How has your life improved since starting losing weight?

[Anonymous]

I just feel more comfortable and confident overall. I’m not a better, more beautiful person or anything but being more comfortable in my skin makes me walk taller and feel less self conscious all the time.

[Anonymous]

Putting weight loss aside, physical exercise has done wonders for my mental health. Really helps with managing stress and feeling energetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just feel more comfortable and confident overall. I’m not a better, more beautiful person or anything but being more comfortable in my skin makes me walk taller and feel less self conscious all the time.

Agree with this, and, getting dressed for work every morning is so much easier. My clothes aren't too tight, I'm not trying to conceal my arms, my stomach, my legs....

[Anonymous]

I don’t dread summer clothes — shorts, thin t-shirts, dresses without bike shorts underneath are all easy to wear.

I also don’t dread winter clothes. I don’t worry that adding the bulk of an extra layer or 3 will make me look even bulkier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just feel more comfortable and confident overall. I’m not a better, more beautiful person or anything but being more comfortable in my skin makes me walk taller and feel less self conscious all the time.

Agree with this, and, getting dressed for work every morning is so much easier. My clothes aren't too tight, I'm not trying to conceal my arms, my stomach, my legs....

PP here, yes! Agree 100% with this. The daily stress of dressing has gone down considerably. I can even just throw on jeans and a t-shirt to run out to the store and feel good about myself. Before, even that stressed me out!

[Anonymous]

Thanks for this thread! Good motivation!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just feel more comfortable and confident overall. I’m not a better, more beautiful person or anything but being more comfortable in my skin makes me walk taller and feel less self conscious all the time.

Totally agree. I enjoy getting dressed in the morning now. Definitely less self conscious, which helps when I lead meetings for work. And exercising is easier - less pressure on my joints.

[Anonymous]

I didn't expect it but the sense of accomplishment at losing that first 15lbs was a big deal to me. I have a bad habit of giving up when things get hard but seeing my efforts at eating well and exercising pay off was really validating and made me feel like I could do hard things.

[Anonymous]

sleep better, poop better, wear more clothes

[Anonymous]

I used to be around 30 pounds heavier than I am now. Anyway, I was always very active and so I didn't notice much difference in working out. It was a bit easier to find clothes that fit.

But the real difference was in my dating life. As an average looking overweight person, very very few people wanted to date me. As an average looking thin person, I had so many people who were interested in dating me. I could have conversations with people who I was interested in dating, and they no longer looked at me with disgust. People approached me in public to flirt or strike up a conversation.

I have always had the same personality, but I was treated as a completely different person. It is an interesting lesson to learn for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to be around 30 pounds heavier than I am now. Anyway, I was always very active and so I didn't notice much difference in working out. It was a bit easier to find clothes that fit.

But the real difference was in my dating life. As an average looking overweight person, very very few people wanted to date me. As an average looking thin person, I had so many people who were interested in dating me. I could have conversations with people who I was interested in dating, and they no longer looked at me with disgust. People approached me in public to flirt or strike up a conversation.

I have always had the same personality, but I was treated as a completely different person. It is an interesting lesson to learn for sure.

I get treated better all around. By men and women. More men hit on me, women are nicer, in particular the thin, attractive women that would have ignored me 60 pounds ago. It’s a very weird thing and makes me feel more bad than good.

[Anonymous]

The weight loss helped me breathe better through my nose. Before I couldn’t sleep on one side because my nose would clog up. After losing 17 lbs, I could.

[Anonymous]

Better sleep

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just feel more comfortable and confident overall. I’m not a better, more beautiful person or anything but being more comfortable in my skin makes me walk taller and feel less self conscious all the time.

I agree with the confident and comfortable part. I am 42 year old male and have noticed woman have started checking me out more when I am running errands.

[Anonymous]

When I hit a certain (high) weight my periods got weird and frequent. Resolved when I lost about 15 lbs. OB said that's not uncommon, because fat and hormones are related.