2 small NSVs

AndyStanford · January 2013

So yesterday I had 2 NSVs that I know are quite small in the grand scheme of things, but felt huge at the time.

1) At the gym, I do Stronglifts 5x5, and today used the "big boy" plates - the 20kg/45lb ones - for the first time on my deadlift. Felt good to be using them

Also, in the evening I mentioned to my wife that the weight I'm squatting is roughly equivalent to having 3 copies of our (nearly) 4 year old on my shoulders, and her jaw literally dropped

2) Around 10 years ago, the belt I used most often was a plain black leather one that had belonged to my grandfather, so has a lot of sentimental value. It has 5 holes, plus an extra one added because it was too loose when I was a teenager. Somewhere along the line i stopped using it, and the last time I tried to use it, it didn't even meet around my waist, never mind buckle up. Tried it yesterday, and I could do it up on the 4th hole - the 2nd tightest original hole! It was only then that my wife realised that I've lost about 5 inches off my waist since July.