What's Your Most Recent NSV
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I'm watching my calories and learning to listen to hunger cues rather than eating because food is present. Last night, I went out to eat with friends at a Mexican restaurant. I decided that one delicious steak taco was plenty for dinner. Others had chips, queso, and salsa, and they didn't even tempt me. I thoroughly enjoyed my taco and the company, but I only ate what I needed to fuel my body. NSV!21
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I had to shop the after Christmas sales (something I avoid) for new workout clothes. It's embarrassing to have to keep stopping to hitch up too-big leggings while on walks!18
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About 6 weeks ago I purchased size 8 jeans because they did not have a size 10 short in the ones I wanted and it was a really good sale. At that time I could not zip them up at all. Today I was able to get them on comfortably and they zipped up all the way!24
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I had to order new bras with a smaller band!21
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On todays 4 mile treadmill jog at 3.7 miles I closed my eyes and lost my footing expected to be flung off. I completely was off it but grabbed the handrails and managed to jump back on and finish 4.2 miles.. thankfully didn’t injure myself in any way.. 😅10
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Ordered some size 18 pants today... my 20s are too baggy. I was in a 26 this time last year
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this is my 2nd Xmas that I didnt gain weight, Yea. I use to put on 7-8 lbs this time of year but I backed off sugar cookies and other sweets. Felt good I could wear my jeans.17
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After some health issues this past fall, I find myself gaining back some of the 60 lbs I'd lost over 4 years ago. Happy to say I'm back on track. Boy have I missed MFP!! Hello everyone!16
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I measured myself and i've lost 4inch from my bust, nearly 5 inch from my hips and 7.5inch from my waist!23
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It was time to buy clothes as everything I owned was falling off me. I thought my next new goal was to get into single digit pants. I figured I had a few months to go and was currently about a 10 or a 12. I went shopping yesterday and found out I'm between a 6 and an 8. I stood stunned in the changing room. I'm 15 from goal and I'm super curious what my size will be at goal. I have never worn a 6 in my adult life. So wonderful and strange at the same time.22
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It was time to buy clothes as everything I owned was falling off me. I thought my next new goal was to get into single digit pants. I figured I had a few months to go and was currently about a 10 or a 12. I went shopping yesterday and found out I'm between a 6 and an 8. I stood stunned in the changing room. I'm 15 from goal and I'm super curious what my size will be at goal. I have never worn a 6 in my adult life. So wonderful and strange at the same time.
Love this. I remember the same feeling of wonder when I had to keep going out of the dressing room for smaller and smaller sizes. My head and mirror hadn’t caught up to “real” changes. It was literally dizzying.4 -
I only had to adjust my bra once yesterday and with that bra that is kind of big as honestly it's too small.5
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I got to move into a misses size 16 Lululemon flare yoga pants for working out in! I used to wear a plus size 2X work out pant. They were not too snug and fit perfect. I have been losing a little weight but even more seeing changes in body re-comp because of the heavy lifting I have been doing at the gym. Yeah!15
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Not a NSV in the strictest sense of the term, but it made me laugh and is something I would have never thought of it I hadn't experienced it myself. So, my husband drives us places most of the time. I haven't needed to go anywhere by myself in a couple of months. I got my paperwork to renew my license plate tags last week and decided to go out today and do it. I get in the car and realize my butt has shrunk enough that my rearview mirror was now pointed too far up and I couldn't see the bottom of my rear window. LOL. I had to readjust it now that my head is lower in my seat than before. Not a side effect of losing weight that the average person would think of.21
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@Wynterbourne I would definitely call that a NSV!3
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It has been 15 years since I've been able to get down on the floor and back up again. A couple weeks ago I discovered that I could get down on the floor, play with my dog, and get up again--not gracefully, but effectively. PS. I'm 75.17
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I can now cross my legs and get my knees together ! After 55 pounds lost and about 8 years since I could cross my legs and get my knees together !! woot woot !20
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erotesis2015 wrote: »It has been 15 years since I've been able to get down on the floor and back up again. A couple weeks ago I discovered that I could get down on the floor, play with my dog, and get up again--not gracefully, but effectively. PS. I'm 75.
It's an amazing feeling when you first discover you can do that, isn't it. I'm 70 and understand totally what you're feeling.5 -
My son and daughter-in-law got me a sweater for Christmas in a size large. It was too big, so yesterday I exchanged it. I thought I would need a medium, but no, a small fit me perfectly!19
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That is really great. Congratulations!My son and daughter-in-law got me a sweater for Christmas in a size large. It was too big, so yesterday I exchanged it. I thought I would need a medium, but no, a small fit me perfectly!
In my case, it was sadly the opposite. Buying a medium turtleneck turned out to be overly optimistic. The neck is too large, but the rest is too small. Good motivation to continue, I guess, I don't want to waste the money ^_^.
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BartBVanBockstaele wrote: »
That is really great. Congratulations!My son and daughter-in-law got me a sweater for Christmas in a size large. It was too big, so yesterday I exchanged it. I thought I would need a medium, but no, a small fit me perfectly!
In my case, it was sadly the opposite. Buying a medium turtleneck turned out to be overly optimistic. The neck is too large, but the rest is too small. Good motivation to continue, I guess, I don't want to waste the money ^_^.
Bart, do what I did. I intentionally bought a pencil dress several sizes too small. It was , in fact, laughably small. I hung it in my closet sideways, so I had to move it to reach clothes that fit. Every day I would talk to that dress and stroke it and tell it what fun we’d have some day.
The day I wore it to an event was a red letter day.
I still have it. Now it’s too big, but I keep that one piece of clothing as a memorial of what got me here.
