Thin In My Skin! (CLOSED GRP)

legnarevocrednu

I have been getting really discouraged. Not with my weight loss, but the past few weeks, I have slacked on working out and on eating as healthy. Hoping this week will change things around. As far as NSV's go, during this challenge, I completed the C25K and left the Obese category behind!

Shirley61

Please count me in Kristen, I need it. :sad:

I need to rock it !!

Shirley :bigsmile:

AmandaWarnerz1

I am yellow in the chart! WOOO! For some reason I had decided that would never be a possibility for me.
My NSVs have been things like: biking up the big hill our house is on, wearing jeans from four years ago, actually wanting to order things from menus that are healthy, and the silliest is a story...
I ride in a vanpool to work daily and sit in the seat behind the driver. I can see myself (my face) in the rearview mirror and when I started riding in the van, last January, all I could see of myself in that mirror was my huge double chin. It made me sad. I knew I had 40+ pounds to lose, but that mirror angle made me feel like all 40 were right there in my chins. Slowly but surely over the course of the last four months, the 40 pound chin has greatly diminished. This morning's ride to work I even thought, "Hey, I look like ME again!"
Thanks for the challenge, and I can't WAIT to do the next one in July. Count me in!

surferfreak07

Oooo NSV's what a great challenge!
I think mine would be
1) my friend commenting to my other friend in the gym 'who's that fit girl over there' then realising it was me!!!! He actually didn't recognise me so that felt pretty dam good!
2)I wore a bikini the other day and even though it didn't look great it looked way better than when I last wore one
3) A doctor congratulated me on losing 42 lbs so far which felt awesome!

Mel2626

Please count me in for the next challenge as well!

My recent nsv's would be:
1) I'm no longer classified as obese~ yay for being overweight (:laugh:) now to get to that normal healthy range!
2) Someone commented on my Facebook pictures from this weekend that every new pic I post I'm skinnier and skinnier!! :happy:

Good luck on the rest of this challenge, everyone!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

jentarver

Count me in on the Next challenge

NSV
June 9th I ran my first 5k with a time of 34:26, yesterday (June 19th) I ran a practice 5k in less than 31 minutes

PRoGreSS NOT pERfectioN!!!!

redbird99

I didn't get to post yesterday since I was on an all-day trip and I can't figure out how to post using my cell. But here are my stats anyway.

Redbird099/ Sabrina

Starting weight: 236.8
Challenge Goal Weight: 225.0

Current Weight: 231.0

04/09: 236.8
04/16: 236.0
04/23: 234.5
04/30: 234.5
05/07: 233.8 <<<mini goal weight: 234.0>>> MADE IT!!
05/14: 233.8
05/21: 233.3
05/28: 233.3
06/04: 232.5 <<<mini goal weight: 230.0>>>
06/11: 232.5
06/18: 231.0
06/25:
07/02: <<<challenge goal weight: 225.0>>>


Two more weeks and 6.0 pounds to go to get to my challenge weight. I don't think I'll make that, but any loss is a good loss!

My NSV would be wearing clothes I haven't been able to wear in years, plus looking better in them now that I did then!

And YES, I want to be in the next challenge, even though I didn't do great in this one. I am always hopeful.

jgunn81

ah, feels good to be back in my green square...

im in for the next challenge as well

hmmmm...NSV would have to be that some of my work shirts used to be snug around the belly area, now I kinda feel like they're getting too big, also, I'm starting to fit back into some clothes I haven't been able to in a while.

Good luck to everyone in these final two weeks, push hard!!

hah, just thought of a funny NSV from the other day, i went for a run on Sunday (sadly, i hadnt been since i started Insanity), and the shorts i've always worn were dam near falling off of me the entire time, it was annoying while i was running, but i had a great laugh about it when i was done.

thurberj

Thanks Kristen for all of your hard work on these challenges! I'm definitely in. I may be up in weight by the 9th as the week before that I will be on vacation in California visiting my daughter and the Chef (her husband). He does not cook low calorie. We will be going to Yosemite, so I hope to hike some calories off...lol

My NSV's.....my daughter's comment the other night about how great my arms were looking, plus my trainers comment that when she was looking at me working on the elliptical from behind, my arms looked skinny...

Also there are two women at the gym who are constantly telling me that i have inspired them to work out more (one has lost over 20 pounds) and that they are amazed at how much I can do and how strong I have gotten.

