What’s surprised you about your weight loss journey so far

1. I have less energy than I did before
2. I don't feel any different (my mother keeps asking if I feel great now)
3. It's made my marriage strained because my husband is very obese and has no desire to lose the weight
4. I don't see the "new" me, I still see flab even though "everyone" tells me I look great
5. "Everyone" compliments the "new" me except the person who matters most to me, my husband
6. I'm cold all the time
BUT
1. I can fit into a size 6 which I haven't been able to do since probably middle school
2. I'm smaller than my mother, something I never thought would happen
3. I've stopped strictly counting calories because I can figure out a good approximation for what's in the food I eat
4. I didn't have to give up anything I loved to lose the weight, I still eat chocolate and ice cream and junk food, just in smaller portions (I did give up regular pop...tear)
5.For the first two months of my journey, I didn't really exercise much and I still lost weight, just eating fewer calories
6. My previously pregnant with twins tummy is no longer a protruding part on my body (although it still looks a bit like an alien)

That about sums it up...oh yea and I hate the fact that my boobs and butt have shrunk, they were my favorite body parts :-(

How much my body has changed. I've always had body image issues and I guess I never truly acknowledged how much my weight had gotten out of control. I look at pictures now and see how badly warped the mental image of myself was as opposed to my actual image. Now I look and can see the changes and I'm really amazed by how far I've come

The biggest surprise for me is how addicting exercise has become. And the fact that you can lose inches, body fat, clothes sizes, and visibly see a loss but not lose hardly any weight at all. I have only lost five pounds in three months, but I have been taking cardio, lifting, and combat classes at the gym every morning and burn four to six hundred calories per workout, but the scale won't move.

But my clothes are falling off, I have lost four inches off my waist, and three off hips, (gained two in thighs, not sure why, they are really muscular now, maybe that's why) lost two percent body fat, and can see a big difference.

So the biggest surprise is that even with no loss on scale, I am still losing. Don't know how exactly, or why the scale doesn't move, but I look and feel much better!

That nothing's changed.

im suprised by how easy it actually was to lose weight.
when people ask me how i did it i think its a silly question because the answer is so simple. eat right and exercise!
and im suprised im enjoying everything about getting fit!

Funny thing is it was kinda easy once you start excercising and eating right, thatis a bit surprising. Why I said


"8. TDEE, BMR,BMI, HRM all mean very little to me. "

I don't pay attention to that never have never will. Some people swear by it. I'm not saying it's wrong but some people obessess over it. I had not even heard of most of it until I started coming here and readings posts.
I had already lost 58 lbs before I joined MFP without ever knowing what any of that meant, I'll keep it that way. SO yeah I can say I was suprised to see all these mathematical equations for losing weight.

im suprised by how easy it actually was to lose weight.
when people ask me how i did it i think its a silly question because the answer is so simple. eat right and exercise!
and im suprised im enjoying everything about getting fit!

The more I train my body to run, the farther I can run. I'm running farther and harder now than when I started, and it's not wearing me down near as much!!

That eating more & exercising is wayyyyyy more beneficial than eating less!

- I have learned that even at 60+ pounds overweight, I can still be an athlete. Just because I am not a "pro", Im not fast, or Im not a "normal" size, I can certainly sweat just as hard as the rest of them, and LIKE it!

- The mind means everything. Your heart will tell you what you want, but your head is what will make it happen.

- Eating more to lose. Getting out of the mental roadblock that says you have to starve yourself to lose weight.

- Loving myself again. Loving my journey, no matter how slow.

- That even though I am still overweight and doing my journey, that I can inspire others to lead a better life, and change their ways too

I'm surprised by how much I sweat when I exercise.

That I can do it. It has always seemed so impossible, but now I know that I am capable of changing my lifestyle and changing my body.

Same for me. I am so very proud of myself. :flowerforyou:

Love this thread! Keeps me going!

That I'm eating 1800+ calories a day now and lifting heavy. I started with the typical 1200 calories and cardio/light strength training. I had no idea that 4 months later I'd be doing mostly heavy lifting.

ETA: I also wish I'd known about lifting heavy years ago. I spent most of my adult life at a healthy weight but thinking I needed to lose 10lbs. I'm finally seeing the results I always wanted to see.

Oh lol okay cool I didn't want to hijack Ops thread with negative stuff lol.

That nothing's changed.

^ was referring to this with the optimism LOL

my posts were probably way more negative than positive on page one :-/