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Non Scale Victories

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Sheilagh1958 said:
I have just bought a new mac last one I bought was size 22 new one is size 18 whey hey.
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Well done Sheilagh that is a fantasic achievment :D xxx
 
alisonz said:
I'm going to have to pay a visit to the jewllers and get a few links taken out of my watch it sort of hangs off my wrist and I can get 2 fingers between my wrist and strap :D
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Well done Alison thats great :D xxx. My wedding, engagement and eternity rings no longer fit they are at least two sizes to big and the eternity and wedding rings cant be resized due to their style. Might have to persuade hubby to buy me new ones LOL.
 
Northerner said:
Thanks to my daily Gay Gasper addiction I have lost 1 whole inch from my waist. Still waiting for the six-pack to emerge from the flods of flesh though! 😉
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Well done Alan 🙂
 
cazscot said:
Well done Alison thats great :D xxx. My wedding, engagement and eternity rings no longer fit they are at least two sizes to big and the eternity and wedding rings cant be resized due to their style. Might have to persuade hubby to buy me new ones LOL.
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My rings and watch are the same 🙂
 
MargB said:
Well, went shopping over the weekend and bought size 12 skirts and tops. Had to laugh though because I looked at just a simple pullover type top in Dunnes and thought it looked a bit skinny so tried on a size 14 - far too skinny! To get one to fit I would probably need to get a size 18 - so I didn't bother!! Huh!

I must say though - they have definitely changed the sizes since I was a teenager/20s. Otherwise how could anyone possibly be a size zero? Size zero - you wouldn't exist! I have in my wardrobe an 'old' size 14 skirt from C&A which does not zip up yet so I will know where I am once I can get into that. A personal target for me.
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I know how you feel Marg, at the moment I have from a size 18 to 24 in my wardrope and they all fit me 😱. What annoys me is it can vary even within the same store. I went into m and s recently and the size 22 trousers didnt fit me and a size 20 dress fitted me perfectly :confused:...
 
Marg thats great news very positive, good going x
 
Well done all on these great NSV's. Its good to keep reading these as it really does remind you that it not just about the scales.🙂
 
Carol, you are doing so well so this recent weight gain has got to be just a blip. It will come off again easily but isn't it great buying or even looking at smaller sizes!!! I love it. I feel as if a whole new world has been opened to me and I smugly walked passed a section for "outsize woman". Sad thing is I felt smug again when leaving the shop because I had to pass the same sign.

Went out on Saturday evening wearing size 12 jeans and size 12 top and got loads of compliments - keep going everyone, it is worth it.
 
MargB said:
Carol, you are doing so well so this recent weight gain has got to be just a blip. It will come off again easily but isn't it great buying or even looking at smaller sizes!!! I love it. I feel as if a whole new world has been opened to me and I smugly walked passed a section for "outsize woman". Sad thing is I felt smug again when leaving the shop because I had to pass the same sign.

Went out on Saturday evening wearing size 12 jeans and size 12 top and got loads of compliments - keep going everyone, it is worth it.
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Thanks Marg and yep it felt great buying my size 18 party dress 🙂. My taste in clothes has completely changed as I can now buy clothes in the style I like not just because they fit me!

No wonder you felt snug you have on so well you deserve it LOL xxx
 
I am now noticing quite a few NSV's@

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Having to get a pin on Saturday whilst playing tennis match as skirt was falling down every time I ran for ball!

At measurements yesterday lost lots and lots of cms since last measure 3 weeks ago.

Best one for me though was yesterday my PT did sit ups with me. In june if I tried to do a sit up all that happened was my head sorted of nodded (haha). Yesterday I managed 30 complete sit ups with just a tiny bit of pressure on my toes - I am now challenging myself to do them with no help at all in the next month!! I can now come write up to a complete sit up and lower down gently - will be so good to do this unassisted!!
 
Well done.

I dusted off my sewing machine and used it to take in sides of tops until I got round to buying more at the new size. Also took in the waistband of a skirt and that made a big difference to the fit.
 
well done both of you.
 
Well done Caffeine.

Lucy my previous reply was to you!
 
Well done to you all on your non scale victories.
 
Last night we were going out for a meal with family for my hubbys birthday. So yesterday we went shopping for a new outfit each. I purchased off the peg, 2 tops in a size 20 and as I was leaving the store saw the most gorgeous top but it was a size 14. I bought it anyway as I knew the rate I am going it would fit one day and it really was pretty. When I was getting ready to go out I tried on both size 20 tops and they were absolutely hanging off me! The neck lines were on my upper arms!
So although feeling a bit daft, I tried on the 14 top - and would you believe it fitted perfectly (it was stretchy) and when I looked in the mirror it looked fantastic and so slimming., Hubby couldn't believe how much weight i had lost when I was dressed up - and when I got to the restaurant everyone was gobsmacked at how slim I looked. My son was close to tears and he only saw me recently. I am now looking to see my other sons reaction when I visit him in Doha in June as I haven't seen him for a year!! Boy I feel good now!

Now i have to train myself not to pick up size 20's anymore but my brain keeps telling me thats my size!!
 
Brilliant!!!! Know how you feel and know how good that is.

Well done Lucy.
 
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