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#NSV

I’m always about six months behind on understanding what most social media abbreviations mean. I think I just learned what SMH meant a few months ago (it means “shake my head” if you didn’t know either. Also, welcome to the clueless club.). I have an aversion to all acronyms and prefer to just USE THE WORDS. But whatever, I’m old and grouchy and an English teacher that thinks people should just say what they mean. Is that too much to ask?
Wooh, calm down, Mary. This isn’t even what your topic is today. Geez.
Fresh start: let’s talk about “non-scale victories,” shall we?
A non-scale victory is something not related to the pounds you weigh (or have lost), but something directly related to that current number (or loss). And sometimes these little triumphs are better than the number on the scale. Real life moments when you realize all your hard work is changing your life, not just the scale.
Moment #1: Rock climbing with my favorite local mom’s group.
I signed up on a whim and then never looked back. Which does get me in to trouble some times, but this time paid off. I haven’t been strapped into a harness and had someone else be responsible for making sure me and all my weight doesn’t come crashing down to earth at a horrifying speed since high school. Almost fourteen years ago. But I did it; I climbed walls, scaled tall buildings, and wore an unflattering rope-thing around my privates like a champ. I had the upper body and lower body strength to support myself, to climb without falling, and to not look like a complete fool in the gym. It was the first time I’d tested my body outside of the safety of my local Y and not failed. It was so encouraging (it was not encouraging to be unable to lift my arms over my head for the next three days, but I think that has more to do with age than weight…).
Moment #2: Size ten jeans
I grabbed a pair of 12s and they were too big. At first, I didn’t even know what that meant. My first thought was dang it, I really like these pants. AND then I realized I could go down another size. And I bought them. Because they were a size ten. And I haven’t worn a ten since middle school.
Moment #3: The chair.
When my best friend left my school for another job, she passed down this old, blue rolling chair. This chair was a legend for reasons that don’t matter here and aren’t important, probably, to anyone. But I always felt uncomfortable in that chair, I felt like my thighs were overflowing the sides and so I never sat in it. When I returned to school in July, I sat down in it one day because it was close and I needed a break. Guess whose thighs don’t touch the sides of that chair anymore? >This girl<
Moment #4: Easily running two miles.
I hate running. Every single moment of it, I hate it. But I keep doing it because I see what it’s doing to my body and my health. The first time I did it, waayyyy back in March, I was glowing for a week straight. I ran two miles and lived to tell about it!
Moment #5: You’re my goal weight.

I have friends who have joined Weight Watchers because they’ve been so encouraged by me. And one girl said she joined so she could have “a Mary Graham body.” Someone is envious of my body? Stop it. Please, tell me more…

#NSV are the new black.

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Comments

  1. tricia says

    September 6, 2013 at 1:39 am

    Love this. Love YOU! Rock it, girl. You are such an inspiration!

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  2. beforeverlovely says

    September 12, 2013 at 11:57 am

    UGH! you are making me REALLY want to start running now, and i hate running. i am SO slow and i don’t want my clumsiness to be apparent. BUT…you’re @themarygrahameats instagram account is what motivated me to get going. my goal is 50 by 35. pounds by birthday. and all be DARN if i’m not going to get there with great motivation like this! 🙂 WELL DONE FRIEND. #WDF.

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