Check In May 16, 2014
KarenZen
Posts: 1,430 Member
Good morning and Happy Friday! I only have one eye half open, just enough to get out the door for aqua tai chi but not enough to come up with a conversation starter. Oh wait... how about NSV'S this morning? Let's celebrate those Non Scale Victories... what's yours?
One of mine is putting on my zoomers (short-lipped flippers) in the pool. When I started on MFP, I had to hoist each leg onto the pool stairs to put on my zoomers. Now I can just cross my leg and reach my heels. Awesome!!!
Another is putting on my seatbelt... I always kept the car door open so I could lean enough b to click the belt in. Now I have enough room to do it with the door closed.
It's shocking, these changes, when I've lost so little weight, but maybe I need to really think about and celebrate what I've lost for a minute instead of worrying about how far I have to go.
One of mine is putting on my zoomers (short-lipped flippers) in the pool. When I started on MFP, I had to hoist each leg onto the pool stairs to put on my zoomers. Now I can just cross my leg and reach my heels. Awesome!!!
Another is putting on my seatbelt... I always kept the car door open so I could lean enough b to click the belt in. Now I have enough room to do it with the door closed.
It's shocking, these changes, when I've lost so little weight, but maybe I need to really think about and celebrate what I've lost for a minute instead of worrying about how far I have to go.
0
Replies
-
Well I have a couple of NSV's. I can walk up a couple of flights of stairs without huffing and puffing. I dropped a shirt size. And I had to alter my favorite pants and take in the waist! Yeah!! I agree...it is amazing what happens with so little weight loss!!0
-
Honestly I don't think I have any yet. I have lost so little weight but I am tracking every single day. I have my food planned.. it's freaking snowing here in Illinois.. hot tea is on the menu.. definitely!!!0
-
Oh Julie snow? Yuck, I swear at my husband sometimes for not living somewhere better than Quebec Canada lol. I think I might punch him if it started snowing here in May! And you will see some NSV's just keep going.
I noticed a few yesterday actually, thought about posting but then went shy lol. Anyway 1) I can now wrap half of our towels around me when I get out of the shower. When I started there was one that fit all the way, I got into the habit of having a towel wrapped around my front half then putting on a toweling robe to cover the back and tie the towel into place. 2) When I do my yoga, the end stretches where I have to hug my knees into my chest. I can do that easily now, there was a time when there was no way both my arms could reach across my chest to get to my knee. 3) I skipped around the grocery store to my son's amusement and mortification. Proper skipping where the feet leave the floor, not my old half pretend skipping where it was more a bounce. 4) I have a bad right knee, very bad, on times when I slip out of the habit of yoga and walking it stiffens and gets to the point where I cannot get up the stairs without using the railing to put weight on. Yesterday I brought my son back from preschool and we trotted up those stairs without me holding on at all.0 -
Great job, everyone!
I haven't seen any changes in my body, but I have noticed a change in my eating habits. I've been trying to stop eating processed foods (or at least most of them), and it's hard because so much of it still looks delicious. But then yesterday I went to Sam's Club with my boyfriend's mother and brother, and they were looking through the candy/chip aisles, and I actually didn't want any of it. I didn't think "Oh, man, I wish i could eat that." I was just like, "Yeah, okay, that's crap I don't want to eat."
Of course, then we went through the bakery section, and I wanted to eat almost everything over there. But still! Progress! Maybe the next time I go with them, I won't want any of that stuff either. (Probably not, but a girl can hope!) :bigsmile:0 -
I had a rough night. The baby was up all night. Usually I binge when she keeps me up and the urge was strong but I resisted. The next 2 days will be a challenge because my husband doesn't work tonight.0
-
I can grocery shop without breaking into a full blown sweat at the checkout counter! I even wore a sweatshirt to shop the other day and I was fine! I can walk up and down stairs much easier now without huffing and puffing and needing to rest at the top. My belly doesn't rub against the steering wheel when I drive. I can paint my toenails without passing out from lack of oxygen. There are a lot! I can't wait to see what the next 80lbs gone brings me!!0
-
Loving these NSV's! Illuminated, I hope you got some rest. Congratulations on resisting the binge! Woohooo!!
This morning as much as I wanted to stay in bed, I rolled out and went to Aqua Tai Chi. Wow, do I love that class.. It's so soothing and centering. I needed the cardio, so I stayed for the deep water aerobics class and then swam laps for 20 minutes. I have a weigh in at the bariatric center today and am trying to get as much fluid out of these legs as possible!
At my last meeting with the nutritionist, we covered the module on exercise (the bariatric program requires six nutrition modules,... tonight is my LAST ONE!!!), and I said to the woman, "After bariatric surgery and my weight loss, I'd like to become an athlete." She looked kind of surprised and said, "You already ARE an athlete."
What an odd concept... how can I be an athlete and morbidly obese at the same time? How many other people fall into the fit-fat category, and do we have special nutritional needs? I'm going to research this, especially since when I overeat now , it's almost always after a few days of a lot of exercise, like a feeding switch turns on.
Her words also made me think even more about signing up to teach an aquasize class. I know I could do it if I didn't have to contend with unexpected Still's flares. Maybe I could try for six weeks and see how it goes. I think this would be a major NSV and would start the pathway of what's next in my life as an athlete.
