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NSV

NSV=Non Scale Victory

Hopefully you will be reading a lot about NSVs I have.  Today I have two to share
  1. inches lost
  2. empty hangers
Like I have said, I started this journey in January 2018 and honestly, I don't like to have my picture taken and I definitely did not want to know how many inches around my body was BUT after reading a lot about how you should, for days where you don't see progress on the scale or in the mirror, you can look back at measurements and pictures AND my husband kept bugging me about it, so I decided to take measurements.  Pictures are another story; he has snapped many unflattering ones of his own and I am sure I will thank him down the road.  Anyways, I took the measurements in February and today....here are the results SO FAR:

4 inches lost in my arm
3 inches lost in my neck
8.5 inches lost in my chest
7.5 inches lost in my thigh
1.5 inches lost in my calf
10.5 inches lost in my belly
5 inches lost hip/butt area (I can't afford to lose much here!)

THAT IS A TOTAL OF 40 INCHES LOST!!!  HOLY COW!  I AM SO PROUD OF ME 😊😊😊

Over the past few months when I get ready in the morning I put on these shirts that maybe a couple of months ago fit or maybe were tight and now look like a tent on me so I toss them a side to donate.  I have already donated about 5 bags worth of pants, dresses, and shirts and now today I cleaned out even more....my closet is looking pretty bare BUT I don't want to buy more clothes because I plan on being smaller and smaller as the months come.  Cleaning out my closet has been a pretty big deal for me because for so long, I held on to clothes that were too big, that fit me, and that were too small because I constantly went from losing weight to gaining it.  When I say this has been a life battle, I mean it.  People would say "oh you have so many clothes" but little did they know, I really only had a few shirts and pants that fit me at that time and I was prepared for when I lost 20 pounds and gained 40.

This weeks weigh in was not a loss but I knew it wouldn't be.  I celebrated my birthday with alcohol and dinner, on Wednesday I had A PIECE of pizza the rest of my family was eating instead of just eating the wings, and then somewhere in the week I had two pieces of Laffy Taffy.  When I told Josh that I hadn't lost any weight because of those reasons he kind of laughed like "are you kidding me" and that was a perfect teaching moment for me. I explained that THAT is how my body works.  That if I don't eat 100% healthy I will gain weight and I will gain it fast.  I explained that THIS is the reason that the surgery is necessary because I don't stand a chance without it.    Anyways, the closet,  I have never had this many empty hangers in my life and this picture isn't even all of them. Mine are usually all full and I am stealing from Josh or my parents or whoever I can.  Goodbye clothes that I will NEVER wear again.


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