What's Your Most Recent NSV
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Two for me this week. I bought a size 16 pair of jeans, not 16W but 16 regular! That means I'm down 4 pants sizes since July 25. And I had quit wearing many of my bracelets - they were just too tight around my wrist. I pulled one out of the drawer yesterday and it is now too big! It has an elastic band and it slid up and down my arm the entire day.24
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So, yes, it's a bit sad that it took me 2 1/2 years to do a pull-up, but it's one of my proudest accomplishments ever![/quote]
This is one of my goals as well! That's awesome that you can do a pull-up, I've been struggling for some time now.. this was very motivating!
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Fitting into size 34 jeans at 6'1 was the best feeling. Knowing I am thinner and in better shape than when I was 22. My depression, despite being actively surveiled by the FBI and being labeled a child predator one day (who knows mental illness is a *kitten*) is being lessened by the exercise I am doing. Walking/jogging 8+ miles a day for almost a year has done wonders for my depression and mental state. I can't even begin to explain.
Thanks everyone on here. Your stories are great and inspiring as heck!8 -
youdoyou2016 wrote: »youdoyou2016 wrote: »I'm a "RUNNER" nowwwww (I think, lol)Learning to run has been on my bucket list for quite some time now, but I never really committed! While on vacation this past weekend, (and away from all of my cardio classes and Dumbbells) I elected to TRY to run with my sister and asked her to please keep My slow pace, if she didn't mind... Well she didn't have to slow down for me and we kept an EASY jog for 41 mins and FOUR miles! I wasn't winded or even ready to stop when we made it back to the beach house!! For a beginner runner, I thought this was pretty darn good!! I've never been able to run with any of my family members and it made me a bit emotional. I guess all of the cardio classes and body weight..(and recent dumbbell weight training) has More than conditioned me to run!! :-)
This is awesome. Good for you.
Please don't read this as me raining on your parade, but as a runner I'll just share a bit of advice if you don't mind. A rule (of sorts) we runners go by is that when you first start or restart after an injury, is that your cardio system improves almost immediately. Then, pretty soon afterwards, your muscles get on board. But last -- and very much slower than the other two -- your joints and tendons and bones get stronger and ready / used to handling the stress of running. So, a lot of people get running injuries because they feel awesome and go for it. Everything is great for weeks, even months, and then -- wham! -- you get an injury. Yesterday you feel awesome, and then the next day you've got a stress fracture or runner's knee, shin splints, etc. Sometimes you can tell if something is coming. But for some things you're great until one day you aren't. And recovery can be months. If you want to run, check out a beginner's program and get fitted for shoes at a real running store.
Anyway, again, go you! And I hope you don't mind me sharing something most runners go by as you start out.
Thanks for the advise!! So, just to give a bit more background; I've been doing at least 4 to 5 cardio classes a week (mainly because I love them and the way they make me feel) with two strength training classes a week, for the past year (since July 2015). This regiment hasn't conditioned my body enough you think, in terms of the joints and muscles being acclimated?? Something like the couch to 5k regiment is like a "must do" before jogging full out for miles to stay safe? Thanks!
@youdoyou2016
No, I don't think those other activities have conditioned you for running specifically. The cardio will "translate" -- if you're fit, it's easy to go from biking to swimming to running in terms of your aerobic conditioning. But the only thing that prepares your ligaments, tendons, joints, and bones for running is running. If I were coaching you, I'd say continue with what you're doing and add in a C25K program -- when it starts, it's only 3 days a week for about 30 minutes total. You don't burn many calories, and it's a relatively easy thing to add in if you're already fit and exercising. You may feel like you're not doing anything, but running is its own sport and people get really hurt because they haven't prepped their joints, ligaments, etc. You won't feel your tendons getting stronger, for example. But you will notice your abs are sore or your butt is tender. But it's the things you can't feel that are the core to running, and those are the things a C25K program works on. Perhaps you can skip ahead a week or two in a program, but, really, I would stick to the program as it's written and go slow. Those programs are only 6 or 8 wks -- worth it for building a good foundation, in my view. Hope this helps.
It helps tremendously! I will follow your advise and start slowly... Thank you!
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I hit Lifetime Membership in Weight Watchers today... I should say I returned to it since I had originally hit that milestone 27 years ago but never stayed at that weight!! So excited to be 96.6 lbs down and 3.4 lbs away from achieving my 100 lb weight loss.37
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Took a Zumba class for the first time in a year. It was so much easier to keep up now and had a lot of fun.19
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Today I noticed I was cutting calories too low and added some treats to my day -- a chocolate Pop-Tart, a granola bar, some string cheese. I also bulked up my extremely light dinner plan by adding an English muffin with cheese. It sounds counterintuitive to be proud of this, but I struggle with disordered eating (yes, even though I'm fat) and I am not usually able to stop myself from starving once I start.41
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I started doing strength training in the gym alone. It's a new gym for me so felt a bit of the old self consciousness. But after going there for one month I finally talked myself into going to the often empty lifting section.
