As NSVs go, this is a great one.

According to my scale, I have lost 5 lbs in my first week....which, wasn't all that hard.....this thread gives me hope and excites me to STAY on track! I read all of this positivity and it encourages me! I am so excited to say what you all are saying (jealous, yes) but I am a competitive person....so WATCH OUT! I'm gonna get skinny (really mean healthy, but skinny just the same!). Keep your positive notes coming....I'll live vicariously!

I had a great day .. mostly "with the program" and work went really well. We solved a couple of sticky communications/project organization issues. I had a nice walk at lunch during one of the sunny breaks to get some veggies to munch on. The pack had baby carrots in it. I don't know how many I had before I realized I had gone rogue! Packed 'em up and offered them to colleagues.

:yikes:

More than one way to skin a cat. :D

"Say goodnight Rodeo Grrrl Mabel"
"Goodnight Rodeo Grrrl Mabel"

I'm bringing this thread back up, 'cause I have something way cool to share!.. I'm going on a fossil hunting expedition tomorrow morning with a group of friends & decided to take along a fanny pack instead of my purse... well, I got out the fanny pack that I usually wear for stuff like that, & put it on to adjust the waist strap... I knew it'd be too big now, since I hadn't worn it in several months, but I wasn't prepared for just how big!.. I measured the difference in where it was set (it was slid out as far as it'd go) & what it needed to be today & the surprise was SIX INCHES!!!.. now, I think I'll just leave it like it is to remember how far I've come & take a different pack tomorrow...

I love IP!!!..

hugs :hug:

Aunt Sheshie, You're always so special. While others are repudiating droopy, you embrace it. :D

teehee... it was more than droopy, it fell off completely... i.e., my hips are smaller than my waist used to be!.. :dancer:

hugs :hug:

Well, obviously it didn't embrace you. ;)

What a great way to start the weekend!! :carrot: Aunt Sheshie great job!:dizzy:

I just got back from trying on clothes, where I had to ask the salesperson to go get me 6's instead of the 8's I'd brought back. Then I had to ask her to grab me um, a SMALL sweater. Small. Small. Guess who's wearing a small? ME! I got home and put it on right away!

:cp: :) :) :bunny2:.

I went to the mall today with my husband who has gone from a 40 to a 36 to get him some new t-shirts... I sent him to the dressing room with a regular L and an XL to try on. He has historically always worn a 2XLT. Well, when he came out of the dressing room wearing the regular large, I couldn't see how well it fit because his jaw was hanging down so far! He is beside himself and I am so proud of him for sticking to it, despite being skeptical of it and just coming along for the ride to support me. (PS - I can't get myself to buy anything yet, although I am down 40 lbs, but I did try on a regular 16 jean and it fit :) - I was wearing a 20W/22.)

We just moved and I decided to go through some clothes that have been in storage for at least 6 years. Can you believe that I can now wear most of them and some are too big!;) It felt like Christmas in September!
Have a blessed Sunday!

Had a massage today - first time I've been able to lay on my stomach and not need a pillow to make up for the tummy. (there is still lots of tummy - but most of it has gone south :( oh, well, at least it's going!) I'm actually discovering bone's I forgot I had. How fun!