What I DON'T/WON'T Miss

[TXUKGal]

I don't/won't miss.........
Being tired and moody all the time
Not having any energy or stamina
Not being able to keep up with DH's natural walking pace
Not being able to tie my shoes
Big, fat, puffy feet and ankles
Being on several different medications
Snoring
Sleep apnea
Being the fattest person in the room, group, etc
The fear of sitting in plastic chairs that might break under my weight
The fear of chairs with arms or booths
Dry, rough skin
Having a "3" at the beginning of my clothing size
The humiliation of having to ask for a seatbelt extender
The embarrassment of having someone move from the plane seat beside me because I was taking up half of their seat
Not eating or drinking on a flight so as not to have to get up and use the restroom (did this on an 10 hour international flight and thought I would pass out)
IBS like symptoms (this really ruined my life for years)
Not believing in myself
Not fighting for my health

Whew....read everyone else's replies and didn't think I would be able to come up with much. Surprised myself how things started flowing out and I've left off several things that are too embarrassing to mention. This was a good exercise!

[Lisahere]

seemed like a good time to bump this up for some newer low carb babies...

"food" for thought

[LowCarbPanda86]

I'm sure some of these have already been said, but I love the idea behind this thread and want to get a few thangs off my chest as well:

I don't miss:
Not being able to walk up the stairs and having to rely on the slow elevators at work
Having people look past me instead of at me
Hoping my size 24w's would fit right ever damn morning, knowing they didn't and have to wear them anyway (Now wear a 16w )
My bra cutting sores into my back fat that would bleed and crust over during the day
Not being able to find a 44C bra and having to wear a 44 D bra that was still to tight around my back with ridiculously big cups that I could not fill (*Now wear a 38B )
Crying as I bought and binged on whole pastry, Halloween sized bag of candies, 1lb boxes of cereals or texas pails of ice cream etc. in SECRET and it showing up on me in a very embarrassing PUBLIC way

I won't Miss:
Feeling beautiful in the face but not in the body
Being told my face is beautiful, but not my body
Being restricted to plus size clothing sections and stores
Mistakenly picking up a cute "plus sized" shirt only to find it is Maternity because they put Plus and Maternity departments right next to each other
Being embarrassed to eat out in a restaurant
Being called or referred to a a BBW. I FREAKIN HATE THAT TERM. They don't call normal sized women NBW's
Declining social events due to shame of my weight
Declining advances from men because I don't trust their intentions
Sugar running my life instead of ME running my life

So many more, but these jumped out at me. Great thread Lisa

[Lisahere]

Originally Posted by LowCarbPanda86

I'm sure some of these have already been said, but I love the idea behind this thread and want to get a few thangs off my chest as well:

I don't miss:
Not being able to walk up the stairs and having to rely on the slow elevators at work
Having people look past me instead of at me
Hoping my size 24w's would fit right ever damn morning, knowing they didn't and have to wear them anyway (Now wear a 16w )
My bra cutting sores into my back fat that would bleed and crust over during the day
Not being able to find a 44C bra and having to wear a 44 D bra that was still to tight around my back with ridiculously big cups that I could not fill (*Now wear a 38B )
Crying as I bought and binged on whole pastry, Halloween sized bag of candies, 1lb boxes of cereals or texas pails of ice cream etc. in SECRET and it showing up on me in a very embarrassing PUBLIC way

I won't Miss:
Feeling beautiful in the face but not in the body
Being told my face is beautiful, but not my body
Being restricted to plus size clothing sections and stores
Mistakenly picking up a cute "plus sized" shirt only to find it is Maternity because they put Plus and Maternity departments right next to each other
Being embarrassed to eat out in a restaurant
Being called or referred to a a BBW. I FREAKIN HATE THAT TERM. They don't call normal sized women NBW's
Declining social events due to shame of my weight
Declining advances from men because I don't trust their intentions
Sugar running my life instead of ME running my life

So many more, but these jumped out at me. Great thread Lisa

i can relate to so many of the things you said!



keep up the great job!

