DITR Round4 Week4

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  • journey2size10
    journey2size10 Posts: 240
    Tuesday QOTD: Do you have any NSV (non scale victory) since starting your new weightloss journey?

    donating a total of three sizes of clothing (one size at a time) that are too big! :heart:
    tying my shoes without having to suck in my tummy
    painting my toenails with ease
    shopping and actually enjoying it!
    running
  • ravenclawseekergirl
    ravenclawseekergirl Posts: 342 Member
    Hi i know that i've been MIA lately but i'm back.

    Monday: What is your next mini goal or what mini goal system do you have for yourself? How do you reward yourself for reaching mini goals?

    This is a hard question i havent really got any mini goals at the moment i dont really know what to do... i've always been an all or nothing girl. Which is pretty bad.
  • hwilliams519
    hwilliams519 Posts: 428
    Tuesday QOTD: Do you have any NSV (non scale victory) since starting your new weightloss journey?

    This time around, not yet. My clothes are still snug and I haven't lost any inches yet. But I'm really looking forward to it!
  • ravenclawseekergirl
    ravenclawseekergirl Posts: 342 Member
    Hello Ladies, I'm so sorry for the delay I forgot today is my QOTD.

    Tuesday QOTD: Do you have any NSV (non scale victory) since starting your new weightloss journey?
    I've had quite a few. I'm back in size 18 clothes again. I can feel my collarbones cant see them yet but they are there and my feet are looking freakishly veiny.
  • CaptObvious
    CaptObvious Posts: 117
    Tuesday QOTD: Do you have any NSV (non scale victory) since starting your new weight loss journey?

    A few ... increased fitness and better fitting clothes, especially.
  • pverbarg
    pverbarg Posts: 490 Member
    Tuesday QOTD: Do you have any NSV (non scale victory) since starting your new weightloss journey?

    half the clothes I own no longer fit (and the ones that do did not fit when I started!)... Ran 10 miles on Saturday (slow but did it!). Oh - and when I worked out with PT this morning, I was able to do sit ups (after doing them already on the lower rungs) on the top rung of the incline bench and was able to get on and off the bench without help! I could not even get on the bench 12 weeks ago at that height let alone do a sit up while hanging nearly upside down! (not excited about that one!):flowerforyou:
  • hwilliams519
    hwilliams519 Posts: 428
    Tuesday QOTD: Do you have any NSV (non scale victory) since starting your new weightloss journey?

    half the clothes I own no longer fit (and the ones that do did not fit when I started!)... Ran 10 miles on Saturday (slow but did it!). Oh - and when I worked out with PT this morning, I was able to do sit ups (after doing them already on the lower rungs) on the top rung of the incline bench and was able to get on and off the bench without help! I could not even get on the bench 12 weeks ago at that height let alone do a sit up while hanging nearly upside down! (not excited about that one!):flowerforyou:

    Way to go! 10 miles is a lot. I'm very proud of you! And way to go on the smaller clothes too! I can't wait until I drop a size.
  • northernchic
    northernchic Posts: 117 Member
    Tuesday QOTD: Do you have any NSV (non scale victory) since starting your new weightloss journey?

    not yet...but I'm DESPERATLY looking forward to wearing a size 14 jeans for the first time in years...I'm still quite a few inches off...but that WILL be the next NSV for me :love:
  • HungryMom
    HungryMom Posts: 280
    Tuesday QOTD: Do you have any NSV (non scale victory) since starting your new weightloss journey?

    It is rewarding to see the numbers on the scale go down, but NSV's are so much more fun-- LOVE them!!!

    I could not run around the block 6 months ago but can now run 3 miles without stopping.
    My clothes don't fit and neither do my smaller clothes that I purchased as a reward for losing weight.
    I have A chin.
    I found my collarbone!
    The cute bag boy flirted with me tonight.
    I don't snore anymore (more of a victory for my husband, kids, and anyone in a hotel room next to ours).
    I can bend over and shave my legs without gasping for air.
    I spent 2 days in my swimsuit at waterparks without being self-conscious.
  • tameko2
    tameko2 Posts: 31,634 Member
    Tuesday QOTD: Do you have any NSV (non scale victory) since starting your new weightloss journey?

    Hmmm.. Lost enough that I can put on size 12 dress pants (i could do the jeans first and now the dress pants - although the dress pants I have to pull them closed but they aren't too uncomfortable). That was pretty good.

    Lost the little fat pudges on my lower thighs (the above the knee fat) even though my upper thighs are still fat and my thighs are super muscular - if you do it right walking is seriously the BEST exercise.

