List your NSV's big and small

My NSV's:
I can easily fold my arms across my chest.
My wedding rings! I can wear them again!
My stomach doesn't rub against my steering wheel.
I can wear lots of clothes that were just stuffed in my closet...waiting for me.
I have hope, I had given up that I could lose weight.

Thanks MFP.

1. Walking up a flight of stairs without breathing heavily.
2. The fact that my pneumatic office chair doesn't sink slowly under my weight.
3. When I sit down, not having that roll of tummy fall over my pants, making it just super uncomfortable to sit down while wearing pants.
4. Feeling like there is a little room on both sides of my legs on airline seat.
5. Being able to wear skirts again without my thighs rubbing together uncomfortably.
6. Being able to wear riding boots and ski boots.

buying XL stuff in the misses department. The last time I did that, it was a little embarrassing because I was 11 or 12 yrs old.

At 37 it's an NSV!

(at 13-15 I could have but was so self-conscious I started buying 2X tops and never looked back 'til now)

My biggest NSV, was wearing jeans again.
At my heaviest, I was about 172 pounds, but it was really uncomfortable to wear jeans because of the belly fat.

Now I am 162 and can wear my jeans again.

Such great motivators!

1. Being able to shop in the Misses department.
2. Playing tag with my kids
3. Running..honest to goodness running! It's been years since I could.
4. Remission of my autoimmune disease.
5. Healthier skin...thank you water!
6. Better mental health...hard to be depressed with exercise endorphins pumping.
7. Goodbye sleep apnea
8. My family being proud of me

I own and comfortably wear three articles of clothing that are size extra small.


WHAAAAT?!

Yesterday I smashed my personal best 8 Km run time: 50:43 (down from 52:52 last week, had been stuck around 55 minutes for a while before that). A few months ago I couldn't run 3 Km without stopping!

Tucking my shirt in and not having a belly sticking out

Being able to run 20 minutes straight

At my heaviest I wore a 66 inch waist and it was the stretch kind, so probably a few inches bigger than that. I've still always ordered from the fat guy catalog even though I haven't probably needed to for a while. Being so fat for so log and unable to walk into a store and buy clothes it was really out of my comfort zone and nothing I had even considered doing, never crossed my mind. I was doing some christmas shopping about a month ago and decided to look at the jeans section. I was wearing a 46 waist and they looked huge, especially the legs. I tried on some levis and found out that a 38 inch waist fit perfect in the 508 style which is technically classified as a "skinny jean" though it's the biggest and really just has a tapered leg. It's been a month and I still smile when I put them on.

~6 weeks ago I was finally able to (slowly) walk a mile without stopping.

4 weeks ago, I got to the point where it was the lowest I've weighed in over five years.

3 weeks ago, I crossed the line and am no longer considered "morbidly obese"

Just yesterday, when I finished my daily walk, Runtastic logged it as moderate pace instead of leisurely pace.

At some point in the next few days, I need to punch another hole in my belt because they no longer do a good job of holding my pants up. Although it's been getting worse for a while, I've been putting this off because every time my pants start to fall down it reminds me how well I've been doing.