What's Your Most Recent NSV

I started to wear a tight skirt to work so that I will not kid myself into thinking that I'm done with my weight loss goals. The skirt was uncomfortable to wear but now, suddenly, it isn't so tight. I've been stuck on the same weight for so long that I can't trust this change. I think it's going to disappear. Poof!

Sheenad680 wrote: »

I started to wear a tight skirt to work so that I will not kid myself into thinking that I'm done with my weight loss goals. The skirt was uncomfortable to wear but now, suddenly, it isn't so tight. I've been stuck on the same weight for so long that I can't trust this change. I think it's going to disappear. Poof!

I'm with you on the not trusting the change part. I keep thinking I'm going to wake up one morning back at 5'3" and 190 pounds again. And yet ironically when I actually WAS that size THAT felt unreal to me because I never perceived myself that way. It's like I'd been waddling around in a dream. I'm currently hovering JUST over the top of the normal range on the BMI chart and not suffering any of the side effects others report about the brain not catching up and, say, sucking in when I'm about to walk down a narrow corner shop aisle. Apparently my brain's perceptions have adjusted just fine, yet at the same time I do still fear it could be taken away from me in the blink of an eye, like a cosmic 'Just kidding!' Bit of a paradox.

Anyway, to contribute an NSV to the thread, I have this huuuuuge coat I've been wearing around for the past 5 years. It was an intentionally oversized army surplus type thing that I told people I wore because it was so soft and cosy that it was like a security blanket, not because I was trying to hide myself inside it. Well, I finally noticed that it was not just 'too big' now but comically too big to the point where it's intentional oversized-ness is kind of meaningless. I haven't found a replacement coat that I like yet, but to tide me over during the seasonal transition I did pick up a new fleece-lined hoodie. The medium was probably a bit of a better fit but the small zipped and doesn't look like a sausage casing so I got that, knowing that my weight is still on the way down.

Now contemplating if there is enough truth in that 'cosy security blanket' statement to keep the other jacket around for a while. I've donated loads of clothes already during this process but coats are expensive, plus this size and shape would be good for layering in a colder environment (I'm about to move to the northern US so next winter will be much more brutal than the ones I've been experiencing in the years since I bought the coat). On the other hand, I also wonder if it might have too many associations with the hiding myself and lying to myself phase of my life.

I held crow pose yesterday at yoga for the first time. I made a goal this year to hold an inversion pose with my feet in the air and it's crazy to think I will actually hit that goal.

I'm wearing my black jeans. No really -- my BLACK JEANS. The black ones. Oh yeah, and it wasn't even a struggle to put them on. I just stepped into them and pulled them up. Like people do.

Random young lady told me how slim I was

I went on vacation, logged what I ate, ate what I wanted and the scale didn't go up went I got home

I buckled my belt on the 2nd hole from the end rather than the 1st. Soon it'll be the 3rd!

tammierlewis wrote: »

Walked through the bakery section twice today without buying that chocolate peanut butter cupcake.

Nice!

I walked past the coconut puffs at the café today (three times) and stuck to my black coffee/tea.

I way over ate yesterday and I knew that eating one (or more) of those would make me feel miserable! They carry those regularly, so I know that I can easily get one another day when I'm feeling it more (and have the calories for it). Old me would have bought 2 of them regardless of consequences (hello bathroom!)

Wore a tight red dress to my St Patrick’s Day party and felt awesome! I spent too much time dancing to eat or drink everything in sight, so I hit 33k steps and was way under my calories.

As an added bonus, met my BFF’s SIL who was thrilled to death to have a reason to buy a new dress after losing a bunch of weight after falling in love with lifting, thanks in part to my BFF gifting her New Rules of Lifting for Women after I raved about it so much. Definitely felt good to know that in a small, very indirect way, I helped someone get healthy and find a healthy lifestyle!

Yesterday was big for me because I got past my near obsession with doing everything possible to be the healthiest person I can be, and donated blood. Truly a victory to feel strong and healthy enough to do something like that.

I had to get a new shirt for scouts. My L was way too baggy. I remember it being too tight not too long ago.

I have a A1C of 6.3 (after 7.0)!!!!

I have been on here now for 10 days and not given up again. That is small but still good. I see that I enjoy veggies more as I eat more of them. In a way that is not much of a victory but a byproduct of being here, but it made me eat - and enjoy - a piece of kohlrabi instead of sweets.

Not having to wear spanx in a few dresses, and not feeling weird about it.