Non-Scale Victories (NSV) - Care to share? Vol II

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  • laurenz2501
    laurenz2501 Posts: 839 Member
    Not finishing all of the food I pack for work :) i find myself eating a lot less without really thinking about it these days. i just notice that i'm full when before i could finish off a whole restaurant plate no problem. feels good!
  • acstansell
    acstansell Posts: 567 Member
    6 words

    No more Spanx under skirts/dresses

    This one's my favorite. My next favorite is I can get my hands around my neck.
  • ChristineDiet
    ChristineDiet Posts: 719 Member
    bump for later - love this and it's so easy to forgot that the scale isn't always kind!

    x
  • Sassy9411
    Sassy9411 Posts: 67 Member
    Nothing major, but my friend and I tried the Couch to 5K program for the first time yesterday and WOW! I was sweating like crazy by the time we finished, but I felt so proud because I couldn't remember the last time I actually jogged..and for fun at that!! Another big one for me is, I actually completed a workout without taking a break! :happy:
    And good job everyone else! Today I was kinda feeling like skipping my workout, but this gave me the motivation to do it! :flowerforyou:
  • Sbehlmer
    Sbehlmer Posts: 464 Member
    I'm now able to wear Junior jeans & clothing instead of Plus-size jeans & clothing :smile:
  • BuzzyLizzy77
    BuzzyLizzy77 Posts: 42 Member
    I'm starting to feel slimmer, only slightly, mainly around my shoulders and chest, not really where I am desperate to lose it from but if its off its off! Work trousers were baggy today and commented on at work which is always nice
    :bigsmile:
  • sugboog29
    sugboog29 Posts: 630 Member
    Tried on my 28 year old wedding dress this past Saturday...it was very loose! Told my husband and his first response was "of course, you are smaller now than the day we got married....and I am so proud of you!" Plus I purchased a pair of pants in a "single" digit!! They are still a bit tight through the thighs, but I am working on that!! Plus they were on clearance and I got them for $13!! Bought a new dress (or two) over the weekend...one is a medium...the other a small!!
  • heykaraoke
    heykaraoke Posts: 191 Member
    I noticed something strange today...I was changing out of my gym clothes and my eye spotted something on my lower back (in the mirror). Back dimples...! I don't recall ever seeing those in the past. Awesome. :blushing:

    Awesome!! I really want back dimples, I am hoping they are hiding under there somewhere haha.

    My NSV: I went to the grocery store and glanced up at the security camera screen as I walked in. I did a double-take when I realized that the girl in the black t-shirt with the tiny waist was ME! I didn't recognize myself! Felt amazing :D
  • sjflowers
    sjflowers Posts: 148
    I bought a pair of size 10 shorts from Eddie Bauer two years ago.. I can button and zip them.. I wore them out of the house on Sunday.. Still a wee tight.. BUT only to me.. My husband said I looked hot.. AND i bought a dress for Easter that I could Juuuust zip... and now it's way baggy in the hips and tummy. YEAH!!
  • emacb123
    emacb123 Posts: 254 Member
    My NSV?

    This morning when I woke up I was lying on my back I and I reached my hands down and was able to feel both hip bones!

    My stomach is my final frontier, and lately I have been feeling progress when I could feel one hip bone if I rolled slightly to one side and let the bulge "ploop" to the other side. But today there was no plooping!

    Sure there was giggly belly in the middle, but there on each side were hip bones!

    **Sigh** it is the little things. And for all the obsessive scale-watchers out there (I am one of them) my numbers have not been moving!
  • lcpruitt
    lcpruitt Posts: 11
    I was pulling on a pair of shorts I wear all the time fresh out of the dryer and was disappointed at how tight they were to pull up over my hips... once they were all the way on I realized that they were only tight going on because I hadn't unzipped the fly before putting them on... :happy:
  • KiltFuPanda
    KiltFuPanda Posts: 574 Member
    Wife just said she liked the way my legs looked when I was standing on the scale today. That's just all sorts of awesome in my book.
  • tlnurse
    tlnurse Posts: 229 Member
    I just finished week 4 of C 2 5 K! ...and my husband can't keep his hands off me!!!:blushing:
  • arrawyn79
    arrawyn79 Posts: 275 Member
    on monday I put on (and fit into and therefore bought!) my 1st size 14 jeans in YEARS (like...over 5 years at least and I can't remember how long before that)! And my husband says he doesn't think he's ever seen me in size 14 (we've been together 11 years) - but I think i have been... and the jeans were 'fitted through the hip and thigh' and even though i'm a 'pear' shape, I could still fit into them! :D
  • polishmehappy
    polishmehappy Posts: 92 Member
    I am an apple shape, got skinny legs, large waist, and a somewhat large chest. Today I wore a pair of shorts I bought 2 months ago and went for my walk when I noticed myself pulling my shorts UP because they were falling off my waist :) YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS

    And... I had to retire my size M srub pants for work because I was told they were looking super baggy!

