Small Successes
PatrickB_87
Posts: 738 Member
Since we are always trying to reminder ourselves to find and celebrate all success, big or small, i thought I would celebrate a small success i noticed today.
As of tomorrow I will have had this 12 pack of Dr Pepper in the house for 50 days with three cans still left. In the past this wouldn't have lasted a week. Heres to another 20 days and no more soda in the house.
As of tomorrow I will have had this 12 pack of Dr Pepper in the house for 50 days with three cans still left. In the past this wouldn't have lasted a week. Heres to another 20 days and no more soda in the house.
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That is awesome! My husband recently kicked the Pepper habit too. He switched to tea. I'm trying to get him to switch to just homemade iced T and not the 300 cals a can Arizona stuff he loves. I've been brewing it at home and putting it in an Arizona jug for him. :laugh:0
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My small success...I checked to see if my key still worked at the gym yesterday....that counts..right? Long story short, I have the fee auto withdrawn from my account each month. Last month, there apparently wasn't enough in my checking to cover it. The very next day they call my husband and leave him a nasty message saying that if it is not paid by 5pm that day, they are sending it to collections. Mind you, I have never been late before. My husband is livid. He calls me up and tells me take care of this. Cancel it NOW. I call the gym and say basically wtf? I will pay you with another card but didn't appreciate the message and what right did they have to send it to collections when I am less than 24 hrs late, that my husband is so mad he just wants me to cancel. He said that's fine, we will go ahead and cancel your membership, you just owe us $248. Needless to say, I haven't stepped foot in the gym since and really don't want to go back... ever. But. Yesterday I was in the hood and tried my key. It worked. I think I want to go and stick it to them. *kitten*. Never join a gym. I am joining our Y once this contract is done. Ok not such a short story.0
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Rat and Heather, how do you post pictures on here?0
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You first have to upload them to an account like photocopier or tinypic. Then once uploaded you copy the (img) link and paste. But make sure you change the img to small case. I always forget that. For some reason this board doesn't like IMG.0
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That would of had me fumin too Heather!!!! Congrats Rat on kickin the Pepper habit!! :drinker:
:blushing: Again I'm putting this out there, but its what got me on this journey to begin with!!! My small success - I am now able to wipe without the pain in my side and having to hold onto a handicap bar (or wall if there was none). When in public I would always use the handicap stall because of the bars to hold on to. For me thinking about it - it was a major success! WooHoo - potty freedom!!!!!! :happy:
Blessings:flowerforyou:0 -
I can see a muscle in my thighs when I am on the treadmill!!!0
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I can see a muscle in my thighs when I am on the treadmill!!!
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Rat and Heather, how do you post pictures on here?
upload the image somewhare i use tinypic when the image is disposable and wrap the url in img tags
(remove the spaces)![img]](www.whater.com/image.jpg [ /img])
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That would of had me fumin too Heather!!!! Congrats Rat on kickin the Pepper habit!! :drinker:
:blushing: Again I'm putting this out there, but its what got me on this journey to begin with!!! My small success - I am now able to wipe without the pain in my side and having to hold onto a handicap bar (or wall if there was none). When in public I would always use the handicap stall because of the bars to hold on to. For me thinking about it - it was a major success! WooHoo - potty freedom!!!!!! :happy:
Blessings:flowerforyou:
Her's to wiping power. One day i will be able to use the bathrooms at the San Fransisco Legion of Honor with small enough thigh that i can spread my legs to reach a hand under to wipe without my thighs jamming into the sides of the stall. They have freakishly small bathroom stalls, but the day that happened I felt like such a slob, can't even wipe my own *kitten* because of my thighs are too big.0 -
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Dr. Pepper is only one of my favorite sodas!!! I long switched to diet, but haven't had ANY soda in months, and hardly any juice ( If I drink it, it's very diluted).
Just think of the money you'll save by kicking the soda habit!!!0 -
Guess who got a survey from that gym today?! Hahaha. They got a piece of my mind and then I went over and copied it onto Google reviews. I NEVER do that. I'm such a wimp. I'm now waiting to be blackmailed.
Back on topic. ..way. to go everyone! Small steps add up!0 -
Ok..
Update: I just got off the phone with the Regional manager. Jerk face gym manager was fired last week. New manager was very nice. Said he was cleaning house, was trying to clean up after the old manager had made a big mess and apologized for the horrible way I was treated. I offered to remove bad review, he said leave it up. (I removed it anyway). I feel better. I should've done that a long time ago instead of having bad feelings for a month. Doh! This is a BIG step for me since I avoid all sorts of confrontations.
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Wtg blond, I hate confrontations too and will go to silly lengths to avoid them. It is good that the Regional called you though, and I would call that as a 'sign' you are meant to use that gym
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I was able to kick my daily sweet tea habit, now drinking unsweet tea. Though this is a TRAVESTY in the south and several of my family members considered me cityfied now haha. I also work in a metro area when we live in a very rural area an hour away. So I am super city girl.0
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This is so silly, the picture isn't great, but look who fit her hiney in a white resin chair and didn't break it! I just hope none of my coworkers saw me taking pictures of my butt outside. (Something that is NOT easy to do when you have a phone that doesn't have camera buttons but on the front) PS. Hopefully this isn't huge, nobody wants to see THAT!