[Kimberli33]

Originally Posted by Lisahere

[COLOR="DarkRed"]
After looking at the I miss _____________ thread, it really got me thinking about what I "miss"..........nope, can't do it. No offense to those who have posted, I just can't do it. What it leads me to do is to some how think they were the "good old days" Glory days. News flash Lisa- they weren't and I need to remember that. Very clearly!!! This is the time of our life. Getting lean, strong and healthy, nothing I put into my mouth got me closer to that. So....new thread for those that want to join in....


What do you soooo not miss or will not miss........

I'll gladly go first-

I don't miss-
swinging arm fat

I don't miss
my old hanging belly-nasty gross yuck
or the $10,000. to cut the junk off

I don't miss
back fat that would bulge out from bra- we see it all the time on others, do we think it looked any different on us?

I don't miss
not fitting on a ride with my kids/dh at Six Flags- I could have died 1000 deaths

I don't miss
feeling so fat and ugly in a room full of friends

I don't miss
the feeling of letting myself down-again and again

I don't miss
UGLY plus size clothes& missing out on what I really wanted to buy

I don't miss
thinking that I would always just have to be the fat girl with a pretty face

I'll be totally honest here-
I don't miss walking by Victoria freaken Secrets
and deep inside wanting to be able to go in there and by something to wear for my husband- and damn it I'm not talking just a new bra......fully enjoying him with or without the lights on.....with tears in my eyes....l I don't miss that!

Every year just passing by, not now, hopefully ever again. This is who was barried under all of that mess. I have so much to be thankful for. Sorry for the rant. I needed to put it down in words. I don't miss much.........[/COLOR]

Now it's your turn- think deeply- it helps all of us........

I LOVE this post!!!
I dont miss those things either.

[stardustshadow]

Hey Low Carb Panda...I just wanted to say WOW, I noticed your stats and they are AWESOME!! Congrats on doing such a great job! I am in awe!

[stardustshadow]

What I don't miss:

Shopping plus sizes.

Going to a designer forum (held twice a year, discount prices on designer clothes) and buying only shoes/jewelry, while looking at all of the amazing clothes that I wish I could wear.

Not being able to buy a women's belt that fit me!

Choosing black clothes all of the time so they would be slimming.

Seeing a 200 (or a 90 or 100 if we are talking Kilos) on the scale, followed by the lesser digits-I LOVE seeing the 80s now, and I can't wait to turn the clock back to the 70s! Bring on that disco!.

Heartburn (had it chronically for years prior to LC).

Using a bra extension.

Depression (Medicine free for the first time since 97!).

Allergies that I always THOUGHT were to deodorants...I was probably allergic to wheat instead ? (this is an amazing thing! I've been plagued by horrible deodorant rashes sine I was a teen...then suddenly, I start eating LC and...gone! WHY!?).

Milk in my coffee (pass the CREAM, please!).

Tight bracelets/watches (I used to work for Swarovski and have some amazing jewelry...some which was SKIN TIGHT on my wrists. I just tried this on last week and I have at least an extra inch!).

Seeing an X on any of my clothing labels.

Being hungry all of the time because I was trying to lose weight on a low fat low cal diet.

Weighing more than my husband (I am now 20 pounds lighter! Yay!)

What I won't miss...

Double digit pants/dress sizes.

Tight arms in jackets/coats/shirts that would otherwise fit me (but my upper arms are too big). This is on its way to getting better but not there yet.

A 1-piece swim suit.

Feeling like the biggest girl in the room (this only happens now in certain crowds).

All of my old clothes that are not that cute and never fit that well to begin with.

Muffin tops.

Being uncomfortably hot in summer because I am afraid to show my large upper arms in a tank top.

[LCNana]

This is a wonderful thread. I have a new appreciation for those wonderful people out there who are struggling with obesity and over-weight. I have not understood at all how sad and disheartening it can be to face such an up hill battle. Thanks to all who bared their souls in this warm, supporting way - and I know all the hard work will enable you to 'bare' your bodies soon too.

