What's Your Most Recent NSV

Having hit one of my first major targets, getting my waist below 40, I though I'd share my approach to losing weight and getting fitter.

For me it's all about not giving up, not giving up on the diet and exercise and not giving up all of the things I enjoy most or am slightly addicted to.

So I decided to make a lot of small changes that on their own are insignificant, but when added together have made a big difference. I thought this would be easier than the "cold turkey" approach that I've tried before.

I have listed a few examples of changes that I've made, so I'm sure you'll get the idea behind my thinking,

Replaced 4 finger Kit Kats with 2 finger Kit Kats, still getting my treat / chocolate fix but reduced by 50%
Having 2 biscuits with my afternoon coffee instead of 4 - 50% reduction
Replacing thick sliced white bread with medium sliced wholemeal bread, healthier and less calories
Making all of my own sauces for Pasta, Chillies, Curry's so less salt, less sugar and more exercise whilst cooking my favorite foods
Only using the upstairs toilet, so climbing more stairs and getting more exercise

At the moment this is working much better than the "give up everything" approach I've tried in the past, and I am experiencing steady weight loss for the first time in years, without feeling like I'm missing out on something

today i tried on a size large rain jacket and was able to zip it up, no problem. It is meant to fit loose, but the fact i could zip it over my boobs for amazing! To put in context, my last rain jacket was a 1X.

Started doing Leslie Sansone videos. The first day I could only do three "kick-backs". A week later and I did 24!

A guy at work today says, "not trying to be weird, but are you losing weight? You look great!"

@JustVickiLynn I love her workouts! I’ve started doing a mile at lunchtime. It’s a quick 10-15 minutes and I always feel better after.

Suddenly the 36 band bra wasn't doing the job any more and I was having tremendous upper back pain. Apparently I am not a 36F/G any more, I am a 34 H.

(I hope I lose some boobage, too; Small band/large cup bras are hard to find and pricey.)

I was able to haul in the big pet food box from Chewy without asking for help from my husband or the FedEx guy. And last night I braved my first Zumba class. I knew I'd look like a dork trying to follow the choreography, but I didn't let that stop me from having a good time. Best of all, I had NO problems with the fitness level. Yay!

I’m on a day off today. My plan was to wake up early to see if I could manage a ride on my young horse and a half hour workout in before getting ready for work (like a trial) my partner is a train driver so his shifts are all over the place. He started at 430 this morning. So his call came in at 3:30, I woke up with him and sent him off to work. The time I would need to be up to fit everything in before work is 430 anyway so instead of going back to bed I got up and headed out to the paddock. This morning was the first time my young colt has been ridden in the dark. He was a little anxious about it so the whole time was spent working on lateral flexion and standing still (he kept moving so I just kept a soft feel on the rein until his feet came to a stop and he softened to the halter)
Then I left straight from the horse paddock (packed my joggers and tights and got changed in my float) for W2D3 of c25k. I got home right on 6:30 so may need to make a few small alterations to fit some stretches and breakfast in before work- I start at 7 and need to be awake a little while before I can eat (the small alterations being things like putting tights on under jeans so I only have to take jeans off and put joggers on, getting off Wrangler 5 minutes earlier etc)

4000 day streak on MyFitnessPal.

A few little ones - I had to adjust the rearview mirror in my car because my butt is flatter, so I sit lower! Haven't been driving her much so didn't notice till now. Also went grocery shopping on lunch break and hit some delays so I went quite fast across the parking lot - not winded, no issues, my body just kind of said "okay, no big deal" and did what I asked. Finally, today I remembered my promise to my phone fitness coach so I did 15 minutes on the pedaler even though I didn't want to at first.

A few months ago I took off my wedding and engagement rings because they were getting too loose. I put my old high school class ring on in their place, and now that ring keeps spinning around too! I might have to look into having my other rings resized. I don't want to do it too soon, though. I've lost over 100 pounds at this point, but I still have about 50 to go before I'm at my goal weight.

I was able to wear a t-shirt that I had bought on vacation 4 years ago and it never looked good. In general, finding clothes in my closet and dresser drawers that I haven't been able to wear and having them fit is like getting a whole new wardrobe. I'm also almost down 4 notches on my belt - closing in on the last one.

My workout leggings went from rolling down my belly (too tight) to sliding down (too loose).
Looks like I'm going to need to buy smaller ones!

[I've been consistently working out for a year, but only recently came back to mfp ~5 weeks ago to start logging food again. It's only during these 5 weeks that the biggest belly shrinkage happened.]

I finally had some colleagues comment on my weight loss.