What's Your Most Recent NSV

Lietchi

Yesterday I ran at a speed of 7kph on the treadmill for a full hour, for the first time.

I started C25K at the end of November last year, with jogging intervals at 6.3kph, and I've been working on my speed ever since being able to run a full hour non-stop.

Next goal: a full hour at 7,5kph, but in due time I really want to reach a full hour at 8kph.

brenn24179

I was driving home thinking it is so nice not to unbutton my pants, they use to be so tight, now everything is comfortable or big, great feeling.

kedwards4267

After a lifetime of Sugary Soda addiction, I have been completely soda free for 4 days! I have only been drinking water!

mtaratoot

I had been in maintenance for about 18 months or so, then when life changed in late February, something must have changed in me, too. I started slowly gaining for March and April. I mostly kept from gaining any more in May, but just was having trouble getting back down to my goal. It was in late April that my trending weight bumped up outside of a six-pound maintenance range I try to stick to. I have a larger (10-pound) range that's my absolute range, and I didn't QUITE bust out of that, at least not my trend. Some daily weights did.

Around mid-May, I started moderating again and slowly bringing the trend down. It bounced around. You know how that works. I was getting flustered. It's moving down fairly steady again now, and soon I expect to get back to goal. My trend finally got back inside my "ideal maintenance range" today.

Then there's this:

I ate some goodies after closing my diary last night. I entered them this morning expecting the numbers to turn red. To my delighted surprise, they did not!

I got up a few hours before I get up and chugged a couple pints of water because I was SO thirsty. Way lots of salt yesterday. I got up again and had another pint. I kind of expected the scale to be up this morning, especially since I'm dubious of the over three pound loss I had over one day and kept it the next day. So when the scale ONLY bounced back one measly pound, I though, OH YEAH! All my weight TRENDS are still going down, so today the scale doesn't even phase me.

The number on the scale doesn't even phase me. I had to write that again. This is my NSV. It relates to the scale, but the victory is in that dark cobwebbed space between my ears.

This is the mental state I was struggling with for a while. I think it really helps to have the trend solidly down, and I think it is. Now I just have to stay motivated to burn off the last little bit and stabilize there. When I have the inevitable bounce up, I need to remember - the trend is back to where it needs to be.

Sand_TIger

This year I am handling the heat well again. When it's over a hundred out I'm all right - hot, yes, but not having trouble breathing or anything like that. I can carry the groceries in without breathing heavily or having my heart pound in my chest like a drum. It's so nice to have a lot of my insulation gone.

RelCanonical

We celebrated Father’s Day today since my brother was in town, and had pizza. I told myself I was going to eat three slices, since I knew that would satisfy me without overeating, and I stuck to it. It felt really good because I ate to satisfaction and didn’t feel like I deprived myself, but at the same time I didn’t feel a need to go overboard just because it was available. It also helped that my brother took the rest.

SERmom3

I laid out in the sun the other day and exposed my stomach for maybe the first time ever. I was in my backyard and mostly secluded, but there is no way to get complete privacy. I didn’t even mind that my kids saw me. 40lbs ago this would NEVER have happened.

I think the NSV is two things. 1-feeling like I looked ok enough to do it and 2- not caring that I don’t have perfect abs! As my 11 year old noticed...my stomach has “cracks” in it. Yeah, those are old stretch marks from carrying her around! 😂

Now on the flip side, since my stomach had never seen the sun before, it didn’t take long to get a burn! Oops! ☀️🔥

helen_goldthorpe

I have had a weekend of sorting through my wardrobe to throw away all the things that don't fit (or at least to put them in a charity bag for when things reopen) and work out where the gaps are to buy stuff in smaller sizes. Some of my more optimistic past purchases are now wearable and a lot of the things I saved for now aren't far off being too baggy but wearable with a belt or as oversized tops over leggings etc.

The main problem is that although I have a wishlist of things I'd like to buy, I'm not confident enough in my new sizing to take the plunge and order stuff in a UK size 10, even though the sizing charts say it will probably be ok.

AwesomeSquirrel

I’ve done another closet dive and found a summer shirt that now fits! Last time I tried it on I remember there being at least a 10cm gap - today it did up easily.

