What's Your Most Recent NSV

I have a few I'd like to share, if I may:

1. I've been doing physical therapy for a few weeks (knee issue), and in that environment, working along side a variety of other people, I realize how fit I am. Not just thin, but I have very good stamina and am strong. It's been such a pleasant surprise, and makes me wonder -- in a fun, inspiring way -- how much better I can get.
2. For the first time in years -- and the first time since I lost about 90 lbs -- I bought new pants today. Earlier this week, I wore a pair of pants that not even a belt could help. I looked like something out of a Dickens novel. I tried a a Petite Size 12, then 10, then 8, and ended up with a 6. I think I used to be a very tight 18W with an elastic waist . The 6 wasn't perfect (snug in some places -- I think I didn't pay attention to how the legs were cut), but the 8 was too big and I figure in a week or so they'll be perfect.
3. I started a new job 5 weeks ago, and no one there knows the old me. It's so liberating. Life feels so different -- when I'm on the train, walking around campus, while teaching ... I just feel free now.

My NSV today is that I saw myself sit and wait patiently while my brain caught up to my mouth and stomach. A cup of hot tea and a little distraction kept me from going back and getting a second helping of the pasta with sauce. I would have been really disappointed if I had, when I saw the calories and the macros for the day, but now I'm free to have a nice snack later or maybe bank the deficit for a day when I really want or need an indulgence!

Haven't reached my goal yet, but starting to feel like I actually look like I belong there when I go to the gym now! And lost an inch off my waist measurement & 1/2 inch off my neck measurement since 1 month ago.

My DH is a long term cyclist and for years has been fitter and faster than me, so I gave up. Now since March I have been practicing and today I managed to outpace him, hee hee. I can't quite believe it. He was a bit put out.

I was able to fit in my size 12 pants again comfortably! I have a lot more clothes now. My size 14 were getting too tight before I started.

My wife took a picture of my kids and I after I finished my first race Saturday. I still see that 288lb guy in the mirror but he doesn't look nearly so fat anymore and theres no way that guy could have run a half marathon.

I saw my collarbone last night! Barely, but it is there, along with the beginnings of a shadow of a shoulder bone. And..... my back fat rolls are now just peaks and valleys. No more overlap back there. And I realized that by the end of this month, my weight will be below 200 lbs for the first time in around 7 years. And I realized that getting to my second goal of 175 lbs is completely attainable without starving myself. And my ultimate goal of 150 lbs is not just a fantasy - it is a possibility if I continue on this path. So I had several NSV's this weekend!

I'm smaller than my older sister! A huge victory for me because when we were both teenagers she used to hold it over me that she weighed less than me or had a smaller pants size. She can't say that anymore

I comfortable rode a bike with friends around Key West and barely broke a sweat or had to stand out of the seat. It's crazy how you don't even know how fit you are/are becoming until you are amongst your peers and they are unable to do things which feel so natural to you!

By brother in law commented on how my walk had changed-that it was much less rushed or forced. I laughed and said "well it's like taking off a heavy pack".