Big Weight Loss Crew: What Surprised You Most?

[bayardtrustin]

Curious to hear from others who’ve lost a significant amount of weight. What have been the best and worst parts for you?

For me, I’m down 111 lbs, and the changes have been incredible overall.

Best things:

Developing a whole new fashion sense (actually enjoying clothes now)

Airline travel is way easier and more comfortable

Health markers are all on point

Worst things:

Sitting on hard surfaces

I get cold way more easily

Would love to hear what others have experienced. Especially the unexpected stuff that doesn’t get talked about as much.

 

[Vash_]

The first winter after I dropped 100# suuuuuucked.

I really didn’t notice very much otherwise. Easier to tie my boots without the gut in the way. Easier to move around on my motorcycle while track riding and racing.

Had to buy all new clothes and a new race suit. Had a bunch of people ask if I had been sick.

 

[cheaperseeker]

Down 83 lbs, and at maintenance.

Airline travel, absolutely! Not only do I fit in the seat better, but now I usually have to tighten the seatbelt from whoever was sitting there last, rather than loosen it almost to the end.

People I interact with in public are nicer to me. Sad, but true.

My husband's and kids' friends tell them I'm hot.

Not sweating at the slightest hint of heat or exertion.

Having to buy all new clothes.

Extra skin on my abdomen and under my chin.

And, yeah, sitting on hard surfaces.

 

[RubbaDubba1]

Down 400lbs or 1/3 my former self. Male - mid fifties.

Best: Still being alive #1.

Actually being the thinnest guy in the room, a couple of times.

Buying 30 inch jeans and a large shirt, compared to 58 inch and 7X.

Never being Diabetic.

Worst: The Orthopedic destruction of my body, after 13 operations it's getting old. I got 2 more likely in the next year and 1/2 likely. I spend up to 1/2 my year in physical therapy + at home, working up towards the next the next surgery. I haven't even got to the neck and back yet. I absolutely hate taking this amount of medication on a daily basis, just to function. luckily peptides do help calm the waters.

 

[tubby]

Down 400lbs

Typo or absolutely amazing result?

 

[RubbaDubba1]

Typo or absolutely amazing result?

I can't type, sing or dance. But no typo! I had weight loss surgery 17 moon pie's ago. Lost over 300lbs with that, regained a bunch and then found Tirz. Was 588lbs at my highest or a 1/4 ton of fun.

 

[bayardtrustin]

The first winter after I dropped 100# suuuuuucked.

I really didn’t notice very much otherwise. Easier to tie my boots without the gut in the way. Easier to move around on my motorcycle while track riding and racing.

Had to buy all new clothes and a new race suit. Had a bunch of people ask if I had been sick.

It's funny how people don't ask if you're sick when carrying all that weight!

 

[Vash_]

It's funny how people don't ask if you're sick when carrying all that weight!

It’s also funny how many people tell you to stop losing weight.

 

[bayardtrustin]

Down 83 lbs, and at maintenance.

People I interact with in public are nicer to me. Sad, but true.

This is so true! I'm finding that people take me more seriously in my work. I'm thinking it's because I look sharper in my suits.

 

[bayardtrustin]

Down 400lbs or 1/3 my former self. Male - mid fifties.

Best: Still being alive #1.

Actually being the thinnest guy in the room, a couple of times.

Buying 30 inch jeans and a large shirt, compared to 58 inch and 7X.

Never being Diabetic.

Worst: The Orthopedic destruction of my body, after 13 operations it's getting old. I got 2 more likely in the next year and 1/2 likely. I spend up to 1/2 my year in physical therapy + at home, working up towards the next the next surgery. I haven't even got to the neck and back yet. I absolutely hate taking this amount of medication on a daily basis, just to function. luckily peptides do help calm the waters.

Blessings to you. Keep pushing forward!

 

[Sasquatch]

I can walk down stairs like a normal human. Instead of easing down backwards.

I can cross my legs like a normal human.

Put on socks like a normal human. (If I whore socks)

 

[cheaperseeker]

It’s also funny how many people tell you to stop losing weight.

Usually the ones who were urging you to lose weight in the first place.

 

[ThunderBird]

I hate the loose skin and bumpy rides

 

[mybodyisasewer]

Going from ~250 to 190 changed my life:

I could play paintball all day

I can now climb things and explore the entire map

I never had to worry about what to wear

Treated differently by strangers

Unlocked the ability to run from danger

So much more...

