What's Your Most Recent NSV

I had to donate every single pair of shorts. Sizes 10 and 12s to 2s and 4s this year! I wish there was a misses size 3. 2s are snug and I feel like 4s won’t last.

I stepped on the scale today and up a pound. How can that be a NSV? Well let me tell you... I am down another 1 inch off my waist! Since the start in January, I have now lost 5 inches off my waistline.

So to sum this up... scale is moving, sometimes the wrong direction, but the tape measure does not lie and I know that I am making progress.

IAmTheGlue wrote: »

My NSV is that my 22 year old son decided he is eating too much fast food and wants to lose some weight so… he came to me. Guys… he was like “I have no idea what I’m doing” and “you do” 💪

So my NSV is someone thinking I have lost enough weight to know what might help them.

That's awesome! I've had a similar experience at work. Several people have asked how I'm doing it and whether I'm still weighing and logging my food. Then they tell me about the pre-cooked meal program they are trying AGAIN.

So.... today, I bought a cream puff. That wasn't the NSV, but the way I went about it was. A couple of things happened there. One, they had other items with double the calories that cost less. My bargain-conscious self would never have passed that up before. And two, they told me that if I bought six I could pay quite a bit less for each one. I passed that up too because I truly, honestly, only wanted one and I knew I wouldn't want one the next day. So I guess that was kind of 3 NSVs. Besides, 180 calories wasn't really all that bad for a treat, especially as rich tasting as that was. So I ate it slowly and really enjoyed it and I don't feel any guilt, or any danger of going back to get more.

(By the way, I used to be that girl who would go to the dollar store and load up on snacks and eat them all in two or three days, by the box. I'd been like that for decades. So this is really a big change of pace for me.)

Yesterday for lunch I decided to treat myself to a salad delivered from a favorite restaurant. In the app as I ordered, I got a message for "you've earned a reward! One-half your favorite sandwich! Expires soon!" so what the heck, I added that to the order. It was free! And both combined were about 700 calories. I'd probably be a bit over, depending on what I ate for dinner, but whatever...

I thought after I ordered, "I should just eat the sandwich. save the salad." then I opened the bag and there was the half-sandwich ("oh, that's so small! Yeah, I'll just eat both.") and half a baguette, and a bag of chips.

I ate the sandwich, and then I looked at the salad and thought, "naw." I took it home for dinner, had it with the baguette, gave the chips to my roomie, and came in under calories for the day.

SUCH an NSV. In the past I would have eaten it all and maybe been looking for dessert. The spur-of-the-moment stuff trips me up SO often, so I'm delighted that I seem to be learning to think through my impulses.

I got new work shirts in a 14 (previous were 18 and getting pretty baggy- I could have gotten away with a 12 but I was hesitant to order 12s because I didn’t think I was “there” yet. I have been looking forward to hitting size 12 but I didn’t think I was as close as I am- I do have a few size 12 items in my cupboard but I think they may be large 12s) anyway I digress. I stood up after our pre start meeting and my workmate exclaimed- oh look at you in your new shirt- you’re so skinny- I couldn’t tell how small you were in your old shirts! My boss, who has lost a very significant amount of weight herself, just smiled knowingly at me and nodded (I think I looked over at her with a confused look on my face)

I tried on shorts I haven't fit into for 2 years. Not only did they fit easily, I needed a belt!

Was pushing on my lower back and my shirt got stuck on the belt. Was like huh? I don’t really need a belt so don’t wear it often, but I bought it and it has these cool locking magnets(it snaps makes me feel like I wear Batman’s utility belt 🤣) Came to realization that the large belt seems to wrap almost 1.5 times around me. If I tightened it I’d be probably very close to the full 1.5 times around me.

@coblujay Beautiful dress. Beautiful women. Congratulations on your weight loss success and good luck on your art event.

I started out in January 2021 weighing in at 250+. I was mourning the death of my husband, my pancreas was going wonky and I just wanted it to all be over. One day I looked at myself in the mirror, sans clothes, and I decided that I had enough. I joined my gym in July 2021, started working hard on my nutrition and getting enough sleep. After a couple of months, my clothes started getting really baggy, but I did not want to get anything new....I was still clinging to my 'fat' thinking. I finally had to give in, since I could not walk a few steps without them falling off my butt. I eventually caved in and decided to hit the store. In January 2021 I was wearing a size 22 jean and a 2-3XL shirt. I put on and easily zipped up a size 12! I would wear a smaller than Large tee shirt, but I am too...gifted...up top! Oh yeah, and I am doing a bodybuilding comp in 2024. Time to make another dream come true!

@SeaMistFitness thats an amazing turnaround. Would you share what you did, for the benefit of others? And way to claw yourself back to a happy place. I’m so sorry for your loss, but honey, you rock!!!!

(Currently on a "diet break" or what I call "maintenance at goal weight + eating back exercise calories")

Weighed out one serving of some cookies and cream popcorn candy thing. Put it in a little bowl, brought it back to the couch. The hubby says, "Is that ALL you are going to eat?!" Incredulous. "Yes. If I want another serving I will have one later." This sort of thing used to give me severe peer pressure eating issues with some FOMO. But now, I just look at it as what it is. A serving of a treat, no more, no less.

Bittersweet but size 20 jeans don't fit so my summer clothes from last year don't fit.

I went to the Polish festival this weekend, and bought a medium size t-shirt! I could have bought lots of clothes that actually fit. As a previously 2x-3x size this was impossible in previous years. I am wearing it right now! Some pretty poppies with "Polska". I don't think this is an NSV, but I didn't eat any food there. I really don't like meals from the Polish side (or the German side), unless it is baking! The line for the baked goods was around the whole parish, and the hubby didn't want to wait until next week. But, I had saved 1,000 calories just for that moment of baked goods - maybe next year we will have more time to wait in line!