As well, this thread makes me feel so weak and just silly - me losing 10 pounds seems to me such a big deal - NOT! How I admire you who have more to lose but get right back at it every day. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Monk]

I DO NOT MISS;

pain in my knees and a clicking noise as I climb the stairs.

being lethargic all of the time.

not having the energy to play with my kids.

not having the energy to deal/discipline my kids and letting them getting away with more than they should (this is from being overweight and fog minded when heavy and HC)

not being confident enough to let my smartness shine through.

not wanting to speak up at work with the wonderful ideas I have because I do not want any attention, like if I don't call attention to myself no one will know I am fat.

pants so tight they are digging into my stomach leaving their imprent all over me.

not shopping anywhere for clothes except target/wal-mart, hard to find cheaper plus-size clothes in other stores.

These were all from when I was 264lbs. I am @ 190lbs now and looking forward to many more.. I WONT MISS when I hit goal!

[sweetpoison]

Originally Posted by poopsie2223

I don't miss feeling so freaking, god-awful tired. So tired that I'd drag myself home from the office (after gobbling down donuts, fast food, and unhealthy client lunches out) eat ANOTHER horrible meal, drink two or even three glasses of wine trying to feel better, then binge on chips or cookies until it was time to crawl into bed with even more goodies to eat while I read a book. Then to toss and turn all night with reflux, and not be able to get comfortable even when that would finally subside because I was too porky to lie comofortably in my favorite positions. And then have to drag myself out of bed in the morning to start the whole awful process again.

On low carb, I spring out of bed in the morning, fly through my exercise routine, breakfast healthfully and am able to resist the donuts in the office and the high carb nightmare fast food of the day. I come home to eat a healthy low carb meal, skip the wine unless it's my birthday, do some relaxing callanetics and go to bed and sleep like a baby. No reflux, no tossing around trying to find a comfortable place to deposit my flab.

Oh that sounds so like me.... the before part Soooooooooo.... sick of it and yet each day I repeat the same thing...over and over and over...

[CherylB]

Wow! I don't know how I've missed this thread all these months, but I am so glad to have found it now! And thanks for bumping it up into the 2011's! It was buried for too long.

I agree with EVERYTHING that everyone else has so aptly named, but I'll add a couple. I will save my long list of "I don't miss" things so that I don't have to put it like, "I won't miss." It's just important to me on a personal level. I want to have earned it.

I won't miss my bra feeling more like a tourniquet around my torso.
I won't miss all the adjusting that goes along with having so much extra flesh.
I won't miss wearing the same old worn-out clothes (the stretchy, comfortable kind) just because I refuse to go shopping for new ones while I'm fat.
I won't miss shopping for clothes at Good Will.
I won't miss watching years of my life slipping through my hands.
I won't miss feeling like a weakling/failure.
Yada, yada, yada.

That list was a little longer than I'd planned, but I could go on and on and ON. I'm just so glad this thread got bumped! I really agree that it should be make into a Sticky thread. Can anyone help with this?

[daisyHair]

Hi Lisa,

I agree.. when I see the "I miss" threads I just don't even open them. They don't help me. I am starting to avoid the "I cheated" threads as well.. I just am not sure I want to take my mind there either.

[LowCarbPanda86]

Originally Posted by Lisahere

i can relate to so many of the things you said!



keep up the great job!

Thanks Lisa Again what an AWESOME Thread!

Originally Posted by stardustshadow

Hey Low Carb Panda...I just wanted to say WOW, I noticed your stats and they are AWESOME!! Congrats on doing such a great job! I am in awe!

Thx Stardust, I am trying to get to Onderland with you Soon I hope!

[Lisahere]

Originally Posted by daisyHair

Hi Lisa,

I agree.. when I see the "I miss" threads I just don't even open them. They don't help me. I am starting to avoid the "I cheated" threads as well.. I just am not sure I want to take my mind there either.

