What great things have happened in your life due to changes you're making with exercise and diet, NOT INCLUDING POUNDS LOST!!!!--??? I'm feeling really disgusted these days because I CAN'T BUDGE THE SCALE!! and I thought about the other things that are happening to me-- I can go up the stairs holding my 22# baby and the laundry basket, and I'm not as winded as I was three months ago with just the laundry...I can get into jeans I couldn't before (it's not pretty, but...)...My undies aren't tight and bunchy (there's a pleasant one)

---I want to hear from you out there, so I can focus on non-scale things!!! Thanks...

jess

Good topic, jessica..... for me, the number one thing is more energy! I love having more stamina and energy to do what I need and want to do everyday. I also have looser fitting clothes and that always feels good. I have a better self image and I smile more...... and that's ALWAYS a good thing!

It's not all about the numbers....... remember when you start obsessing over losing more numbers that "you are MORE than the numbers of what you weigh!"

yes, on the one hand, you ARE more than your weight, but the scale seems to be such a good, mostly objective tool to measure...It certainly can clue you in to things running amuck...But I have to try to alter my thinking, my reliance on this tool...You are right about the stamina and energy, though days like today, I'm not too energetic...

It can be an objective tool, jessica, but you need to remember that when you are relying soley on that for your good feelings, or if you're getting on it too much, it's not a positive thing.

kinda' like heroine??:D

I can now walk up mountains [have hike five of the Presidential Peaks in NH my weight loss]. My teenage son tell me he thinks I'm cool, and look way younger than I used to. And ok I'm going to go there, sex is a h**l of lot better :o

to use an oft use phrase... YOU GO GIRL!!!

LOL, VT mom........ I think that's great!

Dj.. You have something between your teeth. ;)

Corinna