What's Your Most Recent NSV

Eire228

JulieSHelms wrote: »

I'm NOT one for selfies at the gym, but a friend snuck up on me while I was doing assisted chin-ups and snapped this. Had no idea I had back muscles! This is from one year working at the gym (joined on my 50th birthday--first time EVER working out or even stepping foot in a gym). I don't have a 'before' picture of my back but will show you my front shot--just assume my back is all soft and doughy-like. (-135 lbs lost--hence the loose skin over my bra).

Wow! Amazing transformation!!! So incredibly inspiring.

My NSV today was getting up at 4:50am to work out. It was so hard getting out of bed today...and so cold! But I warned up quickly.

kdbulger

I signed up for a 5k race yesterday, and today I started jogging.

HDBKLM

Whenever I would go up or especially down stairs my knees used to crack—or maybe creak ... it was kind of like a thousand little micro-crackles. Ridiculously, my response to that disfunction in my body was to say, 'Well the best thing for me is to just live in a flat/ranch/one-level place.' Because let's change the world around me rather than change me, right? Awesome mindset. Anyway, I only just realised that those crackles are gone now!

HDBKLM

Eire228 wrote: »

JulieSHelms wrote: »

I'm NOT one for selfies at the gym, but a friend snuck up on me while I was doing assisted chin-ups and snapped this. Had no idea I had back muscles! This is from one year working at the gym (joined on my 50th birthday--first time EVER working out or even stepping foot in a gym). I don't have a 'before' picture of my back but will show you my front shot--just assume my back is all soft and doughy-like. (-135 lbs lost--hence the loose skin over my bra).

Wow! Amazing transformation!!! So incredibly inspiring.

My NSV today was getting up at 4:50am to work out. It was so hard getting out of bed today...and so cold! But I warned up quickly.

I couldn't agree more. When I first saw this post several months ago I was so astonished that I was tempted to 'Woo' it as '*Kitten* off there's no way that's the same person!' Congratulations again this is an unbelievable transformation and incredibly inspirational.

aeloine

HDBKLM wrote: »

Whenever I would go up or especially down stairs my knees used to crack—or maybe creak ... it was kind of like a thousand little micro-crackles. Ridiculously, my response to that disfunction in my body was to say, 'Well the best thing for me is to just live in a flat/ranch/one-level place.' Because let's change the world around me rather than change me, right? Awesome mindset. Anyway, I only just realised that those crackles are gone now!

That's awesome! I can't wait for that day to come!

HDBKLM

aeloine wrote: »

HDBKLM wrote: »

Whenever I would go up or especially down stairs my knees used to crack—or maybe creak ... it was kind of like a thousand little micro-crackles. Ridiculously, my response to that disfunction in my body was to say, 'Well the best thing for me is to just live in a flat/ranch/one-level place.' Because let's change the world around me rather than change me, right? Awesome mindset. Anyway, I only just realised that those crackles are gone now!

That's awesome! I can't wait for that day to come!

Thanks! And congratulations on all the peeing/whooshing, as well as the fried chicken

aeloine

HDBKLM wrote: »

aeloine wrote: »

HDBKLM wrote: »

Whenever I would go up or especially down stairs my knees used to crack—or maybe creak ... it was kind of like a thousand little micro-crackles. Ridiculously, my response to that disfunction in my body was to say, 'Well the best thing for me is to just live in a flat/ranch/one-level place.' Because let's change the world around me rather than change me, right? Awesome mindset. Anyway, I only just realised that those crackles are gone now!

That's awesome! I can't wait for that day to come!

Thanks! And congratulations on all the peeing/whooshing, as well as the fried chicken

Ugh, whooshing stopped and reversed because I jinxed it. That fried chicken has me "backed up" (sorry for TMI).

NSV is that I know that I will go back down and I'm not phased by salt and water retention.

HDBKLM

HDBKLM wrote: »

I have one close friend that I see pretty much every day, and my weight loss has been gradual enough that he hasn't noticed specifically that I've lost weight. Instead I get the occasional ever-so-slightly surprised-sounding, cocked-headed comment like 'You look extra sexy today, I don't know why ...' over the past few months. As it happens, I am not at all into the idea of advertising that I'm trying to lose weight. Maybe it's because it would be admitting to the world that I was fat before rather than being in denial that they magically saw me as slender this whole time? So this works out perfectly for me, as if I'm gradually 'forcing' people in my daily life to see me the way I see myself (not just my appearance but my self worth), and maybe this new impression of me will gradually replace the impression they had before subconsciously.

