Celebrating Non-Scale Victories! Members share your NSVs here!
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This made my day! LOve it!
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I stumbled upon EM2WL several months back when I began having issues with hypoglycemia (low blood sugar/non-diabetic) and I was trying to find the best way to avoid the low blood sugar episodes but hopefully still lose weight. (I'm not sure which of my MFP friends led to me EM2WL since several of them are on here but whomever it was...THANK YOU!) When I first started reading all of the EM2WL info I was reluctant like most but I've been reading about health, nutrition, and fitness for years because I truly love learning about it so the principles with EM2WL all made perfect sense to me and the fact that I wouldn't be starving was a bonus! I have literally tried everything since I became overweight at the age of 9, diet pills (as early as age 11), meal replacement shakes, nutrisystem (age 12), weight watchers (about 15 times, age 15-36), every workout craze, even HCG injections (two separate times in 2011) combined with the crazy 500 calorie diet that goes with it. I'd even burn mega calories (tracking with my bodybugg) and log every food I ate creating 1,000+ calorie deficit each day and get pissed off a few weeks later when I lost nothing and go splurge and give up. Yes... I have a horrible track record for that..not getting results I wanted so I'd get mad say screw it and go to McD's for a big mac, fries and DIETcoke (of course..lol) followed by ice cream! Little did I realize I was destroying my body as well as my mental well being by the horrible drastic actions I was putting myself through. I may have still been beating myself up that way had I not started having issues with hypoglycemia, but because of it I HAD to change my ways. I can't go without eating every 2-3 hours and I have to eat good carbs with protein and fats or my levels drop a few hours after eating and I get to where I feel as if I'll pass out and I have to quickly drink some juice. So now I eat the best I can to avoid it which means I'm eating MORE because I'm eating 6-7 times each day and I'm eating MORE because I'm eating better foods that are more nutrient dense and offer my body better fuel than that big mac and fries I used to eat. My body forced me to eat better, and now that I'm nicer to my body its finally being nicer to me! Since September I've lost 8 pounds most of which was in September and October when I was eating about 1650-1700 calories but still struggling with the low blood sugar a bit so starting in November I upped my calories to 1800 and started eating even better foods. My TDEE is only 1,816 with the very light activity I do because unfortunately the hypoglycemia has given me some anxiety especially when it comes to working out since exercise lowers your blood sugar I've been a little leery especially since I had a few episodes. I am however working on that and am starting to get back into working out since I do LOVE lifting HEAVY! When that happens I will up my calories accordingly. Between November and now I did an unintentional reset eating at 1,800 where I maintained my weight but in the last two weeks dropped a little more scale weight but I've been losing inches as well, feeling trimmer and fitting into clothes that were too tight. I guess my body finally realizes I'm done abusing it and its willing to let go of the stubborn fat.
My best NSV recently: last weekend the hubby and I went dress shopping for a big event on April 1st ( hes getting promoted to MSgt in the Air Force) and I tried on several dresses surprisingly I wasn't critical of myself! No I actually thought "wow! I look good" in almost every single dress! The only ones I didn't like it was because of the dress itself not my body. I used to try on 50 dresses and leave with 0..this time I tried on 7 and bought 2...I only need 1..lol! But my hubby said they looked so good he wanted me to get both (he actually wanted me to buy 3) and the one I don't wear to the promotion ceremony I can wear to a dinner out or something. The next day he even text me and said "I hope you know how stunning you looked in those dresses yesterday" talk about making my day!!!
EM2WL is really a life that I can and will live! It's not some crazy, drastic, unhealthy quick fix that helps me lose a few only to gain 10! I've always loved food, couldn't stand eating 1,200 calories a day and going to bed with my tummy growling and now I realize I don't have to! Now I can eat foods that fuel my body and look "stunning" while eating!!!
