What's Your Most Recent NSV

SisterSueGetsFit

I don't know if this is a NSV or not...But at work this week I had an appointment where I had to sit in a very uncomfortable plastic chair for over 4 hours at a time and it HURT the bones in my butt. Even though it was extremely uncomfortable I felt a little bit of joy. My butt has bones!!!

jbatinker

A gentleman I have worked with for a long time asked if I lost weight. I was so excited he noticed.

clfinn

Clothes are feeling looser!!

jpheller88

zaellany wrote: »

- I got some pants back from the dry cleaner, went to put them on, and realized, whoops - I can't wear these, they are way too big in the waist. I can't even safety-pin them so they fit right.
- Walked into work this morning and one of my coworkers said "you are smaller every time I see you!" (Not true, but was nice to hear)
- I bumped into a former coworker the other day and she didn't recognize me at first. I had to wave at her and she looked shocked. She said "your face is so different, I guess it's your cheekbones?" (you can see them now)
I haven't lost much on the scale but every time I see someone I haven't seen in awhile...I realize the "body recomposition" thing must be working

I love that your having that recompostition with not quite as much weight loss too! I've been stuck on the scale forever and it's been slightly infuriating but people still say I'm looking a lot better which I didn't really understand. It's nice to see that other people are having the same "problem" as me.

need2belean

I tried on this dress for a bachelorette party and felt sexy. I haven't felt sexy in a while. That was the moment I truly stopped caring about the number. That and when I tried on swimsuits a few days ago and for the first time in too long I didn't leave crying. I felt beautiful. yay

jpheller88

-When I sit in my car driving, I really notice how much smaller I am in the seat and when I look down, see much less of my tummy
-My bra doesn't create rolls of fat but sits nice and (almost!) smoothly on my back
-I had to create a new hole on my belt that I need to keep my pants up (loosing weight is expensive, I'm not buying new pants yet!)
-I have an incredible amount of energy and feel great and strong just walking abound
-And the biggest thing for me yet, is that I feel like I have finally broken my addiction to food. I no longer want pastas or cakes or just crappy delicious junk food because it's just not worth it. If I get nothing else out of this weight loss journey, I will always be so happy I at least finally hit that mindset where I really only crave and want food that will make my body stronger and healthier. It was always my problem in the past trying to loose weight and I'm just so grateful to get past it.

caroldavison332

The areas between my breasts and tummy is flatter and large, and my tops fit over my hips more loosely. Have to take in my tank tops because now they show my bra! Am going to run a seam about 1/2" from the last one along the top and another 1/2" seam along the sides to make it fit better until I can toss all of my fat clothing!

cschmitz110515

A co-worker noticed my jeans were fitting looser. Yay!

rldeclercq4

The girl I've started dating told me that she finds me really attractive. A first for me. At this point when my mom tells me I'm handsome I find it patronizing. I know this girl likes me for who I am but it's also nice to know that she likes how I look as well; it's a real confidence booster and encouragement to keep this up.

Also, in wearing a shirt today for the first time. It's just a work volunteer event shirt from 2015 but they didn't offer 3XL so I picked a 2XL and thought one day it might work - that day is today and it fits perfectly fine

adoette

A few weeks ago I went hiking in my gym pants (did it all the time) and my bug spray was ineffective to say the least. The pants had mesh for breathability in the 'hip' area so you can guess which part of me I've been scratching! (Ended up with mild West Nile too, which is why I decided on proper hiking pants.)

I went shopping today. I hate shopping. I was trying on a new brand, I'm usually a ten, but sometimes a 12, but I've lost 15 pounds, scree it, sizes 8-12 go in with me.

Tried the tens first, they fit well, but the zippers on the convertible legs were too tight when I squatted. I was swimming in the 12s. An extra 4 inches in the waist on those. I was hanging them back up when I realized that the 10s were actually 8s!

I fit into 8s! I never shop, so I didn't realize that I'd backed into a new size!

