Thursday, March 10, 2016

NSV! Measly half inch off waist but SO MUCH insight (plus "mushroom top"/"Dunlap Syndrome" question!)

I quit my job at the end of last year to move back in with my parents and focus exclusively on losing weight. I'm super pleased with the progress I'm making (was exultant at seeing 199.7 on the scale for the first time since high school, where my highest was around 240), not just in terms of LBs but in strength and endurance, too. I've never made weight loss a focus before, always diddling with the same stinking thinking we all know about on this sub--"I binged today, fuck it, I'll start tomorrow, I'm too stressed/busy/tired to manage my eating right now". I knew that 2016 had to be the year I got this in line. I'm getting wiser and more realistic in my old age, and I don't want my extra fluff to hurt my chances of having a husband, career and healthy pregnancy.

But I had no idea just how hard-won the progress is. Losing weight is not easy. It's work. I measured a half-inch loss off my waist today and I am honestly amazed at how much time at the gym and effort at eating right I've put in to get here. I never really understood until today just how much time, effort and mental energy is required to burn this fat off, especially since it was so effortless putting it on.

One thing I've noticed that I hope this sub can help me with--I've always had a gut disproportionate to the rest of my body. I know that this will be the last thing to go as I lose weight, but I was appalled a couple weeks ago when I noticed that as my ass and waist tighten up, the distinction between the gut and the rest of my body becomes more pronounced--leaving my belly looking like a mushroom! I guess I'm suffering from Dunlap Syndrome ("yer gut dun lap over yer belt"). Has anyone else experienced a surprising re-proportioning of your body as you slim down?

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