Friday NSV!!! Post yours below

I used to have really swollen ankles, especially in the evening from fluid, but I had them all day as well from previous sprains and adhesions. A doctor told me that woukd never go away. That has almost gone altogether and I never get fluid.
My feet used to be awful and make summers really difficult as I could only wear trainers with orthotics or I could hardly walk. Sandals were a no no.
Now I can walk for some time without agony, thanks to losing weight and concentrating on arch strengthening exercises. I used to walk flat footed, now I can walk normally. It feels great.
Even my knee is improving which has been a problem since I was 16. I am 64 now. I do knee exercises every day.
It is wonderful to have good mobility.:bigsmile:

I got up late today for the first time in WEEKS (that in itself is a sweet, sweet victory), and I made myself a big breakfast, with two slices of bacon, a couple of tomato slices, a handful of frozen peas, a fried egg and some onion (all for about 310 calories), and afterwards I felt SO FULL. Literally all I could do is sit here drinking water, trying to recover. About a month ago, I could have eaten twice that and still been able to eat more. Yay for shrinking tummies!

Fit into my high school prom dress. Down a pants size and ran into my ex and he commented on how great I'm looking.

It's not a very big one, but it felt like a big deal at the time: I had finished my lunch. Someone was cooking something in the microwave and it smelled delicious. And for the first time since I can remember or maybe ever, I appreciated the smell of food without feeling hungry. Plus, I actually recognized I was happily full, which has been something I'm working on too. Tiny victories!

ummm...my size 6's are getting loose

My mother-in-law talked to me for about a half hour and didn't mention my weight loss at all, not surprising to me as it usually takes about 25 pounds for anyone to notice and I am only down about 15, but when she hugged me goodbye she definitely noticed. I got a "you are so thin!" Feels good!

My NSV is that my husband and I ran together tonight. I NEVER thought this day would ever come. I always hated to exercise/sweat and my husband was so morbidly obese we could barely walk up our street together. We walk/jogged 2 miles together. Yeah us!!

Donuts were brought to office and I really didn't have much trouble turning them down. They just aren't worth it and they never taste as good as my size 8 Ann Taylor slacks feel. I used to be size 22.

I took the kids to the pool this afternoon, but I couldn't get in the water. My unfashionable, fat mama swim skirt is now a size or two too big. It falls right off when I climb out of the water. Since we go back to school in just a few weeks, I refuse to buy a new one, but I can't wait to see what size I am next summer. I'd love to go from the granny skirt to actual swim bottoms.

I have fresh wild black raspberries in the fridge. You know, the kind that makes ice cream sing????? Yum.

But. Today I didn't get my walk in and we went out for fish fry (mine was broiled, thank you)... so... I am waiting. Until tomorrow, when come hell or high water, I am having berries and ice cream.

Maybe for breakfast.

I squatted 175 pounds today, many times :bigsmile:

My dad has been watching me lose and his doctor has been after him about his weight and blood sugar levels. This morning, he asked me a couple questions and I taught him how to use the food scale and got him on the elliptical for 20 minutes!

I never thought I had the power to influence anyone, let alone my father! :flowerforyou:

I love all of these responses, but Lilaclovebird's is my favorite so far!! My mom's health problems really motivate me to get healthy, and I wish I could influence her the way you've influenced your Dad. Good job!

My NSV is I finally pushed past the 2 mile mark on a run this morning, and feel great!

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Thanks to the OP for starting this topic; sometimes I get so busy I forget to pay attention to NSVs, and I think in a lot of ways they're much better than SVs.

I had four NSVs this week.

1) Swam laps for 40 minutes on Sunday -- when I got into the pool back in December, I couldn't even swim for 20 minutes.

2) I ran into the woman from membership services at the gym, and she asked how I was doing, and I said I really hadn't lost much of anything for the last few months, but I was OK with that, "not a race," etc., and she said, "You don't have that much to lose." And me standing there in leggings! She was probably just being nice, but she said it with a straight face ;-)

3) I started a new group training session this week at the gym (a weight loss challenge sort of thing, but I really do it just for motivation and to get to know some of the trainers at the gym), and they used the hand-held machine for figuring your BF%. I had readings of 36% and 38% in January, and this week it was 25%. Honestly, I'll happily trade the weight loss I "should" have had the past few months for a drop of 10+ percentage points in BF%.

4) The skirt I put on this morning seemed much looser than the last time I wore it (probably three or four weeks -- I've been working from home a lot recently and haven't had to wear my "office" clothes so much). When I took it off, I realized it was practically backwards, because the waistband is so loose it just slipped around. I really like that skirt, but I guess I'm going to have to retire it.