Congratulations to everyone doing this challenge, weather the scale has been kind or not, you are working towards a goal. I lose weight very slowly, but I know I am so much healthier and stronger. Exercise and making more good food choices than bad has become a part of my life!! Have a great week y'all!!

Jody

kristinkt

Roni - I love this challenge!! NSVs are positive thinking tools!! I love hearing & connecting with all the success stories we have. It is a great story to hear/read repeatedly!!!

Here are a couple of recent NSVs I have had:

- The other day I was shopping off the clearance rack & came across a dress I thought might work, but it was a size 10. Oh, well, I thought, I'll try it anyway. The results were that the dress was not for me, BUT not because it didn't fit or zip up. I can take a size 10 to the dressing room, and no one stops me to tell me that I have the wrong size & I don't have to look for the biggest size offered hoping that it will fit.

- My other NSV is that this summer I have actually made it to the neighborhood pool 2 times which is 2 times more than last year. Last year I was too self-conscious to chance seeing someone I know at the pool. This year I am okay with taking that chance. I am not making excuses as to why I don't want to go to the pool this year. And I have had to pass on a couple of last year's bathing suits to a friend since they are too big this year.

- There are NSVs that come up all the time & brighten my day - And I love that I can share here without feeliing like I am on a brag fest.

whallvr

I am so excited for a new challenge. Please count me in!!!!

NSVs include:
smaller clothing sizes
more energy
beating my triathlon time
food not being a center of my life
not licking the pan after making brownies

BLloudy

Reading all the NSV's has been so much fun tonight! Mine would be:

1. Buying (and coming really close to wearing comfortably) a size 14 pair of pants!
2. Having my picture taken at Costco to become a member and having to do a double take at the picture. Didn't recognize myself!
3. Going up and down a flight of stairs without being winded.
4. And the biggest change of all since this challenge has been my ability to get back on track after having a bad week. That is HUGE for me!! So happy there will be another challenge. They are helping me change my life. Thank you, Kristen!

sailingsal

My NSV's are
got down another clothes size (now UK 14)
swam 1000m in 30 minutes
got back to teaching sailing and enjoying it!
Got my camp permit for taking scouts away.

Been a good challenge and had fun, got back to doing things i enjoy and nearly at 50 pounds lost in total!

Brinasacat

i'm excited that you'll do another challenge, and hopeto be included. Even though I've not been active posting comments, I treat this like my official weigh in, so it's nice to be accountable somewhere and it helps to keep me on track! Thank you for your efforts Kristen. The charts are awesome!

amazon75

I'm in for the new challenge.

carolemack

The new chart looks awesome Kirsten! I really appreciate all the time and effort you spend with the challenges to give us all something to work towards and be accountable too. :flowerforyou: Please include me in the new challenge. :happy:

NSV's

I just came back from a shopping trip in the States...I bought two pair of capri's, one is a cargo pant and the other is a jean capri...both of them were a size 14 which I haven't been able to wear in years! A far cry from the tight size 20's from last summer.

On a totally different note...but a victory just the same...we stayed at Tulalip Hotel and Casino, I took down $550 American and brought home $1200 American. So, a great hotel room, fabulous buffets, (dreading next week's weigh in) great shopping, and made money to boot! You can't beat that! :drinker: :drinker:

ETA because it appears I can't spell today!

CrysButcher3

::Smh:: I'm not going to really tell you all what I think....because it is negative and I'm pissed. Maybe I should just forget losing weight and just give in to the fact that I will always be obese. Nothing like exercising, watching what you are eating to have the opposite effect. I actually threw my scale today. Scared my little boy....which I apologized for over and over. This is just ridiculous, and not really sure why losing weight has to be so damn hard. I'm giving it one more week, and then I'm finished and I will delete this site if I lose nothing and gain again. What is the sense of keeping up on something with no results? A 5 lb gain in a week? Makes no damn sense...especially with the way I have been moving and eating....I have stayed under 1400 calories a day, and I have been moving. In fact I have been working non stop around the clock cleaning houses to try to make some extra money. Some things...are just better left unsaid.

That's very frustrating! Perhaps there is something going on with your thyroid? That can make losing very tough. Perhaps a visit to the doctor is needed to make sure that those numbers are where they are suppose to be. Some people also seem to find low carb works better for them. There is something that will work for you, we just got to figure out what it is.

