Share your small wins!

Yay for small victories! Congrats to everyone above. This morning my hubby said "I can definitly tell you're losing that belly."
Also people at work are telling me they see a difference :-)
Today at work it was someones birthday and everyone had cake, cupcakes and icecream and punch. I had one spoonful of frosting and walked away to my office to eat my healthy lunch :-) :-)

My weight is now 134.5 lbs and my body length is 6 feet. I am underweight and for me it's very hard to gain weight, but since I keep my food diary I gained 2.2 lbs in one week!! That's my small win!

My goal is 160 lbs

Funny I just posted some. I will share them here too. I loved reading everyone's victories!

Wedding ring and eng ring are starting to slip over my knuckle accidently. I am going to have to put them on a chain for a while. (Not long ago, I could not even wear them as my fingers were too fat for my whopping 10.5 rings) .

I had to move the seat up in my husband's vehicle. I haven't had to do that in years. I have always had to have it all the way back due to my giant rear end "pillow".

I am having to tighten my shoes a lot more each day, shoes that were bought and sized professionally to my feet about 2 months ago. My feet are actually losing weight.

I can cross my legs better and better. I find I sit like that most of the time now. There are some chairs where it is sitll uncomfortable...but fewer and fewer.

Thank you to everyone for sharing your small wins! It was so inspiring to read them all I also have been at this for a while and have a few to post. Some of your posts reminded me what mine were.

1. I lifted my foot up to the side of the tub in order to shave my legs and noticed, "My goodness, there is actually a muscle in my thigh!" I seriously have not seen that in my whole adult life.
2. The day I was able to do 10 REAL pushups!
3. Reaching the weight on my driver's license (which I'm positive was an exaggeration when I put it on there at 16 years old in 1996)
4. Buying "L" instead of "XL" and then "M" and now I can even buy some "S" :happy:

7 weeks of holidays ended and today was the first day of work... first thing my immediate supervisor said when i walked in ? 'OH MY GOSH you got THIN!'

I'm only 15 lb down but feel like a million bucks hehe

I have a few of them:

1. Although I haven't lost a lot of weight (yet), I am making healthier choices, and saving money by making new delicious and healthier recipes at home (and my 6 year old is eating them without reservation as well!).

2. I pushed myself to run (albeit slow) a full 2 miles yesterday on the treadmill. Normally I would stop at a mile (since I delightfully found my slower pace), or stop anytime it felt too hard. I pushed myself through!

3. I am drinking more water than ever. I still allow myself a diet soda and coffee in the morning, but before that was ALL I would drink. I now drink 64+ ounces of water just at work, and only water at home from my Brita pitcher.

Every Monday, my daughter wants a strawberry julius after hockey practice, and my son chocolate milk --- I stop at Dairy Queen on the way home, I don't think twice about not ordering anything.... I am totally over eating "because my kids are" or "because I"m there". I eat when I am hungry, and eat what I want, in moderation if bad!

My small wins so far are
i) After being embarrassed trying on belts in the store to find one that would fit (2x) I now need to buy a new belt.
ii) Being able to comfortably wear a snap cuff bracelet a friend bought me last year. I was busting out it and now it is on the the smallest snap.
iii) People commenting on how I have lost weight, even if i am hiding in my baggy clothes.

I'm bumping this thread because it's awesome.


And because I have to add today's small victory - I bought a new bra (from an actual bra store with an old lady there doing fittings), and was able to go from a 42 band to a 38!

I can cross my legs better and better. I find I sit like that most of the time now. There are some chairs where it is sitll uncomfortable...but fewer and fewer.

I totally remember this! I remember being so fascinated at how thin women can cross their legs with their knees on top of each other and when I tried it I would feel my circulation cutting off LOL now I can cross my legs like that :bigsmile:

this image is how I mean



By the way, I just tried it on my low couch and it was uncomfortable as **** lol make sure you're sitting in an actual chair XD

Okay first, I WANT THOSE SHOES!!!!

Second....even though it's only been 8.2 pounds, a pair of jeans I have that I would put on and have to do two squats to loosen up a bit before they felt comfy, I didn't have to do that this morning. In fact, they were just a smidge loose on the butt and thighs and I had to wear them with a belt today.