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Triumph!!!
I can't wait for the day when I can fit in ANY chair. I am going to take a thousand Selfies and make a book out of them called, "Karen fits and sits!"0 -
I am making this a Sticky because I think it will be a great place to celebrate those successes we have every single day. I have a few today.
I come into work and there is bagels, cream cheese, donuts, and home made fudge that I happen to know is really good. I am invited to help myself. I bought humus with me but no breadsticks. So I cut a bagel in half lengthways and took that smaller piece and wrapped it in cling film to have with my hummus, took that to my desk about to enjoy it. I have not touched the donuts or the fudge.. though the fudge is very tempting.0 -
Haha. Karen sits and fits! Love it! Julie, that is a feat! I know because just reading that made my stomach growl. That is awesome self control. I love how you let yourself have half. I'm trying to get past that all or nothing mentality.0
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I had the all or nothing mentality. I think what has helped with that is the no guilt thing I am so hot on. I don't know what it is that works so well for me with this, but before I would have eaten the donuts, fudge and the bagels and cream cheese and said.. oh well.. back to the diet tomorrow. The fact I am not doing this is a massive personal achievement and I do think no guilt and no beating myself up has gone a long way.
I can remember when we had donuts in here and I ate FIVE of them.. I was a mess, very sugar hyped, felt terrible and sick! Right now I have that half bagel with the seeds on, my basil pesto hummus and an orange and it is all delicious!0 -
Side note on the wipes - my gyno suggested that I make my own wipes by using the cosmetic cotton pads (the circles or squares) and soak them in witch hazel. Gets the area clean without alcohol that can burn and dry us out - and without perfumes and such in most commercial wipes. It keeps from yeast/messy situations down below if you are as sensitive as I am. I have a container that was for another type of wipes that I just use and refill. You can easily stash a few in a snack sized ziploc bag to carry in a purse or pocket for when you are out. (I have a particular health concern that makes heavy duty wiping a big no-no! Sorry if TMI.)
Also, congrats to everyone on their successes! Today's small success for me was that I wore a belt to keep up my pants (still haven't had the money to buy the size in between what I have and what I need), and I had to buckle it on the 4th notch. Last time I wore it I had to use the loosest notch. 0 -
Awesome!! Congratulations!!!0
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That would of had me fumin too Heather!!!! Congrats Rat on kickin the Pepper habit!! :drinker:
:blushing: Again I'm putting this out there, but its what got me on this journey to begin with!!! My small success - I am now able to wipe without the pain in my side and having to hold onto a handicap bar (or wall if there was none). When in public I would always use the handicap stall because of the bars to hold on to. For me thinking about it - it was a major success! WooHoo - potty freedom!!!!!! :happy:
Blessings:flowerforyou:
Ha!! I thought I was the only one who had to do that! And yes, CONGRATULATIONS!!! Potty Freedom is wonderful, I can't wait till I get there!!!0 -
WOOHOOOO... on all of it. On no SuzyQ you are def not the only one.. everyone here has similar struggles, what I call what we have accepted as the norm of being obese. We will celebrate along the way to our new healthy weights.0
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A new small success I have been noticing for the past couple of weeks, my wrist is getting smaller. I've had to move the snap on my Fitbit flex up another notch. Wich is nice and all but I would prefer it to be coming off my face rather then my wrist.0
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lol Pat I know right! My rings are a bit loose now, my watch is in between holes which is annoying, I am happy about this but would much rather it came off elsewhere right now!0
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So, my small success was twofold today :-)
I put a hairtye on my wrist like normal and it didn't cut my circulation off! That creepy, cold, purple hand thing is gone!
Secondly, I took a walk down the high street just for fun! I even called in at the library and when climbing the stairs, didn't arrive as a hot mess at the top like I did 6 months ago!
Hooray for all our small successes!
Kaela x0 -
A new small success I have been noticing for the past couple of weeks, my wrist is getting smaller. I've had to move the snap on my Fitbit flex up another notch. Wich is nice and all but I would prefer it to be coming off my face rather then my wrist.
HA! I feel you! I'm CCFL. (Chubby-Cheeked-For-Life) However, I will say, if your wrists are losing, your face is, you probably just aren't noticing it because you aren't wearing a fitbit on your face ever day.0 -
So, my small success was twofold today :-)
I put a hairtye on my wrist like normal and it didn't cut my circulation off! That creepy, cold, purple hand thing is gone!
Secondly, I took a walk down the high street just for fun! I even called in at the library and when climbing the stairs, didn't arrive as a hot mess at the top like I did 6 months ago!
Hooray for all our small successes!
Kaela x
Woo hoo!! Stairs!! The debils!0 -
Down into the next decade today. Hello to the 220s, don't get too attached we will also be saying fare well soon.0
