NSVs - share your success 😊
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I know there is the daily check-in for general chat & help, but I thought it would be fun to have one dedicated for only the positive (and/or things to learn).
For me, one recently was when my boss & I were in the same place for the first time in several months. He asked if I had lost weight again; I did confirm yes but it’s more that I’m losing fat. Went through keto description and he was shocked at the emphasis on fat
For me, one recently was when my boss & I were in the same place for the first time in several months. He asked if I had lost weight again; I did confirm yes but it’s more that I’m losing fat. Went through keto description and he was shocked at the emphasis on fat
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I went to put on a ratty old belt to paint in that I had almost ripped out the last hole due to not wanting to admit I needed to loosen it. Well my pants were falling off so I had to go to my shop and drill a new hole in the belt to hold my pants up! I had to buy new blue jeans too.12
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Dumped all my pills in the garbage can after the doctor took me off of them. Now I have to figure out about when to buy clothes as I'm in the la la land area of being between an XLT and LT size.12
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I had to buy ring guards because my wedding rings went flying off my hands one night-Thankfully I was at home and found them easily!
I had to put extra holes in a favorite pair of shoes that have straps because they were too loose! I never thought your feet could lose weight.9 -
cheesenobiscuit wrote: »I had to buy ring guards because my wedding rings went flying off my hands one night-Thankfully I was at home and found them easily!
I had to put extra holes in a favorite pair of shoes that have straps because they were too loose! I never thought your feet could lose weight.
I'm looking to buy a ring guard today. Mine hasn't flown off yet but I'm worried that it could.2 -
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@nvmomketo Great tip! Thank you. It's getting really bad with my clothes as everything is falling off of me but not yet in maintenance mode to spend on new clothes so I may give that a try to hold me over.2
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@nvmomketo Great tip! Thank you. It's getting really bad with my clothes as everything is falling off of me but not yet in maintenance mode to spend on new clothes so I may give that a try to hold me over.
It’s great advice - I’ve been raiding the charity shops. Found some things I’ve since shrunk out of (one jumper I didn’t even get to wear 🙄) and bought a few coats in the smallest size I could (without looking ridiculous) so I can wear them with jumpers under them once I lose some more. I also bought some snow pants which have tightening straps on the side even thought they fit me nicely now they won’t be sliding down my bum in a few months :-)
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I'm able to wear my old claddagh ring on my right hand again... I bought it in 2006 when I was in Galway, and wore it nonstop for many years. It's just a sterling silver ring that cost 15 euro, but it's from one of the oldest claddagh shops, and the details are hand carved. When I was at my higher weights, it would only fit on my left hand whenever my fingers weren't swollen (my left fingers are slightly smaller than my right ones). It's only happened in the past week, but it's back on my right ring finger, and it feels really good having it there again.2
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23rochelle23 wrote: »@nvmomketo Great tip! Thank you. It's getting really bad with my clothes as everything is falling off of me but not yet in maintenance mode to spend on new clothes so I may give that a try to hold me over.
It’s great advice - I’ve been raiding the charity shops. Found some things I’ve since shrunk out of (one jumper I didn’t even get to wear 🙄) and bought a few coats in the smallest size I could (without looking ridiculous) so I can wear them with jumpers under them once I lose some more. I also bought some snow pants which have tightening straps on the side even thought they fit me nicely now they won’t be sliding down my bum in a few months :-)
I use it for the other direction too... for my kids. I have teens and new brand labels are ridiculously priced, but 2nd hand it is very doable. Plus they all grew 2-5 inches this past year, and there is no sign of stopping yet.
... except feet. I'm hopeful that my 13-year-old's size 12 feet will not get any bigger.
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I've had many NSV's with keto. The latest for me is less pain. My arthritis acts up with carbs, even with 30g of carbs, so I keep it pretty close to zero lately.
