Things they never told me about losing weight.

frontalbread:

1. Buy some better cold weather clothing.
You are going to get cold. 

2. Buy some decent skin lotion and use it frequently.
Your skin is going to retract a bit, and a bit of lotion does wonders for helping it firm up smoother, and stops it drying out.

3. You may have excess skin.
This is normal, and not something to panic about/beat yourself up about.

4. Weight loss will start fast but slow rapidly.
When you are very over weight, you will find that the weight falls off you initially, but it’s a curve, and it WILL slow down as your body isn’t using up as many calories just existing. This is good. This is healthy. You have not done anything wrong.

5. It won’t be easy.
Those people who tell you it’s easy ? They are liars. It’s hard. It’s worth it … but it’s hard.  

6. You are amazing and beautiful at every point of your journey.
Some people will try to convince you that you are more important or more approachable because you are slimmer. Fuck that noise. You are the same person you always have been, and your value was never determined by a number.

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