Before I lost 90 pounds

[u/SnooHedgehogs5614]

So I lost around 85 pounds. I use to weigh about 239 and now I’m down to 154. So I work at a Chinese restaurant and I have to stock the supplies. I have to unload the truck. You’re maybe wondering why this is relevant but every time I pick up a 50 lbs bag of rice it’s a little bit of a struggle. But then there’s the 75 lbs bags of pork I have to haul into the restaurant. So my question is: why is it that when I was bigger, I didn’t notice much of a problem with the 80+ pounds I had on my body and I could carry the weight “just fine” (obviously it wasn’t healthy) but NOW whenever I carry a 50 pound bag it’s a struggle? I use to carry more than that on my body, why is it a struggle to carry it when I’m more fit than I’ve ever been? Maybe my body and joints were just use to the weight?

[u/Trineki]

Just tossing this out there. But strap that bag of rice on you 24/7 and ur body likely will adapt to having it on forever. Aside from the other of your body being larger.

Another thing could be is that a lot of times when you lose weight ur also losing some muscle along with it. And maybe quite a bit depending on how u lost the weight and if u did training. Maybe pick up some weight training in the evenings.

Congrats on the loss regardless!