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This is great! And so encouraging to everyone else too!0
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I stumbled upon EM2WL several months back when I began having issues with hypoglycemia (low blood sugar/non-diabetic) and I was trying to find the best way to avoid the low blood sugar episodes but hopefully still lose weight. (I'm not sure which of my MFP friends led to me EM2WL since several of them are on here but whomever it was...THANK YOU!) When I first started reading all of the EM2WL info I was reluctant like most but I've been reading about health, nutrition, and fitness for years because I truly love learning about it so the principles with EM2WL all made perfect sense to me and the fact that I wouldn't be starving was a bonus! I have literally tried everything since I became overweight at the age of 9, diet pills (as early as age 11), meal replacement shakes, nutrisystem (age 12), weight watchers (about 15 times, age 15-36), every workout craze, even HCG injections (two separate times in 2011) combined with the crazy 500 calorie diet that goes with it. I'd even burn mega calories (tracking with my bodybugg) and log every food I ate creating 1,000+ calorie deficit each day and get pissed off a few weeks later when I lost nothing and go splurge and give up. Yes... I have a horrible track record for that..not getting results I wanted so I'd get mad say screw it and go to McD's for a big mac, fries and DIETcoke (of course..lol) followed by ice cream! Little did I realize I was destroying my body as well as my mental well being by the horrible drastic actions I was putting myself through. I may have still been beating myself up that way had I not started having issues with hypoglycemia, but because of it I HAD to change my ways. I can't go without eating every 2-3 hours and I have to eat good carbs with protein and fats or my levels drop a few hours after eating and I get to where I feel as if I'll pass out and I have to quickly drink some juice. So now I eat the best I can to avoid it which means I'm eating MORE because I'm eating 6-7 times each day and I'm eating MORE because I'm eating better foods that are more nutrient dense and offer my body better fuel than that big mac and fries I used to eat. My body forced me to eat better, and now that I'm nicer to my body its finally being nicer to me! Since September I've lost 8 pounds most of which was in September and October when I was eating about 1650-1700 calories but still struggling with the low blood sugar a bit so starting in November I upped my calories to 1800 and started eating even better foods. My TDEE is only 1,816 with the very light activity I do because unfortunately the hypoglycemia has given me some anxiety especially when it comes to working out since exercise lowers your blood sugar I've been a little leery especially since I had a few episodes. I am however working on that and am starting to get back into working out since I do LOVE lifting HEAVY! When that happens I will up my calories accordingly. Between November and now I did an unintentional reset eating at 1,800 where I maintained my weight but in the last two weeks dropped a little more scale weight but I've been losing inches as well, feeling trimmer and fitting into clothes that were too tight. I guess my body finally realizes I'm done abusing it and its willing to let go of the stubborn fat.
My best NSV recently: last weekend the hubby and I went dress shopping for a big event on April 1st ( hes getting promoted to MSgt in the Air Force) and I tried on several dresses surprisingly I wasn't critical of myself! No I actually thought "wow! I look good" in almost every single dress! The only ones I didn't like it was because of the dress itself not my body. I used to try on 50 dresses and leave with 0..this time I tried on 7 and bought 2...I only need 1..lol! But my hubby said they looked so good he wanted me to get both (he actually wanted me to buy 3) and the one I don't wear to the promotion ceremony I can wear to a dinner out or something. The next day he even text me and said "I hope you know how stunning you looked in those dresses yesterday" talk about making my day!!!
EM2WL is really a life that I can and will live! It's not some crazy, drastic, unhealthy quick fix that helps me lose a few only to gain 10! I've always loved food, couldn't stand eating 1,200 calories a day and going to bed with my tummy growling and now I realize I don't have to! Now I can eat foods that fuel my body and look "stunning" while eating!!!
LOVE this! Thanks for sharing. This is a very encouraging post!0 -
Just took my 2 month progress pics and I couldn't believe the difference. I am trying to find my true TDEE and doing Stronglifts 5x5. I don't know how to post pics on here, so I am including the link to my blog post. Thanks!
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/caleo2006/view/2-month-progress-pics-em2wl-style-5160230 -
Caleo, WOW big changes!! That's amazing that it only took 2 months. You can really see you're smaller through your mid section and legs and upper back. Great work!!
