NSV's
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Gallowmere1984 wrote: »cstehansen wrote: »Gallowmere1984 wrote: »My favorite NSV so far, taken last night.
wow! That is amazing! One day this will be me, absolutely inspiring.
Well, @Bonny132, I am assuming you are hoping for this without all the hair on the belly.
And that's after I trimmed it back a lot so I could see what was going on. I'm practically a *kitten* wookie otherwise.
Hey...Wookies can be hot! I'd die a million times over if Rowdy shaved the hair on his chest/abdomen or was clean shaven on his face for that matter. But on Bonny...maybe not so much
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RowdysLady wrote: »Gallowmere1984 wrote: »cstehansen wrote: »Gallowmere1984 wrote: »My favorite NSV so far, taken last night.
wow! That is amazing! One day this will be me, absolutely inspiring.
Well, @Bonny132, I am assuming you are hoping for this without all the hair on the belly.
And that's after I trimmed it back a lot so I could see what was going on. I'm practically a *kitten* wookie otherwise.
Hey...Wookies can be hot! I'd die a million times over if Rowdy shaved the hair on his chest/abdomen or was clean shaven on his face for that matter. But on Bonny...maybe not so much
Fair enough. Bug actually gave me a bit of *kitten* about it, even though I just trimmed it back, as I can't bare shave any part of my body, even my face. If I take anything down to skin, I'll end up looking like have have the worst herpes outbreak ever, as literally every hair will become ingrown for weeks.0 -
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For all us us who lost the girls first on the WOE, we should do a planking/pushup challenge or something!
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I'm having a miserably stressful day at work and did not once think to fix it with chocolate. This is actually a big deal for me!!12
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cstehansen wrote: »Gallowmere1984 wrote: »My favorite NSV so far, taken last night.
wow! That is amazing! One day this will be me, absolutely inspiring.
Well, @Bonny132, I am assuming you are hoping for this without all the hair on the belly.
I got a large supply of Nair, I am sure I can manage to keep the "Forrest" under control.1 -
The scale isn't moving the last few days, because shark week. So my nsv's are:
1. I'm fitting in 3 of my smaller pairs of jeans. I bought one last pair of 16's and promised myself that I would not buy another pair, because I have 5 pairs of smaller jeans waiting for me in my closet. The goal is to be even smaller than these five pairs, eventually.
2. I went for a 3 mile hike today with my daughter, mom, and brother, even though I'm feeling crappy. And it was my idea, which completely shocked my mom.
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Busted out my weight loss BFF, the tape measure and lo and behold I'm down an inch on my waist from 8/6! For my Apple's out there this is a big deal since our problem area is our tummies and is usually the last place we lose inches
Hey, I hear you on this one. I have been stalled on the scale for over 2 weeks, so measured and was down on my waist size too. Pants are starting to be pretty baggy, I already bought some belts, never used them before, I am now in between sizes on pants, so the belts are a good thing.3 -
My NSV today is my new resolve to 100% get back on track just like I am doing this for the first time ever. Wednesday, when we are back from San Antonio I'm going to weigh, measure (all areas, not just my waist) and eat right to knock myself back into ketosis. I'm going to log like a crazy woman every bite of food again. I'm going to drink my water again, properly. All of it, a fresh start. So for me, doing the right thing to get those NSVs is my NSV for today.
That is not to say I'm going to go crazy in San An, I just don't want to worry about doing the right thing - like logging - when I know I may not be able to at times.7 -
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!
I really can relate to that one, I'm 5'3:" and keep gain/losing the same 30-40 lbs. I get so angry and frustrated some days.
This WOE helps me be more in control and less hungry. I love the foods I can eat and focus on those, not the few things I can't have.2 -
My hip bones are reappearing!!10
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Went to a family party this weekend and around 11pm, someone came through with a box of donuts. Usually my mouth starts to water and I can't deny having at least one...but this time I didn't even blink an eye after looking at them. No cravings here for this girl!11
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RowdysLady wrote: »My NSV today is my new resolve to 100% get back on track just like I am doing this for the first time ever. Wednesday, when we are back from San Antonio I'm going to weigh, measure (all areas, not just my waist) and eat right to knock myself back into ketosis. I'm going to log like a crazy woman every bite of food again. I'm going to drink my water again, properly. All of it, a fresh start. So for me, doing the right thing to get those NSVs is my NSV for today.
