NSV's
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Best bike one hour time ever and did it with no carb drinks
Empty stomach except for 2 cups of coffee.
27.3 mph
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Instead of hitting Starbucks on the way to my son's soccer game, I made a hot chocolate with half heavy cream and half water....and added cocoa powder and a little swerve. It helped up my fat for the day and I avoided all the deliciousness that may have tempted me.
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I know this sounds weird, but I just posted on someone's thread.
She was mad:
"I'm mad at myself for gaining it all back and then some.
I'm mad that I have to think about my food choices every minute of the day.
I'm mad that I can't eat what I want.
All I think about is the long road ahead...and I'm pissed!"
I remember being just like her.
I've been there for SOOOO many years, especially being just 4'11" tall (which means my body doesn't require a lot of calories or else I put on weight).
It's taken decades for me to get to this point:
--> With this WOE, my diet reduces cravings and I am never hungry.
So instead of being forever hateful and spiteful for being so short and not being able to eat what a 6' tall man can eat, or having to work out 100hours a week, I am enjoying the food I am able to eat daily, with a few treats here and there.
^^^^ That's my NSV!18 -
I went to an open house party today with a TON of food and drank some black coffee. First time a party was all about the people and not the food! SO happy with that!17
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Roseygirl1 wrote: »First time a party was all about the people and not the food! SO happy with that!
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NSV= My big bath towel wrapped around me when I got out of the shower today... with no gaps lol
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My husband kept complaining about all my undies being too big and looking like granny panties, so he bought me a bunch and I threw out the entire drawer full of old ones!
Yay for new underwear!
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The hubs recently commented that my "bumpy areas" (cellulite) are almost gone. Yay!
But then again he also said I'm losing my butt...double edge sword that one...8 -
The hubs recently commented that my "bumpy areas" (cellulite) are almost gone. Yay!
But then again he also said I'm losing my butt...double edge sword that one...
There's help for that! lunges, lunges, lunges! I have a small butt but since I started doing fitness (the girl I follow does a million lunges lol) my butt has gotten higher and slightly bigger lol Will never have a jlo butt but hey I'll take any improvement lol3 -
Fit into a pair of jeans that have never been over my hips before!13
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When I started this WOE I explained it to my husband and said I wasn't asking him to do it too, but please just support my desire to do it. He does all the cooking and immediately discontinued starches in our dinners. While he has things like beans and fruit and I don't, he has joined me in this WOE. (I am so happy about this as Alzheimers runs in his family)
As a result our kids are also eating like this with the exception of some whole grain bread for sandwiches, fruit, beans and the occasional treat (something sweet maybe once a week).
Then yesterday, my mom said "Hey, about this no sugar thing you're doing...tell me more." She said my not eating sugar (how I'm describing this to people) has made her more aware of all the crazy amounts of sugar in things...like 15 grams in her coconut water..."Is that high, Jess?" (Um, YES!) She has never had a weight issue, but has unexplained high cholesterol, so I thought she would lecture me on the high fat part. I laid it all out without being pushy beyond "This works really well for me" and she's going to give it a try. My mother, the queen of lowfat everything!!! lol8 -
I met a doctor this last week while in Colombia who was 100% on board with keto for diabetes and was as irritated as many of us on here about the ridiculous recommendations from the ADA. The real NSV was that he told me when he first saw me, he assumed I was a triathlete based on my low BF. When he found out I was keto, he was like, "oh, that explains it." I have always been active, but cutting the carbs definitely changed my body composition significantly.9
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I love all of this. I hope I'll be able to post again soon but not until my butt is fully back on track. You are all amazing. @Sunny_Bunny_ I'd think I'd died and gone to heaven if Rowdy came home with new undies for me. I'm not sure he'd even be able to walk into that section of the store for fear of horrible embarrassment - I'm loving that about your man. That has to be empowering and sexy feeling!5
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Wedding this weekend, got a few comments about my weight loss. However, can't help that part of my thinks my weight loss isn't very visible so those comments are more of a courtesy because I have posted about weight loss and my new WOE on Facebook so people just trying to be polite.2
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RowdysLady wrote: »I love all of this. I hope I'll be able to post again soon but not until my butt is fully back on track. You are all amazing. @Sunny_Bunny_ I'd think I'd died and gone to heaven if Rowdy came home with new undies for me. I'm not sure he'd even be able to walk into that section of the store for fear of horrible embarrassment - I'm loving that about your man. That has to be empowering and sexy feeling!
My hubs and I have kinda reversed roles. I'm the one that does home repairs and he's the one that does any kind of shopping and picks out our shower curtains and towels and such! Lol
I absolutely hate shopping, so we are a perfect fit!
