What's Your Most Recent NSV

Ilovestinkycheese

I love to dance! Now that I have lost weight, it is so much more fun to move my body and see what it can do! It's a great motivation for me to lose that last 20 pounds. Sometimes when I'm on a long run on the weekend, I feel like I'm dancing. Isn't that weird??

abrubru

I ate ONE piece of pizza today. ONE.

SueSueDio

abrubru wrote: »

I ate ONE piece of pizza today. ONE.

(You deserve a medal for only having one slice! )

TonyaShinnBell

I was able to zip my chore overalls over my sweatshirt! (This previously was a problem)

bjm232

I thought I had bought new jeans for the last time, turns out the size 31s are starting to fall down too.

jennybearlv

I was having a miserable run yesterday. I slept poorly, then woke up late and had to run a bunch of errands in town first. I finally made it out and forgot my heart rate monitor so I was looking at my pace which is slow and just made me feel unmotivated. On top of that the weather kept switching back and forth between sunny and too warm for how I was dressed to freezing gusts of wind that picked up the snow on the ground and blew it all over me. I was not having a good time. Then about 3/4 of the way I see another big girl, about the size I was when I started walking, coming towards me on the sidewalk. As we pass she gives me this huge grin then put her hand up for a high five. Yeah, I needed that. That high five made my day and I smiled all the way up the last hill on my run.

canadianlbs

TmacMMM wrote: »

I ventured into the free weight area at the gym today. I think I'll do it again.

yesyesyes. do it again

my sister and i had dinner tonight with my son. haven't seen her for ten years. she's always been four or five inches taller than me; right now she's also 'obese' [i guess. i doubt i could deadlift her, and she said the nhs automatically reads you the same riot act every time if your weight is over some certain number, and they read it to her every time].

but anyway. we went for dinner tonight. she had pho, i had pho, she ate most of the meat and couldn't finish the rest of her bowl. i ate every scrap of mine and almost licked the bowl clean.

for some reason i love it that she was sincerely impressed. i never even thought about it being a lot of food, but she only got halfway through her own bowl. and yes, it was 'sincerely' impressed. my sister wears combat boots and tells the nhs to look at her bloodwork and pulse rate and go take a hike when they start in on her. she has no p-a type axes to grind.

Cold_Steel

10 days in and a 2xl shirt I have did not try to escape from my chest when I sat down.

canadianlbs

i keep forgetting to mention . . . . internet friend of mine has humoured me and my ravings for almost three years, and now she's started learning to lift!

KiaraShay

I was shopping today and was shocked by realizing most mediums were too big and ended up picking out some tops in the small section. I was in the store and about died hahaha

youdoyou2016

You know the whole "brain catching up with your body" thing? It's so interesting to me ...

A few months ago, I started wearing clothes I'd been saving -- shirts that could barely get over my shoulders, things that looked really tiny. I had to buy new underwear, which, at first, looked ridiculously impossible ... like something a child would wear. And I got some "S" workout pants that I remember thinking I'd get into eventually if they turned out to be too tight.

Lately, as I fold up my laundry the last week or so, my clothes -- even these new ones -- look really big. Like this pair of underwear looks like it's for an old lady. (Sorry, proverbial old lady, but you know what I mean. Hopefully.) Or this shirt looks like a tent. I fold up my newish workout pants and they look like they're for the old me.

I am still losing; these clothes are getting a little looser and too big so there is something happening with my clothes.

But, all of a sudden, everything looks different. Something that looked so tiny to me (just 6 wks ago) now looks so big. How does that happen? Tiny or big compared to what? I mean, compared to me, obviously.

I've been noticing these sorts of things a lot lately -- I am starting to see myself as I really am now. I think it's a huge shift, to have my mind synced up with reality. There is a lot more ease, I notice, with how I relate to my body. It's been a long time coming, that's for sure.

spikeyhair

ctevis1 wrote: »

This morning I got disheartening comments on a post I started with a "then" pic and a "now" pic. I'm not calling them before's and after's because it's not really that. I posted this in motivation and support thread by the way. So the first comment I got was pointing out my muffin top before she said good stuff and the second kinda said "you know a change isn't going to come after only one week." I was ready to either throw in the towel or starve myself (to get to my goal faster). Is this what I get for being brave and posting fat pix of myself?

I came home anyway and did my Daily Burn workout. And, as luck would have it, it was kickboxing today. I kinda pictured those comments in my head while I did my routine. So glad I stuck with my daily workout instead of letting a bunch of nobody's get to me!!

Good on you, great that you ignored the comments

Gimsteinn

peanutbuttertuesday wrote: »

I can fit back into my wedding band again!

That's amazing! Gratz

Gimsteinn

KiaraShay wrote: »

I was shopping today and was shocked by realizing most mediums were too big and ended up picking out some tops in the small section. I was in the store and about died hahaha

Feels good doesn't it?

geminiswede

I needed to try and get home sooner than expected last night when I was already halfway through my walk. So I jogged part of it, and ended up being able to do that for much longer than expected. I'm not sure if it was actually faster, but at least it felt like I was making an impact.

sueann10

Today I completed C25K for the second time. First time was last year but this time, I'm aiming to run a 10K over summer. On to the 10k trainer

Tacklewasher

Picked a 5K to run in. April 9th, Marathon of Hope run. I finished C25K last week but still am not going 5K so I am working towards that. Today my treadmill run was 35 mins of jogging at 1% incline. Still only 4 mph, but that is what I will be working on. So today was not only the longest run I've done at 35 mins, but it was the first one I did at any incline.

