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I’ve been focusing a lot on scale victories because they’re something quantifiable. Measaurable. Speaking of which, I’m due to do my measurements. In the interim though, I’ve noticed a lot of other changes. NSVs. Non Scale Victories. * In addition to my collarbones, I also have knee caps and hip bones. The latter surprised me [...]

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I don’t think I’ve ever been as excited about a bone in my body before. I found my knee caps a couple months ago, but collar bones? I don’t think I’ve ever seen those before. Pathetically excited, but a huge NSV for me as I inch toward the next SV of 50 lbs gone. I [...]

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Weight Watchers is working for me. If you’d asked me in March whether I thought I could weigh 164 pounds in August, I’d ask you what you were smoking and whether I could have some. I was more than 200 pounds and didn’t really have any interest in losing the weight, until something clicked. My [...]

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I’ve been struggling lately with evening munchies. Not out of hunger but boredom, routine, etc. Using points (weekly) because they were there, not because I was hungry. So Saturday I said enough is enough – not using them on munchies. Saturday, I was good. Sunday, not so good. 36.5 points, most of which were on [...]

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WOW I’m actually trying to get a colleague to take a photo because I can’t believe it. I’m also wearing a pair of pants that I’d been unable to get into for a while and there’s no muffin top. WOW WOW WOW. My shirt size is decreasing faster than pants size – love these cute [...]

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Monday was a long week so this week felt like a month. So glad it’s Friday. Going to be a very busy weekend: Massachusetts tomorrow for lunch with my brother’s fiancee’s grandmas and back to NY tomorrow night. Sunday is a Yankees game with my college roommate and her husband and Monday spending the day [...]

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so I’ve lived in my apartment since Oct and don’t know most of my neighbors. Today I’m letting myself into my apt at the same time as one of the men who lives across the hall. I know he and his partner as the door slammers because every time they close their kitchen cabinets, mine [...]

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