There was more to that NSV, that was very flattering comments regarding the fact that I needed new garments
He actually asked if I had lost more weight, which I REALLY needed since I'm still up 5 pounds from before I started lifting. I'm good about trusting the process but I can't lie and say I hate that scale right now! It helped renew my confidence that I don't need to purposely and rigorously force an aggressive calorie deficit, and just keep doing what I'm doing.7 -
Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »RowdysLady wrote: »I love all of this. I hope I'll be able to post again soon but not until my butt is fully back on track. You are all amazing. @Sunny_Bunny_ I'd think I'd died and gone to heaven if Rowdy came home with new undies for me. I'm not sure he'd even be able to walk into that section of the store for fear of horrible embarrassment - I'm loving that about your man. That has to be empowering and sexy feeling!
My hubs and I have kinda reversed roles. I'm the one that does home repairs and he's the one that does any kind of shopping and picks out our shower curtains and towels and such! Lol
I absolutely hate shopping, so we are a perfect fit!
There was more to that NSV, that was very flattering comments regarding the fact that I needed new garments
He actually asked if I had lost more weight, which I REALLY needed since I'm still up 5 pounds from before I started lifting. I'm good about trusting the process but I can't lie and say I hate that scale right now! It helped renew my confidence that I don't need to purposely and rigorously force an aggressive calorie deficit, and just keep doing what I'm doing.
+1. +1000.
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My NSV today is that my husband said that I am getting my "sassy walk" back lol16
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The elastic waistbands of my trunks and scrub pants used to roll due to my belly pushing them down. That doesn't happen anymore and my scrub tops are really baggy. 13
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two NSV's today. First I was able to wear one of my favorite tops I haven't been able to wear in two years.... without it being snug on the arms! And second I actually got ID'd at the store for lottery tickets.... ok seriously I am almost 40, so it was NOT because I look 17 lol but I am taking it as a physical improvement compliment anyway lolol10
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Awesome!1
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1000+ days on MFP!!21
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Since starting this WOE 1.5months ago, I've practiced several times the act of pushing food away when I got full.
Yup: I can actually listen to my body to stop eating.
I used to clean my plate, and my kids' plates, etc, because I hate wasting food.
Now, I am fine leaving the remaining food, w/out the guilt of wasting it. (Usually, it's just 2-5bites, not enough to pack home).
It's such a new concept.
Funny you should say this...last night I recognized being full about 1/2 way through eating, but continued on anyway. I think this might be my new personal challenge - push the food away when I'm full.
I continued mindlessly eating while we watched the Broncos game on TV - true confession, but my husband and I mostly eat in front of the tube now that my daughter is out of the house. It's such a bad habit.
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I wanted to snack last night while watching TV, wasn't hungry, was just bored...didn't snack...FTW!8
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One of the things I demand is that we sit at the dinner table at night when we are all home. There are few exceptions such as a particularly late dinner night or a really hard work day. We never eat until OhDarkThirty here no matter what time the sun sets. Because if there is sun there is work to be done. Many nights we are at the dining room table at 9 p.m. having dinner. My kids have gotten so used to it that if I tell them it is a scrounge night (because I didn't have time to cook) they still want to know if we are eating at the table.
I eat fast, always have. So I'm at the dinner watching the crew eat because my food is gone. The hardest thing is not picking at whatever is on the table while they finish. I can pick the chicken out of stir fry for 15 minutes while they finish their meals and I have to fight that urge nearly every meal lest I eat way too much for my surgery and for my plan.1 -
We just celebrated someone's 35th anniversary here at work. 2 NSVs:
1) I did not eat the cake or even want to eat the cake
2) In the photographs that were then sent around the company...I didn't hate how I looked!!! In a surprise candid shot...my historical worst!7 -
I'm only 6 days in with my Keto (20 net carbs, 20% protein, 85% fat). That said, I *KNOW* the reduction in inflammation and the total elimination of that feeling of tightness in my knees and ankles are 100% due to my new eating pattern.
So I'm especially excited to report that I was able to run the entire length of the commuter train (plus some) to catch it before it left the station. I can't begin to count the number of trains I have missed because I couldn't run for it. Thanks, LCHF! *sparkle grin & thumbs up into the camera*13 -
I have a albeit very small, thigh gap that wasn't there a month ago.
I finally went square dancing tonight and had a ball and I didn't fall out from the exercise. I kept up!11 -
Wooohooo!RowdysLady wrote: »I have a albeit very small, thigh gap that wasn't there a month ago.
I know!
I don't have thigh gap (yet), but I think it's the beginning of one.
gasp!
My thighs have always been HUGE (joke is that I can never wear corduroys because I could start a fire w/ the rubbing),
so I never imagine in a million years that I may get toned enough to have thigh gap, so when I saw it last week (in my new compression WO pants), I didn't know what I was seeing.
It's like someone telling me that the Easter Bunny is real!8 -
I saw an article recently explaining that pelvis placement has a big impact on whether a thigh gap is even possible or safe.2
