Literally! Just physically getting on the device must burn up at least 50 calories. I mean the thing requires at least two steps upward which is hard to do when your center of gravity has managed to slip to somewhere around your knees with each passing year and downshifting of weight! But I'm with you, Silverfire. I get on the thing every day. And each week I try to go a minute longer!

I mentioned this in another thread yesterday but I like to come back and read these ones so I will put it here too!

I met someone yesterday and I mentioned in the conversation that I had lost 125lbs since last summer. You could see the shock and awe in his face, and then I think he was studying me trying to figure it all out. I'm hoping it meant that I didn't look like someone that could have been that big before! And that recent! All I wanted to say was "Yes, these are my size 14 jeans you see. This time last year they were 28s...":D

It's nice when you tell someone you lost 25lbs and they said congratulations/good for you/keep up the good work. It's better to say you lost 125lbs and they almost fall off their chair!!:carrot::carrot::carrot:

I went down a size in trousers for the first time in over a decade!! That reminded me to buy 5 bracelets for 10lbs each... Wearing 2 of them right now, and looking forward to adding another! Having another stall right now, but looking on the bright side I'm learning how to do maintenance, and have my head back in the IE game after a long depression. Thinking I'm getting the hang of this process now - and the smaller trousers definitely help!! I feel so small in them since they're not hanging off me all baggy & shapeless like my 18s are :D

I cannot WAIT to buy 14s, I haven't done that since I was 18!!!

Tried on a pair of Worthington brand dress pants I got at the Goodwill a few months ago for $2.50. Couldn't even get them near my thighs when I bought them. Hung them on my inspiration clothes display on my closet door and looked at them every day.

Today....they move into my clothes rotation, they fit like a glove!! 2nd pair of 14s I have got into over the last week. So excited!!!

Im jogging! Not sure if that makes me a "jogger" but ive jogged 3 different times this week!

My business clothes are no longer fitting well. So, hubby has talked me back into buying an outfit every payday. I went shopping today. Y'all, I am now a size 18! Really and truly an 18! I haven't been consistently in that size since high school!

2 NSVs for me from yesterday alone....


My 8 year old cat laid in my lap yesterday.... because I actually have a lap now!!!!!!

I am wearing my new 38DD bra - down from a 56F!!!! and I can see my toes!

I think its starting to show! Yesterday, a lady at work (who I also see at the gym) told me that my pants were too big. Then I tried on some clothes that I haven't worn in a while, took a picture and sent it to my friend who hasn't seen me in a year. She gushed and told me how awesome I look, she even sent it to her sister who recently lost 50+ lbs and she said I look great too (I was beaming!) Then saw another friend who I hadn't seen in a while and her jaw just dropped! I felt so awesome. It helped that I was wearing a particularly flattering top :D It was a good day yesterday.

I bought a pair of UK size 18 trousers without trying them on. (That's like a 16 US.) I had a moment of panic later, because they were all I had to change into after I went running in the rain. But they fit!!! Not sure if I could definitely say I'm in US 16s yet all the time though. But hurray!! They're still not big enough to wear over my shorts (they're my 'coach' and warm up trousers), but definitely look quite cute.

My overcoat was HUGE this morning. Haven't worn it since last autumn as it's been so cold and this is a light coat.

My teammates have been really commenting on my weight loss and improved fitness.

I signed up for a 10K yesterday.

These are awesome!!! Congrats everyone!!

I went for my appt with Surgeons again, one of the Doctor's asked me if I did GBS said No! And told her I did Ideal Protein ,the Other Dr , asked her if she was interested in the diet , snickered to myself Cuz here they are realizing I lost weight faster than any of the clientele they see with my Awesome Coach!
They were amazed at the time frame and results I have gotten .

So they finished my consult and said I had very little fat....and it was all skin.
My labs were all WNL. No problem with my Potassium or Sodium from using IP products and the best H&H I have ever had even after receiving a couple of units of PRBCs!!! By Calcium was good too! :carrot:

So Yay for Ideal Protein and my Coach who guided me through the journey and was and continues to have my back! She has brought me to my journey's final destination ....the Transformation!
I always had faith and hope that I would reach this point...and the Joy I feel has me Bouncing around like Tigger ! Love when you have a dream and keep chasing it till it's in your grasp!:)

So my NSV is having the courage to follow that dream! And Enjoying it once your there!:D
Roo:carrot::carrot::carrot:

I got another! Was walking up a huuuuuge set of stairs with a heavy bag of shopping, and it was noticeably easier than it used to be. I just caught myself thinking "man... This used to KILL me at 212lbs" Yay!

I actually weighed a similar sized bag of shopping once, and... It weighed 10lbs. So I used to be carrying around the equivalent of 2 of those. What a thought!!

Our coach is retiring this season. Last night was his last training sesh. He beasted us. Starting with a drill where we had to do 9 burpees/squat thrust, 1 pushup - run to a cone, run back, do 8 burpees, 2 pushups (until we got to 1 burpee, 9 pushups). OMG!!!

I did cheat a little and skip one set...but dang it - last fall, I struggled to do 5 burpees with my personal trainer. I mean I really, really struggled. And last night I did almost 40. I still struggled. I have a lot of weight to move around in those things, but I did it.

Ok, this may seem like a weird NSV, but I bought myself a few new tee-shirts in the size I am now. Because of my big regain, most of my clothes are too small and I've been recycling the same few big tee-shirts over and over again. Makes it so hard to look presentable every day. So, I decided that I can't focus on losing weight when I feel like I look terrible-- it makes if feel as if it's not worth it. I figure that the larger size tee-shirts will still be wearable for quite a while, even if they become oversize!

Also, I opened the part of my closet where I keep all of the clothes that I was wearing two years ago and I tried some of them on. They were too small, but it also gave me a concrete idea of how much bigger I am, and how much smaller I need to get to wear them again.