What's your love/hate relationship about your weight loss since you began your journey?
Mine have been clothes. LOVE that I'm shrinking but HATE the in bewteen sizes stage! ARG, so frustrating when your pants are falling down you have to wear a belt but the next size down you can SQEEZE into but your muffin top looks too awful to go out in public and plus you can't breathe haha.
Mmmm another love/hate.....Love that I have the ability and control (most days) to treat myself and have 1 cookie yet I HATE just having 1 cookie! I WANT the whole darn box, but I know I don't NEED it LOL
I definitely have a love hate relationship with clothes! I love shopping/thinking about buying new clothes but sometimes shopping experiences can be so frustrating or I'll order clothes online and they don't fit like I thought they would OR I shrink out of some good ones way too quickly and then the ones that I didn't like as much seem to fit longer, ARG!!!! Mostly I'll be happy when I hit maintenance and can buy some clothes that will last. Bras are by far the worst because my favorite brand takes about a month to get here and then I've always dropped a size by the time it comes!
I have a love/hate relationship with my scale. I love knowing my daily fluctuations and seeing the lower numbers on the scale every morning BUT I hate that i only lose about 1 week out of the month! The days before I start losing are the worst because I know it's coming soon but I never know exactly when.
I think with food I'm a lot better. Eating the whole box of cookies never did make me happy, even when they tasted good. It made me feel ashamed and I would think about all that money I just wasted! I'm a lot happier limiting myself, I just wish I was better at it some days.
I Love seeing my new slim body appear, seeing bones I haven't seen in years, new muscles appear etc but I Hate different parts of my body shrinking at different rates, so I have a 29 inch waist but I still have huge bat wings and thunder thighs (they'll shrink eventually, I just look out of proportion at the moment).
I don't have any hates about weight loss, really. I'm not just saying that to be contrary; I don't hate anything about it.
I swear I am not a pollyanna person, not in any way an optimist. I am one of the more negative and complainy people I know. And yet, being nearly trim just kicks being fat's *** so hard in every way, I really can't find too much negative to say about it.
Bat wings or wrinkly skin? Maybe it's because I'm 40 but I really can't get worked up them; I never expected to look like a supermodel or a 20-year old and so the fact that I don't neither surprises nor distresses me. I still look a whole **** of a lot better than I used to and I'm pretty pleased with that. Clothes shopping? It has always been such a painful, demoralizing exercise - it's so much better now than it used to be! I can't get upset about being between sizes or about things not fitting perfectly, because clothes shopping is actually sort of fun now, something it has never been for me in my entire life.
There are some food treats I miss, but I can still make room for them once in a while so they aren't really a reason for me to hate either. I guess if I had to pick something to complain about, it's that (for me) getting fit has risen to a very high priority in my life, and pushed out some of the other projects I used to do. Between exercising and planning meals and cooking, I probably spend about 12-15 hours/week on weight loss and fitness that I used to be able to spend on something else. That's a bit of a hassle. But life is full of that kind of tradeoff; there's never enough time to do everything.
Clothes definitely...I absolutely seeing the sizes go down, but its frustrating because they don't seem to fit right. When I was extreamly heavy at least I was portional...Now I'm losing fat in random places while places like my stomache and thigh's seem to want to stay the same. Slowely though...
OHh and I love that I'm not as heavy anymore, but I hate the loose skin that comes along with it. At least there's toning though...-.-
Umm...lets see I hate my relationship with food now. Counting calories, watching portion sizes, its all very annoying. I wish I could just eat like a "normal" person again(whatever that is) at least in a way that I don't care xD....but I do love i'm getting healthier..
I hate that i'm much colder because I lost my insulation but summers are amazing because I don't easily overheat(and it gets to 100 and above here all summer)
I love that my energy level has increased but it seems like I need more food to keep going and that in turn makes me feel like I have to work out more or keep moving more..even though so days I just wanna plop on the couch and not do a damn thing xD
I don't snore anymore,....ummm...can't really think of a bad thing to go along with that...maybe its now I don't have an excuse to get the bed to myself, because my snoring isn't keeping someone awake(well when I have a bf again)..xD
I love that I'm doing this for myself...I hate that it's taking fooorevvvver! hahaha! It's like a road trip...you enjoy seeing different things, but why can't I just be there when I'm ready to be there???
I hate exercise, I mean...I realllllllllllly hate it. I do it because I caught on pretty quick what it can do for me. I still don't love it. I'll never love it LOL
but I do love that it tightened me up WAY more than I ever expected or even dreamed of. I love that I SPRING!!!! up out of bed in the morning with a ton of energy and no creaks or pains. Definitely love/hate!
I'm agreeing with ya'll, clothes argh. Because I'm losing from everywhere except my stomach (darn mummy tummy) clothes are a nightmare at the moment. I'm stuck between sizes. Also I really hate how inconsistent clothes sizing is. I never noticed it before because I just wanted the biggest possible size baggy t-shirt.
I love exercise but hate getting ready to do it. Its not like it is a huge effort to get ready but there is something about it that makes me want to grumble about putting on my running shoes and my sports bra to go out for a run. And hate that some days I can't exercise when I want to (little kids) but then when I get a chance in the evening I'm to darn tired/
Love the compliments and positive comments, hate those who tell me it's time to stop losing (where was their concern when I was so heavy?) or comment about portions or types of food I'm eating or not.
Love seeing my collarbones, hate that my boobs have deflated to saggy little prunes.
Love that I have the stamina and determination to go to group workout classes, hate that I judge myself against the teeny-tiny women there.
I have to pretty much agree with Carter. I'm even older, so concerns about the perfect body shape or perfect fit on my jeans isn't very big. I love the fact that I can stay on plan all week and pretty much eat what I (sensibly) want on the weekends and maintain. I love the fact that I can pass up the junk. I love the fact that people I haven't seen in a while do a double take. I love the fact that members at my gym have told me I inspire them.
OK - I hate the fact that my favorite leather flip-flops (with the cute leather flowers on the strap) are too big, since my feet are now "regular" and not "wide." I love the fact that my feet are now "regular" and not "wide."
I love seeing the scale go down and looking better and feeling better in general. I hate that it's taking so long.
I love the feeling of accomplishment of completing a workout and the feeling of having done something good for my body I get when I exercise. I'm not too fond of the actual act of working.
I love starting to look like "myself" again...
I hate that "myself" looks so much older! I guess I thought fat was more of a preservative - and that when I lost the weight I would look the same. Almost 20 years later... not so much!
It's really a LOVE/HATE thing isn't it?
