New NSV and my best tip for weight loss

tpfoodie

Hi All!

I won't post a picture, as it's a little personal, but I celebrated a new NSV today! My black dress slacks, size 16, are pretty much falling off of my hips. I have about three inches of wiggle room. That's great, but the timing is poor - I'm attending a professional conference in only a month and will look like a slouch in my baggy clothes!

In any case, I've seen lots of people asking for recommendations on how to lose weight. I hit a mini plateau - lost 8 pounds and then lost nothing for two or three weeks. Then, one day, three pounds fell off. And the next week, another pound.

The difference? I started drinking hot tea.

I've never been a big fan of tea, but I started drinking it in December when I was ill and couldn't keep anything else down. Last week, I started to feel overwhelmed with work and school, so I bought myself a little tea kettle and a variety pack of Celestial herbal and fruit teas. I drink tea at work, I drink it at home, I drink it literally all day. When I run out of tea, I stop what I'm doing and go get more.

I think I've been averaging 10-14 cups of water a day just because of my tea habit, and the weight has dropped off.

Keep in mind, I stopped drinking soda last year, so I don't know if that has any impact on weight loss.

jb1164

As an English woman, I am so pleased you have discovered the benefit of drinking tea! Well done on your progress!

michellekathryn

Its such a great nighttime snack to make you feel full and stop the grazing! I love tea. Thank you for the reminder to get it into my daily routine.

KEEP CALM and Drink Tea!

nturner612

thanks for the tip. as far as your clothes....look into consigment shops in your area. I am forever picking up Gap, Express, etc name brand slacks for $1-$8. I usually wait till the clothes his a sale, and i end up buying slacks for $1. :noway: There is a very nice consigment "boutique" they only take "designer and label cothing" and i cant afford their pricetags. I wait for the sale and get GREAT deals! usually walk out of there with $15 worth of stuff and saved like $90. i stack up on slacks, jeans, etc. the other day i even found a suit! black i think it was Express or something for like $8. :happy: i look VERY proffessional and to people who dont know me, im sure they think i spend all my money on my clothes! but i dont! ok ive ranted enough...hope it helps! good luck and congrats on ur weigh loss!!!:drinker:

Jribeiro86

Love it! First off, congrats to you. That's a great NSV. Secondly, I have to say that I completely agree with working tea into your everyday routine. I know we're all told that green tea is best for boosting metabolism, but I'm generally a black tea kinda girl, which isn't nearly as good for you. I only recently discovered that there are flavors of green tea that mimic the more traditional black... I picked up a box of chai green tea for work and haven't looked back.

JamesChargerWolf

YAY! I second the consignment/used comments. Some stores are very good. We have one here called Unique that always has very high-quality items. Some even have the original tags on them.

AND I second the tea praise! I drink herbal tea whenever I'm feeling snacky and at night when I used to have a bowl of ice cream.

Fit147

I have been having a cup of tea in the mid afternoon when I would have normally reached for cookies.

carbar90

I've started replacing green tea with my morning coffee and it's amazing! I'm glad it's worked for you, hope it'll work for me too