As for me, I am down another 5 lbs or so.0 -
Two major NSV's lately. The first one has to do with a pair of incentive jeans that I bought back in February. They were tight to button and there was major muffin top. So I just looked at them and didn't wear them. Until mid-May that is. I've been wearing them since. Here's the comparison pics (if I remember how to post pics on here). The second NSV is pretty major for me. For the first time in my life I did a REAL PUSH-UP yesterday. No knees, no degrees (I'd been doing 30 degree push-ups pretty regularly) - a regular flat on the ground full body push-up. I did THREE!!! Practice practice practice has helped with the push-ups. I think planks have really helped and I think doing reverse push-ups helped a TON!! Anyways, here's the pic - hopefully!
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NSV- My body is thanking me for eating more food!
My sex drive is back. It`s almost a problem with the kids around all the time. Sigh.
My hair is nicer. It`s not kinky and dry it`s been smooth and pretty for a week or so now. Why? More food.
I`m not reacting to things that happen to me with mistrust and anger. A completely mental thing, but since I have some serious family problems I usually react the same way to them. Somehow my mind can get around it now. My brain has more food.
I really was, a fat anorexic. Now that I average in my burns to my food I ate like 500-1000 cal a day for 3 years. Of course I ate more but I exercised a lot too. crazy! YOur body can live on that. But it sure doesn`t feel like life does it.
I don`t look better but I feel so much better.0 -
I’ve written a few NSVs lately on my profile (and seen them shared on the Facebook page, blush and thank you!) and I wanted to pull them all together with my history as a reflection of how far I’ve come in 2013 and let you know how Eat More To Weigh Less has helped me change my life in the last six months. I am so much stronger, mentally and physically, than I ever realised I could be. I am so grateful for the patience and wisdom of the EM2WL team and members on the forum, all the unpaid work you do and time you give. You are heroes and I feel like telling you this every day.
I’m not at my “goal weight” yet but that has become less important over time, especially as I reflect on how I’ve changed my relationship with my body and food over the last year, now the healthiest it has ever been. For me the main reason to care about the number on the scale now is because one of my goals for 2014 is to be able to deadlift my own body weight. I have lost over 28kgs / 62lbs in the last year and countless centimetres/inches (I haven’t been very consistent with measuring) and about four dress sizes. I focus on small weight loss goals at a time with no “perfect” or “ultimate” number in mind, though I do want to lose more weight and reduce my body fat %. Eat More To Weigh Less has taught me how much the diet industry and women’s media has failed us, and lied to us. I have so much knowledge now and without evangelising, I want to be able to give that information to the people in my life who are struggling, when they ask me for it. Now that they finally believe me that I’m not following some magic diet, they really want to know HOW I’ve been successful. I tell them, lifting weights, and eating more! I direct them to Eat More To Weigh Less and let them know I’ll be there if they need help getting started. Some of them have started, some of them won’t, but at least they can see me and know it is possible without fad dieting.
Ten years ago I was thrown against a wall by an ex and suffered from what was probably undisguised whiplash. I spent the next decade in chronic and debilitating pain and experienced frequent migraines. The pain was so bad a neurologist said the reason I spent a year throwing up multiple times a day was "stomach migraine". I was really fit and slim before that but now in pain, I became afraid of movement, my body got fat and tired and my anxiety and depression got worse. I had a couple of years of intensive physiotherapy for my neck which didn’t help. I lived like a victim. This man wasn't the last abuser in my life, but he was the one who did the most mental and physical damage.
I've done so much psychological and physical work in the last year to release that trauma, making unconventional choices in the right “therapies” or “treatments”. I focused on relationships of love and trust in my life, and learning to love myself past the body positivity I tried to practice. I finally decided that body positivity could also mean it was okay to want to _change_ my body. When I joined MyFitnessPal earlier in 2013, I wanted to lose weight but realised I needed to stop crash dieting, because I would lose only to regain. I’d been doing a lot of cardio and resistance training, but I didn’t feel balanced, and was still binge eating. Overcoming disordered eating is possible, but it took me months of mindfulness and vigilance, and realising that instant gratification wasn’t helping or satisfying me.
