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04-27-2014, 08:29 PM
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Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: California
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S/C/G: SW242/CW207/GW150
Height: 5'3
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Has your weightloss changed your sex life?
Sorry if this is TMI! I am just curious because I have only had one partner and I have only had sex while being overweight and I am wondering it will change along my journey.
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04-27-2014, 09:54 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: florida
Posts: 665
Height: 5'9"
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If you are insecure about yourself, you will feel more confident and probably enjoy it more when you lose some. And, depending on how you (eh hem)"fit together", you might have a little more contact between you as you slim down. Confidence is the sexiest thing sometimes, and there's nothing better than a confident partner!
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04-28-2014, 12:16 AM
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Back with a story
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Midwest
Posts: 3,754
S/C/G: 281 / 254 / 160
Height: 5'3" - I got taller!
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Not really. It's a little easier to move and we can be a bit more creative, but sex is more of a psychological thing for women than strictly physical, and what's going on between yours ears is more crucial to your enjoyment of it all than most of the actual act.
Making sure you're all squared away in terms of self image and confidence can also help you isolate whether other factors, like hormones or physical issues, might be causing a less than satisfying experience. Because, again, so much of it is mental. But when it isn't, it can be hard to tease out the specific factors involved unless you're very aware of your body and comfortable in your skin.
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04-28-2014, 07:30 AM
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Comes with Warning Label
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Cambridgeshire UK
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S/C/G: 17st3/15st2/14st
Height: 5ft 7
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I definately think so. Can actually wear schnazzy underwear etc and look relatively good as well as its easier to move around and "keep it going". Definately has changed for me thats sure.
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04-28-2014, 02:49 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 26
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It will be better. Trust me. YOu will feel more and feel prettier and everything.
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04-29-2014, 04:23 AM
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Piggies obsessed
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Australia
Posts: 279
S/C/G: 300/275/140
Height: 5'5"
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The sex life is one thing I'm looking forward to about losing weight. Right now both my husband and me are too fat for sex to be comfortable (sorry if that is too much info). I also want to be thinner because it will make me feel sexier and I would love to be thin enough to wear some cute underwear.
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04-29-2014, 05:53 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 27
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its not just the look and the confidence, it is the actual fitness at that point too
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04-29-2014, 10:40 AM
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Trying to be in the 160s
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Washington, D.C.
Posts: 4,807
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Height: 5'8"
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No.
If only it were that easy
Last edited by IanG; 04-29-2014 at 10:42 AM.
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04-29-2014, 10:53 AM
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Michelle the Vegan
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Bliss-a-go-go!
Posts: 5,410
S/C/G: >207/under goal/150
Height: ~5'9" of Snark
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For me, yes (obviously you are seeing a variety of answers in this thread). Certain positions are definitely more comfortable and easy to do physically -- and therefore more enjoyable to me (and I think also to my husband). And for me, cardio fitness definitely 'primes the pump' so to speak.
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04-29-2014, 11:02 AM
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Melissa
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 6,367
Height: 5'6.5"
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Well, I can tell you the whole deal.
Our sex life was almost always mutually satisfying, but the frequency was always lacking. My husband just wasn't as turned on by a fat wife. Just like I wouldn't be attracted to a fat husband. There was that.
But it's more than just body fat - it's the other stuff that goes WITH the fat that made me less attractive - less energetic. More moody, etc.
Then, when I was losing and losing? It got better and better. We were having sex much more often as I was physically more attractive to my husband - despite my bat wings. Despite my saggy tummy. I was more energetic. I was more fun. I was less moody and I looked better in general.
HOWEVER, it was not good sex for me - either dieting, thyroid medicine or peri-menopause left me 'hanging' all the time. and I mean ALL. THE. TIME for two years.
Then I started gaining and sex got better for me - go figure. At first it didn't affect his desire, but after awhile.. it did. We haven't had sex for several months now and it is as much the physical side of it for DH as it is where I was emotionally (depressed). I wasn't a very nice person to be around.
And... I'm beginning to feel things warm up... as I'm feeling better.
Attraction is so much more than weight - it's all that goes with it.
But as far as the actual ACT of sex... thinner gives more freedoms, for sure.
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04-29-2014, 01:01 PM
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stop wishing, start doing
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Maine
Posts: 121
S/C/G: 215/185/155
Height: 5'7
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For me personally, it does get better when you lose weight. One reason is that I like myself more. When I am overweight and lazy I have all these other thoughts going on, embarrassment, shame, and disappointment are some of them. Now that I am seeing improvements in my waistline and in my physical fitness I feel differently about myself and that makes a HUGE difference in many aspects of life.
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04-29-2014, 01:11 PM
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Call me NNS!
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Denver
Posts: 2,569
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Height: 5'5"
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Yes and no. I notice us "fitting" better together and being able to move in different ways. But I still get just as distracted by life (I lose my sex drive entirely when I am stressed!). But when I'm not as stressed, my sex drive has gone up a smidge and I have more energy in general.
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04-29-2014, 01:15 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: with the ocotillos
Posts: 319
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Height: 5'7"
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it's a bit more fun being sexier looking, and having the energy to do things in bed that i couldn't before, but the connection and intensity have always been pretty amazing.
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05-02-2014, 03:24 PM
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Chile
Posts: 36
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Height: 161
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Not really, I think Im just not into sex anymore, I do find some men atractive and all but Im at a stage in my life where I dont want to keep taking all the crap that comes with a man xD Im still trying to get ride of the one I have hahaha
I dont feel the need or the urge to have sex, when it happens it's just 'meh' for me, sadly.
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05-02-2014, 03:52 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 1,625
S/C/G: 200+/160.8/135
Height: 5'5.5
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Hmm...I was actually more confident when I was bigger and had a stronger sex drive and received more pleasure from sex then. The last 20lbs its really fallen and its bummed me out a lot. My partner has been with me these last 20lbs and has only become more attracted to me and therefore his sex drive/pleasure appears to have risen while mine has fallen.
Last edited by Dottington; 05-02-2014 at 03:53 PM.
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