Age 50+ - Age 50+ NSVs (Non-scale victories)

Here's a place where we can toot our own horns about something positive that has happened in regards to weight loss, or maintenance, other than the reading on our scales. No victory is too small to share here, so please let us know about yours.

I made it through a family birthday dinner last night and stayed 100% OP. :)

I went shopping today and should have eaten before I went. Just before I came home I was so hungry but I passed up all the Halloween candy and chips and didn't buy or eat anything until I got home and made a good meal.

My abs are sore!! Worked my butt off today, sweat dripping, legs and muscles shaking, but I made it through day Four of the Burn Phase, of ChaLean Extreme.

We went to GS's 18th birthday party last night. I brought a huge lettuce, tomato, crouton salad to share plus brought my own Fat Free Italian dressing. I only ate a couple of tiny croutons, had a very small piece of lasgagna (cheese, no meat in it) and 1/2 slice birthday cake. I had a large apple for lunch and saved my calories for birthday supper. After putting my food portions into Fitday, surprise, surprise, I hadn't gone over my 1200 calores. I was very happy about that.

These are great victories! YAY, ladies!! :cp:

Today, I put on a size L, tee-shirt, no more X-after a number. So excited, when I started this journey to better health, I was a 3XL.

I Love NSV's, Good Job Jane, retiredone, and Bobbolink

I went to MIL's birthday party last night and didn't have cake or chips or pop or ice cream. I brought a fruit tray with yogurt to dip and that's what I had. And that cake and the beloved chips were calling me. :D

These are great NSVs!! :carrot:

Keep 'em coming.

Had dinner at my Sister's Apartment, DH and I brought dinner, Pizza, boy did it smell good, but stuck to my decision had my big salad with ckn, no pizza or garlic knots, for me. To top that off, my sis had a lemon pie for dessert, but also said no to that, now if it was anything chocolate, might of given in for a taste. Best part, all the leftovers stayed at my sister's place, so no pizza calling to me, after my DH went to work tonight!!

retiredone-Yay that is awesome!!

Job well done, Institches. The smell of pizza would have done me in!

I had a victory last week that I forgot to mention. DD Mary and I went out to eat, and fries came with my turkey sandwich, but I didn't know that ahead of time. So when the waiter set my plate down and left, I took the lid off the pepper shaker and shook pepper on the fries. (the salt shaker lid was stuck shut) When there's a will, there's a way, right?

I went back to work this weekend, after being off for 2 months. On Saturday 2 of the nurses started "discussing" who made the best pie. So, both of them brought fresh homemade pie's in to work Sunday. AND, to add insult to injury, one of the aids brought in a bosx of those huge muffins from Sam's Club. I had 1/4 of a muffin for breakfast, and no, NO pie!!!

In my before days, I bought the double choc and blueberry, almost weekly, they are soooo good. That is great only 1/4 of a muffin, and no pie...Yay for you.
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Went out to eat Sunday night and did not have the bread, I Love Homemade Bread, still warm from the oven with a hunk of butter. Looked up my choices on-line before we left, and decided what I was going to order, and did not sway from my choices, even though that bread was calling me, did not listen.

Instiches21, Good for you!!! You show that bread who's boss!!!

I went to McDonalds today with MIL, SIL and Niece and I ordered the plain Garden Salad. I only used about 1 tablespoon of dressing. Everyone else had fries, burgers, wraps and soda.

bought A LOT of candy, since it fell on a Saturday this year, well did not plan on pouring rain, so the rest of the Candy has left, DH offered to take it with him to work!!

:cp: Yay!!!!

My DS saw just my hind end, sticking out from the open fridge, and had to do a double take, who does that tiny hiney belong to!! :cloud9: made my day for sure, when he said "Mom you look Great!" :D

:woohoo: Way to go institches!!!

Hi Everyone. I'm over 50 and after checking out some posts I think I may be a bit more comfortable here. I did post elsewhere and joined challenges and met some great people but am wondering - after reading about period binging and boyfriends and office parties - if I belong there.
I work part time (20 hrs) in a school and have a private practice at home on Sundays and after school Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I love my work and I usually love my family. Today I was not happy but I didn't turn to the food. I have been following the chicks site for two weeks and it has given me the courage and support to have two abstinent weeks. I don't be long to OA but I follow the Dignity of Choice food plan.
For today I will be happy :)

:welcome3: Debo-

Congrats on 2wks of Taking Control with your Healthy Choices!! You are going to Love it here, take a look around here, 50+ has alot to offer! So happy that you are here to join us. pop by to say Hi, on one of the chat threads. see you soon

:bravo::cp: You are taking control, one day at a time!! Every day we have the chance to make good decisions. I'm happy to hear that you are doing so well. I post in the 50+ also, in the Golden Girls. Come on over and check us out.

My motto is: make it a good day. Because i think we have a choice. I'ts the way we look at life and the decisions we make. We can't controle what others do, but we can controle how we look at things and how we handle them.

Good luck. I wrote that and then I realized, that LUCK has very little to do with it.

