NSV and Dark Confession
JeromeBarry1
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So, no, it does not belong in Success Stories.
According to my food diary, I went to the grocery store last Thursday.
How can I tell? Easy. After I get home from the grocery buying snacks and treats for my family, I pig out. Too often.
The NSV is that one of the bags of snacks I purchased Thursday was Fritos Scoops. This evening, I see that the empty bag has been discarded into the trash. My NSV on the subject is that I DID NOT EAT ANY OF IT!!!!!
I love my family members. The two adult children are not obese. My wife is not trying to lose weight.
I've been at this for over 3 years. It's still not easy.
According to my food diary, I went to the grocery store last Thursday.
How can I tell? Easy. After I get home from the grocery buying snacks and treats for my family, I pig out. Too often.
The NSV is that one of the bags of snacks I purchased Thursday was Fritos Scoops. This evening, I see that the empty bag has been discarded into the trash. My NSV on the subject is that I DID NOT EAT ANY OF IT!!!!!
I love my family members. The two adult children are not obese. My wife is not trying to lose weight.
I've been at this for over 3 years. It's still not easy.
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That's a great NSV! It's harder when you have that stuff in the house. Great job!1
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Wonderful display of self-control!0
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nice job !!!! love it0
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ha.
The grocery store and the Dollar Store are both places I have to be very careful. I live alone so if the Scoops come home, they'll be in my FOOD diary by the next day.
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Yes. I buy double stuff Oreos "for my teenage boys". Very dangerous. Ignoring the siren calls from the pantry is the struggle of a lifetime.2
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Same. Shopping day is always my worst day of the week because all of the new snack food is in. I am lucky in the fact that my family tends to buy the mini individual bags of chips, since it is harder to track on handfuls of chips out of a big bag. But still, this past shopping day I ate 2 bags of funyuns, a bag of combos, and one of those little cracker stick and cheese packs, and garlic bread pizza, Not to mention a few peanut butter cups and coconut chocolates I had left in my easter basket. Needless to say, I had to squeeze in my last meal very carefully that night.
Congrats to you on avoiding the temptation because you did way better than I did. XD0 -
I would feel victorious, too. The struggle is real.1
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Same thing happens with regular ice cream. Two quart size containers gone within 2 days and I haven't even taken a spoonful. Yet the other 2 at home complain about where all the ice cream went. Aliens, maybe?👽👾0
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Dumb question, but I haven't been able to figure it out exactly... what does NSV stand for? I get from context it's a moment of victorious realization, right? But what do the letters stand for?3
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smoofinator wrote: »Dumb question, but I haven't been able to figure it out exactly... what does NSV stand for? I get from context it's a moment of victorious realization, right? But what do the letters stand for?
Non Scale Victory.
It means a nice thing about losing weight other than the number on the scale.0 -
Thanks!0
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Hey, that's great! Way to go!!0
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This is not a new discovery. This is anecdotal confirmation of a phenomenon of what we variously call "prayer", "meditation", and "psychotherapy". It seems that by simply writing my success at avoiding those Fritos, I've also been able to avoid 2 complete packages of Oreos Thin Mints in the most recent week.
I think of this as a refresher course in self-therapy.0 -
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