Sunday, May 25, 2008

NSVs - Non-Scale Victories (updated)

I think I'm going to begin keeping this running list of all of the good things that are happening as I continue to lose. The "non-scale victories", in my opinion, are every single bit as important as those that we see as the scales go down. As more good things happen, I'll update this list and add them to the top.
  • UPDATE: My boss's wife, once again, said, "I think it's time for you to go down another size in your pants" - so I did!
  • UPDATE: Was able to buy Land's End pants at Sears in a size 18, and that's a regular Misses size. This is down from a Women's Plus Size 22.
  • UPDATE: Moved down 2 sizes in underwear, and was able to buy regular Hanes instead of Just My Size.
  • My boss's wife told me, "I don't want to hurt your feelings, but I think it's time for you to buy some smaller pants"
  • I suddenly realized that the driver's seatbelt in my car could be taken in a LOT.
  • Sat in a booth in a restaurant the other day, and didn't have to move the table out - in fact the person on the other side had to move it out, and I still had plenty of room!
  • I've been able to tuck my shirts into my pants without having to pull the shirt out so that it puffs out to cover up the roll.
  • Not only can I wear a belt, but my 2X belts are way too big, and I need to buy some new ones.
  • When jumping on the rebounder this morning, I was able to do more than just stand there and bounce - I was actually able to pump my arms and get my heart rate up some.
  • I can get in the bathtub and my thighs don't touch the sides anymore!
  • I saw our formal Chorus photo, and what little you could see of me (head and shoulders) looked like I was normal sized - my face looked oblong, my cheekbones and jawline were well-defined and the double chin was gone!

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

One thing i noticed when i lost all my weight was travelling on planes, before i just barely squeezed into the tiny seats, i had to actually move the arm rest up to accomodate my side fat rolls, 100 pounds later and i went for a trip earlier this year and i actually had room between me and the arm rests, i was so happy. (they should make those chairs bigger anyway) But its always good to see progress not on the scale that you can see with your own eyes. I will now call thse NSV's also :)

May 19, 2008 at 12:21 PM  

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