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Non Scale Victories

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AlisonM said:
I had two today. First a colleague at work asked if I'd lost weight and when I got up to answer the call of nature just now my trousers fell down. I'm grinning like a fool. :D😎
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Fantastic Alison - both good NSV's that I bet made you feel good. I hope you were on your own when the trousers fell down - best get some new ones quick!:D
 
I had 2 links taken out of my watch last week :D Fits a treat now yayy
 
My trousers have been feeling quite loose for the last couple of weeks so I decided to see yesterday if I had dropped a dress size by trying the next size down on and they fit perfectly 🙂
 
Emmal31 said:
My trousers have been feeling quite loose for the last couple of weeks so I decided to see yesterday if I had dropped a dress size by trying the next size down on and they fit perfectly 🙂
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Excellent Emma! 🙂
 
Ooh thats a nice feeling Emma - well done you!🙂
 
I've just been reading this thread and it's brilliant! I think it's marvellous how well you've all done...You're all hugely inspirational. And what's more you're all real, normal people, not like film stars with personal trainers and whatnot. Well done!
Lucy, i wish you lived near me and could lend me some of your enthusiasm and determination, at the beginning of this thread you were pleased coz you managed to run to catch the bus, and now you're running kilometres in races and winning tennis tournaments! I can see that these things can be done in real life.
I'm thinking of joining a weightwatchers/slimming world thing to try and get myself motivated but maybe i should just come in here more often.


Well done all,

Rachel
 
RachelT said:
I've just been reading this thread and it's brilliant! I think it's marvellous how well you've all done...You're all hugely inspirational. And what's more you're all real, normal people, not like film stars with personal trainers and whatnot. Well done!
Lucy, i wish you lived near me and could lend me some of your enthusiasm and determination, at the beginning of this thread you were pleased coz you managed to run to catch the bus, and now you're running kilometres in races and winning tennis tournaments! I can see that these things can be done in real life.
I'm thinking of joining a weightwatchers/slimming world thing to try and get myself motivated but maybe i should just come in here more often.


Well done all,

Rachel
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Wow Rachel - thank you so much for the post, you have made my day - and i should imagine those others who have posted on here.

Please do come and join us. Post your loss/gain/maintain each week on the Total Group Loss thread and then join in both giving and receiving good advice and support but mainly having a laugh along the way.:D

This also goes for anyone else wanting to join us - it would be great to have a few more dieters amongst us whether you need to lose 10lbs or 10 stone.🙂
 
Now I am not sure if these are NSV's (there are a few tangled in here) but they sure have made me feel good.

Before diagnosis I was a size 22 - pushing into a 24.

Recently I bought a pair of size 18 Jeggings and felt brilliant. I wore them out on Saturday night and for the first time in a long time - I didn't sit on the bed having a strop about having nothing to wear beforehand- and actually found I really liked myself and how I looked.

Whilst I was out, I did start to think that they did feel a little 'baggy' around the legs :D

I have therefore been contemplating buying a pair of size 16s as I do feel it wont be long before i get into them (the waist might be an issue at the moment). So off I trotted to buy some and they had flipping sold out of 16's! Loads of 14's , 18's and 20's but no 16's.

I then found myself smiling to myself that I was actually there to buy something in a size 16. Even 4 weeks ago I wouldn't have thought it but the 20lbs I have lost in 4 weeks has made a big difference.

Also, whilst I was in there one of the assistants stopped me and asked me where I had bought my dress from. I told her and she said it is absolutely gorgeous!

I walked out the shop beaming because I knew if I had looked like the usual sack of potatoes I normally felt like she wouldn't have commented!

Today is a good day! 🙂
 
what a lovely story Lucy ... feels so good when you drop a dress size but you have dropped about THREE dress sizes 😱 amazing... well done x

today I got on the Wii Fit for my usual weigh-in (it being Monday) and was really upset to find that I hadn't lost anything at all.... poundage-wise

then did my weekly tape measuring......... and.......... (tiny little drum roll)....... I have lost 2 inches in total from the 6 measurements I take each Monday :D

I want to lose pounds..... but inches are really good too 😎
 
Thanks Macast,

I just thought you mention weighing yourself on Wii Fit?

I used to weigh myself on this but stopped when i realised it wasn't exact. Mine said I had gained 1lb one week when I knew I hadn't. So I started a bit of double weighing :D Weighed on Wii and on digital scales. For two weeks they were in sync but then went out of sync with wii saying stayed the same but on digital a 3lb loss? This happened a third time a few weeks later, so I dont weigh on the wii anymore - but great for the exercise.

Just wondered if this could be your problem?

By the way, your 2 inch loss in 1 week is a very good NSV🙂
 
Well done Lucy and macast both great achievements
 
If you have ever been overweight you will understand this one!

I wore some white jeans to a party today and felt marvelous!🙂
 
Thanks Alan!🙂
 
I went swimming for the first time in ages today and.........wait for it.............my swimming costume now fits nicely, not a tad tight like it used to be, in fact it felt a tad baggy in the posterior :D
 
lucy123 said:
If you have ever been overweight you will understand this one!

I wore some white jeans to a party today and felt marvelous!🙂
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oh how fabulous!!! 😎 I bet you looked and felt gorgeous


alisonz said:
I went swimming for the first time in ages today and.........wait for it.............my swimming costume now fits nicely, not a tad tight like it used to be, in fact it felt a tad baggy in the posterior :D
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whoo hoo.... baggy is gooooood :D
 
Thank you Macast - it has motivated me I must say.

Alison - well done on being baggy - I love that feeling!
 
Mark T said:
In theory I'm about 4 kg away and I'm loosing at least 0.5 kg a week on average. So at most 8 weeks I think.

It's really odd, I've got a phantom ring feeling on my finger.
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When I had my big weight loss I had to have both my engagement ring and wedding ring resized. I decided to do them separately but when I took my engagement ring off my wedding ring was falling off, so I went into Claire's accessories and bought some very cheap plain rings so that I could at least wear something on that finger - it has a groove in it because I've worn my wedding ring for so long so it looks odd without something there.
 
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