What's Your Most Recent NSV

gullagr

I am completing week 3 of C25K without hesitation and while still being able to increase my speed along the way Can't wait to run a 5K straight through!

I'm with @ladyreva78, you are amazing and a huge inspiration @Madwife2009!

Thehardmakesitworthit

Had a personal record this morning lifting.... I have had a mental block about increasing weight on my back squat but this morning I lifted 153# second one is my goal to run up a monster hill... I'm training one block at a time and Saturday night I ran up two of the 6 block incline. My soul is nearly flying out of me I'm so happy!!!

SueSueDio

ladyreva78 wrote: »

@Madwife2009 That's the definition of amazing to me because you are a role model that someone working on getting themselves sorted can aspire to. I also wish I'd gotten my act together a good 20 years ago when I was young. Life would have been so much easier.

There's more of us 'ordinary people' out there than you might think and some of us could sometimes use another 'ordinary person' as a role model

Absolutely! I can't imagine wanting to do something like that so badly that I'd be willing to go out in the rain and cold to do it. I hate being cold! Maybe one day I might experience that sort of mindset for myself, but in the meantime you're an inspiration @Madwife2009 !

kzertuche

Justimagine10 wrote: »

Had a personal record this morning lifting.... I have had a mental block about increasing weight on my back squat but this morning I lifted 153# second one is my goal to run up a monster hill... I'm training one block at a time and Saturday night I ran up two of the 6 block incline. My soul is nearly flying out of me I'm so happy!!!

Where the heck do you live that you have a 6 block incline?! The highest elevation where I am is roughly 20 feet above see level. I can't even imagine hills like that!

Mellykay88

Scooted my seat forward in my car today... and not because I needed to make room for someone in the back seat! That baby isn't ever scooting back again!

Madwife2009

@ladyreva78 @gullagr @SueSueDio

Thank you for your very kind words; I've gone warm all over . . .

Went cycling again today, 22.5 miles in the rain (wasn't raining when I started out) and wind. It wasn't cold though, so that was a blessing. The roads were very wet and I got soaked by a passing lorry (who I am certain did it deliberately). But it's all washable (including me)

Total cycling mileage for January: 396.5
Total walking mileage for January: 69.5
Total gym visits for January: 31 (classes, cardio & strength)

Not bad for someone who struggled to walk upstairs just 18 months ago . . . actually, I think that my current "fast walk" (5mph) heart rate is slower than my resting heart rate was back then.

cschmitz110515

Went on the lunchtime snowshoe hike at work today, on the trails around my office building, and I walked up the big hill at the end (option 1). Yay! Versus option 2 - taking the little hill, or even worse, option 3 - heading back to the parking lot with several others.

DarkSinestra

Wore out my walking shoes, so today I'm getting new ones. I very much doubt these will last nearly as long.

farmgirl1677

LaceyBirds wrote: »

I realized when I looked in a full-length mirror just now how far I've come. I used to look at myself and be ashamed, so ashamed, at how big I was. Just now, I looked and saw a person that looks like a normal weight, and realized that, though I don't like the ravages massive weight gain and loss has done to my body, I am not ashamed any longer.

Ashamed is where I am at right now. Starting over again...... have lost 5 lbs in the last 15 days and hoping for 5 more in the next 15. Can't wait till I no longer feel ashamed. Congrats!!

LindaGilpin59

Finally got in the first outdoors bike ride of the year yesterday. Was nearly 50 degrees in Des Moines so pumped up the tires and did 17 miles on the Great Western Trail. and did my usual chisel class today.

mlbish624

I wore the pants I wore to my bridal shower in 2000. They will be too big next time I pull them out, I think!

DayByDayGetStronger

I saw my shadow on the road as I biked last weekend. I liked what I saw even standing up while I pedaled. I would always look away if I passed a store front with big reflecting windows. Now I love those damn windows ---your friendly dietitian

BuffMom84

I pulled some of my old sweaters out from a few winters ago and tried them on and realized I can fit into all of them again (all my other sweaters are starting to look a little too big)!!

TMW2119

I've been holding on to a black Nike dry fit tank top for a few years even though it no longer fit. Today, I was able to get it on without battling it out with the shirt. I love this shirt so I'm glad it fits again. The scale hasn't moved in two weeks. I'm glad to see progress off the scale!

brittanylock09

I need to buy new underwear!! Hahaha! My "pregnancy" underwear are way too big!!

Fyi: I got under my pre-pregnancy weight this week!!!

youdoyou2016

brittanylock09 wrote: »

I need to buy new underwear!! Hahaha! My "pregnancy" underwear are way too big!!

Fyi: I got under my pre-pregnancy weight this week!!!

Congratulations! This made me smile: a couple months ago I had to buy new underwear too. It never occurred to me as something I'd have to deal with, but it's weird to have them falling down in your pants.

brittanylock09

youdoyou2016 wrote: »

brittanylock09 wrote: »

I need to buy new underwear!! Hahaha! My "pregnancy" underwear are way too big!!

Fyi: I got under my pre-pregnancy weight this week!!!

