MOTIVATION through the power of non scales victories

[SPBInDisguise]

All welcome :) losing weight and being healthy through the power of motivation (particularly on Mondays)

[msbossy]

Sorry - NSV not NSM!

[SPBInDisguise]

Hi msb, well done for your loss so far!

[SPBInDisguise]

I am 44katy on mfp, if you fancy being my friend?

[reastie]

Hi msb , 11 lbs is amazing. I've not tried lighter life - how are you finding it? Great news on the compliment.

Bonkey there you are! Are you finally feeling better now from all the sickyness?

Went to gym to update my program and do a workout this morning and when the gym instructor was logging my new weight (hasn't been logged for a fair few months) and comparing it to my old he actually did this face and looked at me in an amazed 'blimey riley you've lost alot since you joined' way. He seemed to treat me with real respect at managing to lose 3 stone since my last weigh in . It made me feel very good .

[reastie]

Oh, and I'm getting quite a few comments now asking how have I lost weight being genuinely interested but then when I say I eat less and watch what I eat and exercise then people look disappointed and bored with what I answer with. It's like they want me to say I've been on a chocolate diet for months and still lost weight or something!

Oh, and in exciting good news I've been picked for the mn product test of the estee lauder eye cream. Am beyond excited to try some naice face stuff.

[InMySpareTime]

That lb I put on last week, well it's gone today, and taken another one with it! I did help Hair shift a load of bricks yesterday, and though the house has been full of yummy cooking smells for 2 days now I've not eaten any of the DCs biscuits.
9st 11lb now, safely out of range of the 10s and heading for a healthy weight (will hit that at 9st 3lb).
I kind of wish the Global Fat Scale still worked, I would have been one of the decent countries by now!

[reastie]

global fat scale does work imst - I did it a couple of weeks ago. I'll see if I can link....

those on mfp I've added a current and pre diet piccie to my profile. Neither are especially good pics so you might notice no difference but if nothing else you can put a face to the name

[reastie]

global fat scale . I've gone down from tonga to Jamaica

[InMySpareTime]

It doesn't work on the ipod(though it used to). I'll look on the big computer later.

[steppemum]

just done it reastie - I am Samoa!!!

hmmm, BMI is very dodgy

[InMySpareTime]

flippin' Eck, I've gone right past UK and got Syria! I used to be "fatter than 99% of the world's population", far beyond Tonga, and now am below average for the UK!

[steppemum]

the countries are fascinating. Did you see the picture of the girl that was Austria? Pretty slim - are Austrians a slim nation??? I imagined them a bit solid and full of streudel ( at blatant unconscious stereotype)

[TheOneWithTheHair]

I'm Cameroon. I used to be Mongolia I think.

Don't know about Austrians. I've never met any.

[steppemum]

my only excuse is that I also imagine uk to be low down on the table as we are all wobbly and full of fish and chips (not IMST obviously!!)

[steppemum]

actually I think that should be high up on the table??

[TheOneWithTheHair]

And chocolate. We just don't have the stunning scenery of Scandinavia or the dryness.

[TheOneWithTheHair]

I have to share a really good quote I've just seen on Pinterest.

"Do not reward yourself with food. You are not a dog."

I think that's fab.

[KatoPotato]

I used to be a Samoan, With a higher BMI than 92% of females aged 30-44 in your country.

I'm now a Columbian, with a lower BMI than 52% of females aged 30-44 in your country!

Well done for reminding me of this! I was despairing last time I filled it in!

[reastie]

Global fat scale was a complete eye opener for me last time as I was right at the top too.

Re: Austrians. I've been there a few times and I'd say they eat a fair few strudels and drink lots of beer massive generalisation but they have all those mountains to climb and von trapp songs to sing which I think must really help them stay quite fit. Maybe the air being high up makes your body work harder to get oxygen round the body which might help birn more calories too

Hair love the dog quote.

Went and bought a posh duvet from john lewis today (as on actual duvet not cover) and DH gave me look. Duvet rewards is far healthier than chocolate! And think of how much we're saving now I'm not eating so much

[msbossy]

Thanks Reastie, SPB.

Lighter life was ok for two weeks - easier than anticipated but terrible breath! It just wasn't going to work with two kids watching me drink shakes, and visitors most weekends. Ultimately I felt I'd gone cold turkey - wasn't desperate for food anymore and could go it alone from there. Time will tell!

[InMySpareTime]

[KatoPotato]

Eighty, I ate nearly all of the morrisons cornflake bites and was nearly sick at Pilates.