How are you all doing today?0 -
NSV's, that was recently a topic and homework assignment in my therapy. I have a very bad habit of negative self-talk and always looking how far I have to go instead of how far I've come (I am doing much better on both of those, btw), Jessica was asking me about things I could do now that I couldn't do before I started this journey. Here are a few of the major ones:
* Sit in a chair with arms without fear of breaking the arms
* Go see a movie without having to sit in the front row/handicapped seating & fit in the seat
* Buy clothes from a “regular” store instead of a catalog
* Wear 2x shirts (and even a 1x) instead of 5 and 6x
*. Walk through the store without always looking for a bench
*. Walk up and down stairs
*. Enjoy taking a walk
* Take Cody places like the zoo and Science Center instead of relying on others
*. Cooking without having to sit down
* Take a BATH
* Wear jeans
* Wiping myself without being a contortionist (possibly TMI but very important)
*.Bending over to pick something up
*.Sitting in a chair (folding or not) and not being afraid of breaking it
* Sitting comfortably behind the wheel of a car0 -
Apparently the term is "Fathlete." I like it. :happy:0
-
My jeans maaay feel a little looser, but I didn't wash them since I wore them last so....It takes a lot of weight loss for clothes to start getting big for me. I think I am down 30lbs now in 6 weeks and I feel like some of the clothes I wore last year at this weight are too small. Maybe I just got used to wearing baggy clothes again? But baggy is soo comfy.0
-
This happened a couple of years ago...I washed my 2 pairs of jeans and left them in the dryer a little too long. I was pissed about that and tried them on. Needless to say, they were way too tight and I could no longer wear them, barely able to zip them up. Well, over the course of the year, I gained weight and these jeans that were already too tight could not even come up over my butt and nor would they close over my stomach.
I hated myself and put them in storage.
Last month, I took them out and tried them on. Not only did I get up over my *kitten* (almost) but I was able to ZIP THEM UP!!! Mind you...they are tight like skin, but I got them all the way up and zipped! I was shocked and pleasantly surprised because I only lost about 8 lbs. at the time and did not understand how such a small weight loss resulted in my being able to put these jeans on.
I attribute it to the workouts I've been doing. I still can't wear them out in public, yet, but things are starting to get sucked in!!:happy:0 -
Walking is far easier, hills are still a challenge, but now it feels like i can walk whatever distance I want without getting out of breath. The only part that starts to feel sore are my feet and calves. I think that has some to do with the fact that I don't have the right pair of shoes yet. But after a 3 mile walk I feel like I can keep on going.
I don't have a great diversity of cloths so I wear a small group of cloths that I just keep cleaning. My shorts are becoming looser and looser, they will fall down without a belt (as I had happen during a walk, embarrassing but also a victory), and I have to keep tightening the belt each time I go out. The shirt I wear feels absurdly large. Its a 3xl and was large when i bought it but it fit comfortably, now it doesn't. It doesn't feel like my stomach is shrinking (thats not true, feels like theirs more room their and its softer and saggier) but my waist is and i hope to be getting into some older, previously ill fitting, pants soon.0 -
I jogged for 2 minutes straight the other day. In the past, I've felt like I was about to keel over at 1 minute. I also walked 51 miles in the past 7 days.
It's great and inspiring to read all of your NSVs! Really looking forward to my clothes fitting a little looser.0 -
Wow, LONG and tiring day. Tomorrow is early aquasize and Zumba if I can drag myself to the gym. I don't know... my legs are so tired tonight they're shaky.
I hope everyone had a healthy eating day and moved their bodies!
Goodnight from Maine!0 -
Had a much better day then expected. Some of the stress was taken off after I had a talk with my client wich was a huge relief. I also had yoga instruction session today that i wasn't looking forward to since these past two weeks haven't been so good in the yoga department. We had a long and hard two hour session in wich she introduced six more poses and a whole new routine. We seem to have a disagreement over what makes a yoga pose "great." Every time she has be bent over backwards she says "now this is a great pose" all i'm feeling is the sweet dripping off my nose and the muscles i've just rediscovered. But it was a good session and it got me motivated to get back into my yoga. Treated myself a little a lunch, I took a walk to the organic market and allowed myself to have some of their lovely sausage on a nice sweet roll (not a whole grain in sight). Not something I have often but I loved it. I also allowed myself to have a can of BlueSky organic cola with real sugar. So delicious and helped fill a craving. I think I can handle this, soda as an occasional treat, thing.0
-
Hello Y'all ! Another late check-in for me. I had a Marcus( nephew) and me day ! We went to the china buffet for lunch , then to the Cleveland museum of art , the natural history museum , mini zoo , then dinner at Cracker Barrel !! What a day ! Lol , loved it ! I loved reading all your NSV's. I noticed one of my own today. I was able to climb all the steps at the museums with no huffing and puffng ! I didn't need to hang on or stop midway ! My stamina is really improving ! Blessings :flowerforyou:0
-
Non scale victories. I feel that my stamina is increasing. I don't have to stop what I am doing quite so often and rest. I still have to rest but not so often. I am getting my garden ready for this season and I have been able to do more work in less time. Also, I have been eating 5 fruits/veg every day and tracking my food for over a month.0
