A co-worker of mine has also experienced a large weight loss in the past 5 or 6 months. I have been lucky to have someone to talk to on a daily basis as we have both been losing weight. We talk quite frequently about it and there are several funny things we have observed. Here are a few of the funny, weird and unexpected effects of weight loss that we have noticed:
1) Our shoes don't fit anymore. Who knew that we carry weight in our feet?! Well, except when pregnant. I was wearing size 10 shoes and have been able to fit into size 9s. Many of my size 10s literally won't stay on my feet. This has also been noticed by my co-worker.
2) I have lost weight in my NOSE. Seriously, I'm not making this up. There is this little spot at the end of my nose that indents slightly where it did not before. My co-worker has a nose ring and she has been complaining for some time now about how her jewelry doesn't fit right anymore. Nose weight - who would've guessed??
3) People who say that "you'll have more energy" when you lose weight are actually right. This one probably shouldn't surprise me but it does. I literally feel like going out dancing every day. I have just started walking around the building with a friend on breaks and I seriously want to start running. In a skirt. In front of all of the smokers. But I manage to refrain. The desire still exists though . . .
4) I sort of hate that these things are true, but here they are: As I have lost weight, I have experienced a huge increase in confidence, sexuality, happiness and self esteem. I am more social, less timid and people react differently to me. It seems superficial, but I also think that when we take care of ourselves (whether it is in the weight category or stress relief or educational category, etc) we experience these benefits.
And my final thought for the night revolves around a strange thing I have been experiencing over the past 4 or 5 days. The strange thing is that I am just not feeling hungry lately. It's not that I don't let myself eat or I try to convince myself that I am not hungry, I just do not feel hungry. And food just doesn't interest me much. I have to consciously think about what I have eaten and make sure that I am eating something at breakfast, lunch and dinner. It's definitely not "normal" for me. Although it makes me think of people like my husband and other "thin" built people who say that they have to remind themselves to eat, or they simply forget to eat. I can honestly say that I have never, ever, experienced this for myself unless I was suffering from a stomach flu. I don't know what is causing this and I will continue to pack my lunches and snacks and make meal plans, but perhaps this is a natural way of my body directing me to what it really needs. Or it could be bad. I don't know what to think about it. I am very conscientious so it won't be ignored but it is an interesting experience for me.
~C
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