Buh-Bye 190's and a couple of NSV's (non-scale victories) to boot!

I have spent the ENTIRE summer thus far drifting in the 190's until today that is!!!  My scale grumbled and then grudgingly gave me the numbers I was looking for since the first of June!!  It read 189.8 this morning.  That means I am less than 10 pounds away from having a BMI under 30 and being rid of my OBESE label. 

LOL....I'll happily settle for being overweight for a few months after that!

I had a couple of other little victories today too!  I went shopping at Kohl's and was primarily sticking to trying on the XL tops and 16/18 shorts off the clearance racks.  Well, as I was heading to the check out line, I spotted a super cute crocheted dress that someone had chucked on a rack where it didn't belong.  It caught my eye because it was orange crocheted at the top with flutter sleeves and a wispy orange and brown geometric pattern at the bottom.  I stopped and looked at it and it was a size LARGE    I thought, "oh well, I didn't really need it anyway"  Then I thought, "you bonehead, if it doesn't fit you now it will soon enough," so I decided to try it on to make sure I liked the style on me before I added it to my cart and by golly the dress fit!!!  MY FIRST SIZE LARGE ANYTHING IN OVER A DECADE!!!  It was on clearance too boot!!  It was a really good shopping trip for me as I truly enjoyed myself and didn't feel "out of place" in the regular sizes for the first time.  Although I've been in the regular sizes for a few months now I hadn't truly felt comfortable shopping "over there" until today!

While checking out and going to the car (it was about 5pm) I remembered that I hadn't eaten since breakfast which was 5 low far Ritz with spinach-asiago cheese spread around 11am.  I made the executive decision that Mr. Entertainment was taking us out for dinner and it HAD to be TX Roadhouse because I was wanting a medium rare ribeye in a bad way!  So I go home and collect the hubby and little girl and off we go!  Richard and I decided to split a rib and steak combo with baked potato and salad.  Most of you already know my husband is banded as well but can still eat a whole side of beef if he sets his mind to it.  well, he had a fill last Tuesday and that's not the case anymore.....We both ate until we were full and I still brought about half the steak and half the ribs home in a doggie bag!!  This is a pretty silly NSV but it truly is a FIRST EVER for us! To make it even better we didn't even have a single bite of the yeast rolls although my 42 pound almost 6 year old daughter ate two of them by herself!! 

So now i'm sitting here with my Starbuck's skinny latte (dessert) telling y'all what a "practically perfect" day I had!!

Yeah me!!

Congrats!!! You have worked hard and I am glad you are seeing the results. I am proud of you.

Yeah, YOU is right!
What a great day.  You are working for it and you deserve it. I don't normally say too much on the boards but I usually read daily and KNOW you are working your program.
Congrats to YOU!!

Way to go Becka! That is fantastic. It is amazing how well you are doing since your last fill. And buying a size large has to be a huge shot of adrenaline for you. Thank you so much for your enthusiam and fun posts, you make the board a real treat to read!
Cheers!

What a sense of accomplishment you must have felt. I think that must have been an awesome feeling! I cannot wait just to buy XL!  I know how hard you have worked and that you deserve to feel that feeling of satisfaction and glad you had such a wonderful day! 

Thats awesome I am so proud of you, And you are looking more and more amazing each time I see you...keep up the great job!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT IS AWESOME NEWS!!!!!!!!!!
You should be SOO SOO PROUD OF YOURSELF!

    woohoooo!!! ok now im jealous!! your lower than I am!!!!! yipeee!!!! Im glad too that Richard is filling some restriction too!! I am so proud of you and Missy.. You have both come A LONG WAY!!!!
  We need to see what next month at downtown is... maybe make the suggestion that we take our before and now pics... I know the changes in the three of us alone amaze me...
  WOOHOOO OH is kicking booty today!!!
Dawn

way to go Becka....

You are really doing great Becka.   I cannot be more happy than if it were me.  It a shame but when those clothes tell you that you're losing weight.  We believe them more than the scale.  Congrats on the size LG.  Only those of us that are going through this truly understand.  Hope you have many more practically perfect days.

Z