Savouring the NSV's...

A few weeks after joining WW, a great group of girls took me it. This has been instrumental to my success I think. As an adult woman, it's hard to make new friends. Even though I had just moved 'home', meeting 'new friends' was proving difficult. I have met a kindred spirit in Nancy, who met her goal last week. I am so proud of her that I cried when she reached her goal- I know she will do the same when I get to mine. Bless her heart, she sat in my bedroom and watched me try on every stitch of clothes I owned and told me what to keep and what to throw out because it was too big. It took hours, it was messy, and it was darn funny, and she laughed at me. It's those kinds of friends you need in your corner when you are facing the battle of your life.

Nancy reminds me on a daily basis to celebrate the NSV's. The Non-Scale Victories. Initially I thought it was a funny concept - and now it's one of the most important pieces of the puzzle for me. What's a NSV? Well here are some of mine!

• Bridget, my 5 year old tells me on a regular basis that 'You are losing good weight' and 'You are getting so smaller.' Those are direct quotes. I love her with all my heart. 
• Bridget scolds me when I look at unclean food at the grocery store, or dare to venture up the aisle. My doing this is showing here what not to do, even without saying it. 
• I no longer need to move the seat back when I sit in the drivers seat. Jamie would comment daily that it was impossible that my legs were longer than his and it just didn't make sense. He was right all along, my legs are shorter, but my belly was too big to sit in closer. Who wanted to admit that?
• I don't mind flying but I dreaded airplane rides. The seat belt was always about half an inch too tight and I would have to suck in and suffer stomach cramps for my whole flight so as not to admit the belt was too short or that I was too wide. On our recent vacation, I had a good 8 inches to spare!
• I can buy clothes at Old Navy and Ricki's and other non plus sized stores now. When you have spent your entire life shopping in the far back corner of Reitmans, this is a BIG deal. 
• I enjoy going to the gym now and can confidently go about my workout without wondering if people are judging me
• I can see definition developing in my arms. My goal to have Michelle Obama's arms might be lofty, but hey, a girl needs to have a goal. 
• I CAN CROSS MY LEGS! 

 It's Thursday morning and I am off to my weigh-in. I hope I did well this week, but as I mentioned in my previous post, I didn't make it to the gym at all because life got in the way. But it is what it is, and I feel much better than I ever have!

Now those are some of my NSV's.... tell me... What are yours?!

Much love,
Amy