Thursday NSV (Non Scale Victory) Thread

I've been tracking for 1 week... and that's my NSV! Keeping it up every day!

Way to go Elaine.

My NSV - I have gone walking in the morning every morning since Monday. And it's getting easier to wake up at 5:45am.

i've been sticking to my packed meals!!

Good job to all of you!!! I love reading NSV's. I just started back up, and honestly don't have one just yet... but, when I do, it will be exciting! I am looking forward to getting into my prepregnancy pants... that will be a good one!

One of the fitness trainers at the gym who is also a friend said to me in front of one of her clients, "wow, look at those guns" to me. Her client seconded the statement. Carried that with me for the next three days of workouts. Made me push even harder.

I've been having back issues so I ended up getting shots in my back, which requires me to lay on my stomach and get the shots. I was wearing shorts as it's been hot here in Arizona. So when the doctor was done the two nurses are cleaning off the injection spots and putting some bandaids on. One of them was like "are you a hiker?", me "yea, I hike all the time". She "your legs are incredible looking", the other nurse laughed and said she was thinking the same thing..So the hiking, squats and bike time are paying off... That made me feel like my hard work is totally paying off....

My NSV I was having a conversation with my trainer and another trainer at the gym yesterday and for some reason we were talking about the floppy skin on the back of the arm. I made a comment that my skin flaps around a lot, and one of the trainers to me that I have Guns and there is nothing floppy about my arms. Made me proud!

Mine is clothes related too !! the pants in the closet, the ones that had been up on the shelf for 6 weeks since I bought them because, in a rush and they were on clearance, they were my "size" but didnt fit right, today they fit fine!
oh yeah , and my used to be favorites,
i cant wear without looking like im trying to "sag" them..


and that is not good look for a 41 year old white woman ,

no matter who you are ...

I upped my weights on shoulder, chest and biceps yesterday in my lifting class.:drinker:

I was over the moon happy about that! Back in November I would leave those classes and cry in the car because I felt so weak and like I would never make progress... so every little plate I add to those bars make me feel like a superstar!

Also, I'm now flitting between size 6 and size 8 (depending on the brand). My post-pregnancy size had settled out at size 14 in November... so I think I'm on pace to be wearing all of my old pants by my return to work date (and daughter's first birthday) of June 8th.

Hopefully by 2014 all of those are too big as well .

I started at size 22 jeans (and they were stretchy). Yesterday I wore my smallest tightest totally NOT stretchy pair of sixteens! They're still snug-ish, not exactly all-day comfy, but they did not require contortions to get on, weren't hard to close, and it means all my shorts and capris will fit now! (Oh, and my 18s are falling off my hips, literally.)

Thank you, thank you, thank you! For reminding me how important non scale victories are! Since I began my journey, I am down 30 lbs. However, in the last few weeks, it's started to creep back on. I'm still in my smallest pants, but I know it's not all muscle. So I'm on here and tracking! I hate tracking. But I know it works. This is my first full week of tracking. And I have gotten my booty back to the gym. I actually ran last night. I don't really like running. I prefer to walk. But I did short bursts of running, and it wasn't too bad. I just kept reminding myself, I want those pants to fit well again. I remember the first time I went into the dressing room and the size I normally got was WAY to big. Not only did I have choices, but I had actually gone from 14s to 10s! I skipped right over the 12s. Yep, I did the happy dance in those pants! And then today, I got a little emotional reading your comment. That feeling is AMAZING!! And totally makes all the journaling and running worth it! Can't wait to get to the gym tonight.

I've lost a total of 4 inches from my body so far this month. So exciting! 3 inches from my bust (probably back fat going, my cups size is the same) and 1 from my hips.

I am so excited! I went to aqua zumba this morning and one of the ladies noticed that I was loosing weight. This is the first person other than family that has noticed. Made my day!

It's coming up to a year from when I started... some time in April or May, I can't exactly remember... probably because I felt so low and expected to give up as I have so many times before!!

To follow my now usual route and reach the seafront it entails zigzagging down steps along the cliff face...I remember waddling along the seafront at Shanklin early on and seeing a lady coming down with ease ... I had had to do one foot and then the other onto the same step and hold onto both handrails... it occurred to me that I have been SKIPPING down those steps for a while now.... no hands!!

My work out partner is out of town all week, and I didn't use that as an excuse to skip my workouts!