What can you do now that you couldn't do 30 days ago?

tjsoccermom
tjsoccermom Posts: 500 Member
edited November 1 in Motivation and Support
In the last week, I've shaved a minute off my mile time. It's still only 10:31 but I couldn't do that a week ago. I also have some shorts that I could barely squeeze into the beginning of the summer and now are too big!! How about you, what's changed or can you now do that you couldn't 30 days ago?
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  • dettiot
    dettiot Posts: 180 Member
    A month ago, I was still struggling to become a runner, to grasp "go slower to go farther" and learning how to set a steady pace. Now, I can run at a 10:30 min/mile pace for twenty-plus minutes.

    A month ago, my clothes had just started to get loose. Now, they're so loose that I'm ready to get belts to hold my pants up.

    A month ago, I weighed 180. Now I weigh 174.

    Just four weeks is enough to make a big change in your life!
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    I can run 5K's. The most I ever did before was 3.
  • qtgonewild
    qtgonewild Posts: 1,930 Member
    walk for two miles
  • ketoambahh
    ketoambahh Posts: 67
    I can now drive by a McDonald's and not think twice about it.
  • trudijoy
    trudijoy Posts: 1,685 Member
    30 days ago I couldn't whinge about my progress. Now I can.
  • blah2989
    blah2989 Posts: 338 Member
    Run a 14 min mile and run 30 min straight :D
  • kellyskitties
    kellyskitties Posts: 475 Member
    Run a block.
    Bike 12 minutes (even up a small hill).
    Fit down a narrow staircase at the children's museum - without turning sideways - and then down the narrow slide :)
    Climb this hill where I work called "cardiac hill" and recover before I enter the building I was headed to (that has NEVER happened).
  • ithina
    ithina Posts: 23
    I'm lifting like 15% more weight. Maybe more :)
  • tjsoccermom
    tjsoccermom Posts: 500 Member
    I love these..way to go everyone! Wonder where we'll all be in 30 days from now! Think it's important to remember these victories when the scale might not be moving as fast as we'd like. Thanks for the motivation to keep on going!
  • mellenorris
    mellenorris Posts: 99 Member
    Run 6 miles without stopping.

    Walk away from (or seriously portion control) deserts that fiancee brings home!
  • cmcmommy
    cmcmommy Posts: 197 Member
    Walk 5 miles instead of 3 a day
  • icywindow
    icywindow Posts: 33 Member
    Shave 30 seconds off my mile time; I'm at 8:10 as of yesterday.

    Also, running three miles without stopping.
  • frood
    frood Posts: 295 Member
    I just had a kettlebell bent press PR of 22lbs each side. :bigsmile:
  • carrieo888
    carrieo888 Posts: 233 Member
    Dead lift 95 lbs. (80 was my max). Do 10 pushups without stopping for a breather (and then stack 5 repeats of those together!). Flip a tractor tire 51 times in 4 minutes.
    WOOT!
  • lydstil
    lydstil Posts: 16 Member
    I'm in love with this thread! I'm only on day 36, so this is a reminder of how I've come even if it's small in comparison to how far I will go. 30 days ago, I could only do 3 push-ups and now I'm up to 15 and I can endure all the leg lifts during my Slim in 6 workouts. I can flex and see tiny little muscles budding there! I can say I've lost 7.1 pounds :)
    Like I said, I've only made a small dent into my fitness journey, but I have come pretty far!
  • sassymanatee
    sassymanatee Posts: 102 Member
    Today I went up four flights of stairs without being winded.
  • alisonlynn1976
    alisonlynn1976 Posts: 929 Member
    Clean and press with an 8 kg kettlebell.
  • Rei1988
    Rei1988 Posts: 412 Member
    I can turn down some of my favorite foods and walk further :D
  • TattedInStilettos
    TattedInStilettos Posts: 331 Member
    I can walk like 4.1mph when i could never move that fast...

    I can now now jog/run for bout 2 mins straight without stopping...

    I exercise 5 days a week

    Clothes that were too small are now too big...
  • 1capybara
    1capybara Posts: 162 Member
    go over 2.5 miles of the treadmill :)
  • fayemal
    fayemal Posts: 20 Member
    Thanks to insanity, I can finally do pushups!
  • Winston1717
    Winston1717 Posts: 184
    Able to work out again and do the stationery bike. Broke my leg exactly 32 days ago and looking not only to bounce back...but be in better condition than I was pryor to my injury.
  • FeelingLessChubby
    FeelingLessChubby Posts: 152 Member
    This is an amazing post! :)

    I can jog for 5 minutes straight thanks to Couch 2 5 K. Four months ago I really struggled with 60 seconds at Week 1...
    I can walk and sing out loud at the same time without getting winded (my friends have noticed).
    I can run after a bus without then collapsing on the seat and drowning in sweat (eeeewwww).
    I can close my belt on the 5th hole now instead of the 2nd.
    I can truly tell myself that the guy who dumped me back in May would be sorry now if he saw me :) it wasn't the reason I came here, but it really helped with getting over the heartbreak and focusing on myself instead of him while recovering.
  • KGill67
    KGill67 Posts: 87 Member
    Run 10k! I could do 5, but 10 seemed like it was months away.

    Wear a pair of slacks that were too small when I first purchased them a year ago.

    Good thread!
  • fit2run34
    fit2run34 Posts: 3
    Run 5 miles without stopping :)
  • morganstrf
    morganstrf Posts: 93 Member
    I can run for 20.5 minutes (2miles) straight!!!!
  • tjsoccermom
    tjsoccermom Posts: 500 Member
    You all rock!! Love the motivation no matter what fitness level you're currently at! Hope to hear more stories...let's keep the motivation going!
  • 1stday13
    1stday13 Posts: 433 Member
    Give myself a pedicure and paint my toenails :drinker: (saves me $30 bucks a month)
  • cavia
    cavia Posts: 457 Member
    I can do 3 partial chin ups. I have to jump to get them started but can actually pull my bodyweight up the rest of the way.
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    Proper push ups and mountain climbers. Just finished 30 Day Shred this morning and couldn't do either when I finished it last year, so pretty chuffed with myself. Still can't do rock star jumps though, pfft :grumble:
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