What's Your Most Recent NSV

athenawj wrote: »

Two here: I wanted this cute dress that was on clearance at Dillard's. On a whim, I grabbed a size 10 to try on. I didn't think it would fit over my mom hips, but it fit perfectly! It's been a goal of mine to be able to buy dresses from there.

And since I only have 3 pounds left to lose, a couple of weeks ago I got a tattoo on my calf. I'd been wanting it for a few years, but decided to wait until I felt I was at the right size (I have one on my hip that I got when I was 18 that stretched when I gained weight). It's four birds, signifying my husband, me, and our two daughters. It looks great!

whatang wrote: »

I started running on December 29th last year. I felt like a beached whale after Xmas so I just got dressed and went out. My first run, I got about a mile before almost exhaling a lung.

The first time I ran 5k - nothing official, just around the neighbourhood - it took me 34:40. I've kept running since then, slowly building up my stamina and pace. My usual run now is about 4 miles, sometimes a fair bit more, occasionally a bit less. I'm on track with my running goal for the year, but that's a different NSV for when I get there.

Last Saturday I did my first properly timed 5k, at the local parkrun. I was pretty pleased with a time of 27:08, but more importantly I really enjoyed myself. Getting up on a Saturday morning to run 3.1 miles in a park with a bunch of strangers in lycra was never my idea of a good time, but I loved it. 27:08 was a time I was quite happy with - my best unofficial time was 26:38. In particular, it gives me a good medium term goal of 25:00 to work towards over the next few months.

So today, the wife and I went back to parkrun again. I was optimistic I could do a little better, maybe around 26:30 or so, but had a bit of a twinge in my left knee that I thought might slow me down a bit. It didn't really matter though, I was just there to enjoy the run. I took it reasonably easy for the first couple of miles - although I do have a terrible habit of running ever so slightly faster than the person directly ahead of me, meaning I get quicker and quicker as I overtake people. After a mile the knee pain had disappeared entirely as my tendons loosened up.

With about half a mile to go, I was feeling strong so I kicked it up a notch and more or less went flat out to the finish. I was blowing HARD at the end but it felt great being able to push myself like that, and I actually felt like I had some more left in the tank. The way parkrun works you don't get your time immediately, they email you later in the day and put all the results on their website. So, no idea what my time was - I was thinking about 26:00-26:30 - but pretty happy, I waited for the wife to finish and off we went for (healthy!) bacon & eggs for breakfast.

A couple of hours later, I got the email with my time: 24:40.

Holy carp! Exactly 10 minutes quicker than my first 5k time back in January, and, incredibly, under 25 minutes - so much for my "medium term" goal! I've been buzzing all day since then.

PS. My wife improved her time from 29:57 last week to 29:01 this week. Not bad for someone who had major abdominal surgery in February. I am outrageously proud of her.

momar23 wrote: »

Week 3 workout 1 of c25k done and even better turned the second 3minute run into 5 minutes!! I ran 5 minutes without stopping!!

joyce1129 wrote: »

I was finally able to hook my bra on the middle catch instead of the last catch, and last night when hubby and I went out for dinner was able to fit into my size 10 jeans (comfortably), something I have not been able to do for a long time. But the best NSV was having the server package up a full half of my meal and not feeling hungry.