What's Your Most Recent NSV

MurphmomSparkles wrote: »

@Alcastive You should be very proud. So wonderful!

Thank you, I am trying my best to stay on track.

Today I was at work and a guy I've only seen like 3 times yelled "Hey you are losing weight...that was fast"!

I was able to put my socks on like a normal person because my stomach is shrinking

SummerSkier wrote: »

Some may notice but not say anything. Give it a little while and I bet you start to hear "how have you managed.... " which they really are not interested in so my jaded self says give them a quick canned answer. 😂🤣😇

Hahaha that is so true! I've been pondering for weeks now what I will say when people start asking, because I know that most people don't actually care. Or, what's worse, they'll start to either pick on what I'm doing or tell me all about how they "could never," which I'm also not interested in hearing 50 times from 50 different people

Maybe I'll say "I made a food & exercise plan and stuck with it." or "I changed my diet." lol... I guess that sums it up! What's your canned answer, if you don't mind sharing? I don't want to sound rude but I also don't want to lay out the whole thing for people who ultimately won't care.

Congrats on your audio book walk epiphany! I also used to eat a lot while reading (and watching tv) and that is definitely not a good habit to have. Here's to many enjoyable and entertaining/educational walks!

takinitalloff wrote: »

What's your canned answer, if you don't mind sharing? I don't want to sound rude but I also don't want to lay out the whole thing for people who ultimately won't care.

Honestly I have been in maintenance so long that I no longer get comments. Sometimes the "so that's how you are so small" when I refuse a donut or pc of cake at work but pretty much it's stabilized.

What I do try to do is from the other side. When I see folks have lost a good amount of weight I want to be encouraging. I try to pass on in a sideways manner the one bit of wisdom I may have gathered in my 65 yrs on this earth which is "the losing part may seem hard but it's really the easy part, the HARD PART is maintenance". I don't preach at them but I gently suggest and ask if they have a plan for when they reach their goal weight/fitness/size and if they haven't that it might be good to start working on that part.

I think sometimes they are surprised I don't ask the typical "how did you lose" question. Honestly that doesn't interest me.

I totally understand that it does seem to be the hard part to lose weight and it sounds like I am trivializing the struggle, but after having lost the same 10-20-30 pounds every few years since I was a teen, the only way to break that cycle is with a friggin axe. And that axe is called "your maintenance plan".

takinitalloff wrote: »

mollypw1994 wrote: »

#takinitalloff
Good for you! That’s awesome! Like you, I’m waiting for someone to notice… I’ve lost 21 since June, but no one has noticed (or at least they haven’t said anything if they did notice)… hopefully my time will come soon, like yours did!
My NSV today was wearing a new bra, that’s smaller in band and cup than I’ve worn in years! My old ones were getting ridiculous, so I bought a smaller one on sale just to see…. And it fits! Yippee!

Hey, congrats on your new bra, how exciting! I'm sure someone will notice soon. Maybe now that you have a bra that fits well, I bet that'll help with how your tops fit too... those little things can make a big difference in what people see when they look at you.

FYI you need to put an @ in front of a username to make it ping the person, rather than a #

@takinitalloff - thanks for the tip! I couldn’t figure out how to do that! (Obviously!). Sometimes this app isn’t very intuitive to me.
Btw, I love your posts, and read them regularly - they’re very helpful and inspirational !

Ended up having pizza and cake tonight which I had planned for and were within my calories. Feel that familiar urge to continue snacking "because I've blown it anyway" but keep reminding myself I'm still on plan, still quite full, and I got this, this can still be a day of progress if I stay calm and listen to my body, which is still telling me it is full.

SummerSkier wrote: »

When I see folks have lost a good amount of weight I want to be encouraging. I try to pass on in a sideways manner the one bit of wisdom I may have gathered in my 65 yrs on this earth which is "the losing part may seem hard but it's really the easy part, the HARD PART is maintenance".
[...]after having lost the same 10-20-30 pounds every few years since I was a teen, the only way to break that cycle is with a friggin axe. And that axe is called "your maintenance plan".

I love everything about this I've also lost and regained weight a few times, and this time around it finally clicked for me and I understood about the maintenance phase being the most important part. Losing weight is exciting, there are milestones to celebrate, but when you get to the end of the weight loss phase, there's just "hey I feel good now, I did it!" and that is only new and exciting for so long. Then it's easy to think that you've conquered and no longer need to work at it, and before you know it the weight is back on. It's like thinking that when you get married, you've made it and no longer need to put any effort into the relationship

Well this time around I am already working on a long-term maintenance plan, and I'm only 20-25% of the way toward my goal weights (I have two separate goals). I'm never going to be this fat again, because this time around I plan ahead and I have regular check-ins built in for the rest of my life so I can always evaluate how I'm doing, and adjust as needed. Axe at the ready 🪓

@frhaberl Congrats on your blood work! It sounds like your doctor sees and recognizes your hard work too, that is extra awesome. I have a doctor's visit at the end of September and can't wait to see my new numbers. (My A1C was just past borderline last time, yikes.)

justanotherloser007 wrote: »

The hubby says, "she weighs and tracks her food." At which point, it doesn't matter who they are, unanimously they agree: "I could never do that!"
Which is silly, I am not some weird super-genius wonder woman!

Haha right?! I used to eat a whole-foods, plant-based diet (worked great for me) and I got soooo tired of people saying "oh I could never do that." OK so? Nobody says you have to! lmao. But yeah anyone could do it, or as some wise person put it: Whether you think you can or you think you can't: you're right! Congrats on your upgraded villain status I think some people just see the world in clichés. I bet if you were a platinum blonde, that stranger would have compared you to Elsa.

MurphmomSparkles wrote: »

Feel that familiar urge to continue snacking "because I've blown it anyway" but keep reminding myself I'm still on plan

Our brains truly are weird and wonderful things Sounds like you had a truly groundbreaking insight and I hope you stuck to your guns. Congrats on kicking those silly old habits to the curb!

3rdtimelosesit wrote: »

I keep saying "I've only dropped 28 lbs so far". After purchasing some food and cat litter at the pet store I had to carry the 26 lb bag of litter about 30 feet to the truck. After dumping it on the seat I said to my husband, man that's heavy, glad I didn't have to carry it any further. Then I thought about the 28 lbs I've dropped in my journey so far. Looking at the bag didn't bring it home...but carrying it sure did.

That is awesome! I have a cat who's around 13 lbs and he loves to be picked up and held and I keep comparing my current weight loss to his weight. I've lost two of him so far and I'm reminded of that every time I pick him up, haha. Have you tried framing your current weight loss in terms of your goal weight? I realized a little while ago that I had already lost 20-25% of my total planned weight loss (I have two goals) and that really shifted my perception of how far I've come already!