Also finally started the Stronglift 5x5 after doing a bunch of lifting without structure.24 -
I had a look at my license photo that was taken in like 2013 and my face was so much fatter than it is now.17
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I had a bad day yesterday after which I stopped at the store feeling upset and hungry. They had a buy two get one free special on Lindt Truffels. And yes, I did take three... and ate an entire box last night. That is the bad part. My NSV is that I logged all of those chocolates, cooked and ate a healthy dinner and then brought the other two boxes to work this morning for my co-workers! I did not let one terrible choice knock me of course for days like I would have in the past.62
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Had been away from gym for 2 weeks as I had the flu and went back yesterday and did my workout even when I realized how much weaker I felt and finished what I had come to do.19
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I've been at a plateau for the past 3 months, but didn't give up. One month into the plateau, I started strength training. As of yesterday, I've pushed past the plateau and am pleased to report that I have moved out of the obese category into merely overweight.47
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It sounds counterintuitive to be proud of this
nope. i don't think i've ever had to deal with a real disorder, but a kind of disconnection from the actual purpose of food is for real. so one of the things i absolutely love about lifting is how straightforward 'food' suddenly is. i'm walking around the grocery store, i'm hungry, what can i buy that will take care of that.
i had a cool one yesterday. was in the gym and saw one of the huge power-lifters showing a stretch to one of the personal trainers. i got into conversation with her - mostly because i was drifting closer to see if i could learn something myself.
ended up telling her about six different things about pec minor muscles and a locked collarbone and the various parts of how you go about dismantling a problem like that and making it go away. it felt weird . . . she's the trainer, and i've watched her do a lot of rehab stuff with other people. but come to that particular shoulder thing, i knew more than she did and was able to actually tell her several things that will probably help.
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Took my BP today. I take medication because, untreated, mine has been known to reach scary highs. Even medicated, it trends to the high side. I shamefully admit that I need a refill, so I haven't taken it in a couple of days. This morning, my BP unmedicated was 131/82. Not ideal, but a TREMENDOUS achievement for me.25
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My hubby bought me this lovely but rather expensive corset at a Comic Con a few years ago... it was fitted to me at the time, when I was probably around 205lbs or so. I've hardly worn it because I always felt self-conscious, and then I put on even more weight and couldn't lace up the front anymore.
Last time I tried it on, a few weeks ago, it was far too loose and the back lacing needed adjusting. I finally got around to doing that this morning, and now it takes a little effort to lace the front again - as it should! The gap at the back lacing has gone from something like 6-7" to about 2", so I still have a bit more leeway to wear it as I get smaller. I also no longer feel like I'm being suffocated by the expanse of flesh and fat pushed up towards my neck, which is great!
I'm wearing it right now and I feel like a frickin' princess...
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CindyArlene wrote: »I had a bad day yesterday after which I stopped at the store feeling upset and hungry. They had a buy two get one free special on Lindt Truffels. And yes, I did take three... and ate an entire box last night. That is the bad part. My NSV is that I logged all of those chocolates, cooked and ate a healthy dinner and then brought the other two boxes to work this morning for my co-workers! I did not let one terrible choice knock me of course for days like I would have in the past.
That's what it's all about, IMO. We're all faced with those struggles and aren't perfect all the time, every day. You made a choice and moved on, and kept yourself accountable. THAT is a huge win.12 -
I went down 2 notches in my belt.
I rode my bike for the first time in 2 years.
I was at a meeting today where they had huge pukes of candy in the middle of each table. I didn't eat any, and stuck with my carrots I packed.18 -
I quit smoking 5 years ago tomorrow. Five months after that, my mom died from COPD at age 67. I gained 30lbs in those 5 years. Today, those 30lbs are gone and I am still smoke free. I miss my mom every day, but I want to be around for my kids and future grandkids and live my life as fully as I can with them. So, this might be a scale victory, but it's so much more than that. It means the fog and sadness from losing my mom has lifted enough for me to take care of ME again.48
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Congrats on your achievements!!! I pray that you had a typo and meant huge PILES of candy instead. Would make it easier to stick to the carrots though.15
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For the first time since I began a daily log my blood sugar and pressure readings were in the normal range.
I am taking meds for the bp but if the downward trend continues that could change.31
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