I was lucky that some of the women on my friends list were following Eat More To Weigh Less, and I was encouraged to check out the forum and website. I had been eating my BMR (and not eating back exercise calories) and losing weight, but with all the exercise I was doing I was hungry all the time. In June I took a leap of faith and upped my calories slowly. Since then I have a better grasp on my TDEE and eat a 20% cut which is around 2000 calories a day (or more!) and am still losing weight. That’s when I really started to make strength gains and lose more weight. There were times when I doubted. There were times when I wasn’t consistent either, I love cooking and I love food and I still eat out with family and friends. I don’t believe food has a moral value and while I enjoy it in moderation, I don’t feel guilty about the choices I make. I don’t punish myself by exercising more just because I ate more on a one off occasion. I’ve always known how to eat healthily (I was brought up vegetarian though I’m no longer one) with a focus on fruit, vegetables and whole grains. My problem was eating too much (sugar especially) with emotional and hormonal binge eating, taking different medications for my health that made me gain even more weight, and not exercising enough. I haven’t cut anything out while counting calories, in fact I’ve probably added more, but with a greater balance. I’ve never liked soft drink and I don’t drink a lot of alcohol either, but still enjoy it on occasion. I eat heaps of carbs. My main focus is my protein macro and eating over 100g of protein a day, to help in building muscle. I find if I focus on protein all my other macros fall in line. I break many of those stupid (and unscientific) “dieting rules” and eat late dinners, snack late at night (I hate going to bed hungry) and I eat dessert every day. Something so important I learnt when overcoming disordered eating was learning to trust my body and my hunger again, and listen to it. I now know when I need to eat more and I’m not afraid to.
I decided to make 2013 my year of focusing on getting other chronic health conditions I had under control. Eating more and being fitter and stronger helped me find the courage and energy to pursue treatments I needed, because I didn’t want anything holding me back! I grew bored with the cardio and resistance training I was doing. A girlfriend of mine had been lifting, doing CrossFit and now Olympic lifting, and I was in awe of her, but still afraid. I saw all the inspiring women from Eat More To Weigh Less on my friends list lifting and I wanted to start. Your encouragement meant so much to me. I paid a trainer for a few sessions to teach me how to correctly and safely do compound lifts, and then started StrongLifts on my own.
I’ve become a more confident person in the last year (I even wear sleeveless clothes outside the house!) and always looking for ways to challenge my fitness rather than staying still physically (and mentally). Kiki recently helped me reflect on how my relationship with cardio has changed. I used to do so much cardio so I could burn more and lose more, and that worked because I was eating well. That approach is boring and exhausting though. I even used to do cardio and lift weights on the same days, I'd hate to contemplate doing that often now! My cardio goal for next year is to find more opportunities and time to go on hikes with local groups, because it's nice to get out of the city and the hikes are challenging. I walk a lot, because I don’t have a car, so I get a lot of NEAT. I’ve never been a runner but I’ve started doing C25K and I love it, especially because it’s only a half hour commitment three times a week. I also LOVE how efficient my workout is when I concentrate on compound lifts for 30-45 minutes three times a week. Something Kiki wrote that resonated with me about designing her workout schedule: "some things are included out of necessity, and other just for kicks". For me, lifting and doing -some- cardio is necessity, and I think Pilates is my kicks (when I find time for it, or yoga). I'll continue to mix up what I do as I make strength gains or get bored, because I like new challenges and variety. I'm never doing hours of cardio again though, unless it's outdoors. I even want to do Park Run next year - the old me would have shied from running outdoors with people I don’t know.
It wasn't until I started learning to lift “heavy” and got strong that it all came together. Today I have a strong back and shoulders and can hold my neck up without exhaustion. My chronic pain is gone and I rarely get migraines. I've never felt as feminine as I do now with curves and muscle (I joke that my body type is now “muscular hourglass”). I thought there'd be a point before now where I'd look at my body and think, "That's enough muscle". I now know I've got a long way to go until that, because I love celebrating more muscle! I'm so centred and I feel so powerful, and that feeling comes from challenging my strength and building muscle. I never thought I’d want my body to do what it does now, and didn’t know how much I’d enjoy it. Mentally I am calm and I feel like no one could (or should) mess with me. I am less defensive and I don't live in fear every day. If I ever have a daughter I will encourage her to do a martial art or lift weights, because I believe these are powerful practices to create a mental and physical posture to shield from potential abusers, and live with confidence and strength. To live with power. The real “secret” to my success so far has been getting strong!
