The somewhat minor annoyances of being overweight -- what are yours?

So, after a little over 3 months using CC and almost 5 months of hard work, today I hit the 10 pound mark!  30 more to go!  And I was thinking... it's really nice that my underwear doesn't fall down anymore.  It had gotten so annoying that since my stomach was sticking out so much, and the waistband of my underwear hit just below the largest part of my stomach, it kept rolling down.  It wasn't so bad when I was wearing jeans which helped to keep them up, but if I was wearing a skirt, I would inevitably have to pull the waistband back up a few times.  Of course now all my pants are starting to fall down, but for that I really just need to suck it up and go shopping for new pants.

We all have the big reasons for losing weight -- wanting to be healthier, wanting to look better, etc.  But what are the little things that nag at you?

buying bathingsuits - i like the two pieces that look like one pieces - but  the top size I need is smaller than the bottom and the cutests ones never seem to come in seprates.

Well I started out with different annoyances than I have now. When I started, it bothered me so much how I could never find clothes that would fit. Or I was always the one in my group of friends that the girl ALWAYS ignored and didn't bother talking to.

I guess right now my biggest annoyance with being overweight is that it takes so dang long and so much effort to climb a hill in my road bike. I wish I didn't have to lug this extra weight around! But hey I'm workin it off and it's satisfying so I'm happy :)

Not being able to run my best.  Knowing I could beat those skinny girls if I just lost this weight.  Running for 3 years on a team and being passed by girls who'd just started or had never run in their lives, just because they were built for it.

Hoping I didn't smell like an old lady with the amount of baby powder I was using.  Girls, if you think it's bad in a skirt... try running 4 or more miles every day with chub rub.  I thought I was permanently scarred, but it's healed mostly now.

Feeling like an ox in a china shop, honestly.

Feeling inferior to whoever I was with, just because they were fit and I wasn't.

Going back to the pantyhose:  I HATE when they roll down because of the rolls on my stomach!  I'll pull them up so that they flatten the bulge a little, then just from moving around throughout the day, they start rolling down and creating a muffin top.  Sometimes they'll roll down more on one side and create a crooked muffin top.  So annoying!

1. I hate sitting down because unless I'm wearing a loose t-shirt you can see stomach rolls.  I also hate the feeling of my pants cutting into me and my rolls hanging over them.  So I always stand.

2. I hate feeling uncomfortable around people.  Especially if by some miracle I meet a guy I like and he actually takes some interest in me I feel like I am not good enough because of the way I look.  I stress endlessly about finding something that doesn't show rolls and I worry about him seeing them if I sit down.  Then I worry that he will think 'why waste my time with a chubby girl when I can have a skinny girl' which is usually what I think happens. *sigh*

3.  Finding clothes to fit every morning or finding an outfit for a dressy function.  Stressssssful!

The double chin!  I can't stand it.  I'll catch a glimpse of myself in a car mirror when I haven't had time to "prepare" (stick my chin out a little) and see the lovely double chin and just feel gross.

I also can sympathise with the armpit fat hanging over tank tops.

1. Wanting to get into an outfit in my closet so I wear those body shapers and having to deal with feeling like I'm in a coffin all day b/c the body shaper is too tight and cutting into my skin. And my tummy was still puffy!

2. Going out with my homegirl who is thin and gorgeous and having all the guys ask me what her name is. Or feeling so fat and out of place at the club that I am "the girl who holds the purses while everyone else has a blast"

3. Having lost 21lbs so far going from a size 14 to a size 10 and when I catch a glimpse of myself walking in the mall I still feel like I need to lose 50 more pounds.

4. Trying on clothes and grabbing like 3 different sizes b/c you don't know what size you will be in that store...and still not liking any of them.  Trying on that shirt and it looks pretty good in the front...turn to the side and there's the proof that I had 2 kids right there staring back at me. Turn all the way around and look at my back side and see rolls of fat still there and lack of booty wishing I could suck the fat off my love handles and inject them in my ass!

5. Still feeling like if I lost 15 more pounds I will be content knowing deep down inside I will probably never be completely satisfied with my weight and always feel like "the chubby girl in high school who was really nice and has a cute face". Note to self: You know you are fat when someone says "she has a cute face"!! lol

this isn't what i hate about being fat- but losing weight: my extended family wants to comment about it all the time. never said anything about it before but now my weight is all they want to discuss.

chiquita26, i agree about #2 (feeling uncomfortable...). that always happens to me.

i hate having to pose for pictures and stand or sit a certain way. i hate that i have to retake pictures b/c i don't like the way i look even though everyone else usually looks great even if they just rolled out of bed.

