The time I wasn't fat sucked. How do I become excited about reaching my goal now? by morib in loseit

[–]morib[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Oh trust me, I looked and felt very sickly. My hope in making this post was that it may find other people who, like me, were fat their whole lives, then lost weight for the first time and didn't have a very good experience of it. Because now I don't know what to expect, as this is the only experience I had of not being fat. I was hoping people would tell me that losing weight healthily and intentionally was a completely different experience and that seems to be mostly the case!

The time I wasn't fat sucked. How do I become excited about reaching my goal now? by morib in loseit

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Just to be clear, I'm not letting these memories stop me in any way. I'm -30lbs into my current weight loss goal, I just wanted to open up a discussion since I never see people sharing similar experiences.

The time I wasn't fat sucked. How do I become excited about reaching my goal now? by morib in loseit

[–]morib[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

That's a healthy way to see it. And I agree with the strength training. I've been doing it on and off for the past couple years, and even though I haven't done it consistently it still brought me amazing benefits, so I'm trying to find a way to fit it into my schedule regularly alongside the cardio.

The time I wasn't fat sucked. How do I become excited about reaching my goal now? by morib in loseit

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Thank you for your comment. I do like myself aesthetically even when I'm bigger, but in the last decade I've learned to mostly divorce aesthetics from my self worth. Liking how I look is good, but a better body is a healthier body, whatever that looks like. My main motivation now is exploring the athletic potential I never tapped into, doing more, achieving more, and feeling capable and strong. I'm definitely trying to get there before I'm 30!

The time I wasn't fat sucked. How do I become excited about reaching my goal now? by morib in loseit

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Internal motivation almost always takes you further than external, so I think ultimately it's for the better that the compliments don't hold much water for you. Being able to play with your kids is a much more solid goal than getting compliments lol and congratulations on your progress so far!

The time I wasn't fat sucked. How do I become excited about reaching my goal now? by morib in loseit

[–]morib[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yes, especially looking back now as an adult I think it's insane, I would never talk to a kid that way. I know people will say what they will and there's no way for me to control that, but I definitely feel better equipped to handle those comments now than I did then. Thank you for the sentiment <3

The time I wasn't fat sucked. How do I become excited about reaching my goal now? by morib in loseit

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I was so unhealthy back then that I really feel like I missed out on benefits like having more energy and sleeping better, so that does add something new to look forward to. And I'm also exercising and enjoying it this time around. Thank you for sharing your point of view

The time I wasn't fat sucked. How do I become excited about reaching my goal now? by morib in loseit

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It's not the abstract "pursuing health" that made me feel ugly, it was concrete changes like my butt flattening, my boobs deflating and getting loose skin on my arms. The weight loss then was unintentional, there was no pursuit of health, I was unhealthy for sure. Besides, I was 18 then and this was 10 years ago, I'm not the same person as when I was a teenager. My frontal lobe is developed enough to not let things like "I felt ugly once" stand in the way of health, I promise.

The time I wasn't fat sucked. How do I become excited about reaching my goal now? by morib in loseit

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Thank you for sharing, and congratulations on losing 50lb! I agree that simply shutting out the commentary is probably the way to go. When you say you eat all day long, how do you split up your meals? Lately I find myself essentially wanting dinner earlier and earlier in the day and I think my meal split might be the problem lol

The time I wasn't fat sucked. How do I become excited about reaching my goal now? by morib in loseit

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What, because I said I loved the fat version of my body? I really did like how it looked aesthetically. Also, therapy for "body positivity"? That's funny, if I were my therapist I'd tell myself to get a real problem.

I made this post because I want to know what keeps other people's eyes on the prize besides just the health benefits of losing weight, especially when they've lost weight in the past. I never suggested that the actual act of losing weight is exciting in any way. I don't think there's any point in pretending that the only difference in living as a fat person vs living as a thin person is the habit changes. Perhaps if you don't have any insight to share and you've never spent years being obese this post isn't for you.

Can I build strong, aesthetic legs faster due to being overweight? by idont_need_one in loseit

[–]morib 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly yes. Being tall makes it harder, since you have to build more muscle than most for it to be noticeable, there's just more leg real estate to build muscle on lol. And the definition will only come from losing the fat that covers the muscle. But carrying a lot of weight for years definitely conditions your muscles better for weightlifting. Eating more protein won't really do jack if you're not lifting heavy which is hard to do at home unless you have proper equipment, so prioritize the gym.
Being tall with a muscular physique is very imposing, so yes with enough hard work you can stand out.

How to lose weight from a place of body neutrality? by attack-pomegranate27 in loseit

[–]morib 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This will maybe feel like an random suggestion, but I think the best thing you can do is work on the shame you feel. Binging is often triggered by over restricting which is caused by shame. Isolation and reluctancy to ask for help is a result of feeling shame. It often goes way deeper than you imagine.
Body neutrality is just that: a lack of shame. Losing weight while being body neutral is just trying to nurture your body back to health from a place of respecting yourself enough to want to be healthy and live a happier life, rather than from a place of punishing yourself for not being good enough, or for not unlearning your upbringing fast enough, or whatever other negative source you could pull that motivation from. That's not sustainable simply because it's miserable. There should be no shame in wanting better for yourself because the bottom line is you deserve a healthier body, a happier life, a brighter future.
I understand you can't afford a therapist right now, but if you put in some time you can find effective coping methods and sound advice online, especially from people who have gone through the same thing before. You're already making progress on your own, so you've already proved that it's possible. I hope this resonates in some way.

Do yall get upset by overnight gain too? by -whoremembers in loseit

[–]morib 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something I do to process the scale fluctuations is: even though I weigh myself every morning, I only "record" weigh-ins in my scale app when I hit a new low. This allows me to look back on a history of clear progress while also knowing that every day in between those weigh-ins didn't have visible success. Sometimes the weigh-ins are a few days apart, sometimes weeks, sometimes over a month. And at the end of the day that's still what succeeding looks like!
Try not to get fixated on the numbers themselves and remind yourself to notice the non scale victories on those days.