Before (about a year ago) and now photo!
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Wow Kathleen, You have really triumphed over so much!! Thanks for sharing your story! You look gorgeous!!I’ve written a few NSVs lately on my profile (and seen them shared on the Facebook page, blush and thank you!) and I wanted to pull them all together with my history as a reflection of how far I’ve come in 2013 and let you know how Eat More To Weigh Less has helped me change my life in the last six months. I am so much stronger, mentally and physically, than I ever realised I could be. I am so grateful for the patience and wisdom of the EM2WL team and members on the forum, all the unpaid work you do and time you give. You are heroes and I feel like telling you this every day.
I’m not at my “goal weight” yet but that has become less important over time, especially as I reflect on how I’ve changed my relationship with my body and food over the last year, now the healthiest it has ever been. For me the main reason to care about the number on the scale now is because one of my goals for 2014 is to be able to deadlift my own body weight. I have lost over 28kgs / 62lbs in the last year and countless centimetres/inches (I haven’t been very consistent with measuring) and about four dress sizes. I focus on small weight loss goals at a time with no “perfect” or “ultimate” number in mind, though I do want to lose more weight and reduce my body fat %. Eat More To Weigh Less has taught me how much the diet industry and women’s media has failed us, and lied to us. I have so much knowledge now and without evangelising, I want to be able to give that information to the people in my life who are struggling, when they ask me for it. Now that they finally believe me that I’m not following some magic diet, they really want to know HOW I’ve been successful. I tell them, lifting weights, and eating more! I direct them to Eat More To Weigh Less and let them know I’ll be there if they need help getting started. Some of them have started, some of them won’t, but at least they can see me and know it is possible without fad dieting.
Ten years ago I was thrown against a wall by an ex and suffered from what was probably undisguised whiplash. I spent the next decade in chronic and debilitating pain and experienced frequent migraines. The pain was so bad a neurologist said the reason I spent a year throwing up multiple times a day was "stomach migraine". I was really fit and slim before that but now in pain, I became afraid of movement, my body got fat and tired and my anxiety and depression got worse. I had a couple of years of intensive physiotherapy for my neck which didn’t help. I lived like a victim. This man wasn't the last abuser in my life, but he was the one who did the most mental and physical damage.
I've done so much psychological and physical work in the last year to release that trauma, making unconventional choices in the right “therapies” or “treatments”. I focused on relationships of love and trust in my life, and learning to love myself past the body positivity I tried to practice. I finally decided that body positivity could also mean it was okay to want to _change_ my body. When I joined MyFitnessPal earlier in 2013, I wanted to lose weight but realised I needed to stop crash dieting, because I would lose only to regain. I’d been doing a lot of cardio and resistance training, but I didn’t feel balanced, and was still binge eating. Overcoming disordered eating is possible, but it took me months of mindfulness and vigilance, and realising that instant gratification wasn’t helping or satisfying me.
I was lucky that some of the women on my friends list were following Eat More To Weigh Less, and I was encouraged to check out the forum and website. I had been eating my BMR (and not eating back exercise calories) and losing weight, but with all the exercise I was doing I was hungry all the time. In June I took a leap of faith and upped my calories slowly. Since then I have a better grasp on my TDEE and eat a 20% cut which is around 2000 calories a day (or more!) and am still losing weight. That’s when I really started to make strength gains and lose more weight. There were times when I doubted. There were times when I wasn’t consistent either, I love cooking and I love food and I still eat out with family and friends. I don’t believe food has a moral value and while I enjoy it in moderation, I don’t feel guilty about the choices I make. I don’t punish myself by exercising more just because I ate more on a one off occasion. I’ve always known how to eat healthily (I was brought up vegetarian though I’m no longer one) with a focus on fruit, vegetables and whole grains. My problem was eating too much (sugar especially) with emotional and hormonal binge eating, taking different medications for my health that made me gain even more weight, and not exercising enough. I haven’t cut anything out while counting calories, in fact I’ve probably added more, but with a greater balance. I’ve never liked soft drink and I don’t drink a lot of alcohol either, but still enjoy it on occasion. I eat heaps of carbs. My main focus is my protein macro and eating over 100g of protein a day, to help in building muscle. I find if I focus on protein all my other macros fall in line. I break many of those stupid (and unscientific) “dieting rules” and eat late dinners, snack late at night (I hate going to bed hungry) and I eat dessert every day. Something so important I learnt when overcoming disordered eating was learning to trust my body and my hunger again, and listen to it. I now know when I need to eat more and I’m not afraid to.
