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.

More than one way to skin a cat.

"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!!!..

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

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

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Well, obviously it didn't embrace you.

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

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!

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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!