Congratulations! This made me smile: a couple months ago I had to buy new underwear too. It never occurred to me as something I'd have to deal with, but it's weird to have them falling down in your pants.

Haha!! Mine stay on bc of my hips but are baggy! I have to pull then up higher and higher to straighten out lol!

duvs33

Every couple of months I vowed to take progress pictures of myself. Well, yesterday was my day to do it. Although, I still have over 50-60 lbs to lose, I could see my progress. I could see the thinner body coming through by the definition that was developing from all the hard work . I really like what I see! Can't stop admiring.

canadianlbs

my reliable you-are-fat pants weren't talking nearly so loud to me today.

gullagr

I was able to increase my running speed on the treadmill this morning I was a sweat monster but it felt soooo satisfying!!

U2R2

My name is U2R2 and I am overweight.

Not a declaration for an Overeaters Anonymous meeting but an exclamation for MFP.

I have left obesity class one, two and three lying on the trail with over one and a half million of my footprints.

On to Onederland.


ENJOY

gullagr

Also ... I just noticed that my Fitbit registered almost 75,000 calories burned in the month of January!!

__TMac__

I had set my weight-loss goal to the top of the healthy BMI range for my height, but I just got my body fat tested.

NSV: Turns out I have more lean mass than the BMI calculator assumes!

SV: So instead of having 42 more pounds to lose, I only have 25!

(I know they're both imperfect methods, so I'll maintain there for a while, then reassess.)

spikeyhair

Before and after pics of my coat alteration

Need2Exerc1se

I walked into the kitchen at the office today and 2 colleagues were discussing exercise, one turned to me and said "You obviously workout, what do you do?".

I obviously workout.

geminiswede

I really didn't want to cook yesterday for dinner and fast food was super tempting, but I ignored the lazy way and went home and cooked anyway. So I got to eat much more food for fewer calories.

Lucy1752

I am not one to keep things that don't fit or hold on to clothing I can't wear.

HOWEVER, 14 years ago was the last time I did a section hike on the AT. Since that time, I've kept my ratty backpack and 1 pair of Columbia zip-off pants. They haven't fit for over 12 years.
Last night my SO and I were talking and I grabbed my old photo album to show him something and out fell a picture of that last hike. I said "I have those pants. When I can fit them, I'll feel like I am making progress." The SO insisted I am smaller now than in the picture.
Of course I had to prove him wrong so I dug out the backpack, found the pants and held them up. I said no way would they go on, but I had to prove him wrong so feet in, over the calves, past the knees, over the thighs...OMG...over the hips...surely they won't button...HOLY @#$%!...buttoned and not even slightly snug. They fit better now than they did back then.

I could not stop grinning.

The second one would be people at work. Someone asked me about my weight loss and another co-worker overheard and that was it. It was like a landslide of questions and people telling me how healthy I look. It was kind of great - I won't lie - I didn't think people had noticed other than the occasional, you look nice or something generic. Now I know they just didn't say anything because they weren't sure how to bring it up. It felt great.

Madwife2009

1) I am beginning to like what I see in the mirrors in the gym (front view, not sure about the side view and I dare not look at the rear view) - it's taken me six weeks just to be able to actually look at myself, I've always averted my eyes up until now

2) My "small" Harry Potter/Hogwarts dressing gown that I was given for Christmas is too big for me. As I've not lost that much weight, I can only assume that my workouts at the gym are having a good effect

3) Did my usual cycle ride today. I must have ridden a good ten miles into a really strong headwind - it slowed me down considerably and really made my legs burn. My legs don't usually burn on cycle rides so that was a new experience for me. Anyway, I completed about 22 miles (forgot to map it but it was the same as yesterday).

But the really important thing about my run today was that spring is most definitely on it's way and that makes me so happy. I saw catkins, daffodils and - one of my favourite flowers - snowdrops. Hundreds of them. I swear that they weren't there yesterday. If I hadn't been going up a hill into a headwind I'd have stopped to take a photo but the thought of a hill start was just too much for me I also saw a bird that I haven't seen for years - a wren. The hidden benefits of cycling outdoors - way better than the stationary bikes at the gym.

fitoverfortymom

My 3 pairs of jeans that sort of still fit (but getting exceedingly large by the day) and was super stressed about what to wear to work today. My wardrobe choices are getting pretty dire since I'm the incredible shrinking woman. Everything just drapes and hangs off of me.

Somehow on my hubby's side of the closet were jeans I didn't even know existed anymore. They have to be at least 10 years old, but practically new because I only think they fit for about 5 minutes after I got them (I think they were a gift??).

All I know is that I was facing going to work without pants and I slipped those bad boys on, and dayyyyummmmmm. They fit...and I'm walking around the office today like I'm all that and a pat of butter.

fitoverfortymom

Madwife2009 wrote: »

1) I am beginning to like what I see in the mirrors in the gym (front view, not sure about the side view and I dare not look at the rear view) - it's taken me six weeks just to be able to actually look at myself, I've always averted my eyes up until now

I love this! It's SO nice to see yourself and SMILE.