Having a solid, relatable, tangible goal really helped.20 -
Just had a second DXA scan and in four months' time, I lost 16 pounds of fat and gained 5 pounds of muscle.21
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Good idea! I bought four of those sweaters, so I am highly motivated, although, my spare tire is really motivation enough. The problem I have is that my head will likely be like a fleshless skeleton before the spare tire has really disappeared. Talk about being unfortunately proportioned ^_^springlering62 wrote: »BartBVanBockstaele wrote: »
That is really great. Congratulations!My son and daughter-in-law got me a sweater for Christmas in a size large. It was too big, so yesterday I exchanged it. I thought I would need a medium, but no, a small fit me perfectly!
In my case, it was sadly the opposite. Buying a medium turtleneck turned out to be overly optimistic. The neck is too large, but the rest is too small. Good motivation to continue, I guess, I don't want to waste the money ^_^.
Bart, do what I did. I intentionally bought a pencil dress several sizes too small. It was , in fact, laughably small. I hung it in my closet sideways, so I had to move it to reach clothes that fit. Every day I would talk to that dress and stroke it and tell it what fun we’d have some day.
The day I wore it to an event was a red letter day.
I still have it. Now it’s too big, but I keep that one piece of clothing as a memorial of what got me here.
Having a solid, relatable, tangible goal really helped.
On the other hand, the simple fact that I can now find something that fits anywhere I go, is already a major quality-of-life improvement! I hardly ever go shopping for clothes, but I no longer have to plan ahead. Yaay!
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In the past, I lost weight with the mindset of trying to eat as few calories as I could get away with and still survive. I just assumed that's how you do it. Like in my high school years when I survived on dry toast and non-fat yogurt. And even with MFP when I started 8 years ago, I set it at 2 pounds a week loss and stayed very strictly around 1200 calories, even with exercise. I got down to a size 2 from a 12 in almost no time at all. (And then all 40 pounds lost slowly crept back on.)
My NSV is that I'm doing again. But now my mindset is slow and steady. I've lost 13 pounds in 3 months (a lot of that water weight in the beginning), and took a week off around Christmas without too much worry. I eat more like 1700-1800 calories a day on average and I'm still losing. I'm working on getting back into running (covid attacked my lungs in 2020 so it's been a struggle), and basking in the glory of how just 13 pounds lost feels so, so good. I'm ok with it taking another 3 months to lose 10 more pounds, because it's worth it to not let it take over your life and to do it in the healthiest way possible.19 -
BartBVanBockstaele wrote: »
Good idea! I bought four of those sweaters, so I am highly motivated, although, my spare tire is really motivation enough. The problem I have is that my head will likely be like a fleshless skeleton before the spare tire has really disappeared. Talk about being unfortunately proportioned ^_^springlering62 wrote: »BartBVanBockstaele wrote: »
That is really great. Congratulations!My son and daughter-in-law got me a sweater for Christmas in a size large. It was too big, so yesterday I exchanged it. I thought I would need a medium, but no, a small fit me perfectly!
In my case, it was sadly the opposite. Buying a medium turtleneck turned out to be overly optimistic. The neck is too large, but the rest is too small. Good motivation to continue, I guess, I don't want to waste the money ^_^.
Bart, do what I did. I intentionally bought a pencil dress several sizes too small. It was , in fact, laughably small. I hung it in my closet sideways, so I had to move it to reach clothes that fit. Every day I would talk to that dress and stroke it and tell it what fun we’d have some day.
The day I wore it to an event was a red letter day.
I still have it. Now it’s too big, but I keep that one piece of clothing as a memorial of what got me here.
Having a solid, relatable, tangible goal really helped.
On the other hand, the simple fact that I can now find something that fits anywhere I go, is already a major quality-of-life improvement! I hardly ever go shopping for clothes, but I no longer have to plan ahead. Yaay!
It is so nice to be able to find clothes in regular sizes. Bart, I don't know if it's the same for men but the plus size clothes for women are so limited in both quantity and style as compared to regular sizes.
@springerling62 I also buy clothes in smaller sizes on purpose. Especially if I find something I really like on sale. Every couple of weeks I try them on until they finally fit and become part of my wardrobe. I love that you talked to your goal dress and became emotionally attached to it. The day you fit into that dress must have been one of your best NSVs.
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At the start of 2022 my blood pressure was 148/101
11 months and 142 pounds later and today is was 111/7322 -
In my experience, it is no different for the male minority of the population. The only place were I was still able to find pants for my size in my neck of the woods was at a Walmart, an expedition of about 4 hours (to go, shop and come back), and their choice was limited to jeans and some XXXL sweaters and T-shirts. Now, I have no problems finding things my size and I can finally buy turtlenecks again, my favourite piece of clothing since I was a small child, 55 years ago.It is so nice to be able to find clothes in regular sizes. Bart, I don't know if it's the same for men but the plus size clothes for women are so limited in both quantity and style as compared to regular sizes.
I rarely go shopping for clothes either way. There are some legal restrictions on running around naked as well as some practical ones as it gets quite cold in the winter and the sun can burn skin to a crisp, so I have no choice but to buy them. And, of course, it just "feels" better, for whatever that's worth. I usually buy four items of the same thing (except for shoes, I limit that to two). That practice saves me time, and I am always wearing my favourites, since I have nothing else. I guess it is called minimalism these days. I just call it being practical.7 -
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Over 315 days of no late night snacking 1 incident of late night snacking. Following community post No Late Night Snacking since March.8 -
Started Mediterranean Program 07Jan lost 2# . Staying the course for health benefits, the weight loss is the reward.6
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