I'm with you!!!


they are so unhealthy for retraining my brain...it's like -

really- oatmeal? really?

then make a choice and eat the %&^ stuff! but don't whine in 2 weeks how you're stalled give me a break..

ok rant over sorry

i have never been able to wrap myself around either of these types of posts...

like a cancer... do you think we would ever say... oh i miss this or that about cancer... no way! this is my cancer... it would kill me and i will never "miss" it

[CherylB]

I agree. It's best to focus on the positive and not be looking backward so much. I say break off those rear-view mirrors! Full steam ahead!

I heard someone say in an interview once that something isn't a sacrifice if it is a choice. I can really relate to that. Make your choices and follow through. Chart your course and set sail.

[Lisahere]

Originally Posted by CherylB

I agree. It's best to focus on the positive and not be looking backward so much. I say break off those rear-view mirrors! Full steam ahead!

I heard someone say in an interview once that something isn't a sacrifice if it is a choice. I can really relate to that. Make your choices and follow through. Chart your course and set sail.

I love love love the way you worded this..

set sail

break off the rear view mirrors!

make the choice and follow through


everyday need to hear it





thanks honey

[Beeb]

Eating LOW FAT!!!

[darlingnikki]

I don't miss being shaky sweaty and *****y if I went too long in between feedings.
I don't miss waiting to change clothes until DH was out of the room.
I don't miss worrying about how I look during intimacy with DH.
I don't miss wondering which pair of jeans I will fit into any given day.
I don't miss headaches from too-tight pants.
I don't miss the slapping noise my butt made when I would do cardio.

Thanks for this thread. I came dangerously close to eating crap today.

[CherylB]

JUST SAY NO!

[Lisahere]

Originally Posted by darlingnikki

I don't miss being shaky sweaty and *****y if I went too long in between feedings.
I don't miss waiting to change clothes until DH was out of the room.
I don't miss worrying about how I look during intimacy with DH.
I don't miss wondering which pair of jeans I will fit into any given day.
I don't miss headaches from too-tight pants.
I don't miss the slapping noise my butt made when I would do cardio.

Thanks for this thread. I came dangerously close to eating crap today.

[shirlc]

Originally Posted by beeb

Eating LOW FAT!!!

ITA

[Lisahere]

Originally Posted by shirlc

ITA

me too

[kittycitygirl]

Thanks for bumping this back up! Loved reading through these and so many touched close to home...May have missed it but...

don't miss being afraid to dry my pants in the dryer for fear they won't fit when they come out. I have some I have done this to now to make them less baggy!!!

[easwann]

Originally Posted by Zbunny

Beautifully written and inspirational! Thank you for sharing. I much prefer this type of thread to the "oh, I miss eating x" threads. Thanks again.

This, what a fantastic thread! Thanks for the candid post. Lizzie

[happyheart1]

I don't miss:
My thighs rubbing together & the long leg panties I wore to try to keep those inner thighs from getting raw & red.

Being so fat that when I looked in a full length mirror I could see my fat arms bow out in a C shape over the fat sides of my body. They hang straight down at my sides now. Woohoo!

[alowcarbgoddess]

I'm not there yet, but this WILL be my list:

Feeling self-conscious 24/7

Not being able to buy clothes easily

Being afraid to date because I hate how I look

[jeaniem]

Don't miss:
acid reflux waking me in the night
acne
sluggishness/drowsiness

[Monk]

saw a lady doing this today and reminded me, I DONT MISS tugging on my clothes constantly, because A) they don't fit right and B) I am praying no skin is showing.

[kimmarie]

I am no where near goal, but I have a few things I don't miss already:

1. night time heart burn/reflux
2. depression
3. hypoglycemia
4. joint pain
5. lethargy

I can't wait to add to the list!

[kittycitygirl]

Again, thanks for posting these. It is such a good reminder of why keeping OP is worth it. Sometimes we tend to forget the things that we don't want back.