The other is how much easier maintenance is. I find that maintenance is harder than losing. I've lost before. It's keeping it off that is hard. When I eat really low carb I don't need to count calories but I don't eat too much either. It feels sustainable, which is good because I hope to have another 40 years of maintenance.
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Hers a funny NSV I just realized today, probably for the first time ever my drivers license has a higher weight than what I actually weigh. Ten pounds more. 🤣9
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@nvmomketo if it makes you feel better, you are not the only one in that boat. my 14-year-old is in size 13 (and still growing)0
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Sizes are crazy...I'm making a size 36 christmas dress (I think it might be a uk pattern)...but the other pattern I picked had me at a size 18 (I don't know how old that pattern is but the price on it is 25 cents, so definitely old)...and I actually wear an off the rack size 3 long in jeans...I feel good going from a size 7 to a size 3 over time, but I can't help but wonder how much of that is real sizing and how much is vanity sizing, because at the thrift store I can sometimes find like old size 12 jeans that fit me nice...so weird...
In terms of NSV - today is a food day and I made a keto cheesecake, and I hear there is a veggie tray, so I will get to participate and still stay on-plan for food, and that will be nice!1 -
tcunbeliever wrote: »Sizes are crazy...I'm making a size 36 christmas dress (I think it might be a uk pattern)...but the other pattern I picked had me at a size 18 (I don't know how old that pattern is but the price on it is 25 cents, so definitely old)...and I actually wear an off the rack size 3 long in jeans...I feel good going from a size 7 to a size 3 over time, but I can't help but wonder how much of that is real sizing and how much is vanity sizing, because at the thrift store I can sometimes find like old size 12 jeans that fit me nice...so weird...
In terms of NSV - today is a food day and I made a keto cheesecake, and I hear there is a veggie tray, so I will get to participate and still stay on-plan for food, and that will be nice!
I distinctly remember joining TOPS in my 20s after my first kid. I wore a size 16 pants and weighed 169. Now I'm at 175 and wear a size 12-14. American sizes haves definitely gotten bigger over the years with the numbers staying the same.1 -
I adjusted a family recipe to be keto-friendly and using a coconut flour pie crust (4 net carbs, including the crust) . and it almost worked!…which i will take as a win since this is the first recipe i have tried to adjust on a 1:1 basis (rather than finding ones that others have made).
i now know that using 100% dark chocolate baking chocolate + special dark cocoa powder do not make a good replacement for melted chocolate chips (too bitter). but I will plan better for christmas rather than wing it (and probably do 1/2 unsweetened & 1/2 semi-sweet)1 -
I adjusted a family recipe to be keto-friendly and using a coconut flour pie crust (4 net carbs, including the crust) . and it almost worked!…which i will take as a win since this is the first recipe i have tried to adjust on a 1:1 basis (rather than finding ones that others have made).
i now know that using 100% dark chocolate baking chocolate + special dark cocoa powder do not make a good replacement for melted chocolate chips (too bitter). but I will plan better for christmas rather than wing it (and probably do 1/2 unsweetened & 1/2 semi-sweet)
I tried 85% and 70%, and found 85 just too bitter. If using a keto sweetener, it might work. 75% was fine once you got used to it. Just at the edge point, but still decent.0 -
Finally got around to accepting that nothing fits anymore after my jeans almost fell off of me at the theme parks over the weekend. Went through the closet and this was all that was left. Two big bags of donations created: A NSV sure but this is going to be expensive! As much as I hate Black Friday I'm actually grateful for it this year to get a deal on work pants etc.
Only have 3 pounds to go to make my minimum weight and enter maintenance so should be in the safe zone for new clothes without having to spend twice.