:carrot: I'm in Onederland, as of 12/23/09 the scale reads-198.8 :carrot:

I have lost 2" in my waist, finally reaching the elusive 34" benchmark for women and decreasing the odds for metabolic syndrome and pre-diabetes:carrot:

went for a walk today in spite of rain/ storm warnings. I put on my Mickey Mouse rain poncho and off I went! another .4 mile for my future.

I went to Panda Express (Chinese food) and I fully intended to get a plate of orange chicken, kung pao shrimp and lo mein. BUT...I gritted my teeth and only got a diet Sobe drink and left. I ate a Kashi snack bar and drank my Sobe. Whew!

I can touch my toes!!!!!! (and there are 10 of them)

:cp: Whoo hoo to each of you! These are great reports!

These are all old posts, but I still want to put one out there. I am having such a hard time sticking to things, think the goals were too big, long term, for me anyway. I am a small goal person, when I have tried the big ones, well, just trying to start out exercising in small ways and my back then my knee acted up (too much I guess), so I have started just a few exercised for my gut, just a few at a time, increased a little over a week, and today, when I got up, instead of feeling like I have this watermelon like thing attached to my front, I feel a little stronger in that area. It feels like my middle is a part of me, if that makes sense, instead of this thing to carry around.

BTW, chicpanda, love the visual of the rain poncho, how fun!

Way to go, gonnadoitthistime!! :carrot:

All of you ladies are awesome! Boy, I know how it is to go grocery shopping when I am hungry. And don't even mention Halloween candy.

I'm only 1.5 weeks in here, and not enough posts yet, to get a weight-loss tracker, so even though I'm weighing weekly at home (4 pounds down!), I thought I'd post my mini goal here is to get through the "newbie" period, so I can get my weight-loss ticker on this blog.

I am hungry a lot these days, whether it's literally because my body is adjusting to fewer calories and not the bad calories it was used to, and because I think it's kind of psychological. You know, getting used to feeing "deprived." So I'm thrilled I've lopped off almost 10 days of not blowing my diet. And yes, I'm going to use the word "diet." I said in another thread, it is too overwhelming for me to say I'm on a "lifestyle change." Besides, this blog IS titled "3FatChicksonaDiet," right?

Everyone here inspires me so much. Thank you!

AuntBea - :cp: congrats for going so many continuous days staying OP!! You can do this!

Thank you, Jane! Your kind words are great.

You know, who ever thought up this 20-day diet-rite-of-passage for this forum knew what they were doing. It's truly a mini-goal to get to those 20 days and my weight-loss ticker/tracker!

I've read that a new habit needs around 21 days to take hold or take root. So it makes sense.

Have a wonderful Labor Day holiday weekend!

Hello,
But have been reading here atthe 50+ for a while now. I am 65 and have been on low carb with a cut back on fat.. for 5 months now, and have lost 22 pounds.I have High colesterol so watch the fat level and it has really worked for me.I just wanted to let you gals know that your encouragement has reall helped me.
I live in a very small town Othello, WA and love the country life, I v'e been here 3 years , moved here from the Seattle area. I sure don't miss the congested roads or all the crouds...*At All*
I'll be here reading and enjoying all of your help! Thanks Ranchgirl

I'm going to try to put in a tracker soon, if I can figure out how to.

While I am slow, I managed to stay on the treadmill for a full 60 minutes today! Sticking with my fp consistently from the first of the month. Didn't even have cake on my birthday.

:cp::cp::cp:Congrats everybody!:cp::cp::cp:

I'm in smaller sizes in everything but my shoes. This past weekend I was selecting some things at WallyWorld and my dh thought I'd grabbed the wrong size. It was really fun to tell him that, no, I can wear the regular large now, instead of the extra large.:D:carrot::carrot::D

Joined Herbal Magic yesterday. I am doing something about the weight. I need the support. Today I found this cite. The inspiration continues.

I walked 2 miles today and I have bad ankles and foot issues, so that is further than I can usually do at once.

Oh, and yesterday, was out grocery shopping all afternoon before snow flew and did not buy ANY junk!

Today I was feeling discouraged. :( There hasn't been too much movement on the scale lately. Then I recalled that within the last 3 months I have:
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Spent a week in Maine playing with grandkids & eating.
Spent a week in California playing with grandkids and eating.
Gone to 2 big weddings.
Had Halloween.
Had Thanksgiving.
Managed to still loose 1.5 lbs.

Definitely a NSV. :dancer: I am thrilled! :carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot:

I went to a pre Christmas lunch yesterday.
I am on the Flat Belly diet (day 4). Ordered a seafood salad with walnuts and a lemon and olive oil salad. So proud that I did not break our!

I have had the book for a year, iwas just thinking I would try
It. Congrats on the 4days. Is there a suport forum Here? My online password no longer works.

I went to a pre Christmas lunch yesterday.
I am on the Flat Belly diet (day 4). Ordered a seafood salad with walnuts and a lemon and olive oil salad. So proud that I did not break our!

