What's Your Most Recent NSV
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I did a headstand today! I'm currently completing Blogilates' beginners calendar, and for some reason I had convinced myself that I wasn't strong or coordinated enough to lift my body off the floor. It took me a couple of tries, but I did it!
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My NSV is I stood within my calories today. It’s my first day with MFP from WW. I did not binge today.31
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my 'Pennsylvania Psycho Ward' shirt is getting too big.
kind of an NSV but it is my favourite shirt EVER. Have had it since 2006 and when I bought it it didn't do up comfortably - I did buy it to wear over tshirts so that was fine.
Now it does up and doesn't gape when I sit down! that is def an NSV. Just will be sorry to give it up when it starts to look more tent-ish.15 -
i went for my inspection sticker same place I go every year mechanic was like wow you lost a lot of weight17
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Any time I went anywhere that people gather, I would quickly scan the room to see if there were any other fat people in the room, then beat myself up because I was usually the biggest person there and go home depressed.
Last night I realized that I am no longer do that. I am a healthy, strong 60 year old woman who is thriving.
Better late than never, right?
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I got a "nice behind" text from a female colleague and I just got referred to as "a nice piece of rump". I have no problem with being objectified lol21
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It was 6pm, I'd just missed my train, and I wanted a hot Cornish pasty, darnit. But the only vegetarian ones left were large cheesy ones, which wouldn't have fit in my calories. So I walked on up to the station platform, and wasn't even tempted.24
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It was 6pm, I'd just missed my train, and I wanted a hot Cornish pasty, darnit. But the only vegetarian ones left were large cheesy ones, which wouldn't have fit in my calories. So I walked on up to the station platform, and wasn't even tempted.
wow great job. This reminded me of one of my own!
At work, Was a super stressful awful day we literally had to have the boss come in and help and relax us. Was just a stress day. The day went long and i burned lots of calories and we stopped and got a donut. At the end of the day i had planned to go get an icecream cone on top of my donut because 1. id earned it 2. stress
All day once i gave myself the permission to get one i was getting super hungry and craved it- 3-4 hours later i went home stopped at gas station to get my icecream- They didnt have the one i wanted (caramel toffee ball top cone) They had similar, Same brand but with peanuts, Or almonds. But i wanted the caramel and toffee one. Within about 10 seconds of entering i turned around and left. And didnt stop anywhere else on the way home.
Was super weird to turn down a treat i told self hungrily for so many hours i could have lol16 -
my 'Pennsylvania Psycho Ward' shirt is getting too big.
kind of an NSV but it is my favourite shirt EVER. Have had it since 2006 and when I bought it it didn't do up comfortably - I did buy it to wear over tshirts so that was fine.
Now it does up and doesn't gape when I sit down! that is def an NSV. Just will be sorry to give it up when it starts to look more tent-ish.
Find a way to repurpose it so you can keep wearing it.6 -
my 'Pennsylvania Psycho Ward' shirt is getting too big.
kind of an NSV but it is my favourite shirt EVER. Have had it since 2006 and when I bought it it didn't do up comfortably - I did buy it to wear over tshirts so that was fine.
Now it does up and doesn't gape when I sit down! that is def an NSV. Just will be sorry to give it up when it starts to look more tent-ish.
Find a way to repurpose it so you can keep wearing it.
Think about making it into a pillow case or get a couple of old tee's together for a quilt!5 -
Last night after work went to the grocery store for dinner items but left out the bottle of wine that I would normally have with dinner. Tempted but kept my plan in mind, and knowing how great I would feel when I woke up in the morning....and I did feel great...21
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I just bought a smaller belt -- my old belt no longer holds up my now oversized pants.19
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my 'Pennsylvania Psycho Ward' shirt is getting too big.
kind of an NSV but it is my favourite shirt EVER. Have had it since 2006 and when I bought it it didn't do up comfortably - I did buy it to wear over tshirts so that was fine.
Now it does up and doesn't gape when I sit down! that is def an NSV. Just will be sorry to give it up when it starts to look more tent-ish.
Find a way to repurpose it so you can keep wearing it.
Think about making it into a pillow case or get a couple of old tee's together for a quilt!
Lol I was about to say crop top but pillow case would work too. But that's just my way of motivating myself....." I will wear this damn crop top one day!"
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my 'Pennsylvania Psycho Ward' shirt is getting too big.
kind of an NSV but it is my favourite shirt EVER. Have had it since 2006 and when I bought it it didn't do up comfortably - I did buy it to wear over tshirts so that was fine.
Now it does up and doesn't gape when I sit down! that is def an NSV. Just will be sorry to give it up when it starts to look more tent-ish.