That is not to say I'm going to go crazy in San An, I just don't want to worry about doing the right thing - like logging - when I know I may not be able to at times.
You know we will hold you to this, right?
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I can wear my daughters skinny jeans. Her old jeans from when we started this woe. But I can! She's not really happy but she's gone down a few sizes since then too. So NSV for both of us.9
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This is an odd one, but all the research I have done these last several months along with the changes I can see in myself has completely changed the way I view others who struggle with weight. I wasn't a full on "it's their own fault" type of person because I thought there are definite genetic predispositions to our body composition. However, I did think people had more control than they do...or I should say I thought people had more control using "established" nutritional and exercise guidelines.
This is a somewhat embarrassing thing to post. The reason I am is I think that if we could get enough people to have this NSV in the general population, it really would have a dramatic impact on the health of our population. I am not just talking about those of us who have never been obese (although technically, I came very close to that BMI at my heaviest), but among those who are obese and beat themselves up over it on a regular basis. That self abuse often leads to giving up which leads to an exacerbation of the weight gain and more importantly, the negative health effects thereof.5 -
cstehansen wrote: »This is an odd one, but all the research I have done these last several months along with the changes I can see in myself has completely changed the way I view others who struggle with weight. I wasn't a full on "it's their own fault" type of person because I thought there are definite genetic predispositions to our body composition. However, I did think people had more control than they do...or I should say I thought people had more control using "established" nutritional and exercise guidelines.
This is a somewhat embarrassing thing to post. The reason I am is I think that if we could get enough people to have this NSV in the general population, it really would have a dramatic impact on the health of our population. I am not just talking about those of us who have never been obese (although technically, I came very close to that BMI at my heaviest), but among those who are obese and beat themselves up over it on a regular basis. That self abuse often leads to giving up which leads to an exacerbation of the weight gain and more importantly, the negative health effects thereof.
@cstehansen - I see a lot of the "punishment for poverty" stuff that relates to this, too. If someone (like me and others) grew up eating nothing but canned veggies and pasta and potatoes and such because it was cheap, when we hit a wall with funds and stuff, what is there to eat that is healthy, cheap, and filling, and nourishing, and all that? How do we find it? Why are healthier foods more costly than horrible ones? How are WIC and Food Stamps (and the argument to drop steak and seafood from food stamps programs???) helping the matter?? Plus, blaming those raised in poverty, with poor educational access, who now work limited pay jobs, with no benefits - it only compounds the issue. There are a lot of things that we can do to actually help reduce poverty and fat-shaming and abuse in the health industry of folks with preventable diseases... I hope to see more of this turn around.
Someone posted this morning about a video similarly showing that anyone who has ever been overweight for a period of time will always have to struggle more to keep it off than someone who never became overweight. She said it aired on GMA, and was waiting for the video link to share it... Talk about mainstream!
Also, yesterday, I have to say I was shocked by a personal friend with her own life/health/and now weight struggles admit that even she believed fat people weren't doing enough to help themselves - until a health condition pushed her from lightly overweight into the morbidly obese category, and now the techniques she always used to fight back THAT WORKED, well, they are no longer working for her either. So she always at least in her internal voice in her head thought the same way...and now that is shifting because if it is true for her that the standard things don't work the same, and she literally feels like she's tried EVERYTHING, ... could it also be true for everyone else??1 -
@KnitOrMiss, from a cost standpoint, at least part of the problem is that it is drilled into people's heads that some low cost options are unhealthy. The biggest of these is eggs. They are cheap (constantly seeing them on sale for 99 cents a dozen), filling and nutritious. Shopping in the "manager's special" section of the meat department got me some chicken drumsticks for about 50 cents a pound - see my "what does your low carb meal look like" post to see what I did with those. Again, the "experts" say only boneless, skinless chicken breast is healthy which artificially drives up demand which drives up cost.
I could go on and on about how there are actually good low cost options, but the "experts" slam them, or in the case of gov't programs, they disallow them. I am finding my food costs have gone down since changing to this WOE - as has my BG significantly.
Even little things like not spending twice as much to get the super low fat ground beef when the 80/20 or even the 73/27 are better options at a much lower cost.
Instead, we are told to eat bread where 1 slice of 100% whole wheat has roughly the same calories as an egg but will make you hungrier and lead you to overeating. If you move to white bread, there are actually MORE calories in one slice than in an egg.