 

[randompersonrandom]

I can cross my right leg over my left, and tuck my right foot behind my left calf to lock it in place.

I can do the same thing with my left leg.

I thought that was just a thing in books.

 

[Smiter]

(If I whore socks)

You know, I did consider a career in pimping, but I didn't want the hassle of dealing with women. Duh! But you're saying we can use socks instead? Is there a good enough market for that? I mean, I have heard of people stuffing their sausage into a sock while beating the monkey, but I didn't know they would pay money for it.

Oh yeah, for the topic, I'm a guy who loves to outdo people. I used to see fitness freaks yap about their 6-pack abs, so I always wanted to top them. After my weight loss surgery, I developed a 12-pack instead, but my placement went awry. I got it on my ass. six folds of skin on either side.

Oh but I lost the edema on my feet, but now I have trouble lying down on my side with one leg on top of the other because it hurts when my ankles and knees press each other, with close bone contact.

Then, I used to love winters, hating summers. Now I still hate the heat, but the cold abandoned me too. No resistance at all. If I was Mr. Freeze before, now I am just the Shiver man.

What else, oh yeah, when I met my college friends for the twenty year reunion, I was the youngest looking man of the lot.

But on a more serious note: I lost whatever muscle and strength I had built over 28 years of intermittent training and when I entered an armwrestling contest, I was forced to eat enough humble pie to feed China.

 

[Smiter]

Oh I forgot to add, I am not a diabetic anymore. I no longer suffer from hypertension, high cholesterol, etc. Now, it's a fair 2 on 1 handicap match between me and the duo of weak AF musculature and colossal AF adipocytes. And I haven't used GLP's since 2022 when I was diabetic.

 

[HereKittyKitty]

When I was fat I fell a lot. Like tripping up stairs, losing my footing on a perfectly flat surface, ice was deadly, and all kinds of clumsy weirdness. After a lifetime of swimming and many years of ballet, I think I had no idea how to move properly at double my usual size. That doesn't happen any more.

I like being able to put on a pair of single digit-size jeans and have them zip up easily.

I don't miss feeling overheated. At least now when it flashes through me, I know it's menopause.

My partner can wrap his arms all the way around me. That's the best feeling.

 

[deleted.user.16]

When I was fat I fell a lot. Like tripping up stairs, losing my footing on a perfectly flat surface, ice was deadly, and all kinds of clumsy weirdness. After a lifetime of swimming and many years of ballet, I think I had no idea how to move properly at double my usual size. That doesn't happen any more.

I like being able to put on a pair of single digit-size jeans and have them zip up easily.

I don't miss feeling overheated. At least now when it flashes through me, I know it's menopause.

My partner can wrap his arms all the way around me. That's the best feeling.

Whattt that's amazing. I'm clumsy as hell and never considered that it might be related to my weight. I could never not look derpy shuffling my ass out of a car. But it makes sense that losing weight would make you more nimble. Fingers crossed that also happens to me lol.

 

[chipsandsalsayall]

97 lbs down in 12 months. 61 y.o. male.

The Good:

*97 lbs down

*improved blood labs

*libido and morning readiness returned

*movement, mobility, steadiness

*esteem, confidence, feeling like I belong here

*less fatigue

*new clothes

*less EEEWWWW when looking in the mirror

The Bad:

*I thought my orthopedic health would SHINE with less stress on my musculoskeletal system. I was so wrong, I've had lumbar, cervical, hip, tendons, bursas, nerves, and neuropathy woes show up. Almost like the obesity was masking everything until pounds were shed. Sure, there was some aches and pains here and there. But I've had to undergo epidurals, EMT tests, strong anti-inflammatories, and even pain killers when a cervical pinched nerve rendered my left side neck, and left shoulder/arm region numb, tingly, with shooting pain that resulted in some sleepless nights. I have never had problems with my neck but they showed up. I have never been limited by my right hip but now have a Dx of severe osteoarthritis/degeneration, and something called congenital stenosis of the lumbar spinal region leading to inflamed nerve roots and radiculopathy/spondylosis/somethingsomething...

Anyway, enough of that...97 LBS GONE AND IN SIGHT OF A GOAL...never wanna go back...

Cheers y'all!

EDIT: And begone f*cking CHUB RUB (brutal year round in central Texas y'all)