You could maybe find someone to alter it for you when you reach your goal weight? I've a couple of things I'm gonna do that with since I sew myself.
My NSV victory - last night I went for a run, the 1st bridge to 10k run, not only on the road with all the people, but over the motorway bridge at rush hour! So many people seeing me running, and I didn't care a bit! Normally I hide in the park in the mornings, but it's too dark to do that now. Looking forward to running that route again tomorrow in the light so I can see what it looks like
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I actually have one from today. I work in a restaurant so temptation is everywhere. I've been bringing my own lunches and just asking the chefs for a portion of veggies or a side salad at my break time.
Today, my boss didnt realise and automatically ordered me a staff lunch. It came down as a chicken salad sandwich, fries, coleslaw and salad. So I went right down the back, scraped the fries off my plate and just ate my sandwich and salad.
Came home and ate my packed lunch for dinner. I was so proud of myself. It wasn't even a choice, I just decided I wasn't going to eat the fries and that was it.
All that to say , I had willpower today43 -
Yesterday was my husband's birthday, and we went to a Vietnamese restaurant we really enjoy, both because of the food and the really nice staff. Unfortunately it's across the city from our house so we rarely visit. It's got a casual atmosphere where everybody talks and we know the whole life history of several of the waiters. I don't think we've been for about six months. My waiter said, "Wow! You want to tell me what you've been up to, to look like that?"
I also got a really thoughtful compliment from my husband. He said, "You know I've always thought you were beautiful whatever weight you were. But I really loved your face when we got married, and I had gotten used to the idea that I was never going to see that face again - you looked like a different person. It's such an unexpected surprise after twenty-five years to see you looking the way you looked then."56 -
rheddmobile wrote: »Yesterday was my husband's birthday, and we went to a Vietnamese restaurant we really enjoy, both because of the food and the really nice staff. Unfortunately it's across the city from our house so we rarely visit. It's got a casual atmosphere where everybody talks and we know the whole life history of several of the waiters. I don't think we've been for about six months. My waiter said, "Wow! You want to tell me what you've been up to, to look like that?"
I also got a really thoughtful compliment from my husband. He said, "You know I've always thought you were beautiful whatever weight you were. But I really loved your face when we got married, and I had gotten used to the idea that I was never going to see that face again - you looked like a different person. It's such an unexpected surprise after twenty-five years to see you looking the way you looked then."
I'm not crying, you're crying!
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My NSV of the week is that I was able to do some of the mountain climbers in my Boot Camp class this morning. I did the modified version too but I was pretty pumped to do some of them "regular". I also have improved the number of push ups I can do, still on my knees but adding to the number is a good thing. Very proud of myself15
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Just forced self to walk in the cold. Only got 5.5k steps but still. Walked to store to buy a can of tuna for dinner and DIDNT hungrily buy the 20 pack of the best bakery chocolate chip cookies that were on sale 50% off. Or the 3.50$ pizza i love. Or the box of icecream cones i love on sale lol. Took my tuna home and sat down to a big hot bowl of veggies and they legit taste amazing. All cravings gone. Yay me27
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My recent NSV is going to be very weird... not sure how well it can be appreciated by others, but here goes!
I have psoriasis, an autoimmune disease which inflames your skin, traditionally around the joints and scalp. I found out about 1.5 years ago that going gluten free would reduce my inflammation and have since made progress toward healthier skin and better self-esteem.
Below is a picture that I’ve shared several times on the MFP forum of my knee - clear progress with the gluten free lifestyle. Yesterday was the first time I felt comfortable enough to SHOW someone at work what my psoriasis looks like as my skin doesn’t look as scary as it used to look - kinda just looks like a lot of dry skin on my joints now.
The person looked at the psoriasis on my elbow with curiosity and even asked if they could touch my elbow to see what it felt like. For most of my young adult life, people asked if I was contagious because the psoriasis looked so scary, which led to covering it up all the time. To get this benign reaction instead makes all the changes for a healthier me worth it (though I still sincerely miss real bread and pizza).
I can relate to this so much. I've had this horrible disease for 38 years and the only times it's been under control have been during pregnancy (as the immune system is slightly suppressed then). It's been awful to live with. I was covered with it - from head to toe. And people can be very cruel and stare or make very inappropriate comments that are so hurtful. Even at work; my skin was one reason why I gave up midwifery as I couldn't bear to keep explaining to people that I wasn't going to harm them or their babies. One particularly horrid manager told me that I was an infection risk to others and insisted on sending me to occupational health as well as infection control to see what they thought of the situation. It was awful and I decided that never again was I going to be treated like that, just because of my genetics. So I gave up the most amazing job ever, the one I'd wanted to do for years and loved so much. I was good at it as well so this one spiteful manager cost the NHS a good midwife.
