What's Your Most Recent NSV

Yesterday, I finally managed to do unassisted pull-ups. Not just one pull-up, but I knocked out three! It's truly awesome that I'm starting to get psyched about getting STRONG rather than just losing weight.

Yesterday after I got a new personal best on my squats, a guy asked me if I'd lifted competitively before. :happy: You should have seen his face when I told him I've only been lifting for a month!

Oh, and that weight I put on my shoulders to squat weighed 15 pounds more than I do. :happy:

This morning I did a headstand in yoga for the first time ever! It was against the wall, but it feels great to start to overcome my fear of breaking my neck.

I have definitely reached the point where I need some new clothes-- my swimsuit top is WAY too big for me around the sides and I can barely keep it on when I go swimming. All of my yoga pants are starting to bag as well. Yay!

3 people that I haven't seen for a while told me they didn't recognized me at first glance :laugh:

Tonight I got chilly outside, and I went in to get a cover shirt, and the shirt I put on that normally dont fit anymore, buttoned with room to spare. I was so excited , when I went back outside and showed my husband, my old shirt fitting me again. Also 2 days in a row I walked 2 miles after not walking in a long time.

A few days ago, I was finally able to run a mile under 10 minutes (9:40). But after that, I went jogging again, and was able to run a mile in under 9 minutes (8:30)! I was so stoked. I actually feel like I can say I'm a fast runner now.

Just back from holiday with a tanned tummy, first time wearing a bikini in 15 years, still found it frightening though, even though my husband kept telling me how fab I looked.

I'm wearing my wedding ring again after 7 years of not wearing it. I'm so very happy about that!

Went shopping yesterday and decided to try on some 8's as my 10's seemed loose lately. Yep... I'm a size 8 now! I haven't worn a size 8 in over 30 years! :happy:

- Yesterday I went rushing up the stairs (and didn't get to the top out of breath!) and my pants LITERALLY fell down past my butt. I caught them on the way down. They would have hit the floor! Time to move down a size.

- I also managed to put on a bra that I absolutely adore (it's white with a black and teal zebra print, so cute) which I bought about 2 years ago, then promptly got too fat to comfortably wear it. I've lost enough so that I'm able to hook it shut (in the middle loops!) and it isn't uncomfortable to wear.

- I went to the church rummage sale. Ended up buying a weight bench with 3 different bars, a complete set of plates, and a set of hand weights for $30. So, now I get to start up with strength training. YAY!

Dr. took me off both cholesterol and blood pressure medicines today! Coupled with knowledge of losing 5 lbs since last visit.. made for an awesome morning!

That's huge! Congrats!

This might be slightly TMI, but I recently went by Victoria's Secret and I was able to fit into a 32C! A few styles had to be a 32D, but I'm psyched. Last spring I fit into 34D, so it's been a successful summer. At my biggest, I think I was a 38DD or a 40D.

Now if only I could afford to have the girls put back up where they were before they were dragged them down by the extra gravity of being big. haha

I love to exercise now! I literally can't believe it, but it's true! A big part of this process for me has been making exercise its own reward and it is working. Last night i was worn out from the kids so my husband told me to go do something by myself for a little while. I got giddy and said I was headed to the gym. Thirty minutes on the stair climber left a much happier mommy!