What's Your Most Recent NSV
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Wow I have so many NSV's today. Wall of text incoming.
*I'm wearing size 10 jeans right now! Me! The fat lady!
*I'm babysitting my nieces and nephew this summer. My 6 plus their 4 equals 10 kids I'm watching... and I'm not dead.
*I am apparently the fun aunt. We go for a lot of walks to the water to catch frogs and snails, then fashion little habitats for them out of trash stuck in the marsh. We go to the playground and all of us play together. We go on bike rides. We have impromptu dance parties. It didn't even occur to me that they considered me the "Fun one" until they complained to me that all they do at home is watch TV and play video games.
That used to be me- I didn't enjoy physical activity for many reasons, so I avoided it.
*I got flirted with TWICE today -- by a 20ish fit guy and a 30ish fit woman today. I'm 38 and still overweight per BMI.
Ummm... wut?
*My sister has a new loving nickname for me: Skinny B**ch. It used to be a**hole.
*I DL'd #185 for 9 reps today. A personal best! I LOVE lifting weights. Me?! The lazy lady!
*And perhaps the cutest-- New neighbors moved in down the street about 4 months ago. They have a cute little beagle who was severely overweight. His belly almost dragged the ground. He has been going on walks with me 3-4 days a week and can now walk an entire mile before he has to stop to lay in the grass. That's puppy progress!
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Heather4448 wrote: »*My sister has a new loving nickname for me: Skinny B**ch. It used to be a**hole.
That's awesome lol.6 -
I know it's NSV and i'm cheating here. I'm celebrating a mini-milestone this morning. I had a stall last month and I think I only lost 1lb the entire month. This is TOM week and I just experienced the whoosh and so far dropped 2.5lbs this week.
NSV my friend and I are going on a beach road-trip next weekend. I'm looking forward to, rather than terrified of, wearing my 2 piece swimsuit in public.
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At the gym this morning and find I'm having to work harder to get HR up does it mean I'm getting fitter?21
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shnookie70 wrote: »I had to buy myself a "fake" wedding ring because mine got too small to wear. $20 at Target, it's quite lovely actually. Well, today I noticed that my larger sized fake wedding ring keeps spinning around when I'm trying to type at work. Must be getting too big! Maybe my real wedding ring will fit me again soon.
I did this too. First the "fake" got too big. Now my "real" wedding ring is too big. I bought another "fake" one until I got to my goal weight. Now my "fake" #2 is too big.20 -
CatchMom13 wrote: »My daughter plays travel softball and I've NEVER taken a victory photo with her (in 6 years), I've always refused and insisted it only be her and my husband. Well, they asked me this past weekend and I was actually not ashamed to have my picture taken.
That is wonderful! My mom never wanted to be in pictures bc she didn't like how big she was--I don't have a lot with her from my childhood. She's the same now with my kids--it's hard to find a picture of her with them and nearly impossible to find one not after church or a similar dressed up occasion. Good for you!!15 -
Realised today that I don't overheat when vacuuming any more, even on scorching hot days.21
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Ran 6 miles yesterday! Went out with my boyfriend for a run and we accidentally went too far, ended up with over 7 miles (including walking the last mile as a cool down). And we did it at about the same pace as we usually do our shorter runs!29
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Started up with my swimming 4 1/2 weeks ago (after not swimming for 30+ years!). I didn't have to stop every lap, but man am I slow. There is a charity swim on October 1 that I want to sign up for but they only have 1 hour scheduled for the mile swim. I was hoping I could be fit enough to swim one mile in an hour by then and today I swam for an hour (mostly breaststroke with a bit of freestyle mixed in). What do you know, my watch tells me I swam a mile and change in 60.30.
Yay me!32 -
I had a favorite t-shirt but since I gained my weight, it didn't cover my stomach anymore so it's been hanging out in the back of my drawer. Today was house cleaning day, so I grabbed an old t-shirt to wear for the chore...it turned out to be THAT t-shirt and it fit...fit so well, I wore it while I ran errands around the hood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!30
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Went to work out with a friend this morning and was told I look good. It's the first time anyone has noticed my weight loss -- plus I needed the encouragement this week.21
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Ran my first 5K race this morning since starting the Couch to 5K program (hadn't done one in about eight years). I ran almost the whole way, surpassing my last training run. And, I finished five minutes faster than I thought I would!28
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Madwife2009 wrote: »I noticed today that I've stopped walking short distances (eg, between the house and the car). Nowadays I run and it seems totally the natural thing to do.
That's me! I actually race the kids to the house/car. Also, the family is used to me jogging/speed walking around the house too. Lol They used to jump, like what's happening, now they are used to crazy mom/wife. Lol7 -
Yesterday I went shopping for new jeans and only picked up the size 14s to try on. Even though I've bought a few pairs of size 14 in the past I've always taken the size 16 in to the fitting room because I'm never sure they'll fit. I'm finally believing that I've lost the weight!25
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Madwife2009 wrote: »I noticed today that I've stopped walking short distances (eg, between the house and the car). Nowadays I run and it seems totally the natural thing to do.
That's me! I actually race the kids to the house/car. Also, the family is used to me jogging/speed walking around the house too. Lol They used to jump, like what's happening, now they are used to crazy mom/wife. Lol
Yeah, my children have had to get used to a different type of mum as well . . . poor things, I think that I exhaust them
Pretty certain that they prefer the woman I am becoming though. Much more fun than I used to be.20 -
I went out in a skirt yesterday and there was no thigh chafing by the end of the day!39
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It's official folks, as of this morning I'm officially a member of the 140s club. I stepped on the scale and it showed 149.5lb. Just to make sure my scale wasn't playing tricks on me, I stepped on it 5 times! and I saw the same number.
The last time I was in the 140s was when I played varsity high school soccer in 10th grade back in 1998.
You know I actually enjoyed my Physics class and I had an awesome professor. If I had just paid closer attention to the lecture on the First Law of Thermodnamics and made the connection to food calories ( heat energy) I would've achieved my weight loss goal a long time ago.44 -
I walked 10K today in 1:50.39
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I have been convinced I'm dealing with some sort of body dysmorphia lately because I look in the mirror and see more muscles than fat. Since I'm still 70 pounds overweight I knew this was impossible until last night. My honest to a fault husband and I were out walking and he checks out this lady as we walk by and tells me about how much cellulite she has hanging out of her shorts. Then says she doesn't have toned legs like me. Already a bit confused as to why my husband thinks it's appropriate to discuss other women's bodies with me I had to ask him to repeat himself. He says I have cellulite, but it doesn't look bad because of the muscles stretching it out. He's not exactly Mr. Flattery, but it's nice to know my muscles are indeed noticeable and that my husband thinks I'm more hot than random skinny women in my neighborhood.27
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Despite a hectic 12 hour shift and thinking I'd be too tired to run, managed to not only smash out 5k, but my fastest one yet! 38:16, before this had never run a 5k in under 40min in my life33
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