When you lose a lot of weight, you usually know what to expect. Your clothes get baggy, you need to resize your rings, and you may need to pick up a smaller bra. But some changes definitely catch people by surprise. We’ve compiled a few unique changes that people have shared that their bodies went through, and while not every change is something to kick your heels in the air about, for the most part, they’re positive alterations. Either way, if you’ve shed some weight, a little or a lot, get ready for a body transformation, and be sure to applaud yourself for all your hard work, sis!
Your Nose Changes
Despite saying that she doesn’t see anything wrong with plastic surgery, Khloe Kardashian told Cosmopolitan that if you think her nose looks smaller than it used to, it’s not because of cosmetic surgery. It’s because not only has she learned the tricks of the contouring trade, but her recent 40-pound weight loss has helped her face take on a whole new shape. She told the mag, “when I lost weight, my nose did get smaller, and also I now know about contouring. Like when I wash my face, my nose is wider.”
I initially was skeptical that your nose would go through such changes after weight loss, but experts say that it makes sense because the face as a whole is slimmer than before. As Richard W. Fleming, MD, a plastic surgeon from Beverly Hills put it on RealSelf, “Losing weight may change the appearance of your nose because it will be seen adjacent to the surrounding thinner facial structures but it will not make the nose appear thinner.”
Your Feet Get Smaller
I can personally attest to this. Not only can losing weight help you with feet issues (including pain), but it can also make your feet smaller. AZ Central Healthy Living pointed out that “According to Mayo Clinic nutritionist Katherine Zeratsky, fat is stored energy, packed into efficient cells to be burned off when your body needs it, such as when you exercise. Hormones and genetics dictate where fat cells are stored in each person, including the feet. Although different people are predisposed to lose fat in different body areas first, eventually even the fat stored in your feet will get burned for energy.”
You Might Stop Snoring
Some of us snore when we’re sick, others when we’re exhausted. And some of us snore after significant weight gain (especially if that weight is stored around the neck). Dr. Jordan Pritikin, an otolaryngologist at Chicago Nasal & Sinus Center, wrote for the Huffington Post that losing that weight can help you stop all that snoring naturally, and will also help you fall asleep deeper, faster.
You Might Be Cold All The Time
According to the good folks at Shape, if you lost a lot of weight and find yourself feeling colder and colder, to the point where you have a personal heater blasting at all times at work and feel miserable in restaurants, libraries and movie theaters, it may not be an iron issue. As it turns out, “Fat is a natural insulator, so you become more sensitive to changes in temperature as you lose pounds.” Having a thick scarf or cardigan on hand will do the trick.
You Are More Energetic
Have more energy after your weight loss? It’s a common positive change to the body. That’s why getting off the train a stop before where you usually get off and walking home isn’t as taxing, why on days where you rest instead of head to the gym, you might feel like you want to get up and get moving–even if it’s just a few yoga poses or dancing to a favorite playlist. And that’s why what used to leave you exhausted doesn’t require as much energy. Score!
You Enjoy Sex More
Maybe it’s the fact that you’re not so focused on what your body is looking like and doing during intercourse, but for many, sex is much better after dropping the pounds. Also, you have more energy for it, and you may get aroused easier. As Rodale Wellness pointed out, your body just responds better to sexual situations after a weight loss:
“At the European Society for Sexual Medicine conference in Amsterdam, Italian researchers presented evidence that severely obese women who lowered their body mass index through an eight-week residential weight-loss program showed a range of sexual improvements, including more frequent sex, greater sexual desire, and even better vaginal lubrication.”
And while a man might see an increase in penis size after a major weight loss, as Khloe Kardashian also pointed out to Nylon, your vagina might drop a few pounds as well: “I swear my p— has lost weight too, which I did not know was an option but, thank God.”
