I THANK you for motivation guys....I did 5 mins on bike yesterday only 1.5 km hoping to up it every other day xxx

let's see. My latest NSV was right around Christmas, I was able to get into CJ Banks size 22W dress pants. I can finally get into 3X tops (though I like my tops a little baggie, so I'm still clinging to my 4x tops). I'm almost comfortably into the size 22W; some styles and cuts are still just a bit too tight. I was able to put on a pair of Rider's 22W jeans and get them buttoned, but I think they'd still be just a little too tight.

Oh, and Sunday before last, as I was unpacking (I recently moved back home, and gutted and remodeled a house from my grandfather, though technically the parents did most of hte work and I just paid for it lol), I was going through my clothes and setting aside all the stuff that was too big. STuffed in the bottom were 2 skirts and 2 dresses. The 2 skirts were from my high days 20+ years ago and were skirts I had loved but had to quit wearing when they got too tight. They weren't worn out so I had kept them all these years, telling myself I'd get back into them one day.

The one dress was the bridesmaid dress I wore to my brother's wedding in 2012. The other dress I had bought in 2012 at a Ren faire. It had been too little at the time, but I had bought it when i was losing a lot of weight back then as a motivation to keep going. I hung it on my closet doors for months until the weight plateaued and then piled back on; finally, I sadly and ashamedly stuffed it back into my closet.

Well, that Sunday, I tried the skirts and the dresses on. The skirts fit and fit comfortably! In fact, I wore one of them just last Sunday to church The bridesmaid dress fit better now than it did when I wore it to my brother's wedding. And the ren faire dress? I can't declare that it fits just yet, but I WAS able to get it on! It was just a smidge too tight, but like my mom said, if I put on some shapewear under it, I could probably get buy with it.

I have noticed that I've started sleeping a little better and waking up feeling more rested probably 90% of the time. I still have weird insomnia-ish nights, but overall, this month has been great for my sleeping and energy, which is a huge change from November and even December of last year.

that's wonderful, alevans! I know all about the "not fitting behind the wheel" and hated driving my Honda in the winter time when the steering wheel would rub against my winter coat.

Now I still don't feel like I have a lot room in the Honda, but that's because of my long legs - I need that seat back another 6 inches so I can stretch my legs out and not get cramps!

@crazykatlady820 That is SO awesome! I hope some of my family members do the same.

@alevans4 That's such a great one!! We had to rent a car in January last year and I was so embarrassed because when we were picking one out, we weren't looking for bells and whistles. I was literally just sitting in the driver's seat of each one until I could pick the one that was most comfortable for me to drive. I felt like a fat Goldilocks! Maybe next time we have to rent a car it won't be that way.

gin_rummy wrote: »

I've not had any just recently but the best one I had was one day when I suddenly realised that when I looked down I couldn't see my belly sticking out beyond my (admittedly huge!) boobs!

I'm looking forward to that day! I have a horrible skin fold on my tummy, though, that was the result of wearing my jeans too tight in college and forming a muffin top that just got bigger as i gained weight. Now that I"m losing again, its deflating, but now it just hangs *cringes* I know, too much info, but it IS a reality when you get to a very large size and lose weight!

Anyway, I'm almost down to the point where the boobs and the belly are about even, and if I force myself to stand up straight while looking in the mirror and wearing a very good bra, I might just be able to say the belly is a little shorter, but not by much yet.

Bad part is that the bust size is going down too, so it's like the bust and belly keep even with each other!

rabidhamster87 wrote: »

@bmeadows380 I know how you feel! My boobs are the first place I start losing... It's not fair.

Also, I don't think it's TMI! I feel like the whole point of this board is to share stuff you can't share with the other people in your life.

and that's one thing that those of us starting over 300 lbs have to deal with that the smaller folks don't - sorry, skin is elastic only to a point, so saggy "bat wings" and rolls of skin are a fact of life. I look at it as a badge of honor and proof that I made it.

And when you're feeling especially low, you can comfort yourself in knowing that the loose skin accounts for between 5 to 10 lbs depending on how much you have.... lol

Cheers to sticking to your guns @tammyfranks2

I have a similar NSV. For Christmas, someone gave me a $10 gift card for a frozen custard place in my town. I still have $10 on that card. I keep saying l’m going to treat myself with it one day, but haven’t wanted to spend the calories.

My NSV is a step based one, yesterday with a lot of treadmill and exercise bike effort I actually managed to clear 10561 steps and do 18 flights of stairs according to my Fitbit! I’m thrilled. I was averaging around 3500 steps and 3 floors on a good day so to do this is awesome!

Only downside is daughter decided to run on my very elderly borrowed treadmill and it seems to have killed it

@fatoldladyonamission it sounds like you’ve found a routine that works for you! That’s so great!

Re: the disappearing post, whenever you use emojis from your phone MFP doesn’t like it. I guess it messes with the codes or something. If you’re on the app, click the smiley face above the text box for a drop down of MFP approved emojis. This has happened to me lots of times. They work on the newsfeed/wall, but not in the forums for some reason.