# A little bragging is OK? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bragging-is-ok/686344 "2014-04-17T14:38:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bragging-is-ok/686344/1 "2014-04-17T14:38:27Z")
I noticed my jeans felt a little loose. I went in the bathroom and out of curioisity tugged at the belt loops and watched in amazement as the jeans slid down right over my hips…without undoing anything. Two years ago these jeans were tight on me. I have been on a steady healthy lifestyle and good eating thing for a few years now.I was not overtly attempting to lose weight, I found that process to be extremely disheartening. Instead, I vowed i would eat well and stay healthy and worry instead about blood pressure, cholesterol,etc. They have all been in very good levels and I wanted to keep it that way. But it seems along with that I have also been losing weight, a process confirmed by my doctor earlier this year. This is why, by the way, "eat less and exercise " both works and doesn’t work. Ideally it is the best way but what people don’t add is to see significant results you have to eat a LOT less and exercise a LOT more. So people do a little and dont see big results and get discouraged. But on the other side of the token, any lifestyle change makes a difference, even if it is slow, as evidenced. Anyway, I was happy and wanted to share it! ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bragging-is-ok/686344/2 "2014-04-17T14:46:23Z")
Brag on, lady! I’m glad you feel better and are getting healthier. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bragging-is-ok/686344/3 "2014-04-17T14:47:39Z")
In the ‘weight loss world’, we call that a NSV - non-scale victory. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bragging-is-ok/686344/4 "2014-04-17T14:54:34Z")
Congratulations! I think you deserve some nice Summer clothes shopping as your reward, and given its still Spring, I can’t think of a better time. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bragging-is-ok/686344/5 "2014-04-17T15:01:01Z")
Cool! And anytime you want those pounds returned, I found them. ;0 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bragging-is-ok/686344/6 "2014-04-17T15:05:03Z")
In the words of the late, great Walter Brennan: _“It ain’t braggn’ if you can back it up.”_ Congratulations, you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StayseaDee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@StayseaDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StayseaDee)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bragging-is-ok/686344/7 "2014-04-17T16:05:21Z")
Good for you! I’m glad to hear that you have had success in getting healthy and losing some weight along the way. You should be proud of yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bragging-is-ok/686344/8 "2014-04-17T16:21:54Z")
Yay for you! Now go buy some new jeans! ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bragging-is-ok/686344/9 "2014-04-17T16:29:41Z")
Great news, not bragging at all. Inspirational if anything. ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bragging-is-ok/686344/10 "2014-04-17T17:16:46Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > This is why, by the way, "eat less and exercise " both works and doesn’t work. Ideally it is the best way but what people don’t add is to see significant results you have to eat a LOT less and exercise a LOT more. So people do a little and dont see big results and get discouraged. But on the other side of the token, any lifestyle change makes a difference, even if it is slow, as evidenced. First off, congratulations. And on this point, this is why these sorts of discussions can get ugly. Yes it is as simple as “eat less and exercise” but just because it’s simple doesn’t mean that it’s easy. It’s sort of like trying to tell someone who is learning to ride a bike that all you have to do is pedal and point the wheel in the direction you want to go. Whenever people ask me questions about stuff like losing weight, I always try to redirect them toward different goals. Don’t have “lose 20 lbs” as a goal, have “eat more healthfully” “be more active” “have more energy” and that sort of stuff. It sounds like you set some good goals and you’ve had some good weight loss results incidentally by meeting those other ones. Keep it up. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bragging-is-ok/686344/11 "2014-04-17T18:14:41Z")
Thank you everyone! I will have to get some new jeans now,a good problem to have. > [@kayaker](#): > > Cool! And anytime you want those pounds returned, I found them. ;0 This made me snerk. Thanks but no thanks! 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-bragging-is-ok/686344/12 "2014-04-17T18:17:03Z")
Yay! I like the idea of a small, sustainable change rather than a crash diet - something like not drinking Coke with your meals, and dropping 10 pounds over the course of a year. I want a change for life, not for six months.