What's Your Most Recent NSV

NerdieMcChub wrote: »

May not seem like much to some people, but 50 straight seconds of jumping jacks this morning.

That's great! I wish I could do jumping jacks! I've got arthritis and a neuromuscular disease which prevents me from being active. Keep it up and before long you'll be doing so much more!

Four people commented on my weight loss last night at work. Two of them even said I look so skinny. I've lost 50 pounds so far, but believe me, I'm not skinny. It sure was nice to hear, though!

I lost enough weight to lower my BMI so that I am no longer obese. It was a real shocker when I saw that on my medical chart after being weighed at my doctor's office in May 2014. Only took me 7 months to get serious about doing something about it, but now that I have, I am definitely loving the results.

I just came back from a photoshoot of me done by a talented young cousin who is embarking on a fashion photographer's career. She took a battery of photos of me in the gym and in a more traditionally professional outfit. I had her take pictures of my back while was lifting weights so I could finally see the muscles I have developed over the past year and a half.

Bustergirl14 wrote: »

I lost enough weight to lower my BMI so that I am no longer obese. It was a real shocker when I saw that on my medical chart after being weighed at my doctor's office in May 2014. Only took me 7 months to get serious about doing something about it, but now that I have, I am definitely loving the results.

Hurrah for you!!! That's my next goal, to go from orange to yellow on the chart. It's good to know it is possible.

Today, someone I don't see often at work said I am looking really good, that I've lost weight and look healthier. This made me super happy! Still stuck on a plateau since early January but I'm actually feeling way more positive recently.

happygrandma52 wrote: »

Had the potato chips IN MY HAND yesterday & put them back in the bag without eating any

Whoah mama! That is difficult to do. Really impressive and well done!

I had to have 3 dresses tailored last week. Now I look better than ever (*) So happy

klkarlen wrote: »

Susieq_1994 wrote: »

I've had a ton of really terrible days this month... But my NSV is that I logged and owned up to every single one of them, and worked hard and reversed the damage over each week. Yay me!

Good for you! I was searching for a "like" button for this post. Keep up the good work.

Thank you so much!

I went out geocaching on Saturday and according to the GPS, the cache was three miles (as the crow flies) from where I stood. It is hidden along a river and since the rivers are frozen over right now, snowmobile activity really flattens out the snow on the river and walking on the packed down snow is pretty easy going. Well, I know that rivers don't flow in a straight line, so I guessed that with the bends in the river, instead of three miles to walk to the cache, it would probably be safe to add another mile onto the hike, so eight miles roundtrip.

I was way off on my estimate. When I returned home, I fired up Google Earth and used its ruler function to measure out the path I took and it ended up being roughly 14 miles roundtrip. I love to get out hiking but usually end up doing no more than 4-5 miles before calling it a day. I'm not sure I've ever hiked that far before (probably not). By the time I got back to my vehicle, my arms/shoulders were pretty tired and sore but my legs felt like they could go another couple of miles.

My NSV was that I parked in a boat launch right off the highway but I knew there were other launches further up the river I could have used to cut the distance at least in half and one would've been no more than a 1/4 mile from the cache. Last year I would've driven as far as I could to cut down on the hiking but Saturday I looked at the distance and just decided I wanted to walk it and get a good workout. Now, had I known it was going to be in the double digit miles as far as the hike went, I might have driven to another launch