What's Your Most Recent NSV
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I started walking up the stairs at work in December (6 flights), I concentrate on two steps at a time and getting the right step pattern as on half of each flight has 8 steps and the other 9, then look at what floor I am on and how far I have to go when I am tired. Previously I have been out of breath by the 5th floor or earlier. This morning I found myself on the 7th floor 🙂29
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My fitbit watch is on the last hole of the "large band"...not sure where I put the smaller band when I moved though...12
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I've spent the past couple of months slowly "ramping-up" my weekly exercise from a fairly sedentary lifestyle to gym 3x week, a couple of sports/cardio sessions a week and getting a decent number of steps in every day.
It took a LONG time to work up to that 'cause I'd feel so exhausted for a couple weeks every time I added a new element to the week, so I took that ramping-up slowly.
In the last week, though? It's like a switch flicked and all of a sudden I have SO MUCH ENERGY! Today is a rest day and it's like I am TWITCHING to get a good exercise sesh in. Instead of wanting to flop on the sofa for the day, I'm looking at the dog snoozing away in his bed and thinking about the LOOOOONG walk I'm gonna take him on as soon as I'm done with work.
Having this energy is such an intangible thing- it's not a notch on a belt or anything you can measure. But WOW, does it feel good!36 -
I logged my entire day of food yesterday, honestly, for the first time since probably september/october.36
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tried on some size 8 pants that have been packed away in my too-small clothes bin, and they zipped and buttoned.
Also, currently on the second to last hole left on my belt, and 7 months ago, the belt wouldn't go around my waist. And I can do 5 pushups with proper form. And I can do over 12 burpees without stopping. And I can run an 8:15 min mile. I just signed up and started training for my first obstacle course race. 28 -
Yesterday I got some sideways looks from a couple guys because I was lifting more than them. They weren't big dudes, but hey, this lady has to take her victories where she can get them.
Also I discovered the amazingness that is the one-legged squat. Sore booty for daaaaaaays!31 -
I fit into some pants I haven't worn in a long time, which was nice, especially after an unexpected weight increase (probably just a day-to-day fluke).
Also, I ate one cherry cordial kiss yesterday. Just one. And didn't need/want any more.27 -
Did some handstand pushups for the first time.26
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I feel comfortable enough to put a real picture of me as my profile picture instead of a cute cartoon!53
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I don't know as this is related to my mass; surely it isn't. It may or not even be related to my fitness.
The telemark skis I use are actually some alpine skis with telemark bindings. I bought them slightly used from a friend who upgraded to the newer model of the same ski without even seeing it, and he's also moved to A/T bindings. He's a little bigger than I am, and he's a MUCH stronger skier.
This is, I think, my third season on these skis. When I got them, they were way too much ski for me. I made to, and I got by. Same thing last year, although as the season progressed, I started to feel like I could stay on top of them. Still - they are a little hot.
Well, yesterday was my first day of the season, and I realized about halfway through the day that I never felt like the skis were too much for me. If anything, they should be MORE challenging since I have less mass to drive them, but somehow it just started to feel "right" even from the first couple runs of the day.
I did some training to get ready, but not enough. Legs got a little tired, but I was still able to ski for several hours and sneak in 14 lift rides.
Does this count?30 -
Today I ran into a colleague who never gives compliments in the work room. She eyed me up and down saying, "You need to stop losing weight, skinny!" She was horrified that my doctor still wants me to lose 10 more lbs to be in the mid range of the Asian American bmi chart.14
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for 16 plus years, I have tried to hide my obese body with baggy clothes. Had to go up to a 3XL t-shirt and busting out of 42 jeans...well, 90 plus lbs lost and lots of cardio and weight training, I'm not hiding it anymore. I've got a lot of work to do but never thought I would get in this good of shape at age 55 and also wearing a L t-shirt and 34 waist.....Just keep on going, it pays off!
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I went "in" a row of hooks on my bra.30
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So I have this jacket that I love. For the last while... well, our chilly midwinter weather was NOT why I'd been wearing it unzipped, let me say.
This morning I head out the door, chuck on my jacket and.. zip it right up without it feeling even a tiny bit tight.
Been grinning about it all day long 😎😁42 -
I went and bought jeans yesterday. To my surprise, I can comfortably fit into size 30-32 inch waist sizes!30
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My NSV of the day - I put on a pair of pants this morning that always gave me a muffin top. No muffin top today! And for the past week, I've been comfortable enough in my swimsuit to go to the pool and swim laps.32
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I rarely wear jeans to work but today I did and I almost lost them, I had to pull them back all the time.
I must change to a smaller size27 -
Managing to still lose a little during the holidays and getting back into the swing after the holidays.