chiquita26, you took the words RIGHT out of my mouth! My pants actually dig into me while standing too though :( and my CHUB HANGS OUT. it's disgusting

another thing,

I always feel self-conscience eating around other people. I always feel like they must be thinking "oh that fatty is EATING! should could stand to NOT eat"

linz78..... i just wanted to cry when i read your post because you put into words exactly how i feel right now. I have already lost 50 pounds and went down from a size 20 (almost 22) to a size 12 (still wearing 14s though) but i still feel fat because my stomach is still so big even after losing all that weight. unfortunately for me that is wear the bulk of my weight is and is the hardest place for me to lose. my face is tiny now, even my boobs which were huge have gotten a lot smaller but my stomach is just ugly. don't get me wrong even in my mid section i have lost a lot considering when i was 222 pounds it was literally like i was 9 months pregnant that's how big it was so now it's smaller but because everywhere else i m slimmer it makes my belly fat more noticeable to me. but i just i have to keep doing what i have been doing for the past year and one month and eventually it will shrink. it's just frustrating like u said when one minute you feel good having slimmed down so much but then facing reality when u still can't wear certain tops because it would not look good with the big stomach and rolls and knowing you still have a long way to go. it's really comforting to go into these forums  have ppl put into words exactly what you're going through when trying to lose weight. the struggles, frustrations, pain, happiness, depression, etc. a lot of times i don't respond i just like to come and read all the threads for support, to be part of a community that is going through what im going through, to learn things that maybe i didn't know about weight loss.  but at this moment what linz78 said is really what put into words what im feeling at this stage of my weight loss.

One of my annoyances... I wear the same thing over and over again...

I don;t want to go and buy new clothes because I'm constantly dropping weight... so I am stuck with modeling windpants, T-shirts, and stretch capris.

Down 40lbs so far... wish me luck

Danielle

Being slower than all my friends, and I can't fit into small spaces. lol

CHUB RUB! I really hate that =[ Also, only wearing running pants and sports pants because I'm focused on losing weight; it would only be pointless to buy something I wont be able to fit in, in a few months.

Feeling like I shouldn't have a boyfriend, because of my weight. =/ but I do, and he loves me anyway (Thank god)

Feeling uncomfortable when I am with my thin friends having a good time, and here I am - the biger one - off to the side.

Looking in the mirror. =/ I do it everyday to keep myself in reality, but it really sucks sometimes!

Thunder thighs !!!

my upper body is size 12/14 , very nice , but down the waist is horrible..size 16.

so imagine how i look like if i wear jeans..and i see all these nice cloth outside..it make me crazy.

It looks like this thread has gone from minor annoyances to major embarassments, so in that spirit...Last summer I visited an amusement park I used to frequent when I was growing up. I was so embarrassed at how tightly the bars barely fit me on the roller coasters. On one ride, the attendant actually had to come over to me and help press down on the bar.

Another thing that's probably just me being more self conscious than I should be: Sometimes when I'm talking about eating healthy or exercising, I worry that everyone around me is looking at me and thinking, "Yeah, ok fattie, you just keep on pretending." I feel like I have to justify almost by admitting that I used to weigh 299 lb, so 214, though still large, is actually an accomplishment! 

One thing I definately think of on the spot is walking into a clothing store with clothes I think would look cute then after a browsing a bit I realize, none of the clothes will fit me. The biggest disappointment my weight has caused me was last year this time, I left America and went to Japan, stupidly I thought I'd just buy some really cute clothes there so I didn't pack a lot of clothes but soon found out that since everyone is small there, there were hardly any clothes that I could fit into... and when I went to universial studios in Japan I wanted to ride the roller coaster they had but while waiting in line one of the ladies pulled me aside to a demo seat, come to find out, I was too wide to fit in it so I wasn't allowed on the ride. Makes me feel like a monster (rawr rawr)

sadinplaid- OMG I know what you mean by feeling weird talking about eating healthy/exercing! I TOTALLY feel like people are rolling their eyes like YEAH OK

All of your annoyances are familiar to me in one way or another.  I can't stand that I have to fight to tie my shoes or give myself a pedicure.  Rolls in the way! 

The clothes!  They have such beautiful things in the regular sizes and so little to choose from in big sizes.  Or you get the waist size you need but the legs are so baggy you look ridiculous. 

For all those suffering from chub rub did you know you can buy chafing stick at most sporting goods stores.  My son has used it and he says it works.

Wow - you've all pretty much covered mine too.

Chub rub for sure (will there ever be a time where I can own a pair of pants for longer than a year???)

Pants rolling down constantly - and shirts working their way up! I've taken to completely slouching in my office chair to hide from coworkers...

Family constantly asking about my weight.

Also... as long as we're also sharing embarrassing stories, I'll throw in "The Attack of the Killer Spanx"... I was a bridesmaid in my friends wedding, and figured I should at least try to control the belly bulge for her photos... Unfortunately they (like everything else) rolled down into halfway across my belly, making the bulge spill out the top! Thankfully my bouquet, coupled with some deft maneouvering made it so I didn't ruin ALL the photos!!