What's Your Most Recent NSV

Being able to show my legs again!

Underwear slipping down 😂. Had to buy new!

Getting back on here to try and take control of my journey.

Camping! I've been hovering around forty pounds lost for a while, as life runs me through a wringer (and then another one...) but I can camp often now because I can get in and out of my tent. It's great bc I love it, my kids love it, my roommate left home to have some peace and quiet loves it...and it's inexpensive, as these life-wringers are NOT.

I ordered a lunch that I usually get but hadn't had for a couple of months. I was really hungry. I ate half of it and was full and I stopped. I usually finish the portion either because I am hungrier or just because the food is in front of me. I'm happy that my appetite is slowly decreasing and/or I recognize my hunger cues better.

I’ve been at the cottage this week and this is the first time in my life I’ve felt fine going to the beach without a shirt on. I don’t look like a Greek god or anything but to feel like I fit in is amazing.

I was on holiday for 2 weeks - and I did not also put on at least 2 pounds (fat/water whatever) as usual, and was curious not avoidant about getting back on the scales.

I broadly ate at ‘luxurious maintenance’ (!), did lots of exercise, and a week later so far the average weight line has stayed static.

The best thing about having lost 15kg is the look in my husband’s eyes. I feel genuinely pretty when he looks at me like that.

takinitalloff wrote: »

For the first time in decades, my PMS is not derailing my weight loss progress. Tracking/pre-planning all of my food has allowed me to be certain that I'm "doing everything right," and to stick with my plan even though the numbers on the scale went up for a bit. I knew there was no way I had gained 4 lbs overweight while eating the same amount of calories/sodium/etc., so I could avoid the usual "oh I screwed up again, might as well give up entirely" nonsense.

Weighing every day for two years as I lost weight gave me the data I needed. Now when I get up in the morning in the third week of the month and suddenly weigh three pounds more than yesterday, I know exactly what's going on. Often that's the first PMS symptom I have.

We had a coached row (yes, boats) yesterday, a mix of a couple strong collegiate rowers (men) prepping to race Canadian Henley, with a bunch of us from the rowing club next door (7 of us, in a quad, double, and single) who are varying levels of intermediate skill. I was in the quad in bow (bow steers, and calls needed commands to the boat).

I've developed a casual friendly joking relationship with one of the college guys (all proper granny-esque!), and somehow there was friendly banter on the water after we all did a 2k race-pace piece, about how he was rowing at around 32 strokes per minute and - in a boat where three of us were over 60 - we were at about 25 spm.

Back on shore, I told him I was going to come back as a ghost when he's 67, see how he's doing on his 2k race spm then.

He asked how old I was when I started rowing. "46, 47? and just recently finished chemo." OK. Then, afterthought, "I was obese at the time, and stayed that way for another 10 years". Complete deadpan from him: "I don't believe you." (He's only met thin me. And it's not the first time I've gotten this reaction from someone.)

Those of you worried that you'll have visible masses of loose skin after weight loss . . . give it time. You, too, may develop a stealth-mode formerly obese shape.

mtaratoot wrote: »

Keep the rings, and when you get to goal weight, treat yourself to get them resized! You can't do it too many times, so just wait until you're ready.

Will do! They're all fashion jewelry so it's not the end of the world if they don't fit anymore. I can always wear them on my thumbs like I did when I was a teenager

I went to a theme park with my grandson and went on rides without worrying I wouldn't fit and suffer the embarrassment of being asked to not ride. I had such fun!! I did want to puke a little near the end but I held it together for my grandson!!!

My doctor's office has a big note on my file that my BMI is in the 45-49.9 range (I actually registered just above 50 at my highest, but they don't know that.)
Well as of this morning my BMI is 44.9 and I look forward to getting that updated next time I go in
Another 30 lbs to go and I will drop into the under-40 BMI range. I expect to get there around early November.

Ann congratulations. That is no small achievement! I follow your posts and am learning so much from you. You’re a huge inspiration to me.

One colleague today asked me if I had lost weight yaaay! Lol.

That comes after I'd spent 10 minutes looking at face pictures from two months ago and from today, doubting that there was any difference, wondering if what I'm doing is working (I don't weigh myself. Scared of the number I might see).
My colleague's question is encouraging and I claim it as a NSV.