Non Scale Victories

[deeaimond]

After 4 months of riding a road bike

1) colleagues always telling me i look like i lost alot of weight.
2) mother complimenting my healthier look
3) doctor tells me how healthy I look even though i was there with a flu bug and a fever.
4) parents of students I teach tell me my arms look slimmer (major victory, always had fat 'wing-like' upper arms), that i've lost weight.
5) clothes fitting better
6) cycling buddies (all guys) telling me I lost weight...

all despite being the same weight on the scale...

It really is something to be happy about...

now just to increase that base speed and catch up with the guys in my age group...

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[hirakukibou]

This thread is awesome. As for me, despite not losing weight in the past couple of years (still want to shed ten), I have gained muscle definition and strength. I can go faster and longer on the bike. My blood pressure which was high has gone down and I have decreased the medication I take. My depression is more manageable when I ride. I am probably in the best shape I have been in since I was sixteen (and I am about to turn 47). I look good in short skirts. I was at a wedding and the bride's brother asked if I was a runner. I said no, why. He said because my legs looked like they did something more than walking! I told him I cycle. Yay for all of us!