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Your first NSV (Non Scale Victory)

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  • sjebert
    sjebert Posts: 212 Member
    Mine was when I pull a pair of pants out of the closet, that I had not worn in two years and they fit
  • Shenzi03
    Shenzi03 Posts: 88 Member
    Mine happened just last week: I was able to run an entire mile without stopping once!!! It was so liberating and made me want to run more! :happy:
  • Donnacoach
    Donnacoach Posts: 540 Member
    I FINALLY broke a 10 minute mile on the elliptical. 9:54, but what's even better is I broke that again with 9:47. I know to many of you that's not very quick, but for a lady my size that is something I am proud of.
  • Sunscreenandsweat
    Sunscreenandsweat Posts: 190 Member
    Fitting into a size 16 and being able to bike more than 15 miles.
  • DRat71
    DRat71 Posts: 4
    (first post here - hello everyone)

    My first NSV was putting on my belt and not being able to get it tight enough - it ran out of holes and was still loose. I know that is not really a big deal but to me it was huge. :smile:
  • bekkaL85
    bekkaL85 Posts: 133 Member
    My first NSV was when the size 34 pants that I was wearing were falling down so much that I had to make a belt outta yarn around the house!

    My favorite NSV was when I was visiting my grandfather in Kansas and he told me that I was looking really good!! That one is just a beautiful feeling whenever I think about it.
  • sarafit926
    sarafit926 Posts: 62 Member
    I went shopping for an Easter dress on Saturday and couldn't get the one I really liked (an orange ruffly shift dress from Target) because they didn't make it any smaller than a size 2!! I know Target has size inflation and I'd probably still wear a 2-4 anywhere else, but it was a big win for Boyfriend to say, "That looks like it's too big. Let me go get the next size down" and then they didn't have it!!
  • JoDeeD
    JoDeeD Posts: 391
    My first was being able to get my wedding ring on again. I lost that ability 10 years ago when I was pregnant with my first child. My hands and feet have been losing weight really fast compared to the problem hips and stomach. My most recent was when a coworker told me I had to go out and buy new clothes because they could walk by me and pull my pants off. And yes I had to go from a size 10 to a size 6. Great day shopping!
  • Dinob661
    Dinob661 Posts: 251 Member
    My Milestone NSV is when I broke the size 40 threshold for pants. I'm down to 36 now :D
  • threasarenee
    threasarenee Posts: 78 Member
    bump for later
  • Amy911Gray
    Amy911Gray Posts: 685 Member
    Well, this wasn't my first NSV, but two weeks ago, my husband was talking to one of our neighbors from the window of his truck. I drove around and stopped to talk to the neighbor. After I drove off, the neighbor asked my husband who I was. He said," That was my wife." ROCK ON PEOPLE THIS IS FUN!!!!
  • rubbyk
    rubbyk Posts: 15 Member
    I had two people in the same week ask me if I had that surgery
  • CharlieBarleyMom
    CharlieBarleyMom Posts: 727 Member
    I've had so many... but I think the most important one is this:

    Even though I sat for 2 months with the SCALE back and forth between the same 2 or 3 pounds up and down... basically on a plateau... I did not give up. I continued to exercise. I researched ways to break the plateau in a healthy fashion. I mentally smashed the scale, but I stayed STRONG. I did not falter in my eating, logging, or exercising. I never gave up on myself. Finding the strength within yourself to say "oh well, what would change if I just 'gave up'..." that is big.
  • InfinitePoss
    InfinitePoss Posts: 60 Member
    Well I had been pretty bummed with the results on the scale lately but I have been feeling ten times healthier. Anyway, I have been doing Power 90 for about three weeks and, as silly as this sounds, when I was doing crunches the other day when I brought my legs up I was shocked, not exagerating by the way, to see definitition in my legs. This is a big NSV for me because even when I was in my best shape, my legs were always kind of pudgy - I could barely ever make out the shape of my knees;-)
  • twyrm
    twyrm Posts: 22 Member
    I did my first 5K run/walk a couple weeks ago. Pretty awesome since I had been telling myself my knees were too bad to run. The key really is to just try. Today I did 2.7 miles in my best time so far. It motivates me to keep working at it and see just how far this old body can take me!
  • OhioMade
    OhioMade Posts: 48 Member
    My mom keeps telling me "your face is getting slimmer!"
    My 36" pants are too big
    I can see in the mirror my gut is smaller and flatter
    My belt is almost out of holes
    I passed on two boxes of fresh doughnuts at work from my fav bakery!!!!!! That was a huge moment for me.
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