the little things you notice

i was just laying down and i lifted my arm up and i noticed how much thinner it is than normal..

i was like... WOW WHOSE ARM IS THAT????????

i love it!!!

i used to really like catching a glimpse of myself in a store window when standing with a bunch of people like "whose that skinny girl with--oh, that's me!" haha

i say used to because i've gained 12lbs back (which is why i'm back here!!).

it's always the little things that make us happy :)

Hi there ladies,

I had a slight body image 'epiphany' yesterday, if I can call it that he he

I went to see the nurse and had a blood test, so it's been the first time I've warn a fitted and short top (that's not a running t shirt) for a while.

As she put the tourniquet around my arm I looked down and thought "man my arm look skinny from up here" haha.... then quickly looked away for the nasty part :S

So yay! After months of beating myself up, I think it's time to take a moment and yeah, notice at least 1 little change!  Here's to noticing the good changes!:D

Complements on your weight loss =D maddie you can do it, you look great in your picture.

These are mine:

-I no longer have the flaps of fat on my back, under my arms (I hated them!!!)

-I was crossing the street and had to pass between motorbikes, that where parked and didn't have to turn sideways.

-I can stand up on a barstool in a flash, to get something down from a high cupboard, something I didn't even hazard a months ago.

-I can see my hip bones a bit, goodness I missed them.

-The first time I ran for 10 minutes on the treadmill I felt INVINCIBLE.

-I have crazy energy, I send my boyfriend nutty with all the organizing, cleaning, cooking healthy snacks and what have you.

-When the dentist's assistant called me into the doctors office, not because the dentist was ready to see me, but because she wanted to know how I had lost the weight.

-On a Sunday after many big meals out, we went for our old walk around the block. We had to do it twice as we didn't even work up a sweat the first time round.

-I feel I can wear pretty shoes and I painted my toenails.

-I started buying summer dresses.

-I went to the swimming pool, went semi naked in public without dyeing (sp?) or wanting to have the earth swallow me whole.

-I love spinach, who knew???

-My bottom fits in a chair, in the sense it no longer extends farther out on the sides.

-I feel better, I mean really better!!! I needed this so much for me, myself and I.

-My tummy no longer rests on my legs, when I sit. Well every now and then it does if I drink lots and lots of water.

-My ankle which I hurt a few years ago and never stopped giving me grief. No longer hurts after every time I walk, dance, anything. I feel free.

-I have lost the waddle and the X legs.

I know the feeling and love it! This was a loooong time ago, but the summer before my senior year of high school I dropped A LOT of weight. Went from 182 to about 165. I still have no idea how it happened and it was a big surprise. I was lying on the couch at my parent's beach house and wearing new shorts. I kept looking at my thigh and thinking "wow I look great!". I mean I was still flabby, but man it was such a comfort.

Right now, I've lost 10 so far and I'm so happy about my fitted t-shirts "fitting" me.

Congrats on everyone's successes so far!

Original Post by picchi:

Complements on your weight loss =D maddie you can do it, you look great in your picture.

These are mine:

-I no longer have the flaps of fat on my back, under my arms (I hated them!!!)

-I was crossing the street and had to pass between motorbikes, that where parked and didn't have to turn sideways.

-I can stand up on a barstool in a flash, to get something down from a high cupboard, something I didn't even hazard a months ago.

-I can see my hip bones a bit, goodness I missed them.

-The first time I ran for 10 minutes on the treadmill I felt INVINCIBLE.

-I have crazy energy, I send my boyfriend nutty with all the organizing, cleaning, cooking healthy snacks and what have you.

-When the dentist's assistant called me into the doctors office, not because the dentist was ready to see me, but because she wanted to know how I had lost the weight.

-On a Sunday after many big meals out, we went for our old walk around the block. We had to do it twice as we didn't even work up a sweat the first time round.

-I feel I can wear pretty shoes and I painted my toenails.

-I started buying summer dresses.

-I went to the swimming pool, went semi naked in public without dyeing (sp?) or wanting to have the earth swallow me whole.

-I love spinach, who knew???

-My bottom fits in a chair, in the sense it no longer extends farther out on the sides.

-I feel better, I mean really better!!! I needed this so much for me, myself and I.

-My tummy no longer rests on my legs, when I sit. Well every now and then it does if I drink lots and lots of water.

-My ankle which I hurt a few years ago and never stopped giving me grief. No longer hurts after every time I walk, dance, anything. I feel free.

-I have lost the waddle and the X legs.

 now thats a list, congradulations.

Original Post by geturdone:
 now thats a list, congradulations.

Hihihi, I know, maybe I went a bit overload.

But we tend to spend so much time stressing about the +0.2 kg on the scale, the OMG yesterday I didn't work out and all the other negative crap we spew out on a minute by minute basis. It's good to celebrate the wins, every now and again.