Sand_TIger

I've realized recently that I feel better now than I did when I was 30, which was 11 years ago. This time last year I'd started feeling just a bit old... a little slower, more joint pain, feeling bad when I woke up, that kind of thing. Now I feel great even though I'm only halfway to goal weight, and I look younger too. It feels like I got younger.

asthesoapturns

I can jog a little. My stamina isn't great but my knees used to scream on the first step. Same thing going down stairs. They still creak a bit with stairs but no attitude when I walk or jog. They are never going to be perfect, a consequence of childhood injuries being dismissed as just soft tissue or growing pains, but I don't feel like knee replacements are in my immediate future anymore.

mkculs13

I picked up my walking/running routine right away when I got to Florida (I live in WI, but FL sister needed help after surgery). It's not a huge deal, but I know that I could be tempted to use the heat as an excuse. I've been so consistent that I've been able to add 20% to my distance over the past 2 weeks while maintaining speed. And even though I'm not worried about my diet right now, I also know I'm doing a good job making healthy choices and eating at or under maintenance most days. And I craved my healthy go-to foods so much I had to get some to add to what my sis keeps in her home. I feel like I've made really sustainable choices this time around

sirjamerie

Saturday didn't go well. I didn't exercise except for a little walk and I'm not going to start about the food.
But I didn't quit. Today I could weigh myself or exactly track my intake since I've been away, but tonight I'm back home and back at going my workout. And I'm proud to say that today I did a full 30 seconds no stopping jumping jacks and I didn't die!!!!!! I haven't done any type of jumping for any amount of time for the last almost 8 years since I nearly lost my foot/half my lower leg in an accident.
I'm so proud of myself because it's (now I'm realizing) mostly fear that's been holding me back.
Even when it's hard, forward is the only way to go. I have to keep trying and fighting, otherwise my health will only get worse.

hawkeye45_

My wife commented on this yesterday. A year and a half ago, spending thirty minutes outside in the Tennessee heat would lead to me sweating profusely and running back in to flop on the couch and pant like I had sprinted. Now, I spend so much time outside walking that I worked in the yard for about three hours yesterday with only breaking a mild sweat. (Also I reclaimed some of my yard from the woodland brush that had grown during our four months of rain.)

Terytha

Sometimes when my husband hugs me now, he picks me right up and spins me around. I haven't been light enough to be lifted in forever.

It doesn't hurt either. When I was heavier, attempts to lift me were often painful.

hlr1987

helen_goldthorpe wrote: »

I have had a weekend of sorting through my wardrobe to throw away all the things that don't fit (or at least to put them in a charity bag for when things reopen) and work out where the gaps are to buy stuff in smaller sizes. Some of my more optimistic past purchases are now wearable and a lot of the things I saved for now aren't far off being too baggy but wearable with a belt or as oversized tops over leggings etc.

The main problem is that although I have a wishlist of things I'd like to buy, I'm not confident enough in my new sizing to take the plunge and order stuff in a UK size 10, even though the sizing charts say it will probably be ok.

I've had to just do it online, and expect to return things via the post office. Did you see the statement from John Lewis saying they're not encouraging/ allowing people to try clothes on? I'm expecting more places will be the same, and.given the number of times an item of clothing is handled on the rack before you try it on, you're probably safer trying things at home. Be brave/ experiment

anniep2711

My resting heart rate has decreased from 80 bpm to 65 bpm over the last month. The biking is paying off!

bobsburgersfan

sirjamerie wrote: »

Saturday didn't go well. I didn't exercise except for a little walk and I'm not going to start about the food.
But I didn't quit. Today I could weigh myself or exactly track my intake since I've been away, but tonight I'm back home and back at going my workout. And I'm proud to say that today I did a full 30 seconds no stopping jumping jacks and I didn't die!!!!!! I haven't done any type of jumping for any amount of time for the last almost 8 years since I nearly lost my foot/half my lower leg in an accident.
I'm so proud of myself because it's (now I'm realizing) mostly fear that's been holding me back.
Even when it's hard, forward is the only way to go. I have to keep trying and fighting, otherwise my health will only get worse.

YES!!! "I didn't quit" is such a great NSV. And well done on the jumping jacks!

carasnewlife

I'm learning a new dance and was twirling around. I stopped, but my skirt didn't. Time for a new one!

springlering62

Mammogram severely delayed due to pandemic. Went this morning.

At checkin I was grilled and asked for ID because I no longer looked like the photo on file.

When I went to select a robe, I automatically reached for the XXL on the top shelf. Oh, yeah, I forgot. Selected an XS from the bottom shelf. It swam on me.

In the X-ray room, the tech asked me the routine questions. “Have you lost weight since the last mammogram?” “90 pounds”. She looked at me like I had three heads. I guess she thought the mask was muffling me. “How much?” “Ninety.” “Ninety? As in nine-zero?”

She had a really hard time comprehending that.