Your weightloss victories: Share the things that changed after weightloss

You don't have to go into this with a big bang approach. Start with something small. A whole life change, executed all at one time, is overwhelming. Smaller changes are easier to make into habits. A true habit is like brushing your teeth. It's a big key for long-term weight stability.

Learn to experience the pleasure of the process, while reaching your dream weight.

I began exercising daily and using MFP in January. I have lost 45 lbs so far and am half way to reaching my ultimate goal and moving into maintenance.

The pain that I had been experiencing in my feet, knees, and hips have improved to the point that they rarely hurt at all.
When I went to the Dr for my annual physical in June my blood glucose and cholesterol had each decreased by 10 points, putting me back into the normal range.
My apnea has improved such that I sleep better and have more energy during the day.
I no longer become out of breath climbing a flight of stairs.
My stamina, flexibility and balance have all improved.
I am no longer limited to shopping in the plus size section for clothing.
I am able to comfortably sit in an airplane seat and the seatbelt fits with room to spare.
I have more confidence and feel less self conscious about my appearance.
I no longer beat myself up if I exceed my calorie/macro goals for one day. I know that one day is not going to break me.

It will probably take me about twice as long to lose the next 45 lbs and I'm okay with that. This is a lifelong commitment!

@cosobsession "I am always slouching due to heavy breasts and weak back and chest muscles"

For me, the weight of my top has changed significantly! My shoulders and back are not struggling like they used to, my shoulders especially! They constantly hurt, and the bra bands would dig and dig until I had a constant shoulder muscle separation. I am still a little top heavy, but not as top heavy. However, I will say that the first 100 pounds lost seemed to come mostly from the bottom half, as much as I preferred maybe more from the top. I was just glad that I lost any up top. I had read that some ladies who lost weight, and their bra cup didn't change at all *shudders at the thought*.

At the beginning of August, I went in for my mammogram and the clinician said, "So how much weight did you lose?" and then she said, "I don't have a picture of your face, the reason I knew is that I had to do 10 pictures to get it all in last time - and now I will only have to do the normal 4."

I am telling you, it is such a relief!!!! This reason alone is worth it, and again everyone is different in if/how/when they lose the ladies or don't. I went from DDD+ (yeah, I didn't have the kind of money to buy the kind of bras I needed) to a workable D which is at most stores in a reasonable price.

My victory today was immediately chucking the Soft Surroundings catalogue into the recycling. Don’t get me wrong, I was incredibly Grateful to this company for selling jeans that looked normal but were comfortable when I weighed 75 pounds more. But so happy I don’t need them anymore and can wear size 28 waist (which is a size 6 in US women’s jeans) in stylish brands with ease

Hi guys, At my heaviest in Feb. 2021 I weight a wooping 405.5lbs at 5.2feet. I did not have much of a life, was severly depressed, in constant pain, had times when I had to crawl up the stairs on all fours. I was just simply miserable. I now still weigh 262lls, and still have a long way to go, but I really feel like I got my life back, and I am enjoying the heck out of it. I even enjoy working out now. Never in a million years ever thought that would be possible 😄 I do Aqua HIIT, and rowing about 3 times a week now, combined with strenght training. It makes me feel amazing, and gives me a new focus on life, and my goals. I am not scared, nor am I in a rush to get to the finish line. I just know I will get the eventually, one small success at a time. 🤗

I gave myself a pedicure today and realized that I have no more dry, cracked skin on my heels! It feels like a miracle.

It must be due to the weight loss but I had no idea my weight was causing it. I thought it just came with age.

I'm 90ish pounds lower than my starting point and around 30 pounds from goal. Right now I have a ton of stamina compared to before, greatly improved flexibility, increased heat tolerance, a slightly older looking but much slimmer face. Still have a lot in the stomach but I can wear mediums when I started at 2XL.

I would like to mention however that I started feeling better after having only lost ten pounds or so. I started having more energy and feeling my clothes fit better. I lost weight in my face early on. I kept getting more and more benefits as time went on. I want to mention that because weight loss can (and should) take quite a while, so it's good that we can start seeing health benefits fairly early on. It's so easy to think that you have to get near goal weight to start enjoying life more. That's what I thought, and I was so happy to be wrong!

In the last 3 months I have lost 34 pounds. I was 217 and am now 182. I actually feel skinny. At around 185 I started feeling my old normal. But my old normal used to be around 175 or so....weird huh? I feel like I'm 175 but I still have 10 more pounds to go to get there. At 185, years ago, I would feel like I was fat and stiff and be miserable. But, after experiencing 217...185 feels great 😆 I hope to see 175 here in the next couple of months and ultimately 164. I wish I can describe how "skinny" feels to me now. I'm not "skinny" yet but I feel it. I was talking to a nutritionist last week and she asked me how I felt...I told her I'm actually starting to feel skinny. I just feel more comfortable, like my clothes hang right, like I'm not treading water anymore...if that makes any sense. I have fibromyalgia, have had surgery on both of my knees, have degenerative disk disease (I'm not sure why they call it a disease 🤔) so pain is my normal at age 38. Pain has reduced drastically. I used to get headaches most days of the week. I don't get them nearly as often. I hope the next 20 pounds I lose helps with that too. I am more energetic also. Feeling my tummy almost flat is very comforting. "Comfort" I think is the key word here. I sleep better even. You got this. You deserve this. But do take it one goal at a time. 5 pound challenges. Ten pound bench marks. Don't look at the end goal....just take the next step.