Let's Talk About Non Scale Victories - shall we?

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  • jbuzzed
    jbuzzed Posts: 10,172 Member
    These are all great ones! I've got another, I can finally do the monkey bars. So much easier with less weight to swing.
  • RENAEJAE
    RENAEJAE Posts: 1,135 Member
    Wearing my 15 year old daughters clothes now since all of mine are too big. The scales haven't moved much in the past couple of weeks but I can feel the inches melting. Time to take my measurements this weekend. Who needs a scale?! Yahooo!!
  • ocnldy
    ocnldy Posts: 123 Member
    Can run 5+ miles
    Was forced to buy new clothes because nothing fit.
  • raymax4
    raymax4 Posts: 6,070 Member
    Acw08338 wrote: »
    Hello all my MyFitnessPal friends. I made a group, Get Fit, Get Happy! Everyone come join we can help each other.

    i can't find it on the group list. is it open now?
  • patesq
    patesq Posts: 111 Member
    Last night was my daughter's Back to School night. Parents visit each class for 7 minutes to meet the teachers and hear about the class and then have 4 minutes to get to the next class. Her classes are really spread out so we were running up and down stairs and from one end of the school to the other and I was able to keep up with her without huffing and puffing.

    Tonight, my mom said she notice that I seem more "up" and energetic than I used to.
  • WickedZombieQueen
    WickedZombieQueen Posts: 21 Member
    Jogged down and back up three flights of stairs at work this morning. When I hit the top... Total wow moment! It sunk in that I just jogged those stairs that I have been taking every day for three years huffing and puffing even though there is a dang elevator.
  • rats2010
    rats2010 Posts: 79 Member
    Noticed today that the hinge on the leg curl/calf raise portion of my weight bench is no longer in danger of pinching my inner thigh (did this several times when I started out). Made it through 50 squats today, first 30 with 15lb weight. :) Getting there slowly but surely.... and my bad day Friday, I was still less than maintenance when I logged it all in.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    I'm now up to 20lb free weights for almost all my upper body exercises.
  • TehLaughingDog
    TehLaughingDog Posts: 200 Member
    Someone I use to work with noticed my clothes were a little looser! Yay!
  • rosebette
    rosebette Posts: 1,660 Member
    I have visible abs even though I haven't lost weight in almost a year. My husband bought me a bikini on our most recent vacation and he took photographs (but I won't let him post -- I'm a teacher and I can't have my students seeing me like that!)
  • robertw486
    robertw486 Posts: 2,399 Member
    Great thread topic!

    I'm nearing my weight loss goal and going more towards a recomp mode, so I'm hoping many of my victories in the future will be mostly non scale victories.


    For now....

    I'm wearing shorts right now that I haven't worn in 6 or so years

    At the local park, I recently ran the stairs up the hill 9 or 10 times after a walk one day

    On my bike rides, I feel stronger almost every ride. Recently started adding more pace to push myself since traffic free miles are hard to come by around here. A couple weeks back I was fighting wind to the halfway point, tired, my quads were starting to burn by the time I headed back, and then traffic slowed me some. So I decided a calorie burn ride was good enough, which is what the old me did at times.

    But the new me surfaced. Screw being winded, screw my quads burning.

    BOOM! Kicked out a three minute mile. Not a feat for a younger more fit person. But for someone my age getting back into the game, on a tired old POS mountain bike... a major mental victory. And since that day, I've knocked out some solid 18-20 MPH miles on a regular basis when I want.
  • priscillam31
    priscillam31 Posts: 1,356 Member
    60 mins on elliptical, 20k steps in on day!!!
  • RoseTheWarrior
    RoseTheWarrior Posts: 2,035 Member
    I went to the gym today for the first time in a looooooong time. And I did more than I ever thought I could do. Victory!!!
  • Miss_Mania
    Miss_Mania Posts: 163 Member
    Yesterday a person I have known most of my life came up to me and introduced themselves. I laughed and they did a double take and they were like OMG!! Last time I saw her was at the start of this year, so was totally blown away she did not recognise me at all lol.
  • mrsdrshot
    mrsdrshot Posts: 154 Member
    Did my morning walk and then did it again because I felt good.
  • Reneebart
    Reneebart Posts: 1 Member
    Tried on my dress from graduation back in June and it was extremely loose.!
  • Azuriaz
    Azuriaz Posts: 785 Member
    On the advice of an elder neighbor who bicycles (I just hope to be on my bike at his age, and he's ten times faster than I am, too!) I went out and bought a snot neon green shirt and a pylon orange shirt from Hobby Lobby for safer riding.

    They are unisex, so they don't flare at all in the hips and belly. I noticed after eight days the pooch is a little smaller and the back saddlebags are, too. Happy dance! (10 calories. Logged. Kidding!)
  • banannerbelle
    banannerbelle Posts: 17 Member
    I love this whole thread and concept! Thank you!

    I can do the silly wake-up "aerobic exercise" songs with my campers, no problem! I -like- to move!
    Other people at the gym notice differences (a little embarassing and intimidating but it's also nice).
    The bikini I bought to reward myself for losing some weight, is now too big to use.
  • MissusSpags
    MissusSpags Posts: 109 Member
    Ran my first 5k this past Saturday.. :)
  • Azuriaz
    Azuriaz Posts: 785 Member
    MissusSpags wrote: »
    Ran my first 5k this past Saturday.. :)

    Congrats!

  • raymax4
    raymax4 Posts: 6,070 Member
    4 people at work asked me what I am doing to loose weight
  • mrsdrshot
    mrsdrshot Posts: 154 Member
    Found an old dress I loved - and it looks awesome.
  • CrazyMermaid1
    CrazyMermaid1 Posts: 356 Member
    I too have a loose ring. I've had it 32 years and it's time to get it resized!
  • sfinsc
    sfinsc Posts: 169 Member
    Today when I put on my workout clothes and looked in the mirror, I actually thought, "Wow, I look thin." I haven't felt that way in a long, long time. There was no criticism that immediately followed the thought, no insecure, "But my belly isn't as flat as I want it to be..." It was nice and peaceful. :)
  • Azuriaz
    Azuriaz Posts: 785 Member
    I am not hungry. In fact, I'm too-not-hungry at the moment. Which beats the heck out of my usual state of when do I eat, when do I eat, when do I get to EAT?
  • MrsCaitlinBeltran
    MrsCaitlinBeltran Posts: 241 Member
    I bought low cut skinny jeans for the first time in forever yesterday. :# And, not just any skinny jeans, Junior size 9 skinny jeans, lol--definitely had a freak out moment. They look so small that I would've bet a million dollars that they wouldn't fit. But, not only did they fit, they're actually a little big! Coming from a woman's size 20 this is a huge NSV!! :)
  • mrsdrshot
    mrsdrshot Posts: 154 Member
    My fitted T-shirts are starting to bag around the middle a bit. Woo!
  • jaxjackjackie
    jaxjackjackie Posts: 24 Member
    edited September 2015
    I can fit into my skinny jeans!
  • fatfrank44
    fatfrank44 Posts: 11 Member
    I'm not there yet but this is a great thread

    - A pull up/chin up. I will be so happy when I can do this
    - Not look at my skinny vintage high waist jeans with dread
    - And the biggest one - I really want to run 10K with my dad. I can currently do 5K at a sweaty push (I'm a terrible terrible runner). My dad used to run marathons and is still on it several times a week. Would be great to run with him :)
  • rugratz2015
    rugratz2015 Posts: 593 Member
    In training today and I said 'no' to a scone at coffee break, a year ago I would take it whether or not I was hungry

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