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  • When I did invisalign and had to get new trays (so painful), I would subsist off soups. Mmmm, tomato soup. And soft stuff. Yeah, I love potatoes, but I also enjoy creamed corn, steamed carrots, etc. I didn't really eat a lot of bread -- I found it painful to eat. XD Soups!! There's all sorts of healthy, smooth soups out…
  • @jjlewey But so tastyyyy...
  • I'm not at all a big food person. I grew up super picky and now I have food allergies that limit my already (albeit slightly broadened) limited food choices. However, there are a few things I would love to indulge in EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. (And did. Numerous times and were a direct contributor to weight gain). Peanut M&Ms.…
  • @NovusDies I commiserate with your fear of downsizing! I struggled too, especially in the beginning. Now, I have a garage full of clothing I'm not going to use again that I'm going to give away so that perhaps they'll help others in need! It's a huge step for me as it means having no security net (well not none; but the…
  • Hallo! I have never joined a MFP group before, so this is a first for me (I hem'd/haw'd on the button -- I am much more of a MFP lurker than I am vocal). :) At the beginning of June, I was half a pound away from 100lbs lost. (I was a thin child, thin teenager, I gained the weight after a bout in college when I couldn't…
  • WOW!!! That is amazing!! Go you!!
  • I don't know if this is an NSV per se, but... I actually like getting dressed now. For the longest time, I wore the same shirts and jeans over and over again until they would literally fall apart. I had to be pushed and pulled to get clothing even when I knew I had to because stuff was falling apart. Going clothes shopping…
  • Wow!! Awesome! What a change! :smiley:
  • I'm almost 100lbs lost and the majority of that has been through just walking and getting steps and moderating what I eat. So it can be done! I *used* to go to the gym a lot and lift weights and stuff, but then I had a medical issue and took a year or so off. When I got back to it, I decided whatever I did, it was going to…
  • Congrats! That's wonderful! Also, I love the bunny slippers. :smiley:
  • I just came off of birthday/anniversary month: 2 weeks of traveling, vacation plus 1 week of a work trip plus birthday week and then the fourth of july weekend. I've "gained" 7 pounds since June 1, but my measurements have largely stayed the same. I say largely because here and there is a slight increase (in millimeters)…
  • @ceiswyn Yes. I love hiking. I just need to get my bum back into it (June is always a crazy month). I much prefer hiking out into nature over almost anything else except swimming!
  • @ceiswyn First, that profile picture is epic! Second, what an AMAZING hike. You are inspiring me to go for a hike, though I do not have quite as pretty views. What an awesome NSV!
  • Growing up, I was never fashion conscious. Then I gained weight at the end of college and with nothing to choose from, I was... um... definitely NOT fashion conscious. What resonates with me most in what you said @seltzermint555 is the making up for the years lost when I felt awkward af shopping with friends. I definitely…
  • This is an awesome goal! Good luck! I have a feeling that you WILL rock that dress, so here's me, shaking some pom poms in encouragement. :smiley:
  • That you have this artery in your abdomen and when your cat presses her little ankle into you just so, you can feel it throb. Even better, when you're asleep, your dreams then turn into weird and horrifying things where your insides are writhing. The cat is going to need some sleep adjustment. XD I never knew this. But now…
  • I got new underwear when I realized that I was stuffing them into my pants and it was creating this weird false fat roll where they bunched up. My husband encouraged me to get fancy ones but I was like not gonna pay high dollars for something I *might* have to replace again. So I grabbed good ol' fashioned cheapies at…
  • Awesome work! Congrats! Hugs for your loss.
  • I've gotten to where I see my biggest losses once a month during my "magic week". The rest of the month I tend to slightly trend down, but day-to-day I usually see little ups and downs depending on what I've been eating (+/- carbs, +/- sodium, +/- big meals, etc). When "magic week" starts for me, I start losing slowly. It…
  • Looks amazing!! Congrats!! :smiley:
  • @Mexicangreensalsa Thank you! I figure, if I can find a way to make it fun (for me), then I will be more apt to stick with it. XD
  • @Mexicangreensalsa I'm a big gamer and I like to 'gamify' things to make 'em fun. So my first pants I wanted to fit back into were my 'dragonpants' -- kind of like a dragon I wanted to slay and they were pants, so dragonpants fit. So kind of any dragon I wanna slay, I just make 'em into things. Dragontravel is kind of my…
  • For the last two weeks, I walked all over Europe - averaging about 20k steps a day. As my husband laughingly called it -- the deathmarch. We wanted (and did!) see so much while we were on vacation. I wasn't worried about calories or weight or anything; I just had fun. I took so many pictures: some of them are goofy and…
  • @HDBKLM Hehe, wow! But hey, everyone should have the dragon they wanna slay. Gotta make the journey fun! My next mini-goal is to shed any vacation weight (haven't hopped on the scale, yet) and get back to hitting 100lbs lost and then the FINAL DRAGON: to feel good and be confident in a two-piece bathing suit for Costa Rica…
  • Vanity sizing is defined by manufacturers who sell clothing at lower sizes because it appeals to us, the consumers. A size 8 today is not the same size it was even a decade ago, and definitely not more. People of all sizes deserve to have clothing that fits and flatters, whatever their weight or body shape. But the reality…
  • That would drive me mad @seltzermint555 -- the touching thing. Maybe it's regional? No one here is touching me, thank goodness! Or maybe I've perfected my "I'm not social today" face. XD Now, while people don't *touch* me randomly, I have caught them trying to squeeze my personal space. I've gotten good at the stretch and…
  • Everyone is different, but almost 20 pounds can make a huge difference. It all depends on where you hold the weight, when the weight drops, etc. Make sure to check out this thread as good examples of the living changes that good posture, timing, water retention, etc, can have on your belly -->…
  • Exactly this. Cheese is lyfe. XD
  • I am a lazy weigher -- the things I weigh are like granola and chocolate chips and nuts. The things I know that "one little handful" is a slippery slope. If I were more disciplined, I would weigh everything, but I am lazy and okay with the weight loss being less than consistent as long as it is consistently going down. XD…
  • At 160 & 5'5, I was a size 4. But I carry my weight all over and I suspect I'm more like a noodle person (minus the bust). At 144 (latest weight), I'm anywhere from a 0-2, except if the legs are really narrow in non-stretchy pants since I still have weight to lose in my legs and they don't quite match my waist/hip size. Or…
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