I decided to make 2013 my year of focusing on getting other chronic health conditions I had under control. Eating more and being fitter and stronger helped me find the courage and energy to pursue treatments I needed, because I didn’t want anything holding me back! I grew bored with the cardio and resistance training I was doing. A girlfriend of mine had been lifting, doing CrossFit and now Olympic lifting, and I was in awe of her, but still afraid. I saw all the inspiring women from Eat More To Weigh Less on my friends list lifting and I wanted to start. Your encouragement meant so much to me. I paid a trainer for a few sessions to teach me how to correctly and safely do compound lifts, and then started StrongLifts on my own.
I’ve become a more confident person in the last year (I even wear sleeveless clothes outside the house!) and always looking for ways to challenge my fitness rather than staying still physically (and mentally). Kiki recently helped me reflect on how my relationship with cardio has changed. I used to do so much cardio so I could burn more and lose more, and that worked because I was eating well. That approach is boring and exhausting though. I even used to do cardio and lift weights on the same days, I'd hate to contemplate doing that often now! My cardio goal for next year is to find more opportunities and time to go on hikes with local groups, because it's nice to get out of the city and the hikes are challenging. I walk a lot, because I don’t have a car, so I get a lot of NEAT. I’ve never been a runner but I’ve started doing C25K and I love it, especially because it’s only a half hour commitment three times a week. I also LOVE how efficient my workout is when I concentrate on compound lifts for 30-45 minutes three times a week. Something Kiki wrote that resonated with me about designing her workout schedule: "some things are included out of necessity, and other just for kicks". For me, lifting and doing -some- cardio is necessity, and I think Pilates is my kicks (when I find time for it, or yoga). I'll continue to mix up what I do as I make strength gains or get bored, because I like new challenges and variety. I'm never doing hours of cardio again though, unless it's outdoors. I even want to do Park Run next year - the old me would have shied from running outdoors with people I don’t know.
It wasn't until I started learning to lift “heavy” and got strong that it all came together. Today I have a strong back and shoulders and can hold my neck up without exhaustion. My chronic pain is gone and I rarely get migraines. I've never felt as feminine as I do now with curves and muscle (I joke that my body type is now “muscular hourglass”). I thought there'd be a point before now where I'd look at my body and think, "That's enough muscle". I now know I've got a long way to go until that, because I love celebrating more muscle! I'm so centred and I feel so powerful, and that feeling comes from challenging my strength and building muscle. I never thought I’d want my body to do what it does now, and didn’t know how much I’d enjoy it. Mentally I am calm and I feel like no one could (or should) mess with me. I am less defensive and I don't live in fear every day. If I ever have a daughter I will encourage her to do a martial art or lift weights, because I believe these are powerful practices to create a mental and physical posture to shield from potential abusers, and live with confidence and strength. To live with power. The real “secret” to my success so far has been getting strong!
Before (about a year ago) and now photo!0 -
Great work on body, attitude, injury, mental state, incredible transformation.
It'll be interesting to see what 2014 turns up. With weight still coming off, you'll reach that deadlift goal before you know it.0 -
I have been feeling quite down since stepping on the damn scale the other day as it keeps climbing up.
I found a picture of myself from last April and made a comparison shot from today where I am roughly 10 lbs heavier.
Here's the difference:
My lower body is my area of contention especially my upper thighs as I have a lot of loose skin since losing over 90 lbs.
