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What a difference a day makes!
Kincar
Posts: 595 Member
Just yesterday I was contemplating coming here to post a help thread. I was feeling so discouraged. I needed some encouragement.
I'd increased my calories a couple of months ago. I initially gained and held on to 2.5 pounds. After three weeks they came off and I lost two more lbs. This was after two months of pretty much no loss. A couple of weeks ago got a BMF. I burn 2200 to 2700 cals a day now that I'm not working (I am off for the summer). I burned around 3000 when I was teaching. I was only eating 1600 (plus exercise cals). I increased my calories again for a 250 deficit and gained 3 lbs. That's when I got very discouraged.
Tonight, I wanted to wear jeans to the store, but the ones that fit me are in the wash (I've been a tad lazy with the wash now that we're out of school :blushing: ). So, just for the heck of it, I tried on my "skinny" jeans - jeans I haven't worn in two years. They fit! When I came home, I decided to push my luck and try on another pair of jeans that I love, but were a little smaller than the one I'd worn tonight. I tried them on a week ago and they were too tight for me to wear. They fit too!
I went from down in the dumps to feeling great in just 24 hours. Awesome!!! All thanks to eating more! I can eat 2000 calories a day and finally fit into my smallest pair of jeans!
I'd increased my calories a couple of months ago. I initially gained and held on to 2.5 pounds. After three weeks they came off and I lost two more lbs. This was after two months of pretty much no loss. A couple of weeks ago got a BMF. I burn 2200 to 2700 cals a day now that I'm not working (I am off for the summer). I burned around 3000 when I was teaching. I was only eating 1600 (plus exercise cals). I increased my calories again for a 250 deficit and gained 3 lbs. That's when I got very discouraged.
Tonight, I wanted to wear jeans to the store, but the ones that fit me are in the wash (I've been a tad lazy with the wash now that we're out of school :blushing: ). So, just for the heck of it, I tried on my "skinny" jeans - jeans I haven't worn in two years. They fit! When I came home, I decided to push my luck and try on another pair of jeans that I love, but were a little smaller than the one I'd worn tonight. I tried them on a week ago and they were too tight for me to wear. They fit too!
I went from down in the dumps to feeling great in just 24 hours. Awesome!!! All thanks to eating more! I can eat 2000 calories a day and finally fit into my smallest pair of jeans!
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Fitting into skinny jeans.... AWESOME!! :bigsmile:
Thats a great nsv Kincar! Congrats!! :flowerforyou:0 -
What a great feeling!!!!!! :drinker:0
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How awesome is that!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:0
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What a great feeling!0
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Love this, congrats! So sum it up, you have lost how many pounds vs.how many jeans sizes?0
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Fabulous :happy:0
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That is amazing and puts it all into perspective for a lot of us I think - keep going and keep eating more and fueling our amazing bodies!
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So cool! Thanks for sharing. I love how in this group, each person's victory feels like a boost to all the rest of us. 0
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So cool! Thanks for sharing. I love how in this group, each person's victory feels like a boost to all the rest of us.
wow, this feels very true!
Congratulations now go throw out your scale.... 0 -
Fitting into skinny jeans and then skinnier jeans is a MAJOR victory!!!!!
Cheers to you....:drinker:0 -
That's awesome, congrats!!0
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I definitely needed to read this today! I am having a down dat after feeling awesome yesterday! My before pics got me down, but I am doing something about it, so I need to just stop!0
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I definitely need this post. thanks girl! way to go girl!0
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This motivates me to stay off the scale even more!! Yay for you!! Awesome NSV!!0
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YAY! That's great Congrats on your success so far! 0
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Congrats!!! So glad to hear your success!0
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Thanks, everyone!Love this, congrats! So sum it up, you have lost how many pounds vs.how many jeans sizes?
I'm down about 10 - 15 lbs and two sizes. I was down one size before weight lifting & eating more. Since then, I've lost about 4 lbs and gone down another size.
ETA: I'm so not the type of person to drop a few pounds and go down a size. Normally it takes me at least 10 lbs before I drop a size thanks to my thighs. So 4 lbs = one pants size is amazing for me.So cool! Thanks for sharing. I love how in this group, each person's victory feels like a boost to all the rest of us.
I feel the same way, which I why I decided to post instead of keeping it myself. These types of posts keep me going so I figured I'd add one more.
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