    Also backfat looks sooo much better. my back in general is really strong relative to before. Also mostly walking! (focusing hard on good posture when I walk)
  • Karmiene
    Karmiene Posts: 115 Member
    Tuesday QOTD: Do you have any NSV (non scale victory) since starting your new weightloss journey?

    It's a little silly but I went to the restroom at work and pulled down my britches without unfastening them. They're work/dress trousers so they have the hook and a button at the waist. I thought 'Wow!' and when I looked in the mirror I saw my unflattering saggy britches butt. I've since given the trousers away to Goodwill but I strutted around the rest of the afternoon.
  • Aprilstar480
    Aprilstar480 Posts: 2,803 Member
    Hello Ladies, I'm so sorry for the delay I forgot today is my QOTD.

    Tuesday QOTD: Do you have any NSV (non scale victory) since starting your new weightloss journey?

    For me, it was putting on a size 18 dress for the first time in 8 years. This was very exciting and a bigger motivator to go to the next level :smile:
    I would have to say the confidence I have found in myself. I love the fact that I can run! Sounds a little silly but for years I made up excuses not to get out there but now I almost feel yucky when I don't get to take my morning jog.
  • Karmiene
    Karmiene Posts: 115 Member
    half the clothes I own no longer fit (and the ones that do did not fit when I started!)... Ran 10 miles on Saturday (slow but did it!). Oh - and when I worked out with PT this morning, I was able to do sit ups

    Impressive progress!! Keep it up!
  • lustris
    lustris Posts: 152
    Tuesday QOTD: Do you have any NSV (non scale victory) since starting your new weightloss journey?

    It's a little silly but I went to the restroom at work and pulled down my britches without unfastening them. They're work/dress trousers so they have the hook and a button at the waist. I thought 'Wow!' and when I looked in the mirror I saw my unflattering saggy britches butt. I've since given the trousers away to Goodwill but I strutted around the rest of the afternoon.

    Haha! I love this! Way to go partner :flowerforyou:

    As for me, I will have to say it would be how my clothing fits as well. I've gone from a size 20 pant to a size 16 and today I found out I have gone from a 3x to a 1x in tops. I'm super surprised by this because I do have a lot to lose, and have only lost 30lbs of it so far. I guess I should of started taking my measurements when I started!
  • lustris
    lustris Posts: 152
    Just wanted to say thank you for all the suggestions so far ladies! There are definitely a couple we will be implementing in Round 5!! :flowerforyou:
  • carteremma
    carteremma Posts: 52 Member
    Tuesday QOTD: Do you have any NSV (non scale victory) since starting your new weightloss journey?


    I managed to do 5 pushups in a row. I have never been able to do this as I did not have the upper body strength to keep my mass off the ground! Doing my 30ds video in front of my sister the other day I decided I couldn't let her see me just give up right off the bat so I pushed myself to do as many as possible and... voila... 5 lady style pushups.
  • claeysm
    claeysm Posts: 85
    Tuesday QOTD :

    My NSV happened yesterday! I was out with some friends and one of them went "I hate you because your skinny"

    Oviously she doesnt hate me - figure of speech, and i dont even care if she was just saying it to be nice, because it put me in a good mood for the rest of the day

    AND the same day i went swimming and some lad went "WOAH, you've got a great little six pack there"

    Felt good :D
  • hwilliams519
    hwilliams519 Posts: 428
    QOTD Wed 8/10: We are often inspired or motivated by words. Will you please share your favorite quote, bible verse, prayer, song, joke, poem, or words of wisdom?

    I have lots of favorites, so it's hard to narrow it down. But here is one that I remind myself of when I'm feeling down or weak:

