What's Your Most Recent NSV
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Walked 5.08 miles in 1:23:15 ave. pace 16:23 with my dog today in the virtual RonaRunOff. Event miles of each participant will be aggregated and, for every 50 miles, a pair of shoes will be donated to an area healthcare or janitorial worker. I had the opportunity to nominate my hubby for the shoes. I hope he gets selected!20
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cschmitz110515 wrote: »Walked 5.08 miles in 1:23:15 ave. pace 16:23 with my dog today in the virtual RonaRunOff. Event miles of each participant will be aggregated and, for every 50 miles, a pair of shoes will be donated to an area healthcare or janitorial worker. I had the opportunity to nominate my hubby for the shoes. I hope he gets selected!
Wow these mile speeds tho!!!3 -
VeggieMeg71 wrote: »I can step up onto a kitchen chair without grabbing hold of anything for support.
I want this SO badly!...and also to be able to get off the floor without using my hands!10 -
joyanna2016 wrote: »VeggieMeg71 wrote: »I can step up onto a kitchen chair without grabbing hold of anything for support.
I want this SO badly!...and also to be able to get off the floor without using my hands!
Oh Lord, I can't even imagine getting off the floor easily! I guess you've given me a new goal!
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Rode my bike over to visit my trainer, who owns a local barbell gym. She won’t let her “senior” clients come back til June 1, but I miss her. She put a photo of me and bike on Facebook. My daughters saw it and sent me a screenshot. I couldn’t believe how slim I looked.
It was like something snapped in my brain seeing that photo, and I no longer see the fat person in the mirror. That fat woman has stared back at me relentlessly since I started this in late 2018.
For whatever reason, now I see “me”. I keep going and standing in front of the mirror, turning side to side, expecting to turn fat again, I guess.
Yoga studio opened back up to limited capacity yesterday. I bought some gorgeous yoga leggings several months ago, but forgot the top was a bra top I’d bought on a lark, because it was on sale. I started to put it back in the drawer. Too much exposed skin for comfort. Thought “Well, WTF not?”
Instructor looked at me and blurted out,”Damn, you’re the only person I know who looks hotter after quarantine than before!”
If it weren’t a social distance violation, I would have hugged her. This “senior” sincerely appreciated that.
This whole “senior” thing just kills me, in case you’re wondering. Senior, my *kitten*!!!!!
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So I am a young adult and this middle-aged man and I always lift next to each other at like 6am. He has given me tips once before but he asked if he could give me tips for my deadlift.
I’m like ya duh I don’t have video I need an outside perspective. So he gave me some tips and then goes ‘hey since you’re lifting such heavy weight, you might consider a weight belt’. He thinks I lift heavy ❤️ at least for my size haha he picked up my barbell w one arm lmaooo18 -
springlering62 wrote: »Rode my bike over to visit my trainer, who owns a local barbell gym. She won’t let her “senior” clients come back til June 1, but I miss her. She put a photo of me and bike on Facebook. My daughters saw it and sent me a screenshot. I couldn’t believe how slim I looked.
It was like something snapped in my brain seeing that photo, and I no longer see the fat person in the mirror. That fat woman has stared back at me relentlessly since I started this in late 2018.
For whatever reason, now I see “me”. I keep going and standing in front of the mirror, turning side to side, expecting to turn fat again, I guess.
Yoga studio opened back up to limited capacity yesterday. I bought some gorgeous yoga leggings several months ago, but forgot the top was a bra top I’d bought on a lark, because it was on sale. I started to put it back in the drawer. Too much exposed skin for comfort. Thought “Well, WTF not?”
Instructor looked at me and blurted out,”Damn, you’re the only person I know who looks hotter after quarantine than before!”
If it weren’t a social distance violation, I would have hugged her. This “senior” sincerely appreciated that.
This whole “senior” thing just kills me, in case you’re wondering. Senior, my *kitten*!!!!!
Love that attitude, @springlering62. You're an inspiration!
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Hiking and climbing 5km up this *kitten* of a cliff/trail with my 6 year old.
I tried it 2 years ago and didnt even get 1km into it before giving up.
Pretty sure it's more grit and stubbornness than anything but it's done and I plan to do it again this fall.30 -
Oh dear lord!!!!!! I get vertigo just looking at that. Your six year old impresses me as much as you do.
Two summers ago the ladies formed a little
neighborhood bike club to ride around on Tuesday evenings. We’d do the bike path and the beautiful historic neighborhoods.