Hello,
But have been reading here atthe 50+ for a while now. I am 65 and have been on low carb with a cut back on fat.. for 5 months now, and have lost 22 pounds.I have High colesterol so watch the fat level and it has really worked for me.I just wanted to let you gals know that your encouragement has reall helped me.
I live in a very small town Othello, WA and love the country life, I v'e been here 3 years , moved here from the Seattle area. I sure don't miss the congested roads or all the crouds...*At All*
I'll be here reading and enjoying all of your help! Thanks Ranchgirl

I'm going to try to put in a tracker soon, if I can figure out how to.

Hi,

I am also on a low carb, low fat diet, it is really helping me with my weight and cholesterol. I am 53 years old and had a hard time losing weight before I started the low carb, low fat diet. Now I am losing and really love it. I also moved to a little place in West Virginia, in the country from a city in Maryland and just love the country and the peace and quiet. Keep up the good work with your diet and enjoy the country.

Recognizing triggers, seems silly, but only recently have I come to accept how much food commercials have effected me. So, I started watching the food channel, loved the creativity involved in many of the foods/shows etc, and in some strange way made me more aware of food oriented commercials and how they triggered the desire for pleasure in both the eating, creativity, and social aspects of my thinking. Lots of good times in restaurants in the past, both as a patron and as an employee. Plus one night flipped between food shows and the "hoarders" show (I used to collect things too, but never as bad as those unfortunate unhappy people), and somehow the link between obsession (of any kind) and the search for happiness just clicked for me. I think it has given me new insight into my behaviors. I feel so fortunate!

My sons girlfriend came back from vacation and brought us some t-shirts. One xl and one L. It was obvious from the feminine design that the L was for me. Ouch, I wear an xl. Well, we're going to see her today so last night I tried on the L, thinking I'll squeeze myself into it. Maybe throw a sweater over it and it won't look too bad. Suffer through an evening and then never wear it again, right? Well, guess what? IT FITS! I mean it fits! WOW! I don't care if it shrinks after I wash it and I never get to wear it again. Right now it fits. And that has not happened in more years than I care to think about.

IT FITS!

Yayyyy!!! Congrats, you earned it.

Feb. 1st: NSV = wearing a thin cable-knit sweater all day and NOT ending up with a tummy crease in it from sitting down! I had put this sweater away b/c it ALWAYS showed my belly overhang at the waistline of my pants.

Feb. 1st: A Bad Thing: actively reached for and ate a Laura Secord French Chocolate Mint. Probably 5000 calories. I hope I walked it off after work!

Started low carb in January. This past week I got into two pair of jeans I haven't been able to get into in about a year. Back at a weight I was a year ago, and have slacked a bit this week, but am getting back on that horse, and in two months I swear those same jeans will be too loose.

Although the scale is slowing down and registered a 2-pound loss this morning, the tale-of-the tape tells me that I AM LOSING INCHES. I lost .5 inch from the area between my waist and breast-which I measure as that is where most fat goes once I am over a certain weight; .5 inch form the abdomen, which hasn't been moving (extra fat there) and a whopping 1.5 inches from mu waist this week. and it's wierd but apparently I dropped 3 inches from my calves, which explains why my shoes are a size too big, suddenly! I blame it all on healthy foods (and restricting processed carbs), Leslie Sansone's 1 mile walk and lifting 5 LBS weights for 10 minutes a day!

Tamsin78 - Your success proves that by reasonable means we CAN accomplish our goals. Good work!
NewCreation - Congrats on the new smaller size. Hand wash it until you are ready that you want it to shrink and you'll be able to enjoy it longer.
Gonnadoit and Potential - Doesn't it feel great to wear these olf favorites

because I kept exercising while I was regaining the weight, I am a size 24 instead of a size 26/28. I was that size when I joined 3fatchicks. A pyrric victory, but still a victory.

Don't think I've posted here before. I have seen NSV before and didn't know what it meant! ;) But finally noticed this forum.

Yesterday my abs (well, they are in there somewhere!) were sore all day and I know it was from this weigh machine I used at the gym. So this morning I made sure I used it again today.

I am also doing better with my eating. Went over a little yesterday but the scale was kind and I actually dropped a little. Hopefully it won't pop up tomorrow as I am doing well today so far. And I'm seeing a little improvement in my bs.

I bought a pair of size 18 jeans in early May when they were on sale. They were too tight, but I knew I'd get into them eventually, and they aren't always on sale. Seemed like a good idea. I needed to wear then the other day and they were too big! Had to exchange for size 16!

Lin

I had been feeling utterly defeated because I had gained back 15 pounds over the last few months...it has been an incredibly stressful few months, and I eat for solace...some of you can relate. So, anyway, I got back on my exercise bike and rode a gentle half hour. I gave up for a period, but I am here to say that I am going to make a daily commitment to my health. Yesterday it was riding, today it is riding and drinking 8 cups of water.
Sheri

Lyn-Congrats on the size 16 jeans! Size 14, here you come!