Non Scale Victories

It's been a big week with a bout of sickness hitting our household.  Headaches, fevers, coughing, runny noses.  First Owen, then Aidan, followed by Callum (and a fainting incident to just boost the excitement!), and now Paige has it.  And of course, it was inevitable that I would get it, but we were shocked that hubby came down with it as he hardly ever gets sick.  Let's just say, when he gets sick, he doesn't do it by halves.  He's come down with a big case of man flu...  oops, I mean Bronchitis!

However, it is weigh in Wednesday and I am stoked to report a loss of 2.9kgs this week, bringing my weight to 102.6kgs.  I really turned things up this week in an effort to shake up the small weight losses & especially that 100gm gain of last week.  I am so proud of myself & how far I have come.  23.2kgs in 17 weeks is nothing to be sneezed at!

I've just read a new post from fellow blogger Dayna, which reminds me to look for the "non scale" victories of our weightloss.  It's something Dayna does each week to keep herself motivated, and I guess it is something I need to keep reminding myself of.  It's easy to get lost in the numbers on the scales.  I suppose when you are so heavy and have so much to lose, seeing those numbers go down on the scales is all the motivation you need!  But with 12wbt, you need to remind yourself of all the other things that go along with weightloss.  Some of my non scale victories this week have been....

• Fitting in to 2 pairs of Slazenger trackies I bought over 2 years ago that were too small
• Purchasing size 18 clothes - a change from size 26+ I was buying 17 weeks ago!!!
• Planking for 40 seconds (up from my personal best of 10 seconds!)
• Beating the time on my 1km fitness test by 53 seconds
• Being able to REALLY see the weightloss in the mirror for the first time

I just cannot put into words how fantastic I am feeling with this program.  The clean eating has my body working so well, and I love being able to listen to it to know when to eat, and how much to eat.  The exercising has me losing weight in such a different way to what I have ever experienced before and I can really notice the way the skin on my body doesn't sag like it has previously before with weightloss.  Michelle Bridges, you rock!!!

Onwards & downwards.....