I've kept up the streak of weight-loss mystery! So, I met up with this friend who can't figure out I've lost weight today as usual, but today his boyfriend joined us. The boyfriend, whom I see maybe once a week, noticed that I'd done something new with my hair so complimented me on that. A couple of hours later another mutual friend joined us. Now she hasn't seen me in maybe 8 months so she surely clocked that I'd lost weight—at least at some level—but what she actually verbalised was 'You look so beautiful! I mean you were always beautiful but now you're really beautiful!' (you know how that walk-back goes ) Later in the day the friend I see every day and I slipped away from the group for a quick lunch because we got hungry before the rest, during which lunch he said, 'Wow, everybody loves your hair today!'

JessiBelleW

I went to the gym today and when I put on my fave pair of gym pants (since last year) they fit so well! That’s not even really the NSV which is when I looked down at my belly it was almost flat! Eeeeee

aeloine

HDBKLM wrote: »

HDBKLM wrote: »

I have one close friend that I see pretty much every day, and my weight loss has been gradual enough that he hasn't noticed specifically that I've lost weight. Instead I get the occasional ever-so-slightly surprised-sounding, cocked-headed comment like 'You look extra sexy today, I don't know why ...' over the past few months. As it happens, I am not at all into the idea of advertising that I'm trying to lose weight. Maybe it's because it would be admitting to the world that I was fat before rather than being in denial that they magically saw me as slender this whole time? So this works out perfectly for me, as if I'm gradually 'forcing' people in my daily life to see me the way I see myself (not just my appearance but my self worth), and maybe this new impression of me will gradually replace the impression they had before subconsciously.

I've kept up the streak of weight-loss mystery! So, I met up with this friend who can't figure out I've lost weight today as usual, but today his boyfriend joined us. The boyfriend, whom I see maybe once a week, noticed that I'd done something new with my hair so complimented me on that. A couple of hours later another mutual friend joined us. Now she hasn't seen me in maybe 8 months so she surely clocked that I'd lost weight—at least at some level—but what she actually verbalised was 'You look so beautiful! I mean you were always beautiful but now you're really beautiful!' (you know how that walk-back goes ) Later in the day the friend I see every day and I slipped away from the group for a quick lunch because we got hungry before the rest, during which lunch he said, 'Wow, everybody loves your hair today!'

Love this! It's like a little secret. My poor uncle kept telling me that I look "happy" at Christmas this year.

sarahthes

Here's a weird one. Back in June when I first started running my resting heart rate averaged around 67-70 and sometimes ventures even higher. For the past week it's been holding steady at 59!

katie_mun29

I went new clothes shopping for the first time in 2 years (don’t wanna spend that $$ If you’re going to gain the weight back... so I waited a while

rcreynol3090

Had a lunch meeting at work today, food from my favorite pizza place. I had a salad. Did not even start to reach for a slice.

Mr_Healthy_Habits

Standing dB curl 50lbs/e 9x - up from 8x last week
After 14 sets of various other pull exercises

Weighted pull ups 20lbs 16x - up from 15x last week

beerfoamy

My gf told me that my heartbeat is way slower than it used to be (she can hear it when snuggling ) so I timed it. nothing to base it on from heaviest weight but it is at 56 beats per minute at rest. Am chuffed with that!!

Also, was whisking eggs for omelette last night and realised I no longer get achy arm and out of breath doing it! Mental! but I can remember struggling to whisk them properly at one point!

GoldenEye_

I'm sure this sounds very silly, but lately I've been noticing some muscles in my belly area and obliques that I didn't see before and it's just fun to flex my belly in different ways in the mirror to see how they move My skin is also starting to fold in a different way (rather with more smaller folds than a few bigger ones). It's a lot of fun seeing these changes!

pamfgil

Went out for lunch today, ordered a burger which came with home fries, ate some but able to leave a fair percentage on the plate without feeling deprived

kingleahnidas

Ran a mile on the track without checking my pace on my fitbit.... Ran it in 10:55! That's a whole minute faster than my previous mile. I think I underestimate how fast I can actually run when I set my pace on a treadmill, or I constantly check my fitbit.

louisepaul16

HDBKLM wrote: »

Eire228 wrote: »

JulieSHelms wrote: »

I'm NOT one for selfies at the gym, but a friend snuck up on me while I was doing assisted chin-ups and snapped this. Had no idea I had back muscles! This is from one year working at the gym (joined on my 50th birthday--first time EVER working out or even stepping foot in a gym). I don't have a 'before' picture of my back but will show you my front shot--just assume my back is all soft and doughy-like. (-135 lbs lost--hence the loose skin over my bra).

Wow! Amazing transformation!!! So incredibly inspiring.

My NSV today was getting up at 4:50am to work out. It was so hard getting out of bed today...and so cold! But I warned up quickly.

I couldn't agree more. When I first saw this post several months ago I was so astonished that I was tempted to 'Woo' it as '*Kitten* off there's no way that's the same person!' Congratulations again this is an unbelievable transformation and incredibly inspirational.

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