I digress. Loosing weight seemed to help, or maybe it was the healthier lifestyle. I don't know but my skin was improving, even my husband noticed and he just doesn't comment on anything to do with my appearance but it improved enough for him to actually say something.
But then I developed a painful foot and a swollen toe. It took six months to get a referral to an orthopaedic consultant who tentatively diagnosed psoriatic arthritis. I was distraught as I really thought that my life - my new, healthier, active life - was finished. I was so, so upset. All that effort into losing weight and getting fitter, only to be told that I had arthritis. I had visions of becoming less and less able to move. Even though, at that point I was in remission and my foot was fine again.
Shortly after the initial diagnosis, I had a flare. A really bad one and it seemed that the majority of my joints were affected. I was in agony and have been for the year it's taken the consultants to find a treatment that has just started to show any signs of working for my joints. It's not perfect yet but I'm much better than I was two months ago. But the best part of this has been that my skin is clearing up really well. I don't have flaky skin anymore and the redness is subsiding.
I stayed in a hotel last week. My children wanted to go in the splash area of the pool for an hour. Now, I always hated the kids' pools as they were never deep enough to cover me up and hide my skin from sight. I was so self-conscious about my skin as people really do think that you have some nasty, contagious disease and that you shouldn't be allowed in public swimming pools etc (and yes, I have had these comments directed at me).
So, although my skin is so much better, I am aware that it's not totally healed and that there are pale red patches. So it was with a lot of trepidation that I got into my costume and walked to the pool with my daughter.
But no-one looked. No-one stared. I didn't hear any children saying in a very loud voice, "Why has that woman got red skin?". It was so liberating, being "normal" for once. I don't care if I have to take drugs for the rest of my life to control this horrendous disease, I now know what it feels like to have normal skin again, after 38 years of anguish.
Oh man. I shouldn't have written this. I'm in tears but it feels so cathartic to be able to write this.
Annndddd, on a lighter note: I went to the cinema with my children yesterday. Now, eating whilst watching a film at the cinema is pretty well obligatory, isn't it? So I allowed some calories to eat a few (about 10) maltesers.
I ate the first one. It was disgusting. So I gave the rest to my children and just drank my Coke Zero instead.41 -
DH hugged me today and said, "you're getting skinny".... bless him, he made my night.16
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I see some muscles on my stomach, teeny tiny abs poking through under the fat that's left!23
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Madwife2009 wrote: »My recent NSV is going to be very weird... not sure how well it can be appreciated by others, but here goes!
I have psoriasis, an autoimmune disease which inflames your skin, traditionally around the joints and scalp. I found out about 1.5 years ago that going gluten free would reduce my inflammation and have since made progress toward healthier skin and better self-esteem.
Below is a picture that I’ve shared several times on the MFP forum of my knee - clear progress with the gluten free lifestyle. Yesterday was the first time I felt comfortable enough to SHOW someone at work what my psoriasis looks like as my skin doesn’t look as scary as it used to look - kinda just looks like a lot of dry skin on my joints now.
The person looked at the psoriasis on my elbow with curiosity and even asked if they could touch my elbow to see what it felt like. For most of my young adult life, people asked if I was contagious because the psoriasis looked so scary, which led to covering it up all the time. To get this benign reaction instead makes all the changes for a healthier me worth it (though I still sincerely miss real bread and pizza).
I can relate to this so much. I've had this horrible disease for 38 years and the only times it's been under control have been during pregnancy (as the immune system is slightly suppressed then). It's been awful to live with. I was covered with it - from head to toe. And people can be very cruel and stare or make very inappropriate comments that are so hurtful. Even at work; my skin was one reason why I gave up midwifery as I couldn't bear to keep explaining to people that I wasn't going to harm them or their babies. One particularly horrid manager told me that I was an infection risk to others and insisted on sending me to occupational health as well as infection control to see what they thought of the situation. It was awful and I decided that never again was I going to be treated like that, just because of my genetics. So I gave up the most amazing job ever, the one I'd wanted to do for years and loved so much. I was good at it as well so this one spiteful manager cost the NHS a good midwife.
I digress. Loosing weight seemed to help, or maybe it was the healthier lifestyle. I don't know but my skin was improving, even my husband noticed and he just doesn't comment on anything to do with my appearance but it improved enough for him to actually say something.
