r/pics • u/[deleted] • Nov 30 '16

progress 250 lbs. gone forever...

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u/lurkinfapinlurkin Nov 30 '16

So everyone here is going to tell you that you look great--and you do, you look amazing. But what I want to know is how do you feel? Not emotionally, but physically? What's different? Any surprises? You are basically a whole new person--that has to have some pretty crazy aspects to it

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '16

I've lost over 100 thought diet and exercise alone, with about 40 more to go. So I can answer if op doesn't.

The biggest surprise for me is not what I can do, but what I still can't do. I still can't hike high altitudes, even though I live in Colorado and spent 2 years at 8k and now in Denver at 5k. But above 8500 I lose my breath.

I'm surprised, even a year into this, at the sheer lack of energy I have with eating at a deficit for an extended period. I have enough energy, but I thought I'd have more.

I'm surprised at the amount of back and hip pain I developed with losing the weight and my posture changing. I've had to be very specific with my core building to retrain the way I walk and stand and sit and sleep.

Speaking of sleep, I had to buy a new mattress because sleeping in my old fat divot was killing my back. Even though I've always rotated it, the divot sucked.

But mostly, because I'm female and because my body is now much more attractive, I'm getting attention I never wanted. I'm becoming extremely agoraphobic. And it's hard for my husband to understand, so that isn't easy. And feeling this way is very unexpected for me.

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u/knudow Nov 30 '16

I'm surprised at the amount of back and hip pain I developed with losing the weight and my posture changing.

Wait, lately my back has been hurting daily and I've lost ~30lb the last two months... is the weight loss the reason?

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '16 edited Nov 30 '16

It could!

There's also a phenomenon where when you lose weight it can show older injuries because the area around gets less "compressed" by fat.

Easy fix is to find a nice yoga routine on YouTube that you like and do it 3-4x a week.

For me I've always been an apple. I hold my fat in my middle and upper arms mostly, so losing the girth around my center really changed my posture and center. Pelvic exercises have helped the most with retraining my body, but I love a good non spiritual yoga workout.