I was so ashamed (and “ashamed” is exactly the right word here). I couldn’t get up a long mild hill. I had to walk my bike up and everyone had to wait for me. I felt like the fat failure holding everyone back. They even (considerately) assigned someone to me to make sure I got home ok and she had to ride in back to keep an eye on me.
My husband and I have started riding bikes in the afternoon during quarantine. We did the full loop yesterday, which includes several steep hills and that long mild slope I couldn’t get up.
I was still smarting over the ride a couple of years ago and was determined. I don’t know why I had this in my head as a goal, but I did it yesterday.
I did the entire 8 miles without changing gears up (down?) on my 7-speed cruiser.
And, my husband, who is considerably older than me, has improved to the point he no longer has to get off his bike to complete the loop. That made it even more special.38 -
springlering62 wrote: »Oh dear lord!!!!!! I get vertigo just looking at that. Your six year old impresses me as much as you do.
Two summers ago the ladies formed a little
neighborhood bike club to ride around on Tuesday evenings. We’d do the bike path and the beautiful historic neighborhoods.
I was so ashamed (and “ashamed” is exactly the right word here). I couldn’t get up a long mild hill. I had to walk my bike up and everyone had to wait for me. I felt like the fat failure holding everyone back. They even (considerately) assigned someone to me to make sure I got home ok and she had to ride in back to keep an eye on me.
My husband and I have started riding bikes in the afternoon during quarantine. We did the full loop yesterday, which includes several steep hills and that long mild slope I couldn’t get up.
I was still smarting over the ride a couple of years ago and was determined. I don’t know why I had this in my head as a goal, but I did it yesterday.
I did the entire 8 miles without changing gears up (down?) on my 7-speed cruiser.
And, my husband, who is considerably older than me, has improved to the point he no longer has to get off his bike to complete the loop. That made it even more special.
That's great progress. I'm sure it felt AWESOME at the top of that hill. But why not use the gears? That's what they are for! Biking is fun.5 -
Because, in my head, I used all the gears, even the one where you do the itty bitty pedalling and still failed shamefully and miserably. So to do it without the gears was a thumb in the nose at “former me”.
I thrive on mind games inside my head. I conquered something in there.
From now on, gears are welcome tools.
Man, I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed bicycling. It’s like being a little kid again. I get this big sloppy grin on my face and can’t stop smiling, from beginning to end. I bet I look like a happy lunatic.15 -
500 day logging streak today!34
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At my annual OBGYN visit, all the paper towels covered me.23
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I shaved 37 seconds off my time for getting up the big hill in the middle of my running route! My goal has been to get up it in less than 8 minutes and I crushed it today!
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springlering62 wrote: »Because, in my head, I used all the gears, even the one where you do the itty bitty pedalling and still failed shamefully and miserably. So to do it without the gears was a thumb in the nose at “former me”.
I thrive on mind games inside my head. I conquered something in there.
From now on, gears are welcome tools.
Man, I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed bicycling. It’s like being a little kid again. I get this big sloppy grin on my face and can’t stop smiling, from beginning to end. I bet I look like a happy lunatic.
Next time you go, try the gears. Keep your cadence steady and use the gears to you don't hurt your knees.
Bicycling is AWESOME.
A friend has a bike with an internally-geared hub with infinite gear ratios. I told him he must ALWAYS be able to find just the perfect gear. He said actually it's the opposite; with such fine adjustments, he is NEVER in exactly the right gear. You may find if you go to a low gear and "spin," you get a good workout but it's easier on those joints. Get it!5 -
I started C25K today - that's my most recent NSV.
For context: I was indeed a couch potato for over 20 years. I used to loathe the idea of exercising. Then I started doing pilates and realized I liked it. Then I joined MFP and realized losing weight wasn't an impossible thing. Then I started walking daily and realized I really liked it. Now I'm doing C25K, even though running is something I never ever considered doing.
This is proving to be a process full of surprises and enlightenment.
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I put on my first ever two piece swimsuit today. By normal girls standards they would probably be horrified to take this body to the beach in a two piece, and ain’t gonna lie I’m more than a little scared myself, but this is a big deal to me. This is a size 10/12 body that was once a size 26.
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Took all my XXL and XL clothes to Goodwill today. Good riddance!31
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After a a week or so of hitting the chocolate hard I seem to have turned a corner and have been craving fruit instead. Tonight I went to the store to buy strawberries and pineapple instead of being tempted by the remaining chocolate stash.
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that this happened just as the weather turned warm and sunny here. I need to find a good strategy for future rainy days!15 -
I'm starting to feel smaller. I didn't think that would ever happen. I still struggle to see it but slowly I feel better in my own skin.
I took a picture wearing last year's jeans to help remind myself.
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