    I think my boobs are getting smaller too :)
  • Hezzietiger1
    Hezzietiger1 Posts: 1,256 Member
    My new clothes are falling off..

    I got a new drivers license and gave my real weight-proudly

    I had sex with the lights on confidently lol

    I'm lifting heavy and increasing the weights every lift day

    Faster sprints, High jumps, more pushups, squats, crunches.. greater fitness all the way around

    Dating confidence
  • BABetter1
    BABetter1 Posts: 618 Member
    I can wrap a regular bath towel around me, tuck the little flap in and it stays, and it actually covers everything. It has been a few years since I was able to do that.
  • victoriab123
    victoriab123 Posts: 20 Member
    I passed up some lasagna in the frozen food section tonight and came home and made myself a salad and had canatalope for dessert.

    That was a biggie for me.
  • cmccorma
    cmccorma Posts: 203 Member
    I have been to boot camp faithfully for 2 months and this morning I did the 5:30am class!

    No more heartburn!

    I bought a skirt in a size 8-my wedding dress was a 14!

    Because I made a change in eating, my husband decided to a month later and he's lost close to 40 pounds!
  • JamieAbnowski
    JamieAbnowski Posts: 18 Member
    Quit smoking two weeks ago- been exercising everyday since. I have come to the conclusion that will never smoke again because I am starting to see myself as an athlete that I want to become, and athletes don't smoke!
  • islandnutshel
    islandnutshel Posts: 1,143 Member
    Quit smoking two weeks ago- been exercising everyday since. I have come to the conclusion that will never smoke again because I am starting to see myself as an athlete that I want to become, and athletes don't smoke!

    Your awsome and smart
  • 4jenniferk
    4jenniferk Posts: 307 Member
    Bought two dresses yesterday both were mediums and one pair of shorts that are a size 8. As an adult I've never worn that size :)

    I took a few photos while trying on different dresses and was surprised at the muscles in my legs :)
  • Josie_lifting_cats
    Josie_lifting_cats Posts: 949 Member
    I bought six pairs of jeans from someone locally and now they are too big.

    I didn't feel like a whale when I rode on the watertubes at the waterpark with my son.

    My son has a camera now, and I'm not horrified at the pictures he takes of me. That's the biggest NSV yet.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    ate back most of my calories today for the first time
  • mreed911
    mreed911 Posts: 25
    From a triglycerides over 300 and cholesterol over 200 just 2 months ago, here are my results from yesterday:

    Total Cholesterol: 113 (normal < 200)
    Triglycerides: 99 (normal 10-200)
    HDL: 42 (Good Cholesterol - normal Men >40)
    LDL: 51 (Bad Cholesterol - normal < 130)

    This follows a change to a doctor-supervised, calorie-restricted, high-protein/low-carb diet (but NOT "all protein/no carb") with a weekly cheat day figured in to my calories/week.

    On the non-NSV side I'm losing just under 4 lbs a week on average.
  • lyndall5311
    lyndall5311 Posts: 146 Member
    Ive started to get complements from the ppl who work at my gym, saying how much weight I've lost and how my fitness has improved
  • melinadanielle
    melinadanielle Posts: 280
    my story isnt as awesome as some, but for the first time ever my collar bones are starting to show.
    thats always been something i find so attractive about others, and ive never been able to see mine
    so i find it exciting ahaha.
  • srhcutting
    srhcutting Posts: 15 Member
    it's the first night in as long as I can remember that I haven't gone on a binge after dinner!
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    NSV today: 4.1km run without walking - slow but getting there.
  • kmm7309
    kmm7309 Posts: 802 Member
    One day I was freaking out in the car because I saw my knee caps.

    They exist.

    I forgot what they look like. They are ugly. :laugh:
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