    "But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness...For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Corinthians 12:9-11
  • sistermooooon
    sistermooooon Posts: 84
    Whoa! I can't believe I won for the Blue Team!!! Oh my gosh, I never win ANYTHING! Like not even a game of cards! :) Monday's QOTD: Mini goals? I did set one for myself that when I lost 20lbs I would buy myself an ipod shuffle so I have something to listen to when I go to the track everyday, instead of the traffic going by. And I made it last Friday!!!! Finally I have tunes!!!! And the only other mini goal is to be able to lose as MUCH as possible before I take the kids to Six Flags in Chicago on 8/22. I have very unhealthy anxiety over not being able to fit in the seats on the roller coasters. A HUGE fear of mine. Then after that, I guess I just want to reach that 100lb mark more than anything!!! And Tuesday's QOTD ties in nicely......NSV you ask??? Well.....My family and I went to a park in Green Bay, WI on Monday and they had a smaller roller coaster there and the "test seat" out in front before you got in line was too small for me. UGH. I had to smoosh my hips into it and sit sorta tilted. I was devastated. My sister said, no you can fit!! So I got in line, head my breath, had the normal butterflies from thinking I'm going on a roller coaster AND the knots in my stomach that I would have to turn around and get off the ride because I wasn't going to fit in the seat. But I FIT!!! And could buckle the belt and went on 4 times!!! I could never have done that 4 weeks ago. I also put on a pair of jeans and zipped and buttoned them up and whoa! I didn't have to lay on the bed to do it??!! I had to ask my son to look at the tag in back and tell me what brand and size I was wearing because I for sure thought I must have on some other pair. Nope, they were the size 16! I will pretty soon have to start buying new underwear since they are starting to get big and baggy. HAHA!!! So awesome!! I also have noticed that since the exercise I've been doing my periods are much lighter! (TMI? Maybe) And I don't cough as much. My lungs must be getting healthier. I've never smoked, but due to my high blood pressure and sleep apnea I used to cough all day long. Not any more!!!

    Congrats to us all! So So glad I started this and found all you guys!!!
  • claeysm
    claeysm Posts: 85
    Wed QOTD : "A smile is a curve that sets everything straight"

    Thinkng of getting that tatooed on me, just a bit too nervous!
  • CaptObvious
    CaptObvious Posts: 117
    QOTD Wed 8/10: We are often inspired or motivated by words. Will you please share your favorite quote, bible verse, prayer, song, joke, poem, or words of wisdom?

    Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. - Mark Twain
  • carteremma
    carteremma Posts: 52 Member
    QOTD Wed 8/10: We are often inspired or motivated by words. Will you please share your favorite quote, bible verse, prayer, song, joke, poem, or words of wisdom?

    "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" - Eleanor Roosevelt

    Someone said to me yesterday that they didn't want to join my gym beacuse it is in a shopping complex and when you are on the treadmill people can see you throught the window and they stand and watch. To this I replied "who cares, let them watch. They are standing about doing nothing and I am working my *kitten* off!"

    No one is going to make me feel inferior or bad about myself without my consent, and honestly I'm probably not going to allow it!
  • pverbarg
    pverbarg Posts: 490 Member
    Love Eleanor Roosevelt - she had so many great sayings and I'd actually already picked one of hers too which is in my office where I can see it all the time!

    "You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
  • Hayaa79
    Hayaa79 Posts: 458 Member
    QOTD Wed 8/10: We are often inspired or motivated by words. Will you please share your favorite quote, bible verse, prayer, song, joke, poem, or words of wisdom?

    Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. - Mark Twain


    Loved it Partner ;)
  • journey2size10
    journey2size10 Posts: 240
    QOTD Wed 8/10: We are often inspired or motivated by words. Will you please share your favorite quote, bible verse, prayer, song, joke, poem, or words of wisdom?

    favorite motivational quote: tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you results
  • HungryMom
    HungryMom Posts: 280
    QOTD Wed 8/10: We are often inspired or motivated by words. Will you please share your favorite quote, bible verse, prayer, song, joke, poem, or words of wisdom?
    My two favorites:

    “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." -- Robert Collier

    "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” -- Dr. Seuss
  • tameko2
    tameko2 Posts: 31,634 Member
    QOTD Wed 8/10: We are often inspired or motivated by words. Will you please share your favorite quote, bible verse, prayer, song, joke, poem, or words of wisdom?

    Ummmmm...... Ain't no party like a west coast party?
  • northernchic
    northernchic Posts: 117 Member
    QOTD Wed 8/10: We are often inspired or motivated by words. Will you please share your favorite quote, bible verse, prayer, song, joke, poem, or words of wisdom?

    “Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”
    ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

    and of COURSE my favorite horse quote :-)

    A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks, but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more than a loan.
    ~ Pam Brown
  • Aprilstar480
    Aprilstar480 Posts: 2,803 Member
    It is not enough to take steps which may some day lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • michelle_eiz
    michelle_eiz Posts: 100 Member
    QOTD Wed 8/10: We are often inspired or motivated by words. Will you please share your favorite quote, bible verse, prayer, song, joke, poem, or words of wisdom?


    "It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else,
    will affect It's successful outcome." ~ William James

    "In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail." ~ Anonymous
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