This is why the #1 health issue among the poor in this country is obesity. Maybe if we had proper nutritional education along with proper personal economic education (this would help more than just the poor) rather than just programs to throw money at the problem, we might actually have positive effects on the poverty rate and on the health of those in this country. Poverty rate in the US is actually a couple percentage points higher now than it was when the "war on poverty" started in the 60's.1 -
I eat both of those things, but how many of them can you eat without getting so burned out you can't eat them for a while. I had to stop eating my eggs scrambled and switch to hard boiled for a while, but in between, there were weeks where the thought of more eggs made me want to hurl...0
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I don't know that I will ever get tired of eggs, there are too many different ways to cook them, but that being said, the biggest problem with nutrition education is that everything they teach in public schools is WRONG. Nutrition guidelines are written by farmers based on what they produce and want the population to eat, it has absolutely nothing to do with what is good for the human body.
The food pyramid is great...if you want to look like a pyramid.8 -
Maybe I am strange, but I eat 18+ eggs every week - scrambled mixed with sausage/bacon, jalapeño and cheese; hard boiled in salads or plain; poached (in one of those microwave things that takes less than a minute), fried, etc.
Taco salad (no tortilla) is one dinner plus a left over lunch almost every week plus making just a burger is pretty regular.
I love dark meat chicken, so really the time to prepare is the only thing that prevents me from having it more often.
Right now, I have some discounted pork shoulder in the crock pot with zucchini, broth and seasoning that I can't wait to have for dinner. Pork, especially when discounted, is an inexpensive option. Pork shoulder is also quite high in fat. The nutrition label on the package had it with 21 g fat and 17 g protein per serving with no carbs. Even after removing the bone, this was well under $2/lb.1 -
tcunbeliever wrote: »I don't know that I will ever get tired of eggs, there are too many different ways to cook them, but that being said, the biggest problem with nutrition education is that everything they teach in public schools is WRONG. Nutrition guidelines are written by farmers based on what they produce and want the population to eat, it has absolutely nothing to do with what is good for the human body.
The food pyramid is great...if you want to look like a pyramid.
You can almost invert the pyramid if you really want success. You know put the grains at the top with the note of only in very small amounts.1 -
cstehansen wrote: »This is an odd one, but all the research I have done these last several months along with the changes I can see in myself has completely changed the way I view others who struggle with weight. I wasn't a full on "it's their own fault" type of person because I thought there are definite genetic predispositions to our body composition. However, I did think people had more control than they do...or I should say I thought people had more control using "established" nutritional and exercise guidelines.
This is a somewhat embarrassing thing to post. The reason I am is I think that if we could get enough people to have this NSV in the general population, it really would have a dramatic impact on the health of our population. I am not just talking about those of us who have never been obese (although technically, I came very close to that BMI at my heaviest), but among those who are obese and beat themselves up over it on a regular basis. That self abuse often leads to giving up which leads to an exacerbation of the weight gain and more importantly, the negative health effects thereof.
I was having a similar conversation with myself this weekend, contemplating how to bring it up with my students. Why do we as an American culture so quickly jump to the assumption of "lazy" instead of "sick"? This applies to both weight loss and mental health. Someone with depression is often written off as a lazy slacker instead of someone who had a chemical imbalance impacting their brain. Another person who has a metabolic issue is written off as a lazy over-eater instead of someone who had a chemical or physical ailment. I know many of my students see me as being fat and lazy instead of someone who is struggling to regain balance metabolic health and battling anemia. I am constantly exhausted, but I show up and give my best every day, trying to be a good example. Some of them get that; most do not. My coworker who is 3 months pregnant and has missed several days this year so far is allowed a pass by the students... because her "diagnosis" has visible symptoms, and is considered healthy.
My observation came down to this... Americans like to lay blame instead of finding solutions. If someone is lazy, we can blame them. If they are ill, the blame game is then played in a much more difficult arena.2 -
cstehansen wrote: »Maybe I am strange, but I eat 18+ eggs every week - scrambled mixed with sausage/bacon, jalapeño and cheese; hard boiled in salads or plain; poached (in one of those microwave things that takes less than a minute), fried, etc.
Taco salad (no tortilla) is one dinner plus a left over lunch almost every week plus making just a burger is pretty regular.
I love dark meat chicken, so really the time to prepare is the only thing that prevents me from having it more often.
