Non scale victories

[karinbuck 42]

I was sleeved 3/20/2014. I'm down 46 lbs. weight loss has been a little slower than I wanted. But I feel great. I'm walking miles with no back pain. I've started running. I walked/ran a 5k last month and I'm doing another 5k on the 4th. I am working hard and the scale moving slow can be a little discouraging. So I am relying heavily on my non scale victories. Last night I put my wedding band and engagement rings on. They were a little snug, but I have not been able to wear them for almost five years. The proud look on my husbands face said it all for me. I'm so proud of myself. Surgery was not an easy decision for me. I fought it for ten years. But this has been the 2nd best decision I've made for my life. The 1st was marrying my husband. I love hearing others NSV stories. So please share.

[RJ'S/beginning 5,358]

this brought tears to my eyes...I am soooooooooo proud of you and I don't even know you.....Please do me a favor. Put the scale away and if you have to weigh yourself once a month until you are at goal. The scale is our enemy and can sabotage us into thinking we are failing the program.

Happy days are coming in leaps and bounds for you. Don't let numbers ruin that for you....Congratulations on your NSV!!!!!!

[hrhlaurie 185]

I'm off of my bp med, out of plus size clothing and can get out of bed in the morning and walk to toilet without hobbling. My rings are getting loose and I feel good. My husband told me how good I looked yesterday but worries that I'll lose too much. Isn't it great that we can come here and share with others who get it?

[Ava324 413]

Congrats!

I haven't been able to wear my wedding rings for the last two months. I demonstrated to my husband that they were loose by shaking my hand...and they flew off. He banned me from wearing them until they were resized. Lol! I'll have them done once I'm at my goal.

In their place, I wear the promise ring he gave me when I was 19 years old. It's a tiny bit loose now, and there's no way I could have squeezed this thing on 6 months ago.

[McButterpants 2,846]

Congratulations! You're doing great! Bask in those non-scale victories - they are more meaningful than that silly scale.

I had a similar experience with rings...I had my diamond wedding band and eternity bands resized, but not my plain gold wedding band. I always hoped that one day I would be able to wear it again...I now can. It fits and it is actually keeping my other rings on my fingers, because they now slide off!

Keep on keepin' on!

[mi75 1,235]

my NSV is fairly small, being that i'm only 4 days out from surgery. BUT...

prior to surgery I was taking 10 prescription pills a day, and today I am down to one-half of one pill. WHOO HOO!!!!!!!

[karinbuck 42]

Awesome job everyone! I was weighing myself everyday. I realized I was obsessing so I stay at once a week now. I find it keeps me in check a little. I am still battling food addiction so knowing that I'm gonna get on the scale at some point I try not to over indulge. Some of my other NSV's have been getting off of diabetic meds, cholesterol meds, not having to pee in the middle of the night (due to bad blood sugar), and not having joint pain.

[JeanZ_RN 378]

I have a different kind of NSV to report. I've been exploring a couple of dating web sites for the past month, and yesterday I made contact with a very attractive guy who had rated my profile very highly. He was only the 3rd guy I've contacted through one of the sites. (The 1st one stood me up for what was supposed to be our 2nd date and has not contacted me since, and the 2nd one didn't reply at all.)

Well, this guy took offense at something I said and sent me a very rude reply. I was bummed. The NSV is... I very much wanted to eat chocolate to self soothe, but I did NOT give in. Yay me!