Our bodies respond differently to the stresses we put them under (yes it considers exercise stress! LOL). Maybe you need to set your weekly loss to a bit less to increase your calories and make things a bit easier on yourself. You are improving your health with all the extra activity but that can make you retain water too. It's tough when the scale doesn't co-operate. Have you taken measurements? The tape measure is much nicer when your activity is high. It has kept me going through some tough "stalls". Don't give up, just try something different (shorter workout, longer workout, rest days, cheat day, zig zagging, etc., etc.). You can do this, take a deep breath, look back on what was working for you before, has anything changed? Don't be so hard on yourself and look at the positives you have acheived. You are probably in much better shape than when you started, your clothes probably fit better, you probably have more energy. Throw the scale (make sure your little guy isn't there), call it nasty names (yes I do this on occasion), and get a tape measure.

Thank you Roni, you are right...something isn't right, but I weighed myself earlier this morning and I was back down those 5 lbs. What I decided to do was get rid of that scale for a month. I'm finished weighing myself starting next week. I will weigh myself ONE more time for this challenge then I am done with that scale. I need a break from it and I think I put too much stress on myself when I weigh myself and then find I have gained when I felt I should have lost.

I am not only doing that, but with the help of bluiz13 I am increasing my food intake. I've been skipping meals and not getting enough to eat in a day. ((just too busy sometimes)) so I'm working on that also. I'm not giving up yet....I'm going to try this detox from the scale thing and weigh myself again August 1st. I did take measurements and I will be doing that once a week instead of the scale...maybe that will show more anyhow.

Thank you so much for your feedback...I so very much appreciate it. Best of luck to you for the rest of this challenge. :flowerforyou:

Crystal

CrysButcher3

Name/ real name: Mandamommy3/Amanda

Challenge Goal Weight: 178lbs

04/09: 197.3lbs
04/16: 195.8lbs (-1.5lbs) happy
4/23: 195.8lbs (-0)
04/30: 193.1 (-2.7)
05/07:190.3 (-2.8)
05/14: 188.7 (-1.6)
05/21: 185.6 (-3.1)
05/28: 185.2 (-0.4)
06/04: 185.2 - Was visiting family and couldn't weigh in.
06/11: 184.4 (-0.8)
06/18: 179.9 (-4.5) ***No longer OBESE!!! Officially only Overweight!!!!***
06/25:
07/02:

Only 1.9lbs to my goal weight for this challenge! Definitely see that happening!

That is absolutely wonderful!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! What a feeling that must be!!!! Great job :flowerforyou:

dmolnaraz

...we stayed at Tulalip Hotel and Casino

I can't wait to head up that way. My parents are south of Seattle and I am taking my daughter for a visit just before her first birthday. It is going to be a wonderful break from the 110 degrees we are having in Phoenix.

CrysButcher3

I really wanted to do another challenge....but I'm putting the scale away for the month of July. I will continue back with the scale once a week in August. (unless I really had awesome results and it made a huge difference!) I just need a break from that scale and maybe my frustration will decrease a little.

Kristen I thank you so much for everything you have done with this challenge...the chart, EVERYTHING. I love your challenges....so hoping the next one you do I can sit in on. How long will this challenge you are starting go til?

I think I may have it figured out to why I am not losing much. I will be monitoring that and working on it and hopefully with great results. I will be weighing in for the last time Friday. I know I didn't meet my goal weight...but I stuck through this challenge which I can say was hard, but at least I stuck it through. Best of luck to you all....and hope to see you in the next challenge after August 1st.

:flowerforyou:

bikinibeliever

I'm in for the new challenge! Summer is the hardest time for me so I need the challenge to keep me in line! :flowerforyou:

PurpleCoookie

NSV-my stomach is flatter lol I was doing some squats and I noticed how my stomach doesn't stick out as much.

I'm in for the new challenge, the chart looks so pretty!

ksraider

You ask me to give a challange for this week. I not sure I'm the person to be trying to challange other people when it takes all I have to challange myself. It seems that I have lost all motivation. I was sooo busy looking foward to and getting ready for my daughters wedding that watching what I ate and exercising was just another thing to be checked off on my to do list. Well the wedding is over and it was beautiful but it seems that I have lost the motivation to continue. Maybe now that the wedding is over and not number one on my things to do list I am finding it hard to put me number one on my things to do list. That has never been easy for me. With five kids in ages from 29 to 11 there has always been something more important than me. So as I am writing this I realize my challange to you all is that everyday make yourself number one at least once that day. Take the time to do what you need before anything else. It may be just a couple of min. to take a deep breath and say I am worth it. This week has been rough for me. I think it has finally hit me that my daughter is really married. LOL. Or old enough to be married. I lost an uncle this week and it open my eyes that my own parents are not going to live forever as much as I wish it to be. So this week just love yourself and know "you are worth it.

