Scared of the extra skin that comes with weight loss

I'm sure I'm not the only one but the excess skin and how my boobs will change after weight loss is something that terrifies me. It's superficial and idiotic but I can't get rid of how I worry about it and I know these thoughts hold me back with my progress. So far I've lost 33 lbs and I don't really see a difference but I can tell some of my clothes fit better or are big now which is exciting. Any advice on how to get over being terrified of excess skin/changes in breast?

For reference my highest weight was 275 and I'm now 242. I'm only 5'5. I don't know my goal weight because I've never been at a weight that I can distinctly remember feeling happy/comfortable so I'm just going to keep losing till I'm at a happy/comfortable weight.

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[Daily Directory] Find your quests for the day here! - Sunday, 30 December 2018

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30/f/5'3" 220 --> 169 lb (51 lb lost in 16 months) and NSV (My boobs still look nice - just needed new bras!)

Hi r/loseit! First, thank you! You've really helped me with my health journey and I've been appreciative for this resource and wealth of knowledge.

I have lost 50 lbs over the past 16 months and am still working toward my UGW.

Though I still have more that I want to do, I have been trying to learn how to cultivate gratitude for the progress I *have* made and the lessons that I have learned. (One example? I am making progress less quickly than I would have originally wished. However, I am trying to build habits so that weight loss and good health is something that I can sustainably maintain in the future. I've found that bad days or weeks have been learning opportunities for me to identify triggers and then allowed me to build new, better habits.)

As I've lost weight, I struggled (for the most part) to notice a difference in the mirror or when comparing vs. old photos. One place that I have noticed a difference?! My boobs! They've looked so funny in my bras and I thought that they became an odd shape and disproportionately smaller in comparison to the rest of my body.

Well... you know what? Today, I decided to finally measure my bust to see what my bra size *should* be. I discovered that my cup size is the same - I am just wearing a bra that is now far too large! (42/44DD --> 38DD) I then went to Victoria Secret to buy new bras and the specialist verified my new size. I now have 3 new bras and they fit MUCH, MUCH better.

Photos for comparison (including progress pics from last year): https://imgur.com/a/GrHuNEC. FYI - NSFW.

Another great thing? Now that I've put together my progress photos, I can finally see a bit of a difference on the rest of my body too. (Hoping my mind catches up as I continue.) :)

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Speed ≠ success

I have been on my weight loss journey for almost 365 days (1 year in 4 days!). Since the beginning of November I have been really relaxed with my eating and exercise, but im happy to say these have been maintenance months, no weight gained, even with horrid eating! I started going back to the gym and counting a cals again the day after Christmas, and to get motivated I like watching fitness gurus, and weight loss stories on youtube. Going into all the new slew of videos I haven't been watching for months i've noticed a trend that was starting to make me second guess my progress; there are so many videos now where people losing TONS of weight in a very short amount of time. I'm no stranger to "100 pounds in 1 year", that success I'm used to seeing in inspirational videos, but there are people you have supposedly lost 50 pounds in 5 months and 10 pounds every 2 weeks and I'm just.... wishing I had that luck....But also I know I should be proud of what I've accomplished so far. This year I have lost 50 pounds, and I've proven to myself that the current weight I'm at is maintainable! I just wish that there was someone making a video about how it took them 2 years to finally get to their goal weight, or just someone telling us that its ok to go slower. So I felt compelled to make this post; just because you're not where you thought you would be at this stage of your journey doesn't mean that your progress isn't good enough, and I hope you keep going into 2019, cause I know I am! WOO, that was cheesy as fuck

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What's the best way to start a weight loss journey?

Hi everyone! My current weight is 275 lbs but my ideal weight would be 180-190 lbs so yeah... I'm obese. And I'm tired of it. I know it's a cliché to start doing at this time of the year, but I really wanna start losing weight. I already changed some eating habits (very recently) but I want to know how was it for you guys when you started: did you decide to start by focusing only on eating habits or did you also start doing regular exercise? Did you use any app to help you with stuff like counting calories? Did you start cooking a lot more to prepare your meals? I want to lose weight but I also want to follow a plan and really change my routine... my goal is to be under 220 lbs at the end of 2019 (do you think it's too much?). Thank you so much and I wish you all a happy new year!

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Weight loss is slowing down and I'm panicking...

After a lifetime of yo-yo dieting and several years of Fat Acceptance and HAES (yeah I know... but I was at rock bottom mentally, and building some sense of self-worth and a concept of self-care completely independent of my weight was exactly what I needed before I could go on the journey that led me here), I've started making changes in my eating habits two years ago, but lost most of the weight within the last year or so. This December has so far been a great month for me, I reached clothing size M (down from 3XL), and as the absolute highlight of my weight loss journey so far, I dared to join a gym for the first time in my life and it's been absolutely amazing.

I weigh myself approximately once a month (I don't own a scale at home because I get unhealthily obsessed with numbers), and today I found that I've reached my lowest ever adult weight. This is EXACTLY the point where I would hit a wall with every single one of my diets, no matter how much I starved and tortured and hated myself, until I gave up and gained it all back.

Of course the weight loss has slowed over time, and has become less noticable in the short term. I've reduced my calorie intake according to my weight, and especially in December I've cut more calories than ever. Still I only lost 2 lbs this month, compared to almost 10 lbs the month before.

Maybe it's still the Fat Acceptance at the back of my mind, or maybe it's the voices of all the women in my life who are, one by one, going from supportive to "oh my god you need to eat a Cheeseburger you look terrible what are yo doing to yourself your body can't take it anymore"... but can it be true that this is what I'm always destined to be like? A normal BMI, a normal, healthy, conventionally attractive body size, JUST out of reach? This thought has always frustrated me to the point that I would return to my old eating habits, because "fuck it, if I'll always be the fat girl anyway".

Those of you who've made it further than me, can you tell me something that helps with the frustration?

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Rude comments from acquaintances on my weight loss

Male, 28, 5'10". Started at ~250lbs, went down to around 140 through calorie counting + keto over a year and a half. I'm now in a regular 5 day per week gym routine, through weight training I'm up to 150 currently. Honestly, gaining muscle weight has been FAR harder than losing weight.

At my job, I occasionally have regular customers who haven't seen me in over a year and their positive comments truly make me feel like I accomplished something. However, I get frequent comments that "you need to eat more" or "you are too thin." It's one thing to comment on someone's weight without hesitation, but it cuts extra deep since I'm putting in so much effort to gain muscle weight. The reality is I'm the fittest I've ever been. I'm by no means "buff", but I have actual muscle definition for the first time in my life lol.

Has anyone else with a large weight loss journey encountered comments like this? I don't even know how to respond other than tell them my BMI is very healthy. I feel like no one would ever tell a stranger that they are fat, why do people think it's okay to casually tell me I'm too thin when I'm obviously decently fit?

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