I bought real size 10s, coated them with permethrin, and can finally go out hiking again on Sunday. It's been a week and a half and I'm getting twitchy without my me time in the woods!

I also finally conquered the quandary of boneless skinless chicken boobs that weren't tough and dry. Crock pot! Because I will actually eat chicken, and this stuff is delicious, my meals today will put me OVER my arbitrary 80g goal for protein!

47Jacqueline

Almost 4 years on MFP. 3 at maintenance

ofcsfoster36

Have two of them. I am now able to do the exercise bike for 30 mins use to not be able to do 5.

The second is I had to buy a new bathing suit for vacation. My old one is a 4x my new one is a 2x. Plus I was able to buy it at old navy instead of the big and tall store.

SueSueDio

tri_gal_87 wrote: »

I tried on this dress for a bachelorette party and felt sexy. I haven't felt sexy in a while. That was the moment I truly stopped caring about the number. That and when I tried on swimsuits a few days ago and for the first time in too long I didn't leave crying. I felt beautiful. yay

This is the kind of thing that always makes me feel like I must have something in my eye...

It's so great to hear how much people's view of themselves changes, and how much better they feel! I'm not there yet and still feel very fat, but I'm slowly learning to appreciate bits of my body more than I have in the past and I've noticed that I walk 'taller' and with a bit more confidence. I think that one day I will be able to say that I feel good about myself again.

My sort-of-scale-related triumph today is that I'm overweight! My BMI is a smidge below 30 now, so I've dropped out of "obese".

Syneea

I'm eleven years older than my younger sister.. Since I lost the weight Several people assumed that she was the older sister or that we were similiar in age. Lol ... People used to think I was her mother.. She does Not like these recent comments. Lol

dutchandkiwi

Took my hip measurement last night. Workout at he gym is paying off. Lost 3 cm since I started there 3.5 months ago. It is not 99.5 cm. That is number I have not seen since I was 22, 25 years ago! That was the one time that it was monitored as I had had lipsuction then and to be honest my hips look better now with the workouts as comapred to post-op

CorneliusPhoton

I have gotten used to drinking coffee with just a splash of milk. I was a hazelnut creamer addict! Took a long time to just cut the amount of hazelnut creamer that I was using down to something that I could work into my daily calorie goal (only one cup of coffee per day, 2T of creamer in it). I used to ALWAYS have creamer on my shopping list and now I don't even remember the last time I bought it! Anyway, I started drinking coffee with just a splash of milk a couple of weeks ago for fasting reasons. Bonus - negligible calories that I don't even track. Coffee with milk has become my new norm. It's not delicious, but I'll deal with it.

So I put 2T of hazelnut creamer in my coffee this morning, because I decided that maybe once a week I can enjoy my coffee like I used to. But all I can taste is very fake hazelnut flavoring and it's not that good. Tossed the rest of the coffee down the drain. I think I'm over it!!!

quigonkim

I went shopping yesterday and found out that I've dropped my first pant size, on this weight loss journey! I have many more to go but this first one was amazing! So exciting!!

BrittneyLervig

I'm a nurse at the hospital and 3 different doctors in the same week asked how much I've lost and what I've been doing ☺️

fireytiger

Today I need to think about my NSVs because the scale didn't budge this week after losing 2lbs a week consistently for a month (boo, hiss, stupid scale!).

-My measurements have dropped in the last month. 0.5 in. off the neck and hips, 1 in. off my waist and off each thigh.
-I can count on one hand the number of times I've used an elevator since February, and I work on the 2nd floor of my building. The break room is on the 5th floor, and for a long time if I ever decided to go up there (maybe once a week) I would feel like passing out even if I went really slowly up the stairs. Today, I went up the stairs at a pretty good pace (not running but fast walking), and while I felt the burn in my legs by the time I was at the top, I wasn't gasping for air or seeing those little black spots like usual.
-My skin is clear and dewy, and has a glow to it that I didn't have before.

marinashakeel

Awesome thread. Keep it up guys. Trying to focus on mine but cant find any for now. One day i guess...