I have been focusing on performance goals the last while... back squat of 185 lbs, dead lift of 235 lbs, bench of 140 lbs so I'm def getting stronger.
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Hey Everyone, I"m not sure If I have a real NSV because I still have really bad days and I have't lost weight or even inches, BUT I felt like mentioning this.
I am at my heaviest know weight at 190 pounds BUT I don't feel like 190 pounds, my inches are are up, not by much but it is more than when I started exercising this past summer. I was feeling so blah and flabby last year and I thought about it today and no matter how small I got I always felt flabby and fat. I was never happy with what I saw, and this is where it gets me, I look in the mirror now and even though I am at my heaviest and am up a couple inches, I don't think I look that different than when I was at 160 pounds. or lower. In pictures you can tell a little bit but those pictures were when I was starving and moody and felt ugly all the time. When I was at my lowest weight at 15 I still felt disgusting, I only knew I lost quite a bit because that morning I fainted in class and was sent to get blood work/tests and when the nurse told me my weight I didn't even believe her. It feels as though no matter how small I got and never saw it or believed it. I recently went through some pictures of myself 4 years ago when I was practically starving trying to get thinner and I looked good, BUT back then I thought I was hideous and huge. Now I do have pretty bad days and sometimes I have that voice in my head telling me I should feel bad for weighing this much but Im not going to obsess over it like I used to.
Today I went in for a consultation appointment for a treatment on my thighs and when I stepped on the scale and the nurse told me my weight, I didn't even think much about it. Before I would have probably broke down/ made myself miserable over it but I didn't. I don't need too think about, because over thinking it won't make that number go down, it will only drive me crazy. Like I said before I don't think I look that different than when I weighed less. I actually think in many ways I look better. My arms have muscle that they never used to have, not only biceps but my triceps and delts are starting to show real nice. My shoulders seem more "square", I guess because my posture had improved and my shoulders are getting stronger. My butt is at its widest but it is lifted and I have a squat booty for sure. my thighs are my thighs but I can feel them and they feel so much stronger.
I may have been struggling with EM2WL but I know it will work for me in the end and these struggles will feel like nothing in the grand scheme of things. Im still trying to nail down my numbers and have recently bought a Body-media fit to help me out. Now I feel like I have finally gotten over my fear of my weight. I think that because of this I can finally move forward. I can finally let good changes roll in, i feel like that fear of my weight held me back but it isn't anymore.0 -
Great attitude change. Great job taking it from the high side. Hope you aren't gaining anymore though, don't need that.
Let me know if you need the methods for seeing if the BodyMedia sensors are working well for you.0 -
Thank you, and no I haven't gained any more. Im actually down a pound. I don't think I have my numbers nailed though and I will definitely let you know if I need help with the body media when it arrives. Hoping that will give me a better idea. Thank you again.0
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I have been with MFP since March after cancelling my subscription with Weight Watchers that I had for 2 years. I have lost the same 5 pounds probably a 100 times over. I found EM2WL at the beginning of April and did a lot of research about diet, exercise, BMR, and TDEE trying to understand it. I have to say that I have finally figured it out. I have lost 5 pounds already and love to watch the scale go down and feeling great. I am eating regular meals everyday in which I was not doing before and am currently training for a half marathon. Thank you EM2WL.0
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Lately, I haven't been weighing myself because it's discouraging, last I checked I was up 2 lbs. But also, even though I might be heavier, I look more toned, after only two weeks. I'm not at TDEE yet either. I see other people going through the same thing as well, good to see that I'm not alone!0
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I have been with MFP since March after cancelling my subscription with Weight Watchers that I had for 2 years. I have lost the same 5 pounds probably a 100 times over. I found EM2WL at the beginning of April and did a lot of research about diet, exercise, BMR, and TDEE trying to understand it. I have to say that I have finally figured it out. I have lost 5 pounds already and love to watch the scale go down and feeling great. I am eating regular meals everyday in which I was not doing before and am currently training for a half marathon. Thank you EM2WL.