Thing I figured out is to not hit the treadmill first thing. I was getting up at 5, letting the dogs out and then go downstairs to do my treadmill time. And last week the 30 mins was a chore. But Saturdays I'd get up a bit later, have some coffee and not hit the treadmill until 7 or 8 and have a much easier time of it. So this week I changed my routing. Up at 5 but have breakfast and a coffee first. Makes a hell of a difference. Still on the treadmill by 5:20, but it just seems so much easier with a cup of coffee in my system.

AFGP11

All my clothes are getting too big! It's a problem, but it's a good one!

KareninLux

Lots of life-stuff going on in Feb... and out of the blue last week I clearly recognized the re-emergence of my (old) emotional eating habit.

I swear it is like this monster in my closet.

The NSV - now I recognize it.
Now I just have to work on recognizing it before it rears its ugly head not after - lol.

akf2000

Tacklewasher wrote: »

Picked a 5K to run in. April 9th, Marathon of Hope run. I finished C25K last week but still am not going 5K so I am working towards that. Today my treadmill run was 35 mins of jogging at 1% incline. Still only 4 mph, but that is what I will be working on. So today was not only the longest run I've done at 35 mins, but it was the first one I did at any incline.

Thing I figured out is to not hit the treadmill first thing. I was getting up at 5, letting the dogs out and then go downstairs to do my treadmill time. And last week the 30 mins was a chore. But Saturdays I'd get up a bit later, have some coffee and not hit the treadmill until 7 or 8 and have a much easier time of it. So this week I changed my routing. Up at 5 but have breakfast and a coffee first. Makes a hell of a difference. Still on the treadmill by 5:20, but it just seems so much easier with a cup of coffee in my system.

Before Parkruns (weekly 5K events) I have a coffee, banana and one of those breakfast bar things (100cal), the payoff is when I get home and have my favourite 'poor man's deviled eggs' which is 3 hard boiled eggs smashed up with a fork and some english mustard/ mayo on toast. I can't cook.

Tacklewasher

akf2000 wrote: »

Before Parkruns (weekly 5K events) I have a coffee, banana and one of those breakfast bar things (100cal), the payoff is when I get home and have my favourite 'poor man's deviled eggs' which is 3 hard boiled eggs smashed up with a fork and some english mustard/ mayo on toast. I can't cook.

Waiting for the thermometer to not have that little "-" sign in the front, and then have my registration all set for the local parkrun. Normal (5 days a week) breakfast is quick oatmeal and skim milk, plus black coffee. I might add the banana to it for Saturdays. I'll leave the bacon and potatoes for Sunday.

niavalentino

Being able to run 4 miles last night without suffering because I quit smoking. I've just been walking long distances since I started, but I missed actually picking up the pace and running. I ran 2 miles on the treadmill non-stop and I was feeling good enough to hop off, lift weights, and then go for another 2 miles out in the cold. It was phenomenal! And today marks day 38 without a cigarette.

XO_Linda_XO

I got out of bed this morning without the usual aches and pains I feel in my feet and joints when I eat processed foods and sugar. I am just starting my journey, but being pain-free is a great motivator to keep going

fitoverfortymom

I didn't lose any weight this week. Between some salty meals last week and upping my calories away from 1200 (but still in a deficit), I think my body is a little weirded out.

So what's the NSV? Even though I stayed the same weight this week, I still logged it and didn't just ignore that I didn't have a loss. It's just what it is.

astronaught

My fitbit now sees my C25K training as runs rather than walks.

fostersu

Lifting High? I've heard of runners high, but I swear there's a lifting high. I'm so excited for lifting days - and those are every-other day. My cells feel full of electricity for hours.

SueSueDio

I've been spending a lot of time lately sorting and clearing stuff in my basement, moving boxes etc., and the activity also extended to some of the upstairs rooms where I have some more boxes stashed. On Sunday my hubby insisted that I took a break from it and didn't do any sorting that day, but should play on my computer or something instead. Well, I was happy to do that! I haven't spent much time at my desk over the past couple of weeks, and I have games I've not tried yet.

But I found that I was very fidgety all day. I really wanted to go and DO something... just one more box... just for half an hour...

All this sorting and tidying is something I've been putting off for a very long time, mainly because I didn't really know where to start but also because there was just so MUCH of it, and even looking at it all was exhausting. I don't think I'd really realised how much more energy I have these days, until I finally got started on the task. Now, I feel like I just want to keep going and work my way through the whole house! I'm loving the way it's starting to come together and look organised, and we can actually find things again and easily access them, and I want to do it all!

I'm a lazy person who loves her computer and happily spends hour after hour sitting at a desk doing nothing really "productive". Or I was. I seem to be becoming someone who finds it hard to sit still for more than a couple of hours at a time. I fidget a lot more. I dance around the kitchen while I'm cooking supper. Even when I'm sitting, I find that I'm jiggling in my seat and tapping my feet to the music on the radio. Who is this person?!

hallen81013

Have been told just today by two different people on how skinny I am getting and that I am wasting away! I know some people take that offensively but not this gal. I have a LONG way to go but, those comments give me the boost I need some times when I don't see it in the mirror.

GemstoneofHeart

I actually like full body pics of me now (at least from the front, the back is another story ha!)

GemstoneofHeart

hallen81013 wrote: »

Have been told just today by two different people on how skinny I am getting and that I am wasting away! I know some people take that offensively but not this gal. I have a LONG way to go but, those comments give me the boost I need some times when I don't see it in the mirror.

Yes I am the same way! I want people to notice so I know it really is coming off and not all in my head lol!