What's your biggest non scale victory?

ALNoog

I updated my profile picture today and I can actually smile now without having what I call double cheeks (extra fat off the bottom sides of my face)..... AND I have a neck now!

I am so excited I can hardly contain myself!!

What are your biggest non scale victories?

discoveredamber

I am finally back in single digit jeans. :-)

RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle

Finally feeling ok about wearing a bikini in public.

hisbeautifulangel

My double chin has almost disappeared and i no longer look like a very fat pregnant woman lol. I'm also happy to be down to a size 13/14 after being in size 18-20 jeans

caroldavison332

This pear shaped gal happily reports that my legs look less like hams and more glam. Hip thigh and calf hooray!

kmr72

You all have some good ones. I can't wait for my day to come. KUTGW ladies!

Maleficent0241

I'm really early on in this game still, but I am so much stronger!

katznkt

I got to play on a jungle gym with my kids without feeling like I'd break it or get judged.

ALNoog

Those are all so great!

I can't wait until I am single digit pants! I don't think I've been in them since about 5th or 6th grade.

pierremignon

Before I started, I had to get my jeans tailor-made because a 40-inch one wouldn't even fit me. Now I wear 32" jeans! Same with my shirts. An XXL before would be too small for me, and now I'm down to small

amysgottadothisthang

My biggest NSV is increased self esteem! I am so proud of myself for sticking this out and making it a positive lifestyle change! Its not "just another diet"

acogg

I have been exercising for over a year! Pinch me, I am not sure that I am not dreaming!:laugh:

Jacquelineslims

Ive never posted anything in one of these forums, but you pose an interesting question...I really need to give some thought to "non scale victories".... I guess for now I can feel good about diminished cravings, quitting coffee, and better skin. Thanks. You look great by the way. Be proud of your accomplishments.

sunshinekind919

People I went to school with don't recognize me.

iRun_Butterfly

Just ran 5K for the first time ever on Monday! Could barely walk 3 miles 6 months ago, let alone run it!

ksmithnh

You are all great inspiration!! For me its the moments when I catch myself in the mirror and have to look twice to make sure its still me Long way to go but its the little victories like that, like having others around me tell me that I've inspired them to get started, and fitting into some clothes I haven't put on in 8-9 years that keep me going. Way to go everyone!

momxs2

My form is so much better when I walk/sit/stand ... I think it's from working my muscles and feeling stronger!

MB_Positif

Holding myself together mentally and physically through illness, brain surgery and the subsequent recovery.

kethry70

I knocked out 20 full, up on toes, push-ups this evening in one set. I couldn't even do one 14 months ago.:bigsmile:

ALNoog

Ive never posted anything in one of these forums, but you pose an interesting question...I really need to give some thought to "non scale victories".... I guess for now I can feel good about diminished cravings, quitting coffee, and better skin. Thanks. You look great by the way. Be proud of your accomplishments.

Thank you so much!
And congratulations on your victories!
I got so obsessed with the scale for so long that I didn't even realize I had accomplished so much.
It's important I think to recognize all the things that change as opposed to just weight loss.

stormydestiny

having to poke new holes in a belt that barely fit around me at all in october

PhearlessPhreaks

I don't know about biggest, but the most recent and the one that's made me super happy is I recently bought a pair of workout pants at Target- regular size, not plus size; I was concerned they'd be a bit too snug, but figured they'd be something to work toward. I was wrong. They fit! They freaking fit! Silly little thing, but it just made my week. I need to go buy more.

BarbBlue

I can fit in a size Large shirt and size 16 pants. I was in extra large and size 18....those are gone forever!

airdale8263

To be able to walk more than 10 minutes without huffing and puffing 7 months ago.

To go from a XXL shirt to a L, size 46 waist to a size 36....those are a couple NSV's

SchrodingersPlatypus

Because of all the cardio, I'm all set to walk the eight miles to work when our transit company possibly goes on strike.

chesnity3

Just yesterday my mother-in-law asked have I lost weight. A couple months before we weren't really getting along, so this was huge that she noticed now that we're talking.

verptwerp

Holding myself together mentally and physically through illness, brain surgery and the subsequent recovery.

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Bless you, honey

stormydestiny

RIGHT? i mean i'm still in the plus sizes but a month or two into my weight loss journey i bought a pair of pants two sizes smaller than what i started at to give me something to work towards.i nervously brought them home and tried them on to see the damage and they fit! not kinda fit , noooo them bad boys were comfy and i didnt look like i was stuffed in them, not once did i think "they are gonna rip at the seams at any moment" lol those same pants now need a belt to hold them on but they are still my favs

ALNoog

Holding myself together mentally and physically through illness, brain surgery and the subsequent recovery.

You are so inspirational! Congratulations on your recovery!

adrake611

My work scrubs fit better so I no longer look like a giant green sausage. Also, my clothes from my previous weight loss are starting to fit again.

MainahGirl

Not letting the pain of my arthritis keep me from walking 3 miles everynight!