But then I developed a painful foot and a swollen toe. It took six months to get a referral to an orthopaedic consultant who tentatively diagnosed psoriatic arthritis. I was distraught as I really thought that my life - my new, healthier, active life - was finished. I was so, so upset. All that effort into losing weight and getting fitter, only to be told that I had arthritis. I had visions of becoming less and less able to move. Even though, at that point I was in remission and my foot was fine again.
Shortly after the initial diagnosis, I had a flare. A really bad one and it seemed that the majority of my joints were affected. I was in agony and have been for the year it's taken the consultants to find a treatment that has just started to show any signs of working for my joints. It's not perfect yet but I'm much better than I was two months ago. But the best part of this has been that my skin is clearing up really well. I don't have flaky skin anymore and the redness is subsiding.
I stayed in a hotel last week. My children wanted to go in the splash area of the pool for an hour. Now, I always hated the kids' pools as they were never deep enough to cover me up and hide my skin from sight. I was so self-conscious about my skin as people really do think that you have some nasty, contagious disease and that you shouldn't be allowed in public swimming pools etc (and yes, I have had these comments directed at me).
So, although my skin is so much better, I am aware that it's not totally healed and that there are pale red patches. So it was with a lot of trepidation that I got into my costume and walked to the pool with my daughter.
But no-one looked. No-one stared. I didn't hear any children saying in a very loud voice, "Why has that woman got red skin?". It was so liberating, being "normal" for once. I don't care if I have to take drugs for the rest of my life to control this horrendous disease, I now know what it feels like to have normal skin again, after 38 years of anguish.
Oh man. I shouldn't have written this. I'm in tears but it feels so cathartic to be able to write this.
Annndddd, on a lighter note: I went to the cinema with my children yesterday. Now, eating whilst watching a film at the cinema is pretty well obligatory, isn't it? So I allowed some calories to eat a few (about 10) maltesers.
I ate the first one. It was disgusting. So I gave the rest to my children and just drank my Coke Zero instead.
One of my aunt's can relate to your story. She was a nurse and always struggled with people seeing her as an infectious freak. She ended up switching to night shifts to avoid some of the worst comments.
She's been mostly managing with a LCHF diet but the flares still suck.8 -
When you lose weight it can be difficult to see it in yourself because you see the very gradual changes every day. I've had some indications like smaller clothes sizes and measurements. When I started losing weight a while back I decided to take progress photos so the one on the left was me at the start and one on the right was me yesterday. I've known my weight throughout the process and actually think it dropped a bit low so am working to build up some muscle weight. I have to admit I was nervous to be gaining weight (what if it all came on as fat and not muscle?!) but that photo has given me the boost to feel confident about gaining weight because looking at that difference, a tiny amount of fat gain wouldn't be awful.
(ps. excuse the toilet seat, it's the only way to get a full body shot!)17 -
Some of me knickers are too big now...they are falling right off!18
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When I was flying back home Saturday, I was digging in my bag for something and my wedding ring just slipped off my finger. Since it is really easy to lose things on planes, I had a bit of a panic until I found it on the floor. Need to order something to keep it on my finger.
Mine fell off in the filing cabinet at work this week9 -
Down a belt notch unexpectedly!11
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15th Parkrun this morning.
Wet, windy, miserable, steamed up glasses, dodge-the-puddles sort of parkrun . . . but my son and I finished. I had to run at a walking pace for some of it as my son was struggling with a tight chest (it usually goes off if he walks instead of running) and my foot and ankle were playing up but we made it through and got our tokens at the end. Another rubbish time but hey, we finished.
Sign of a dedicated Parkrunner/truly bad exercise-obsessed mother - my four year old volunteers at the finish funnel with her dad and brother. She's normally halfway down it but today she was at the front of it, so she could see the runners better I think. My son and I were running towards the finish when she starts screaming "I CAN SEE MUMMY!!!". We're about 300 yards away at this point and as we get closer, she's screaming louder and louder. She then jumps out in front of me about two yards from the finish line, with her arms outstretched for a hug, still screaming. I was just awful, I yelled at her to get out of the way so that I could get to the finish line. And of course, once I'd said it, I felt dreadful because she's just a little girl who had stood in the rain for over an hour, waiting for the run to start and then as a volunteer, saying "Well done" to everyone (all 444) who went through the finish line, and she just wanted to have a hug with her mum. It would have added a couple of seconds to my time. No big deal. I did go back, once past the finish line and before getting my token to give her a massive hug. Terrible behaviour. I am so ashamed. My poor little girl! My only excuse is that I was focused on the finish line . . . but I'm going to make it up to her by spending the afternoon playing with her. She may forgive me.16
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