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Non Scale Victories

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  • papayahed
    papayahed Posts: 407 Member
    That's awesome you guys!
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    I think the NSV thread in the main forum is great and full of inspirational stories. However, this one means more to me because it is a smaller setting with people I know better. I also feel a little more comfortable sharing here even though this group is public it is not AS public as the main forum.
  • conniewilkins56
    conniewilkins56 Posts: 3,391 Member
    NovusDies wrote: »
    I think the NSV thread in the main forum is great and full of inspirational stories. However, this one means more to me because it is a smaller setting with people I know better. I also feel a little more comfortable sharing here even though this group is public it is not AS public as the main forum.

    This group feels more like “ home”
  • hansep0012
    hansep0012 Posts: 385 Member
    @conniewilkins56 - agreed, our LL group does indeed feel more like "home" - safe and familiar.

    ...and, I've been meaning to ask, your new picture features something in a casserole-type of dish, what's cooking?!
  • conniewilkins56
    conniewilkins56 Posts: 3,391 Member
    hansep0012 wrote: »
    @conniewilkins56 - agreed, our LL group does indeed feel more like "home" - safe and familiar.

    ...and, I've been meaning to ask, your new picture features something in a casserole-type of dish, what's cooking?!

    It’s a low calorie beef stew that doesn’t have much beef in it lol
  • conniewilkins56
    conniewilkins56 Posts: 3,391 Member
    Sometimes I make things and then can’t remember what I put in it!
  • bmeadows380
    bmeadows380 Posts: 2,981 Member
    the most recent NSV victory I had was being able to actually correctly and completely fasten the spanx body suit I wore under a dress over Christmas. Before, I'd just pull it down as far as I could and leave it unfastened, but I actually was able to get it clicked, and was a good thing too, because the dress needed the form underneath shaped to look good!
  • papayahed
    papayahed Posts: 407 Member
    That is awesome! Planks are hard.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    One of my NSVs in the near future needs to be to learn what a plank even is. I kind of doubt that it references a motivational tool on a pirate ship.
  • conniewilkins56
    conniewilkins56 Posts: 3,391 Member
    I don’t think I even want to know about a plank...I am doing good getting myself to go to the gym twice a week for a short bike exercise!
  • merph518
    merph518 Posts: 702 Member
    ^ completely agree!
  • bmeadows380
    bmeadows380 Posts: 2,981 Member
    I took my measurements yesterday afternoon since i hadn't done it in a while, but even though I'm about 8 lbs out from my lowest weight, I still seemed to have no change in measurements. But I had noticed that my pants felt looser and I had felt a little squishy yesterday, so this morning, I decided to take them again when I was fresh. I was down 1" on all measurements! I"m happy to be able to update that tracking metric :)
  • conniewilkins56
    conniewilkins56 Posts: 3,391 Member
    I had to put a rubber band in a knot in the waist of my pajamas because they keep sliding off my hips!...I think I need smaller p.j.s!
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    I can cross my legs but it is very uncomfortable which is a shame since I have waited a million years to do it again. It feels like a stretching/agility problem.
  • bmeadows380
    bmeadows380 Posts: 2,981 Member
    I've been big ever since I was a kid, so I never did sit with my legs crossed. usually, I'm just crossing the ankles. I've tried it a few times since I lost my weight, but it pulls the muscles in my hip and my knee, so I don't last very long.
  • merph518
    merph518 Posts: 702 Member
    I'm more comfortable sitting on the floor and/or crossing my legs than I was before, but I still don't feel very comfortable doing so.

    I've noticed that I have a greatly improved balance now though! Like just balancing on one foot to put on a sock or a shoe or something, I used to want to topple right over unless I leaned against a wall.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    merph518 wrote: »
    I'm more comfortable sitting on the floor and/or crossing my legs than I was before, but I still don't feel very comfortable doing so.

    I've noticed that I have a greatly improved balance now though! Like just balancing on one foot to put on a sock or a shoe or something, I used to want to topple right over unless I leaned against a wall.

    I have been scared to try standing on one foot (fat brain) to put on a sock. If I fall over and hurt myself trying it later I will blame you.
  • michne16
    michne16 Posts: 538 Member
    I doubled the amount of times I generally go to gym in January from 8 to 16. I also increased my weight lifting. I'll find out in a couple of weeks if it's paid off!