The Little Victories

At the risk of sounding like J.D. from scrubs here, I think little victories are important and probably finding them is what seperates the giver uppers (me :P) and the genuine Losers :) So this time around I'm looking for the little victories when i'm not finding gratification on the scales or witihn the confines of a tape measure. Share so that we all find new odd things to feel proud of :)

I just drank a load of pepsi, then realised took it to the fridge and got a glass of water to keep in the study with me instead.

I have ran 3 times since I started and everytime it gets a little easier and I look forward to my next session a little more.

Those are two that spring to mind right now. What are your little victories today or this week or in general?

I only ate 4 m&m's when they were offered, I forgot about food instead of obsessing over it all day, and I took an hour long walk this afternoon!

Woo well done girl

We need like a virtual snaps cup :P

(loves legally blonde too much)

I made myself look in the mirror and I'm just now starting to get ab definition!  i haven't lost any weight, STILL, but after 6 weeks of weight lifiting classes, 1 to 2 times a week, I can just start to make out the beginnings of actual abs on my tummy :D

I had a very CHOCOLATEY week last week so I told myself this week.. NO CANDY (my coworker has a dish.. it's crazy).

Yesterday I was candyless.. I just had tea whenever I felt the urge to go grab a chocolate square / jelly bean.

Today.. candyless again!  I did have a piece of gum at one point to help with a mini craving.. But, you know. I'm pretty happy!

dls I envy you, I am never ever candyless :P  fluffy dragon i also envy your abs! :)

I haven;'t had any victories today but today is scales day so who knows if my running did anything? :P

I suppose I had a nice small soup for lunch yesterday instead of my usual turkey and stuffing baguette :)

My victory today is feeling full!  Normally I try and wait until my set meal times to eat, regardless of if I'm hunngry or not.  But today, I'm full but not bloated and it's a wonderful feeling, especially as I ate about an hour ago :)

P.S. I love Legally Blonde too!!

heres my victory. My running buddy cancelled on me today so im goin for a quickie without him :) x

and i ran from the top of my estate to my house without stopping (less than a quarter of a mile :P) but something i could never have done last week so :D yay me

Last night, I worked off 900 calories in the gym and I still feel great today...

And this morning...when I weighed myself and looked in the mirror - I noticed that I no longer have the chin pouch.

Onward!  Sans chin pouch.

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One of my small victories has been consistently getting back on track after a bad day of overeating. Before, one bad day would lead to a week, then a month of bad eating. Now I can put it away and get back to business.

last night I made 24 cupcakes and I didn't eat one...I let myself lick the spoon and that was it.  :)

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Onward!  Sans chin pouch.

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 this has really amused me :P   ONWARD!

squirrel thats like my biggest downfall well done! I know how hard that can be. you too shq :)

I just had my first compliment, and person asking if I'd been working out!  So nice that people are starting to notice.  :D

My little victory is that I went 25 min jogging on the treadmill this morning before work! I hate the way running makes me feel unfit, but would love to be able to run. And this is the 3rd morning in a row that I went to the gym (30 min) before work.

My victory for last night is eating a v small portion of my boyf's AMAZING lasagne and a large one of salad and refusing the garlic bread :D

Victory for today is only eating 2 minstrels when offered to me and not buying a MASSIVE brownie at college!

Squirrel, I know exactly what you mean, good for you for getting back on track!

My latest small victory recently was yesterday when all day long I seemed to be fixated on WANTING to cram junkfood in my face and all day long I did good at watching what I ate...until after supper. I usually treat myself to one or two small pieces of candy/chocolate, but yesterday I refused to stop at just one or two and I sat down with a bag of mini musketeers and ate and ate, but actually I stopped at 8 total and I NORMALLy would have kept on and on, plus I would go raid the cabinets for other junkfood, basically just have a big ol' binge on junkfood.  I barely managed to stop at the 8 musketeers, but I DID and now I don't have to feel really guilty, plus I managed to stay within my calorie range for the day.  Usually when I get in one of these modes (which lately I can tell are always due to STRESS) I end of going way off in the deep end - 1000 to 2000 calories over my maintenance calories.  Ugh.  I did that a few weeks ago and it wasn't pretty. 

Anyone have any suggestions on what to do with yourself when you are particularly stressed and you've trained yourself to comfort by food intake?  I recognize I have this problem, but it's really hard sometimes.  I tried chewing gum yesterday, to ward off cravings and to satisfy my oral fixation problem, but it just didn't work yesterday really.

I drink lots of tea, like cup after cup after cup, and water

My little victory was that yesterday I had Qdoba for dinner and STILL went for a jog afterwards. It sucked and I did feel like I might puke, but I jogged further than I had the first time. I had told myself I could take tonight off, but I don't want to. I want to see if I can go even longer tonight. I like that jogging is turning into something I want to do in less than a week.

And to think I swore I'd never be a runner. I may yet have it in me.

For stress cravings you could go for something sweet but good for you like a piece of fruit, or some walnuts with dried fruit. A tasty treat is to take red grapes and pull them all of the stems, wash them, but don't really dry them off. Put them in a big plastic bag with a large packet of black cherry jello mix (sugar-free of course) and shake it up. The jello powder mixes just a bit and coats the grapes. They're delicious.

im taking my comment virginity posting on this right now!! ive never posted before and ive been on this site for over 2 years wow.... 

but anyway i'd have to say my little victory is that i recently decided im going to work my way up to running a marathon hopefully by next year... i run about 15 miles a week already i just need to make that 25 a week!

I actually have a couple, now that I've been eating healthy and working out steadily for a little over a month.

This morning, I was looking in the mirror and noticed my jaw bone was becoming more pronounced and my face looked thinner.

The other day, I was looking in the closet for a black belt to wear with my capris that wasn't all torn up and pulled one out that I probably haven't worn in 10 years (I've had it since college, and I graduated in 1991) and it fit! Granted, I had to buckle it on the very first hole, but it fit around my waist!

My boyfriend is the only one who has really commented on my weight loss (only 7 lbs so far), but he can't keep his hands off me! It's a wonderful feeling!