Share your NSV of the week!

I think mine sounds a little funny but........

Passing a McD's the other day and did not have the urge to buy the fries! It didn't even smell good and all I could think about was their nutrition (or lack thereof) value - did not want to waste calories on them at all!

Not funny at all. This is awesome!

My NSV this week is my wedding band is too big now, and sliding of my finger!!!! I think I'll wait to get resized though until my goals are closer.

I actually participated with the kids at the park today! Usually I'm on the sidelines cheering. I played a some baseball, and even with the fat clapping as I chugged along, ran the bases. Then after they decided to go run the RC car and heli, Jude(3) and I kicked around the soccer ball for a while!

Those are the best nsv 's!!:flowerforyou:

My NSV is that I was usually on the sidelines during school/college functions..but during the last function at college..i danced for 4 hours straight with my friends and didn't care about how i looked cause i was confident i looked great!!

Best feeling ever!!

NSV's ROCK!!! Only a person going thru our journey can truly appreciate them as much as we do!!! My NSV is that I get to wear some of the clothes that had been pushed way back into the "Maybe Someday Section." It's like going on a shopping spree!!!:happy:

Hell yes! I've been able to dig some of the "when I'm not enormous" clothing out as well...in fact, some of it is now kinda big on me. But I'd have to say my fave NSV so far was having my daughter's homeroom teacher from a year ago not recognize me at all because I've lost so much. That was awesome.

I'm still just starting out, but... i have this winter jacket that's been super snug the past 2 winters, last winter moreso than the one before when i bought it ... snug to the point that if I got in the car after a hefty meal, the zipper would split up from the bottom and I'd have to fix it every time lol... today i tried it on for the heck of it and i didn't have to suck it in to get the zipper up, i could breathe in it, and there was even a few fingers worth of room between the bottom hem and my hips.. so, despite the fact that the scale might not be moving as quickly as i'd like or that i'm not seeing much difference in the mirror, the clothes don't lie, even this early in the game!

Great work, everyone!

My big NSV this week came on Sept. 8, when I did my hospital's 9/11 Memorial Fitness Challenge. Participants climbed 110 flights of stairs to symbolize the floors in the World Trade Center towers and to memorialize the first responders who died on 9/11. It was my first official athletic event in more than a decade. Among the 116 participants who registered online, I tied for the sixth oldest. (Another 28 participants registered at the gate, but I don't know their ages.)

I completed the climb in about 2.75 hours and was very thankful for the massage therapists on duty and for all the other volunteers!

Our local firefighters did the climb in full bunker gear, including oxygen tanks. They were awesome.


Group shot before the climb. I'm standing behind and between the kneeling servicemen who are second and third from the left.

Here's what I looked like after the climb:

Great job on your climb Ejourneys and thanks for sharing your photos!!!!!!

I'm starting to do a little fall cleaning and I came across a couple of things....a pretty pink coat and 2 pairs of boots once loved but they were uncomfortable and too tight to wear. Well I put them on and the coat swallowed me. I could have easily fit another person into it. As for the boots, they were sliding off me since my foot shunk 1.5 sizes. I just can't get over how far I have come...but the journey will always be ongoing for me!

Tried on my son's(18yrs old) 32 inch jeans - they fitted and they were pretty loose!

Considering I was measured for a dinner suit 3 years ago and was told I needed a 38 inch waist ( I went for the 36 inch) and now I'm in a 34 and fitting loosely - I'll take that as my NSV of the week!

Well done to everyone for their own NSV's

Mine would have to be introducing myself to notch 7 on my belt this past week (Started from notch 2 June 1st).

Deadlifted 390 lbs and pressed 125 lbs. Both PR's.

My doctor told me my blood work was good, my blood pressure was good, and my weight was good. She added a lecture about body fat, said mine was in range, and told me not to lose any more weight. I feel like I have arrived at my new life. I am going to start living from here!!!!

I have not worn my wedding ring since I was pregnant with my daughter who is turning three on Tuesday. Was able to wear it out on Saturday!

Being able to wear my partner's small button-up shirts. Which is pretty good considering I was over 2 1/2 times her weight when I started.

I'm completely excited about my NSV. My scale indicates I've only lost 22.5 lbs so far. There are a lot of people who have lost a LOT more weight than I have.

But let me tell you about my 22 lbs and the difference it's made so far:
1) I have not had a single asthma attack since March. (Was having 3+ asthma attacks every day prior to this)
2) I have size 24 dresses in my closet. I now have 2 size 14 REGULAR skirts in my closet, and a few other XL or regular 16s in my closet. I wore a skirt that I thought had fit to work last week. It kept falling off my butt.
3) My bras are too large, I've had to downsize.
4) I have lost 16" of flesh. An entire foot of flesh, which sounds really gross btw. But that's 4" off my midtorso (largest part of my belly) and 4" off my butt/hips area alone!

If I had just looked at the scale and said, hey, its only 22lbs, especially when there are others who have lost 60-80lbs in the same amount of time, I could have given up by now. But no...I celebrate every small victory. Every half pound. Every new size. Every time I have to change something from the way I was.