Non Scale Victories

[Mighty Mo]

I love this thread. I just started posting because I want to ride to lose weight. You are all very inspiring!

[solveig]

This season's biggest non-scale victory:
I now crave that burning in my legs, a good long ride at aerobic or tempo pace, pushing myself. It feels so good to open up the legs and lungs. I never expected to feel so positive and confident about moving my body. Makes me proud of myself and thankful my DP suggested we get bikes!

[jesvetmed]

I just started posting because I want to ride to lose weight. You are all very inspiring!

MIGHTY MO: Welcome... and don't miss out on the Jul/Aug Weight Loss Challenge on this thread! We start a new challenge on Friday.
Jes

[TahoeDirtGirl]

Number 7- you got it! I am slowly reforming the 'cankles' into 'ankles'. I was athletic up to the age of 21. Now looking back, I am in better shape even though I'm overweight, than I was then!

As for the eating like someone said about the 'dipping lettuce into ginger dressing' that is one of the reasons I have kept up riding, especially commuting. Moving out there, getting out of a car for the day, and eating for performance not dieting is a win win for me.

And yesterday I was in my glory. Two guys from work went mountain biking with me. They had to dismount and walk up a long hill. I just cranked on by. Loved it!

[peachgirl]

My biggest victory in the past six months was needing a second pair of new jeans!! I bought new ones because I lost weight, and then they were too big. That pair is getting snug now though... so I joined the weight loss challenge. I gave up on the scale a long time ago...my jeans usually tell me what I need to know.. But I decided to do the weighins this time as part of the challenge (as opposed to personal obsession).

[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!