I may not end this challange like I wanted to, but I will finish it at whatever weight and know that I tried and I am worth the effort.

Please add me to the next challange

sew1222

wow! i cant believe i didnt weight in on monday!!! out of your two challenges i never missed a weight day:sad: :frown: ....im really bummed about that....but i really do want and LOVE your next chart! im so in!

mandamommy3

Name/ real name: Mandamommy3/Amanda

Challenge Goal Weight: 178lbs

04/09: 197.3lbs
04/16: 195.8lbs (-1.5lbs) happy
4/23: 195.8lbs (-0)
04/30: 193.1 (-2.7)
05/07:190.3 (-2.8)
05/14: 188.7 (-1.6)
05/21: 185.6 (-3.1)
05/28: 185.2 (-0.4)
06/04: 185.2 - Was visiting family and couldn't weigh in.
06/11: 184.4 (-0.8)
06/18: 179.9 (-4.5) ***No longer OBESE!!! Officially only Overweight!!!!***
06/25:
07/02:

Only 1.9lbs to my goal weight for this challenge! Definitely see that happening!

That is absolutely wonderful!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! What a feeling that must be!!!! Great job :flowerforyou:

Thank you, it feels great. I haven't been in the 170's since I was pregnant with my oldest over 5 years ago.
And you've got this, you are probably right about not eating enough and that is why you have been having trouble lately. I hope putting the scale away for a while will help with your outlook on your journey.

kidskart

I'm up for another challenge in July! my goal in 163, that takes me out of the obese to the 'overweight' category, that would be such a big deal for me!!!! Thanks, Lisa K

mandamommy3

I used my Wii Fit today for added cardio on top of 30 DS and today I weighed in at 197.7lbs. Not an official weigh in but if its still there on Monday then I hit goal a week and a half ahead! O and I didn't believe it either so I did it like 4 times with the board in different places just to be sure, lol.

AmyByExample

I have LOVED reading everyone's NSV's. Such a great challenge filled w/positivity!

My NSV's:
-sticking w/this challenge start to finish
-trying new things (or stuff I haven't done in awhile) like biking, trampoline park, lap swimming again, getting out for walks w/my sister
-being able to consider that I maybe could do a triathlon someday
-getting closer to fitting into some of my smaller clothes

Kristen - thank you so much for another amazing challenge! These challenges really keep me on track. I am so in for the next one!!

balancejenn

Next challenge chart...



Maybe a different challenge name, etc...

Hello I'd love to join your next challenge!

CrysButcher3

I guess my NSV would be sticking with this challenge even though I gained through most of it. :brokenheart:
But.....
I'm doing a few things different and hope to see some results with those few things. I'm making myself eat for one. I never eat more than 3 meals a day and I eat pretty decent sized meals when I do eat. ((not exactly good)) So I'm concentrating on portion control and getting those 5 meals in a day. ((smaller portions))
Exercise even if it is for 30 minutes a day is a must for me. My thinking before was that if I didn't have time to exercise for at least an hour why do it? I'm trying to re-program my brain to not think like that.
Drinking 2 ice cold glasses of water BEFORE I eat each meal is a must for me now. I have read TONS of articles about that and they all say the same thing so I'm going for that one for sure.

These are changes that I believe will be for the better. I'm trying. That is all I can do and hope that those small changes are the ones that surprise me and put me back into the losing streak again.
I wasn't going to weigh myself for a whole month....but I know how I am with the scale. I decided not to take away the scale for the whole month, but to weigh myself only ONCE a week. My neighbor promised to keep my scale and I would weigh in Thursdays or Fridays instead of the weekends. (where it seems like I'm not as active)

I really don't know what I would do without Amy, Carole, Shirley, Kristen, and Denise. It is absolutely amazing to me how some people go above and beyond to make someone feel important and like their weight loss efforts matter even more than their own. If it wasn't for their support and compassion I think I would have given up last week and said ya know...it just isn't worth all that. So....THANK YOU....so very much.