What's Your Most Recent NSV

My sleep has improved loads since rejoining the gym, eating better and reducing time spent on my phone. My anxiety has reduced and I feel great ☺

Didn't buy a load of junk or fast food just because it was Friday night

I never used to drink coffee. Didn't like it black, and knew I didn't need the extra calories that creamer and sugar added. Since I started Keto in 7/20, I found Splenda doesn't taste bad and Nestle sugar free creamers are only 15 cals per Tbsp. I started with 3 T creamer at 45 cals per cup for months, but have now switched (as of today) to 2 T and a half packet of Splenda per cup. You know how it goes - it's these little changes that keep us going in the right direction. This is today's NSV.

I've lost weight before, and every time I've taken the clothes that were too big for me, and stored them away "just in case I needed them again". This time around, I'm committed to never needing them again, so I'm donating everything as soon as it doesn't fit anymore. Today I was sorting clothes to donate, and found a pair of jeans from 6 years ago that I was certain would be too small for me - and they fit! They're not even tight! Made my day.

(One of the perks of my not being fashionable is that I look just as unfashionable wearing clothes from 6 years ago as I would if I bought clothes yesterday. 😁 )

While working out at Orange Theory this morning, I noticed the loose skin hanging from my upper arms. This may sound crazy, but I was so stinkin' proud of all that dangly skin.

Elystriel wrote: »

I bought a bra off the rack at a department store! That's something that probably won't impress most people, but it's also something I have never been able to do in my adult life. My band and cup sizes are finally in the range where I don't have to order bras through specialty retailers. I'm also solidly outside of plus sizes for clothes now. It's like a whole new world of style has opened up to me. It's not so great for my wallet, but pretty amazing for my self-confidence.

I can understand completely @Elystriel ! I just went into Torrid and got fitted for a bra because I’ve been wearing the same 3X sports bras for the last 3 years and I had gotten to the point where I had a “una-boob shelf” in them. Before that it was catalog stuff that never fit right or was uncomfortable for over a decade. And I ended up fitting into a 38C! The same size I wore in my freshman year in High School. Holy Kittens 🐈‍⬛! I keep walking around and looking at my hubby and saying “Look Hunny! I have 2 boobs!”. He is being very kind and tolerant of me.🥰. And don’t even get me started on how much money I’ve spent along the line on clothes going from a size 32 to a size 12 (so far!), especially after size 16! Congratulations girl! I know your very special “my bra fits and I bought it retail” joy 🤩!

Adjusting my calorie goal yo actually match what I’ve been eating. I’ve been losing steadily for a few months but never really getting under the calorie goals I’ve set for each day - most days I’ve ended up over by 100-300 calories. Last week I realised that what I’ve been eating is allowing me to lose weight at a rate I’m happy with so rather than feel like I’m eating too much, why not adjust, learn to eat within a more reasonable goal, and feel like I’m in control? Feels a whole lot better plus I’m more confident that as I get to a healthy weight, I’ll be able to sustain a controlled calorie intake.

gorple76 wrote: »

Adjusting my calorie goal yo actually match what I’ve been eating. I’ve been losing steadily for a few months but never really getting under the calorie goals I’ve set for each day - most days I’ve ended up over by 100-300 calories. Last week I realised that what I’ve been eating is allowing me to lose weight at a rate I’m happy with so rather than feel like I’m eating too much, why not adjust, learn to eat within a more reasonable goal, and feel like I’m in control? Feels a whole lot better plus I’m more confident that as I get to a healthy weight, I’ll be able to sustain a controlled calorie intake.

This is what we should ALL be doing, and we should reassess from time to time as we get closer to our goal. When our mass decreases, it takes less fuel to move it, so our calorie requirements go down. Keeping an eye on weight trends as well as intake and activity helps us to keep our goal set appropriately. Good job. Keep an eye on things and adjust as necessary!

I tried on a T-shirt today that has great emotional significance to me, and it is a size “L”, because that was the only size available at the time (I purchased it at a concert in 2005). And I had worn a 6X when I bought it, so had never, in a million years, had any thought that it would ever actually fit. It was just a souvenir. And I pulled it out of a “maybe when I’m smaller” drawer I had made a couple of years ago and promptly forgotten about, along with a bunch of other nifty stuff, and it totally fit! What makes it an even Bigger NSV is the fact that the last time I was that size, which, because of Vanity Sizing, is a 70’s and 80’s “XL”, was before I started junior high, so I was at maximum, 11 years old! I feel very proud of myself, but this is the first time I haven’t been “fat” since I was 9 years old (I think I’ve mentioned this in other posts), and I’m learning how to just enjoy the ride, but for a while there, it was seriously weirding me out!

A few hours ago I went out and bought a ready meal for tomorrow as well as a two pack of luxury individual cheesecakes for absolutely no reason. The desserts would have taken me over my calories for today and it was late to eat but not long ago and in most of my past I would have eaten one or both anyway, just for the sake of it.

I realised, even as I was in the store, that I'd just bought them out of habit and some other weird mental or emotional urge but that I wasn't really hungry at all so I pre-logged ONE for tomorrow popped them in the fridge, took my vitamins, had a nice long drink of water and brushed my teeth.

I'm now in bed feeling completely okay and quite proud of myself.