My first NSV - not eating ice cream. Everyone was gone. Normally when I'm alone, that's my eating time. Ice cream, cookies, etc. I had to go to Wally World milk, etc. I even looked at the ice cream - deciding what kind I wanted - and then just put it down. I didn't get it!!! YEAH for me!!!

LaurieDawn, congratulations! How exciting for you. And maybe your picture in the paper will surprise you.

Renee: Way to resist the ice cream! I have stood in your shoes an heard that siren call myself, so I know just how hard it can be.

Since the scale refuses to cooperate (so frustrated!) I will post another NSV that happened on Friday. When I first started my job in March, I told myself to be healthy and take the stairs whenever I had to go to the third floor. Well, I did it, but once I got there I had to hope I wouldn't run into anyone who wanted to talk (or even say hi) before my lungs stopped burning. Nothing quite as humiliating as trying to pretend you're not winded when you obviously are.

But Friday I took the stairs (it's 45 stairs, I think) and when I got to the top I was barely breathing hard! So I'm not losing weight, but my lung capacity is finally increasing. I have asthma-related issues, so that's a big deal for me. I'm going to The Bahamas in October and I'm planning to climb the Queen's Staircase (65 stairs), and now I'm confident that I will actually be able to do it.

We met some friends at a bike trail yesterday and I rode my bike 24.8 miles. Big deal for me. No lasting damage - just a sore knee this morning. Should have ridden in a lower gear more, I guess.

A published author, LaurieDawn??? I'm sooooooooooooooooooooo jealous! I'm a huge reader, so how about details so we can read your story?

And can we just maybe have a permanent list like the onederland list for those of us who are so %$@& happy to fit in booths again? Who would have ever thought that would be one of those things that matters so much? Everytime I read how someone had a good booth experience, I relive the first time DH and I went to Applebee's and looked at each other across the booth with the "WE FIT!" smile. Too cool!

I worked on a day that I normally don't work this week and so I saw some people that I don't see on a regular basis. It's only been a few weeks, if that, since I last worked on this day but everyone was noticing. One person even said "I wasn't sure it was even you!" This week seems to be my week for a lot of people noticing.

And I literally had a no scale victory. I had an awful week last week, and part of it, I'm sure was because I weighed myself more than the once a week WW meeting weigh-in. And the other day I saw the scale in the bathroom and it was just so easy to get on and weigh myself and see how I was doing, and I actually got up on the scale to see what it said but before it could settle on a number I realized this was not a good idea (for me, anyway) and got off before I could read anything, and I feel so much better for not doing it.

I bought a pair of pants last month at T.J. Maxx and put them in lay away , today I took them out, figuring I would use them as part of my winter clothes, they are a size 18 w. I tried them on for fun, they fit!!!!!!:D . They are a little snug, probably fit better when I loose another 8 lbs or so, but I have not been a size 18 in 12 yrs. I started crying, I just felt so happy!!!
Cheryl

Awesome NSV's everyone. This thread really helps me out alot. I love to come and read these. Such inspiration.

I went to my closet and pulled out a pair of jeans and put them on. I thought they were a different pair. They were real tight, but they buttoned and zipped. I kinda looked like a muffin. So I get aggrevated and pull them off. I look at the tag and then I am excited. They were a 20!!! I actually fit big arse into a 20. Granted they were tight, but they DID button and they DID zip!!! Its been 5 years since Ive even been able to get in that size!

Dont ask why Ive held on to a pair of jeans thats too small for 5 years. lol.. Seriously.. I loved the jeans and hoped Id someday be able to wear them again.

Alana Jo, first of all congratulations on the 20, that's exciting!

I think nearly all of us have held onto clothes for a very long time. My goal jeans are a pair I've had for 8 years... and haven't fit into for 6. They're pretty out of style, but it's a good way to measure when I get there. Those are the last pair of jeans I remember feeling really, really good in.

I had a great NSV today. DH and I went climbing and I was able to finish a climb I couldn't last time we were there and was able to get halfway up a climb I couldn't even start last time. I think I could have finished it but I started feeling sick for some reason. I'm definitely going to conquer that one next time I'm there. But for now, I'm making progress!! :D

I have pants that are a lot older than five years old, and they're a size 12, which I've *never* fit in! They used to be my sister's, and all these years they have hung in my closet for alleged inspiration. Considering they've been there since high school, they're not that inspirational, but I figure I've had them this long, might as well keep them around ;)

And while I'm here, I'll report that I ran ten minutes without stopping at the gym today. That's a record for me, so even if I'm not losing weight, at least I'm making progress with my fitness levels.

I walked to work today - just over 4 miles.

Great NSV's everyone.
I wanted to post that Friday night I ran into a friend that I haven't seen since last July and she told me I looked great, and ask how I was doing it? I told her being active, going hiking at parks ect.. She said we are going to have to get together so she can walk with me. So this is the first person outside the family who has noticed this weight loss:carrot: . Cheryl

Last night we took our kids to the theater to see "The Lion King". Not only was the production absolutely FABULOUS, but I was totally comfortable throughout the entire evening!!! Last time we went to the theater, the seats hurt my hips and I was trying to wiggle the entire time to find some relief. Last night there was PLENTY of room to spare on both sides of me! In fact, so much room that I had to go and see the section we sat in last time to see if the seats were constructed differently. They weren't. I am!

Oh, and one last thing. I was wearing a sz 14 skirt!!!! No, 14 is NOT my size in pants or anything...but this skirt was perfectly FINE!!! :) Gotta love it!

My exercise endurance has gone up significantly! I used to do a 1 mile Leslie Sansone DVD and be worn out...I can now do 4 miles...for a 250lb gal, I think that's pretty cool.:cool:

I went shopping today and some of the size 12 pants I tried on fit! I found one great pair that fit like a glove, I was soooo excited! Some of them were still too small but it works that way with the 14's I try on too, some fit great, others are too big. So I guess instead of a solid size 14 I've worked my way down to a 12/14. LOVE IT!

Congratulations LaurieDawn, I'll have to look for the book.

Last weekend we camped close to home so we could attend a wedding. Without trying it on I took a dress that I had bought for a special event in March. My weight loss has only been about 10 pounds since then so I thought it would still fit fine. Well I wore the dress to the wedding but it was really big on me. I am really loosing inches even though the scale is moving very slowly.