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So... How are you coping with your new body?

Robinredbreast said:
Hi, some men like what is abbreviated as BBW ( Big beautiful women). It's not what's on the outside though, it's what's on the inside that counts and if a nice man eventually comes into your life, it's the wonderful beauty from within that he will see first and then all the other lovely bits later, whether big, small,, thin curvy.:p Ps we are exactly the same age:)
Well done, you have really achieved such a lot, so be proud, walk tall and when you look in that mirror again, take a moment and say ' yeah, looking good':D Take care x
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But it's the first thing I see that will count lol !


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All I will say on any saggy is moisturise, moisturise, then moisturise a bit more. :)
 
I would urge any pre-menopausal woman to get their weight sorted before they go through the change - after a certain age everything goes south, no matter how well you've maintained it until then - add weight loss on top of the natural lack of elastin and it's a disaster waiting to happen!
 
It's harder to imagine how much further south my bits could go. They are already sightseeing Cape Horn.

Oh well, Antartica, here I come...
 
Indy51 said:
I would urge any pre-menopausal woman to get their weight sorted before they go through the change - after a certain age everything goes south, no matter how well you've maintained it until then - add weight loss on top of the natural lack of elastin and it's a disaster waiting to happen!
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6 years too late :-(


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sanguine said:
Losing weight is just great, friends and colleagues mention it without any prompting, I can tie my shoelaces more easily, my wife and daughter see me visibly shrinking around the face. Most of my extra weight is 'beer belly' so that will take a while to shift assuming it's visceral fat, nonetheless I've lost about 3 inches around the waist. I've always looked slim from behind, it's when I turn round that it goes wrong! Main downside at the moment is my jeans keep slipping so I look like a teenage rapper ...
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Hmmm, I really do not like people talking about my weight loss. The comments made without prompting make me cringe with embarrassment. I am rather tired of having folks, especially casual acquaintances, greet me with "you look really well". Maybe I am oversensitive, but I interpret this as "you don't look as fat as you used too, tell me all about how you lost the weight". I do not want to discuss with all and sundry something I regard as private and personal, (but some people will not let it lie and think it is the only thing I want to talk about). I am not particularly well, have been through hell and was recently in intensive care after a major operation. But hey, as long as I don't look as fat as I used to then I must be well, according to their perception. They are not really interested in how I am, just obsessed with the idea that the body beautiful is the photoshopped version in popular media. How am I supposed to respond to a greeting that tells me I am well? It also makes me think they must have thought I looked pretty awful before. I prefer to be around people who see the real me, not just judge on appearance.
 
I respect that Pipp, these are close colleagues and friends, and thinking about it they already knew about my diabetes because the first thing they noticed was the change in my lunch diet, so I told them about T2 and LCHF. So not like casual acquaintances commenting on my weight spontaneously.
 
sanguine said:
I respect that Pipp, these are close colleagues and friends, and thinking about it they already knew about my diabetes because the first thing they noticed was the change in my lunch diet, so I told them about T2 and LCHF. So not like casual acquaintances commenting on my weight spontaneously.
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Yes Sanguine, ok if we are happy to share with chosen ones so we are in control, but I have been stopped in the street by people who I have only seen to say good morning to in the past, who suddenly wanted my life history. Guess I should be flattered, and I do, after all, bore you guys on here with that so maybe shouldn't be so sensitive.
 
peacetrain said:
People at work don't believe me when I say I still have over 3 stone still to lose in order to be normal weight.
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Ditto.

I'm supposed to lose another 30lbs to get into my 'healthy weight' band BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS today I've just scraped into the top end of 'Overweight', having been obese - how I hate the sound of that word - for over 10 years.

A small celebration is called for tonight, I think, with lots of Prof Taylor's award-winning fizzy water.

Yippee! Get my coat, I can't wait ...... :)
 
2131tom said:
Ditto.

I'm supposed to lose another 30lbs to get into my 'healthy weight' band BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS today I've just scraped into the top end of 'Overweight', having been obese - how I hate the sound of that word - for over 10 years.

A small celebration is called for tonight, I think, with lots of Prof Taylor's award-winning fizzy water.

Yippee! Get my coat, I can't wait ...... :)
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Oh great going! Well done!
Having lost 30+kg I still can't wait to be overweight. A long way to go yet.
 
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