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Lately, I haven't been weighing myself because it's discouraging, last I checked I was up 2 lbs. But also, even though I might be heavier, I look more toned, after only two weeks. I'm not at TDEE yet either. I see other people going through the same thing as well, good to see that I'm not alone!
Keep up the great work! Those changes that you are seeing in the mirror are so much more important than those fluctuations on the scale. As you are adjusting your calorie intake, things *will* shift on the scale --- this is totally to be expected. Just stay consistent and those results keep coming (don't forget to take pictures!)0 -
It's amazing what the warm weather will bring... my TDEE has gone up from 2700 to 3100! I'm still doing strength training/circuits 3x per week (and making good gains) but have added extra hiking/walking on the other days. It's so nice to be outside, and I increased my fitbit step goal too so that really gets me moving. One month ago I was 219.2 lb, I'm now down to 213 lb (with an exercise and diet break). Ive been able to increase my TDEG from 2185 to 2400 due to all the extra exercise. And I've gained so much cardio endurance in the past few months I've even been able to breeze through the first week of C25K. I am down 38 lbs in total since last year, 12 lb away from my half goal of 50 lb.0
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Thought I would do an update here! I took my measurements today after just 2 weeks and I have lost 2 inches from my abdomen, 2 inches from my hips, 0.5 inches from my waist, 1 inch from my thigh and half an inch from my forearm! I am delighted as I am also gaining muscle and can visibly see it from my training for the past month. I feel well. I am weighing in tomorrow for an official weigh in, 2 days rest, low sodium etc, and I can already see from weighing in recently that I am definitely going down in numbers. I have lost atleast 0.5lb.0
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I wanted to share these progress photos! They took some time to create. I decided that I'm going to make one for every month of this year. This is about 5 and a half weeks progress. I lost 3lbs and gained some muscle definition. The last 2 weeks the scale hasn't budged, but I measured myself and I'm still losing inches. Plus I noticed that I'm definitely starting to get some arm muscles! I think that the luchadora on the bottom looks a bit stronger/more intimidating, don't you? Lol.
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Reposting this awesome NSV from Tipularia:
"I've lost 3 inches overall in the past 12 days! While eating a crazy amount of calories AND having the best time lifting heavy weights! The scale doesn't show any of this, but the digital tape measurer does. I'm sold. I've drunk the Kool Aid. Where do I sign over all my worldly goods? This is genius!"0 -
^^^ Love this! ^^^0
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I have moved one more hole on my belt loop and have to get rid of my skinny jeans from last year - they used to be skin tight and now they are like boyfriend jeans, except I can almost pull them over my hips.0
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Great NSV modern! Thx for sharing! 0
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I am very inspired with the posts on here. I have 3 NSVs. My first one is that I think I have gone off chocolate. I picked up some chocolate for my son, when I went to the shop and thought I had room for a bar too but when I went to pick one for myself I suddenly felt grossed out by the thought of the taste and picked up some nuts instead. I felt good.
My second NSV is that I have been my lifting programme for 6 weeks and eating more to weigh less for 2 weeks and I have lost an inch on my hips, half an inch from my waist and gained half an inch on my thighs. The hourglass figure is on its way me thinks.
My third and final NSV is that someone said she liked my "guns". I've never had anyone say that about my arms before so that felt really nice. I do martial arts and jog once a week as well my lifting programme.0 -
Awesome NSVs, Graceious! Thank you for sharing!0
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Resposting this super NSV from badgalmari!
"I just wanted to update you on my progress so far. So, I measured/weighed myself yesterday and... I gained 1 pound since my last weigh in, but I lost another inch in my waist/chest & gained an inch in hips. (I'm cool with that inch gain too)!! I started lifting/strength training 2 months ago... Every since I've been eating more and lifting/strength training (still doing cardio maybe 20-30% of the time, but my main focus is strength now) I feel more fit and better overall! My metabolism is through the roof, I'm not tired anymore when I wake up in the AM & I really could care less about the scale. As long as the inches keep going down I'm good. Remember, slow progress is better than no progress...(Ty Lucia & Kiki from EM2WL for all of the wonderful information you have provided, and also ty for all of your encouragement fit fam.) All of you inspire me & keep me going" 0
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