What's Your Most Recent NSV

We launched our boat for the season on Sunday, and I had to tighten the strap on my life vest several inches since last fall.

Today I ran 41 minutes, non stop. A month ago I was at 20 min and did not think I would make it, or WANT to make it, to 40 minutes. 40 was the goal I set after finishing C25K sooner than expected 2 weeks ago. Three months ago I could not run 1 minute and honestly did not think my 61 year old body would ever let me make it past 10 minutes. 2 years ago I could not WALK 1/4 mile without excruciating pain.

All of the one-size-fits all that you get from stores as an ectra gift on mother's day. My kids always asked if I liked them. I always said yes and put them away. I am now working my way through years of t-shirts,robes,and night shirts I can finally wear.

My collar bones are almost back and I am seeing some definition in my calfs from all the hills I climb.

and today when I was picking up my 20 year old at college, his buddy said "Jay I think your girlfriend is out there" Bahahaha...He may have not liked it and thought it was funny, but I was laughing so hard I had tears running down my face. I almost had to open the sunroof my head was so swelled for a minute. Hey, I don't know what the kid was smoking but i'll take it.

went for an almost 5 hour hike today in capris I definitely couldn't wear last summer. feeling good all around!

Completely blew my calories yesterday - stressful day - emotional eating.
Six months ago I would have been beating myself up this morning. Not anymore... I am back up on the horse today! No nonsense.

KareninLux wrote: »

Had to donate half of my summer shorts to the second hand clothes store - happy but (weirdly) sad.

@KareninLux It is kinda sad to do so. It is as if you are saying goodbye to part of yourself that you are happy to loose, but still it is you. It will feel good in a few days again promise

smiles4jo wrote: »

My NSV is actually sorta scale-related, but it’s my food scale, not my bathroom scale.

Turns out that I’ve used it so much that I wore out the battery! And I took it quite hard last night when I went to prepare my dinner plate and the scale just kept telling me Low Battery.

@smiles4jo I so relate. My husband decided that whatever happens we need spare batteries for the food scale in the house as there is nothing that makes my mood sink more than a non-working foodscale.

aaron_mc29 wrote: »

Getting way more selective about what I wear these days. Used to be enough for a shirt to just "fit", now I'm looking at how well it fits, what the sleeves look like, are the shoulders right, and so on. Great to have more options and be picky!

I've just cleared my wardrobe out, and donated 4 bags of too-big clothes to charity shops. I then went through what was left and really carefully worked out what clothes I actually wanted. For too long, clothes were in my wardrobe because they were the only things that fit and vaguely flattered. Now, I have a proper capsule wardrobe, where my clothes coordinate, I have the right basics, and I now am starting to understand my style. For literally decades of my life, I don't think I ever considered even having personal style, and I now know my weight was the thing permanently standing in the way of me even wanting to enjoy clothes.

I've now made a few, careful purchases of clothes that fit and look great - and I know that, whilst I'm still losing weight, my wardrobe can continue to match my size and my new-found sense of style. BTW, I've discovered that, whilst Ebay is always a risk when you can't try on the purchases, I've bought half a dozen items in the past month there that are literally 90% less than the original prices of the clothes, some still with their original tags on! My biggest NSV is buying a JOSEPH super-fine knit cashmere jumper (at 95% off the original price - never worn!), size Medium (and UK people will know what a 'Joseph medium' means - dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3145831/Our-clothes-aren-t-people-like-eat-woman-23-says-told-asked-size-TEN-designer-jeans-one-London-s-exclusive-shopping-streets.html!!) - intending to perhaps put it away for later in the year, as it wouldn't fit me - and it fits perfectly. I'm wearing it right now!!

I'm cleaning out my closet! This is huge for me because I often feel like I'm one binge away from gaining all 65 pounds back and I would need these clothes. So this is a step forward for me. I know what I need to do to keep the weight off and more importantly I'm starting to believe it!

julie2038 wrote: »

I'm cleaning out my closet! This is huge for me because I often feel like I'm one binge away from gaining all 65 pounds back and I would need these clothes. So this is a step forward for me. I know what I need to do to keep the weight off and more importantly I'm starting to believe it!

That's awesome - the bigger clothes are definitely a 'safety net', and we need to learn to live without that.

The last three pairs of pants and three skirts that I pulled out of the closet had to be taken in before I could wear them. I've set up my sewing machine with black thread so I can throw darts into my clothes quickly!

Bought and fit into my first pair of size 36 jeans a few days ago...first time I've been in 36's since high school 16 years ago.

NSV # 1 My former boss who left to Korea about half a year ago visited here this week. He saw me and just exclaimed: "You lost weight!!" It's only been a few kilos so I was very happy to know it shows anyway

NSV # 2 I ran for 15 minutes yesterday. Was dying for it to be over but I DID IT.
I am still amazed every time I think about the fact that I am running. Me. ha! running. It's so weird.

Don't know why, happy though, that my appetite has shifted downward by a lot!

I can wear my goal shorts! I bought these ASIC running shorts forever ago. They still have the tags on them. They are still a little snug, but they fit!