I started my journey on 8/19/19. From 8/19/19-11/20/19 I lost 27 lbs. From 11/20/19-1/1/20 I only lost 4 lbs (11/20 was my bday, 11/28 Thanksgiving, 12/4 and 12/13 I had work events with lots of free dinner, 12/20 wife’s birthday, 12/25 Christmas and 1/1 New Years. It was literally a diet busting event every week for a month and a half lol)
Since New Years I’m down another 14lbs for a total of 45. In the past, I would have probably gained from 11/20-1/1 and getting back into it would not have happened. I still logged at the end of the year. I just cut myself some slack and made sure to keep working out (even if it wasn’t as often as before or since)20 -
NSV for today...Hand shoveling heavy wet, slushy/icy snow for an hour non-stop. A year ago at this time, I wouldn't have lasted 10 min without wanting to collapse and it would have been dangerous to my health. Even after losing 94 lbs, it was still tough but only towards the last 15 minutes. And yes, I am claiming ALL of those 500 calories burned! 35
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I had to stop wearing my wedding rings bc they would fall off my finger, past my knuckle, and almost lost them. Finally went to get them resized. One was a 6.5 and one was a 7 (IDK why), and they are being resized to a 5.5!17
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Finally had time today to take another big load of oversized clothing from the storage place to the donation box. Boy does it feel good to get rid of them all! I was looking through my closet and drawers frantically as well trying to find any extras to join them to take down but I think I've go them all. Well.. except for a dress I love but that really will have to go next time. I don't even think I can wear it again it is so big now but I love it so much. Plus it is pilling.
The other thing that is a NSV is that I realised that when I go to pick something small up off the floor I no longer have to carefully figure out how I am going to get it in my hand. For the longest time the easiest way to get things up off the floor was to slightly bend the right knee and then push the other leg out sideways and kind of tip over sideways dangerously until my right hand could touch the thing enough to get a grip on it to pick up. Haha - it was so hard and so much effort and I hated manoeuvring like that. Now I just can bend my knees (or just bend over) and can be down and up in a second like a normal person. No stomach and huge legs to stop me and it's so effortless now. I've still got the same amount to lose again so I'm looking forward to seeing what levels my flexibility will take me to next. I am considering working on learning to do the splits.24 -
I am now a "fast walker". When I decided I was going to get serious about losing weight a little over a year ago, I started walking to my office from the parking lot instead of taking a bus (about a mile walk each way). When I started, I kept to the right side of the walking path so others could pass me. I wasn't the fastest walker that's for sure. Now, - 50 lbs later, I am one of the faster walkers & more often than not, I catch up and have to go around people. Also, I don't get winded at all anymore. Even when I feel I'm going at a fast pace and pushing myself to almost a jog. It's a great, healthy feeling!
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i wore a crop top with joggers today and got told i look like a gymshark model!! i can already feel my head getting bigger. 28
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Today I hit the lowest weight I’ve been in 2.5 years. It kind of makes me sad, just a little. Like, why didn’t I do this before?38
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After losing 55lbs I am finally out of jeans in my "Someday I will fit into these again" stash. I am excited and scared to go shopping for new jeans. Some of these jeans I hadn't fit into in 10+ years.28
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Today I dragged my sorry, exhausted (poor night's sleep) self out of bed, brutally woke my son and went to parkrun.
My aim today was to improve on last week's time. I found a run that was along paths (prefer hard paths to grass, which slows me down, especially at the moment when it's so wet as I don't want to fall and end up walking anyway).
Little did I know as to how my plans were going to fall.apart...
First surprise: my son forgot his running shoes. Well, okay, we might have to walk but he could try running and we'd see.
Second surprise: hills. Or rather, one massive hill. First 2.5k - UP the hill. Second half - down the hill. Okay, a little unexpected but not for the first time the "out" has been up and the "back" had been down. Also figured that the aim to beat last week's time was totally unachievable but whatever.
Third surprise: masses of people. An unbelievable number, which was going to make starting tricky as we tend to hide at the back, so go through the start line well after the run has commenced. Adding time.
We start off. Run up the first section of the hill then the slope hits and I have to walk. But as fast as I can. We did overtake a couple of runners, which was interesting as we were walking. Found a couple of other places to run as well but the uphill was mainly walking. Got to the turnaround point, looked at my watch and was SO disappointed.
Back down we go, trying to keep an even pace all the way back. It was somewhat easier than the way up and the funnel wasn't as far away as we'd thought it was going to be. Finished, looked at my watch and was again disappointed as I was certain that we'd missed our goal.
Got home, anxious for the email from parkrun, confirming our times. It eventually arrives and it confirmed that we failed to improve on last week, by over a minute. I was gutted. But DH tried to make it positive by reminding me that it had been a tough run and uphill run. But then I looked at the full list of results and found that the times weren't right as the numbers showing for my son and I weren't the numbers of the tokens we'd been given.
Checked my Garmin. The time did not correspond to the parkrun time. Then I checked Strava. Strava did not match the parkrun time. Strava matched the time I'd clocked at the top of the hill AND the time I thought I had at the end. Strava matched Garmin. So, it appears that the parkrun time was seriously out because . . .
WE BEAT LAST WEEK'S TIME BY TEN SECONDS!!!
And it was the hardest parkrun we've done to date. It really was brutal. My legs were moaning at the end of it, as was my lower back. It was a killer. But, one day, I shall go back and I WILL RUN up that hill.
Next week, I want a flatter parkrun . . . I think that I deserve it, after today's adventure
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We're going to move, and are looking at houses with basements, and I was all over this house we saw today, back and forth, up and down stairs a couple times, feeling strong and capable, and with no pain in knees and lower back! I haven't lost a lot of pounds yet, but I can tell the daily workouts to get over the deconditioning have definitely worked. I feel infinitely better and have more energy even now.19
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Bought leggings 4 weeks ago and they are too big in the waist🎉24
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I went to a baby shower and didn't eat any of the chips and nuts set out, stuck to water staying away from the punch and wine. Ate a very reasonable amount of chicken, clams and eggplant, skipped the cake and coffee. Stayed within my calorie allowance!29
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