Woohooooo and not just your legs! Just look at the rest of that body! Congratulations

I went shopping today for pants for work. I hadn't bought any new pants since I started this weight loss effort last January when I was a size 26. I bought seven pair of pants today, all size 20. And one pair is red. Bright freaking tomato red. I bought a pair of red pants! Size 20 red pants! *sits down and giggles*

I got home before my boyfriend, had dinner, ate my allotted calories for the day. He comes home and says he is craving chili's and asked me if I wanted to go-even offered to pay for me. I had to fight the urge to go and stuff myself but I managed to stay strong and refuse to go. I'm so proud of myself!

Awesome job, everyone!

I love this thread too much for it to sink down into oblivion...so I'm going to bump it with a non-scale, non-weight loss victory. Yesterday BOTH of my bike tires popped (I must have hit some broken glass in the road or something) and there are no repair shops in town. Last time I had a popped tire, I went to the place where I bought the bike, bought the parts, and they installed it for me. This time they told me that they'd have to send it to the factory and it would take 10+ days.

Well...I fixed the damn thing myself. I have no mode of transportation aside from my bike and my feet, and the town's so spread out that most everything is outside of a reasonable walking distance. One of my neighbors helped me with the back tire last night (it took 3 1/2 hours even with help because the chain and gears are wonky) and this morning I replaced the front one, oiled the chain, and washed my bike in under an hour. Time to make up for lost rides from last night

my leisurely walking and talking at the same time pace is up to 2.5mph

Garnet, Mer du Japon, Hotaruchan



Way to go, all of you!!

I went to a work meeting yesterday where they had big trays of meats, cheeses and... best of all... guacamole with chips! I passed it all up and had a plate of carrot sticks, celery sticks, cucumber slice, broccoli piece and 2 tomato chunks.

Hotaruchan, good job. I love it when I figure out how to fix things myself, even if it takes a long time.

Here's my latest NSV: I went to lunch with a friend yesterday and had a good meal, a turkey sandwich with homemade potato chips. My friend is a chocolate lover like myself, so we splurged and got dessert as well. That meal was probably 1200 calories, so I didn't eat dinner. In the past, I would have eaten dinner anyway, even if I wasn't hungry. I like feeling that I can splurge without going too far off track.

Steph, that is a wonderful NSV!! You can still enjoy your time out with a friend and have a special treat -- but then make up the difference later so you have had a wonderful day with a friend without guilt! Good for you!!!

Today I bent over and cut, filed and painted my toes. All ten of them!!! I could not bend over to touch them for a long time and now I did today and painted them a beautiful purple color. I can now save $25 twice a month because I used to have them done at the shop. Not anymore!!!! I am dancing and excited by this!

Congratulations, LuvMyMr! How exciting!!!

I ordered a couple of nice, feminine night gowns as a reward for loosing 20 lbs. instead of rewarding myself with ice cream, cheese cake, chocolate etc.

Way to go, Gail!!!

I have one. I have degenerative arthritis in one hip so I have that to contend with also in pulling my fat self out of the pool. Usually I have to lay down my water weights and grab the hand rail with both hands to haul myself out and up the steps. The last two days I have simply tucked my water weights under one arm, grabbed the rail with the other hand, and up the steps I went!!

Congrats to all you guys!

I got my mile time down to 11 mins this week. When I first started running it was 14 mins a mile. Hopefully someday it will be 9mins!

NSV? This photo:



Okay, so my yukata apparently decided to come loose, but I'm smiling without having my chipmunk cheeks take over my entire face and standing next to a woman who MAYBE weighs 125 lbs soaking wet without looking like a whale.

I had a cheat night this week. Hubs and I went to a Mexican restaurant here in town and I'd decided prior to going that I wasn't going to track and I was going to have whatever I wanted. So, did I have beefy nachos dripping with cheese or a deep fried chimichanga? Did I load up on chips and salsa? Did I top it all off with a decadent dessert? No. I had two grilled shrimp tacos with cilantro/lime rice. I didn't even eat all the rice.

I really did eat what I wanted. I selected the dinner on the menu that was the most appealing to me and it turned out to be a healthy choice. I enjoyed my meal and stopped eating when I was full. I walked out of the restaurant satiated but not stuffed and bloated. For me, that's a victory.