8.5 months out NSVs

I have posted a list before, but I have discovered some new NSVs and as you all know, the celebrations and acknowledgment helps us to keep trudging along, so I'm sharing with YOU! :) 

First of all, I'm a teacher of little youngins. I read several read-aloud books per day, and for my 13 years of teaching, I have ALWAYS yawned a lot while reading. partially because I was always fatigued, but partially I think it was lack of oxygen and actually just being THAT out of shape. I used to stop and apologize and explain that I'm just tired. It was embarrassing, but also broke up the stories so they weren't as smooth. I noticed today that I'm reading NOT ONLY without yawning at all, but also I'm so much more animated! I stomp when the characters stomp, I put my arms up and yell when the characters yell, I sniffle and cry when the characters cry, and so on. I noticed it today, but I have no idea when this started. I can tell you the students are much more engaged and enjoy the stories more! They giggle and get wide-eyed in anticipation of the next page.... It's so much more fun to read to them like this, and I just didn't have the energy before!!

Next, some body stuff- let's talk chaffing. I've never been much of a dress or skirt wearer. I'm not all that girly to begin with, BUT i always had to wear spandex shorts under skirts or dresses because my thighs were so tightly rubbing together that I would sweat and chafe no matter what. I tried just powder, but would sweat it off quickly and chafe anyway. Now, my thighs still touch, but they're softer and there's no tight pressure between them anymore (if that makes sense?) so even though they're touching, they're not really RUBBING. I'm wearing a skirt for the first time in my life today WITHOUT spandex shorts on and I'm fine!!!!! no sweating, no chaffing! :) 

Also body-related, in the shower this morning, doing my normal routine I always do to bathe myself, I realized that the FEEL of my body is so strange. It's almost like I'm bathing someone else's body. So bizarre! Keep in mind, I have been obese even in childhood. I was NEVER normal or overweight or thin. So feeling my ribs poking out under my breast (or feeling them at all, for that matter!), feeling my collarbone across my chest, my knees, my shoulder blades (WHICH I CAN REACH!!!!), my shoulders.... all of me just feels like a different person!

This has been fantastic and I'm enjoying my new self every single day. My loss slows, as expected, as I get nearer to my goal weight, but I am still very steadily losing and still very diligently following my new way of eating protein forward, no/low carb, water water water. Thanks for all of the support!

This is great!!! You made my day with this GREAT stuff!! Thank you.

I love posts like this as I'm in maintenance so the scale doesn't move anymore. It makes my day to hear the victories and changes for others and keeps me motivated too. I know what you mean as I was obese my whole life too. I never imagined I could be a normal sized person and now here I am wearing size 0 pants. Congratulations!