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thank you for the tip, @CentaurusSoter! I will try that at Christmas
@qweck3 sweet!!! that is very awesome (sorry to hear about the catch-22 success at the theme parks…but glad to hear the end is in sight)0 -
I adjusted a family recipe to be keto-friendly and using a coconut flour pie crust (4 net carbs, including the crust) . and it almost worked!…which i will take as a win since this is the first recipe i have tried to adjust on a 1:1 basis (rather than finding ones that others have made).
i now know that using 100% dark chocolate baking chocolate + special dark cocoa powder do not make a good replacement for melted chocolate chips (too bitter). but I will plan better for christmas rather than wing it (and probably do 1/2 unsweetened & 1/2 semi-sweet)
Lillys brand has some keto friendly chocolate chips. I buy at Sprouts. Probably available elsewhere too.0 -
thank you for the tip, @CentaurusSoter! I will try that at Christmas
@qweck3 sweet!!! that is very awesome (sorry to hear about the catch-22 success at the theme parks…but glad to hear the end is in sight)
Np! Aldi has bars for $2 a piece. Quite a good deal compared to the keto branded stuff on amazon at $15.. 8 net carbs IIRR.0 -
I had no plans to workout tonight. I didn’t want to workout tonight. I ended up doing 10 miles on the bike and 30 minutes. Working out when I absolutely don’t want to is a victory for me. I wasn’t fat for a lack of trying to not be active..5
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The first time I got to goal was using bariatric surgery and I bought a size 8 wardrobe. Then I gained back a quarter of my excess weight but fortunately found keto to get it back off again. This time - at the same weight - I now wear a size 6 pant (size 8 will literally fall off my hips), so had to buy new pants.
Oddly enough I still wear size 8 on top, a ribcage can only shrink so much...
An odd NSV but I love having curves in the right places this time. 4 -
@PaulaKro not at all an odd NSV; i think that is an awesome & appropriate one (at least as much as i can being the wrong gender to fully appreciate the intricacies). congrats!
@CentaurusSoter that is an amazing victory. not to mention a wicked fast & hard workout.1 -
NSV Had to get rid of another pair of pants that were just too baggy. Right now tho I seem to be in between sizes. My 14s are getting too big, but the 12s I try on at the store are too tight.2
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gwendyprism wrote: »NSV Had to get rid of another pair of pants that were just too baggy. Right now tho I seem to be in between sizes. My 14s are getting too big, but the 12s I try on at the store are too tight.
I use my older shirts for workouts now, as they are nice and baggy. I'm donating my pants and shorts, as they're just uncomfortably big, and I don't workout in them. Luckily, my dress shirts fit better and the extra can be tailored to fit anyway.2 -
I like to turn my old baggy t-shirts into tank tops by cutting them and tying them back together...cut off the sleeves into a tank shape, cut the top seam off and retie to make it shorter through the shoulders, cut the side seams apart, cut horizontal strips and retie kind of like those tie blankets...recycling for the win!!!4
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Tonights workout was for me a victory. I've done 34:21, 12.4 miles (20k) tonight, burning 466 calories tonight. That's cool and all, but my victory was starting at 25, my bike's max resistance, and pedalling all the way through the 34 minutes.
That's a milestone I didn't expect to find this early.5 -
Really need to get new clothes soon. I found a belt for my jeans, but I'm tightening it more and more as I lose. Belt can only hold up though and not fill out. Jogging bottoms I wear on rest days, I can't walk around in without holding them up or pulling up every several steps.
I did get new underwear a couple weeks back though. Gone down couple band sizes and a cup size. Little sad about the cup but 32G (uk) is still a good size. Admittedly, 32 is a bit tight on first clasp, however 34 was good fit on third clasp (can't tighten further for when it loses elasticity) ... there is no in-between. Since I'm still losing I settled for 32. It'll loosen with time anyway.
Looking forward to new clothes when I get around to charity shop hopping. Wonder what my size is now.1 -
A quick way to get around the belt problem: Get a nail and hammer and create more holes.
In the states if you have a Dilliards outlet store near you that place is huge and packed with good go between clothes on the cheap. I always have to buy Tall sizes and it has a huge selection even in my new Large Tall size.
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