NSVs abound!

Over at NutriSystem, we call any positive event that occurs due to your weight loss a "Non-Scale Victory" or NSV.

I've had several NSVs this week, one of which was being able to wear a dress to work for the first time in 10 years - not a skirt and jacket, which can hide a lot of flaws - but a form fitting, flowing feminine dress.

I wore a shirt to work today...a more orange than salmon but in that hue, V-necked t-shirt, nothing special, but not one I would have worn 6 months ago because of all the rolls around my waist. But I had no less than 6 people tell me that color was great on me...it's like they saw something but didn't quite know it was, so settled for the color was great. It could have been the newly blonder hair on a nice dark tan wearing a more orange than salmon but in that hue, V-necked t-shirt - a very striking combination.

My confidence hasn't been this high in years and I'm once again finding the sexy woman that's been slumbering within for the past couple of years as my weight climbed higher and higher.

Back when I started NS in January, I had a mini-goal of losing 45 lbs. by our annual BBQ which falls June 24-26 this year. As of this morning, I had lost 44.5 lbs! Close enough for me to feel the very sweet taste of success. :)

I know that I still have a lot to go, but it feels do-able now. Scott started to tell me last night that if I stopped right now, he'd be happy but I stopped him mid-sentence. He told me that once before and it sent me into a 3 week tailspin that I'm just now coming out of. I told him when I started that if I got thin enough for him, he could tell me and I'd stop, but I haven't heard that said in any kind of seriousness yet...and I don't want to stop yet.

My goal of 140 lbs is based on my height and what I think my anticipated size will be - a 10/12. I actually started the diet with the goal of 150, which is a weight that I know I can wear very comfortably, a size 12/14. I've maintained all along that I'll know when I'm there. So, I'm looking at somewhere between 32 (minimum) to 42.5 lbs (maximum) left to go. The 32 sounds much, much closer ;)