Also--every time I look in the mirror now as I go through my day (at work and so on), I just think to myself, "Wow, I am SO pretty!" Nice haircut, sun-kissed hair, good complexion, shining eyes, slimmer figure, earrings and makeup on, flattering clothes, and a real smile on my face. Wow!
My boyfriend had just started a new job where he works the graveyard shift. I was feeling a little lonely and out of points for the day...I was missing him, feeling sorry for myself. I started thinking like the old me "I deserve a treat tonight because I'm all alone".
I thought and thought about what treat I'd get for myself..and had to think some more...WE HAD NO JUNK FOOD IN THE HOUSE! Not a bag of chips, no fruit snacks for the kids, no movie theater butter microwave popcorn...NONE!
I ended up making a large salad with lettuce, tomatoes, baby carrots, sliced mushrooms and topping it off with 2 tbs of Balsalmic Vinagret. I ate it and enjoyed every bite of it and only was 2 points over for the day!
My NSV is purging my house of all junk food. I don't need it, the kids don't need it and the BF doesn't need it. My preplanning saved myself from a binge or a night of emotional off plan eating.
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I upped the incline on the treadmill to 9 last night. I love the strength I'm getting in my legs from the incline and from jogging the beautiful trails we have here. It amazes me how effortless going up stairs is now. I never appreciated strong muscles before, but they are absolutely wonderful! I gotta get started on a real weight training program.
I do hillwalking on my lunch time for my main cardio exercise, and today I seriously CHARGED up the big hills--much faster than when I started doing this in December! I feel completely pumped now.
So... I was in a hurry to get ready for work this morning, and had not ironed anything last night. When I was digging through the closet, I saw a suit that had been too tight a while back. I thought what the heck-- it's here, it's clean, it's wrinkle free. I'll see it fits, and IT DID!
Congrats to everyone! I woke up late this morning, and the only pair of work pants I could find that didn't need ironing? were in the spare bedroom closet. You know, the closet of old, can't fit into them, clothes. But I fit into them!!
They were dress pants from 2000 or 2001, but I fit into them! I have lost 8 years worth of extra weight! I teared up a little.
I have a positively GREAT NSV to share with you, ladies... It'll probably sound silly, but it was a big deal to me.
So, I have been very good for the past couple weeks, but for some reason I have had this inexplicably very intense craving for chocolate chip cookies (or cookies of any kind, really, heh!). I managed to resist for sooo long, but then tonight my a cappella group was performing at this mass concert that was catered by Trader Joe's, and there were SO. MANY. FREAKING. COOKIES. there! Just laying there, 100%, and begging me to eat them. So, um, I did. I ate a LOT of them. I figured out that I'm totally PMSing right now and I think that's why I had such a bad craving, and now that I finally had some cookies, I think it's more or less out of my system, heh.
ANYWAYS, okay, okay, I'm getting to the NSV! Needless to say, I was a little disappointed in myself for going crazy with all the free cookies--one or two would have been fine, sure, but I practically inhaled the entire plate! And because I was feeling disappointed in myself, I started thinking along the lines of Well, seeing as tonight is already ruined, I might as well go REALLY off-plan! Especially since I have my weekly weigh-in tomorrow, and I was getting upset thinking about the fact that I'll probably have a gain from the stupid cookies, and I won't know how much I would've lost if I hadn't eaten them, and it felt like it wouldn't really matter if I went off-plan... (I know, that kind of thinking is a slippery slope, but you know you all have thought that way before, too, LOL!) SO, after the concert, I went to our student convenience store to buy a big bag of chips, basically with the intention of going back to my room to eat them while watching TV (since, as you remember, I'd already "ruined" the day, and I really wanted something salty)... That's embarrassing to admit, BUT, then I did a really really awesome thing!
I will confess that I went as far as to actually buy the chips, but then as I was waiting for the bus back to my dorm, I had a sudden moment of clarity, where I thought, WTF are you doing?! You do NOT want these chips! and I felt so silly for having bought them. Yes, eating a ton of cookies isn't going to be good for my weight loss... But eating 1500 calories worth of chips on top of that sure as **** isn't going to help! And I knew that eating them would only make me feel worse, NOT better. Soooo, when I got back to my dorm, I put the bag of chips on a table in our dorm lounge with a little sign saying "FREE to a good home!" (hehe). I didn't want to have the bag in my room, but I also absolutely refuse to throw away perfectly good food... So that was the best way I could think of to get rid of them.
I am shocked and so proud that I actually gave away a bag of chips that I spent like $4-5 on. They were like my favorite kind, too! But it makes me really happy, because even though I feel like I lost control for a bit with the cookies, I didn't just take that as an excuse to go into an all-out binge. I was able to regain my conscience(/sanity!). It feels good to have that reassurance that I AM in control of what I eat.
I'm still not looking forward to weighing in tomorrow, though, heh... Guess this'll have to count as a "maintenance practice" week.
Living healthy is so much about really thinking about what we really want and not just doing whatever feels good in the moment. It's hard work, but you did great!!
My NSV for today is I took a bath tonight and noticed there was more room for water, I could easily reach the drain plug from a sitting position (because my stomach no longer prevents me from bending) and my towels seem to have taken growth hormones because they seem to be getting magically bigger.
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Congrats to everyone!
Ready for this NSV?! I bought McDonalds for my boys. I got a grilled chicken sandwhich with only lettuce and put my own light mayo on it. I bought them all apple dippers and they all SHARED ONE small fry between them, with their nuggets.
That is good why should I be the only one eating healthy? However, here is the GREAT part.
I was able to eat ONE fry. ONE measily little fry and walk away. I tasted it and I was able to say "NO" to anymore.
Great NSV's about resisting temptation--that is what it is all about, isn't it?
I love NSV's especially when SV's are not coming. Today my tape measure was kinder to me than my scale. I have lost another inch in my waist in the last month. And there was a time I was convinced that I would have to be skin and bones everywhere else before I lost ANYTHING in my midsection!
Great NVS's everyone, I've always loved this page.
My NVS, yesterday we had a customer bring in Dunkin Donuts and my co-worker came back from a presentation with left over pizza. I did not touch either one. A few weeks ago I had ate 3 donuts in one day.
Today, I was really craving Chipotle. And I could get it too, if I wanted. But I don't really want it, cause those yummy burritos are loaded with calories. So, instead, I made my own! I used a low-fat whole wheat tortilla wrap, 2oz of grilled chicken strips, lots of spinach, 1/2 cup of black beans, salsa, and red pepper flake. I haven't eaten it yet, I made it to take with me to work for lunch. But it looked really yummy and it comes out to only 5pts!
Now, I don't want Chipotle anymore and I can't wait to eat my wrap!
I figured out that I'm totally PMSing right now and I think that's why I had such a bad craving, and now that I finally had some cookies, I think it's more or less out of my system, heh.
I tasted it and I was able to say "NO" to anymore.