Right now, I have some discounted pork shoulder in the crock pot with zucchini, broth and seasoning that I can't wait to have for dinner. Pork, especially when discounted, is an inexpensive option. Pork shoulder is also quite high in fat. The nutrition label on the package had it with 21 g fat and 17 g protein per serving with no carbs. Even after removing the bone, this was well under $2/lb.
18 per week? Get on my level sucka. I'd tear through that in two days. Dem 8 egg omelettes with salami, goat cheese, feta, spinach, and pepperoni.
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My NSV is I actually have ankles and a defined leg even though it's only been 3 weeks, I think I was holding water in my legs...my ankles were always swollen. My circulation has been better too!12
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lamiller82 wrote: »cstehansen wrote: »This is an odd one, but all the research I have done these last several months along with the changes I can see in myself has completely changed the way I view others who struggle with weight. I wasn't a full on "it's their own fault" type of person because I thought there are definite genetic predispositions to our body composition. However, I did think people had more control than they do...or I should say I thought people had more control using "established" nutritional and exercise guidelines.
This is a somewhat embarrassing thing to post. The reason I am is I think that if we could get enough people to have this NSV in the general population, it really would have a dramatic impact on the health of our population. I am not just talking about those of us who have never been obese (although technically, I came very close to that BMI at my heaviest), but among those who are obese and beat themselves up over it on a regular basis. That self abuse often leads to giving up which leads to an exacerbation of the weight gain and more importantly, the negative health effects thereof.
I was having a similar conversation with myself this weekend, contemplating how to bring it up with my students. Why do we as an American culture so quickly jump to the assumption of "lazy" instead of "sick"? This applies to both weight loss and mental health. Someone with depression is often written off as a lazy slacker instead of someone who had a chemical imbalance impacting their brain. Another person who has a metabolic issue is written off as a lazy over-eater instead of someone who had a chemical or physical ailment. I know many of my students see me as being fat and lazy instead of someone who is struggling to regain balance metabolic health and battling anemia. I am constantly exhausted, but I show up and give my best every day, trying to be a good example. Some of them get that; most do not. My coworker who is 3 months pregnant and has missed several days this year so far is allowed a pass by the students... because her "diagnosis" has visible symptoms, and is considered healthy.
My observation came down to this... Americans like to lay blame instead of finding solutions. If someone is lazy, we can blame them. If they are ill, the blame game is then played in a much more difficult arena.
I just finished a great book that explains a LOT of this in the context of American history, not the myths that Americans are raised on. "White Trash - the 400 year Untold History of Class in America" by Nancy Isenberg. One of the main points is that the large landowners who first came over felt those who were press ganged into coming to North America could 'better themselves' if only they worked harder.
https://amazon.ca/White-Trash-400-Year-History-America/dp/0670785970/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF80 -
When you're driving by taco bell and it's the first time your mouth waters for non-plan food (I love tb, I mean I reallllly love it.) I said out loud, "oh man, I miss taco bell."
...and husband says, "please dont. You're looking so good."11 -
KnitOrMiss wrote: »@cstehansen - I see a lot of the "punishment for poverty" stuff that relates to this, too. If someone (like me and others) grew up eating nothing but canned veggies and pasta and potatoes and such because it was cheap, when we hit a wall with funds and stuff, what is there to eat that is healthy, cheap, and filling, and nourishing, and all that? How do we find it? Why are healthier foods more costly than horrible ones? How are WIC and Food Stamps (and the argument to drop steak and seafood from food stamps programs???) helping the matter??
WIC drives me crazy. I know a couple with a baby who are on WIC, and also happen to be vegan. WIC will cover soy milk, but only the sweetened variety! WIC is supposed to be helping people make healthy food choices, but won't let them use the benefits for unsweetened soy milk? Ridiculous.
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When I bought these boots this spring I couldn't even zip them up on my bare legs. This morning they zipped with my pants tucked in. Happy girl here.17 -
NSV yesterday for me: I took myself clothes shopping because I wanted some new work pants and shirts. I grabbed a size 8 petite and they fit perfectly! I definitely feel better about myself and the way I look if I am wearing clothes that fit well. Single digit pants baby! My bra size is down too from a 36DD to a 34C. Bye bye girls, it was nice knowing ya. I told my husband that I was losing all the womanly parts of my figure: boobs, belly, and butt.11
