I used to feel 30 yrs older than I was!
- How much confidence you'll feel just knowing that you CAN do what you put your mind to!20 -
How much you’ll spend buying cute new clothes…7
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* the inability to sit still for long periods of time.
* no longer dreading asking for a seatbelt extension on an airplane
* being able to grocery shop and not need the cart for support
* no longer feeling territorial about sharing food
* getting excited about stepping on a scale at the doctor office21 -
People won't wince in pain when you step on their foot in the subway lol14
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* the inability to sit still for long periods of time.
* no longer dreading asking for a seatbelt extension on an airplane
* being able to grocery shop and not need the cart for support
* no longer feeling territorial about sharing food
* getting excited about stepping on a scale at the doctor office
I am very territorial about sharing food now! I have logged it, and I get every single bite! My husband on 2 occasions stole a chip from my bag. He almost lost his hand. He knows better now, I hope. I am down 32 lbs by tracking. Every ounce of those chips are MINE!35 -
Visible veins and vascularity reminding you of your own mortality (Makes you wonder if you'd even survive a well placed paper cut)
Unpadded chairs are extremely uncomfortable for those of us without a natural butt cushion.12 -
- People will suddenly treat you better - the Halo Effect is a thing
- On that note you'll get a lot more attention and for some, that's very much unwanted and can cause a relapse into weight gain to feel safer
- Your head may take longer to catch up with your changing body than you expect
- Whether overtly or covertly, others may try to sabotage your efforts to change
- You'll thank yourself regularly for starting and not stopping26 -
No one ever told me how much fun it is to shop at Goodwill. There are way more clothes in smaller sizes including from some of my favorite stores. Instead of spending $50 for a shirt, I'm spending $4. I have been collecting sizes down to 12's in pants. I'm in 16's now but hope to be in 12's by summer. Bring it on!!
This is the best kept secret for saving money while losing weight. Who can afford to buy retail for a new wardrobe every time a dress size or measurement goes down?
I'm doing the same thing. I have pants going down by sizes. As I get slimmer I have another pair of pants to put on.
I love Gloria Vanderbilt pants and jeans. For some reason they fit right and doesn't cross over my belly button like other brands. I'm short waist-ed (rib to hip is short) and I find having the button go over that area is very uncomfortable while sitting down. Every time I see a pair I buy them even if they are slightly too tight. It keeps me motivated to lose weight.
As I get slimmer I donate my clothes to a thrift store.14 -
I love Gloria Vanderbilt pants and jeans. For some reason they fit right and doesn't cross over my belly button like other brands. I'm short waist-ed (rib to hip is short) and I find having the button go over that area is very uncomfortable while sitting down.
Thank you for the tip on pants! When I start wearing them again I'll need that info. Because - nobody ever told me I was short waisted! The distance between my ribs and hips is like - two inches or something like that, but I never had the opportunity to find that out before because it was covered by fat.
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LiveOnceBeHappy wrote: »
I am very territorial about sharing food now! I have logged it, and I get every single bite! My husband on 2 occasions stole a chip from my bag. He almost lost his hand. He knows better now, I hope. I am down 32 lbs by tracking. Every ounce of those chips are MINE!
Yes! This is my kid and I. The words "I just weighed that out, get your own!!" have flown out of my mouth so many times over the last 6 months. 19 -
Bad breath while losing weight is usually caused by fat molecules breaking down and causing keytones, this is especially true in low carb diets (Keto). You can usually correct this by hitting daily goals of carbs,
upping your protein and staying hydrated.4 -
That your cup size might go up instead of down/the same. Cup size is a ratio of bust to band size, so if you're like me and carried a lot of fat on your back, the band size might go down without the bust shrinking, calculating a larger cup size.
Edit: wrote waistband to describe an article of clothing that goes nowhere near the waist.19 -
Falling on your buttocks hurts worse! Less padding! Fell off a wheeled chair yesterday at work, from a sitting position, while leaning over to fix a electrical plug that came apart. And had just said to my coworkers, "I need to be careful I don't fall off this chair." And I immediately fell on my tush! Hurting pretty bad today. I hope I didn't break my coccyx. Did that once before and I didn't sit right for 6 months!11
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That if you have never lost weight before, and you are down some significant sizes (I have lost over 105 lbs) clothes that don't "fit right" are actually too big - even if you think they could not be. I have a Christmas shirt that I wore when I was a size 26 and now that I am size 12-14 I put it on, and think, "It still fits great, it's just the shoulders have gotten weird." Hmmm, I don't bother wrapping my head around it. And I do think that if I eat too many snacks one time, I gain 105 lbs.18
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justanotherloser007 wrote: »That if you have never lost weight before, and you are down some significant sizes (I have lost over 105 lbs) clothes that don't "fit right" are actually too big - even if you think they could not be. I have a Christmas shirt that I wore when I was a size 26 and now that I am size 12-14 I put it on, and think, "It still fits great, it's just the shoulders have gotten weird." Hmmm, I don't bother wrapping my head around it. And I do think that if I eat too many snacks one time, I gain 105 lbs.
It's a body dismorphia thing. Takes awhile. I've been there, when I lost before, and going through it again. Even now when I think of my weight today, I seem to add at least 20 lbs, till I take a second thought and get the correct weight. @justanotherloser007 you can wear the Christmas shirt as a nightgown now!7
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