Non-Scale Successes and General Positivity
01-14-2015, 05:24 AM
#11
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Canada
Posts: 676
I didn't think I would find anything to post here but I have.
I found muscle.
When I rubbed my calves before it was scary tight. Water retention and fat filling out the skin to its fullest.
But now the skin is smooth, and yet it moves. Under the skin, I can still feel fat, but there is muscle beneath that.
I tried my outer thighs with the same results. I can feel where the fat covers the muscle. The muscle tissue is still small, but I can feel it.
Yeah, now I'm going to go around rubbing my legs just to feel my progress. Hopefully it will be visual by summer so I can just wear shorts and look in the mirror.
Okay, that's worse. It reminds me of all those twenty year old guys primping in the gym mirror after ripping their muscles pumping a weight that is too heavy for them.
I found muscle.
When I rubbed my calves before it was scary tight. Water retention and fat filling out the skin to its fullest.
But now the skin is smooth, and yet it moves. Under the skin, I can still feel fat, but there is muscle beneath that.
I tried my outer thighs with the same results. I can feel where the fat covers the muscle. The muscle tissue is still small, but I can feel it.
Yeah, now I'm going to go around rubbing my legs just to feel my progress. Hopefully it will be visual by summer so I can just wear shorts and look in the mirror.
Okay, that's worse. It reminds me of all those twenty year old guys primping in the gym mirror after ripping their muscles pumping a weight that is too heavy for them.
01-14-2015, 07:49 AM
#13
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 306
Annette: I say celebrate EVERY victory! If you can feel a muscle, GREAT! I must confess I do the same thing--I check my fluffy belly for any sign of decrease!
I love being able to drive without my tummy rubbing the steering wheel and now I don't have to use my seatbelt extender! Vicki
I love being able to drive without my tummy rubbing the steering wheel and now I don't have to use my seatbelt extender! Vicki
01-15-2015, 08:38 AM
#14
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: P.E.I. Canada
Posts: 302
My greatest non-scale success this week has been:
No artificial sweeteners!! This is huge for me, it is one of the pillars to my success.
Salt and fat may have gone to hell this week (and the did)
But, I have had no added sugars (those went out before New Year's Day), and no sweeteners,so I can right this train wreck
No artificial sweeteners!! This is huge for me, it is one of the pillars to my success.
Salt and fat may have gone to hell this week (and the did)
But, I have had no added sugars (those went out before New Year's Day), and no sweeteners,so I can right this train wreck
01-15-2015, 11:35 AM
#16
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: NorthEast Ohio
Posts: 79
I just want to say thanks for letting me in your group. That is my success because it helps to have support with others that are going through the same things. So my success this week is a big thanks to all of you!
01-17-2015, 12:16 PM
#17
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Kootenay Rockies
Posts: 150
Great NSVs everybody!!
My nsv is that it's my boyfriend's birthday, and when we went for dinner at our favourite restaurant, I had the salmon burger and salad, instead of a loaded veggie burger with fries, like I usually get... also have exercised every day this week, and noticed that one of my shirts is fitting a little better than it used to
My nsv is that it's my boyfriend's birthday, and when we went for dinner at our favourite restaurant, I had the salmon burger and salad, instead of a loaded veggie burger with fries, like I usually get... also have exercised every day this week, and noticed that one of my shirts is fitting a little better than it used to
01-17-2015, 12:39 PM
#19
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Canada
Posts: 676
Annette: I say celebrate EVERY victory! If you can feel a muscle, GREAT! I must confess I do the same thing--I check my fluffy belly for any sign of decrease!
I love being able to drive without my tummy rubbing the steering wheel and now I don't have to use my seatbelt extender! Vicki
I love being able to drive without my tummy rubbing the steering wheel and now I don't have to use my seatbelt extender! Vicki
