Random frustrating things that annoy you about weight loss (apart from the obvious).

Cantona

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So obviously the top two things are probably actually working out hard and not being able to eat the foods we like. I thought I thought we could have a bit of a list of other annoying things that happen during the whole thing.

1. A t-shirt (or any item of clothing) you have just bought is a bit too tight. That's OK because you want to lose some more weight anyway, so you chuck it to the back of the wardrobe and forget about it. A few months later you try it on and it's too big.

2. People telling you that you look great and you shouldn't lose anymore (even though your BMI isn't comfortably in the healthy zone) just because they are used to seeing you as a massive whale.

3. Someone offers you something (a crisp/snack/alcoholic beverage) that ordinarily you would snap up. Everyone around you is eating/drinking and you turn them down. Now you're an outcast because you aren't joining in and start questioning you deeply about your diet, which they really don't care about.

4. When you tell people how much weight you've lost (because they asked), people are initially impressed and then attempt to regale you with stories about how much weight they have lost and how fat they have been, when you know it's clearly bollocks.

5. Not recognising yourself in photos. Granted this is fairly amusing, but it just happened to me on facebook :(


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So obviously the top two things are probably actually working out hard and not being able to eat the foods we like. I thought I thought we could have a bit of a list of other annoying things that happen during the whole thing.

I actually love working out hard. I love the challenge, the art of matching the right variables to my needs, the way I feel afterwords, etc.

I also eat the foods I enjoy.

I'm simply intelligent about moderation.

I think any plan that pushes people beyond what they're ready for or sets up rigid food choices is bound to fail in the long run.

But I digress. My "beefs" are with the industry in general.

1. The lying that takes place by the fitness industry.

2. The short-sighted perceptions of folks who actually want to lose weight.

3. Personal trainers aka goons who like to wear sweatpants to work and instruct people on subjects they know next to nothing about.
 
I've never before felt cold so often. I can't stand it. But my wife loves that I actually like to run the heat at our house.

Also, I have spent an insane amount of money on new clothes. Some of which I barely get a chance to wear.
 
I like this thread.... :)

You guys/gals took most of the good ones. For me personally, in addition to what was already said, I would have to say:

1. being out in a group where they order cheddar fries, and then I decline, which is subsequently followed by people saying..."Come-on, you earned it!"...

2. I don't quite understand why I can jog 40 miles in 6 days, and lose 1 pound, but not work out 3 days in row, and lose 2 pounds... arggh..(diet does not change with days).

3. getting clothes that have not fit in a year out of the closet, to find they were eaten by a moth!
 
I have wide feet (which I now know was partially caused by fat). I dropped half a shoe size.

You shouldn't expect to have to buy new shoes after weightloss.
 
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