What's Your Most Recent NSV

debbiemuz wrote: »

I know I still need to work on ldl/hdl numbers, but the overall change in just 5 months makes me so happy!

holy cow, you pretty much cut most of those numbers in half.

i have been lallygagging since jan 30th. i remember the exact day because 24 hours later i happened to have a short clearing of the flu fog and dimly registered we were a few hours from 2017. can't say i could even imagine giving a damn at the time and then a week after i got back on my feet, began a new contract.

we were still under a couple of inches of ice, but i bought out my bike and began the commute on day 2. so that's victory 1.

still haven't found a copacetic route to get in or out to this site, but every day since then i've kept chipping away at the problem with a new experiment. victory 2, because eventually i will narrow it down.

i've sherpa'd real food of my own down there pretty much every day. a big mental milestone for me is realising that if it's in the house i might as well take it to work, because once i'm down there i am GOING to eat it, whether i can imagine myself doing it at 9pm on the night before or not. i swear this pleases me most just because it's an actually-logical way of dealing with food, and the grocery turnover/throughput is better as well than when i was acting like food is just an optional entertainment instead of a basic pragmatic thing.

aaaaand my first two weeks back i just did 'been sick' workouts, but this friday i decided with my trainer that if i don't get back on the programme wagon i'm never going to. so we picked a degree of deload and got going. i'm back on 'real' lifting again, and my numbers were better than i expected they'd be, what with catching the lurgy and then throwing all that sudden hill cycling at my poor hips.

i got 7 reps for my 55-pound set at overhead press, and TEN for my 145 deadlift. it was heavy enough but it felt do-able, so i was determined not to stop until i had touched that amrap ceiling. tbh, i was as weak as a cat, and psychologically i really felt cheated by catching something right when i was within touching range of some longer-term goals.

i'm still sulking/sad about it. but at least i've faced facts enough to get started on re-covering the ground.

I not only tolerated my picture being taken yesterday, I actually encouraged it. And I thought it looked OK! And then I put it in my MFP and Facebook profiles! This is huge for me. I really hate pictures of myself.

Friend gave me a package of 4 cookies, instead of just sitting and eating them all at once, which is what I would have done, I had one. And now I have 3 left as treats for this week

katycapp wrote: »

I have 2 that are kind of combined.
Getting ready at the gym was quite stressful so I am really hoping that I can sort out the logistics and keep going. Surely it gets easier?

I definitely think it does. I have a bag that I keep everything in (gym shoes (my gym is super strict about you changing shoes after you arrive), toiletries, towel and plastic bag). I have a very set routine. When I go to the gym I wear my work clothes on top of my workout gear (stops it getting crumpled). When I get home at the end of the day I empty out the dirty clothes (that's what the plastic bag is for), refill my water bottle, change the towel and add fresh underwear/stockings etc. Then in the morning I put on my workout clothes, put my work clothes on top, grab the bag and I'm good to go.

I went to my favorite restaurant yesterday. It is 4 hours away and when I go there I typically eat like I will never eat again. Fried catfish, hushpuppies, pinto beans, pickled green tomatoes, coleslaw, baked potato, and sweet tea. I recently realized I only really love the catfish and hushpuppies. Instead of going in for the full plate, we ordered catfish and hushpuppies. Instead of eating like I would never eat again, I savored each bite and stopped long before I was full. I only ate two hushpuppies. If someone told me before I could only have two, I would have declared them my enemy.

I walked more than 80,000 steps last week.

I'm meeting with a powerlifting coach Thursday! EEEeeeee!!!

Every couple of weeks I get a treat lunch at the local Greek restaurant. They're really good at giving me lots of salad with only a little rice for my meal. Last week, the woman who serves the food noticed my weight loss & complimented me on it and asked how I did it. I told her about MFP, and now she's going to look into it!

Also: new puppy in 2 weeks! Whee! More dog training incoming!

I did not buy that package of peanut M&Ms from the vending machine.


Stupid vending machine was out of order... Does it still count as an NSV?

geminiswede wrote: »

ladyreva78 wrote: »

I did not buy that package of peanut M&Ms from the vending machine.


Stupid vending machine was out of order... Does it still count as an NSV?

I had a similar thing happen to me last week. Tried to get sour patch kids from the vending machine at work, but it wasn't accepting cards and I didn't have cash with me.

Victories are victories no matter the root cause of them. Sometimes we need a little help from outside forces.

I did over 10,000 steps at the Women's March in Washington on Saturday, despite standing stationary for several hours!! WHOOOP!!!

donimfp wrote: »

I did Week 1 Day 1 of c25k this morning and completed all of it! Yee haw!!! If I'd run any slower I'd have been going backward, but I don't care. It was jogging for a total of 8 minutes. I really almost can't believe it. Looking forward to Wednesday.

I remember that day!! I was almost dying by the end of the 60 second runs. I also run so slowly (about 3.5mph) but I now run for 40 minutes 3 times a week!! I NEVER thought I'd be able to say I can run for 40 minutes!!. AND I don't feel like I'm dying but the end of it. It's an amazing feeling. Stick to C25K and stay running as slow as possible and you WILL make it!

Add me if you like, and well done!

This weekend I walked twice. I decided Saturday to see what would happen if I jogged just for 20 feet from time to time. I didn't die so Sunday I jogged for 30 seconds at a time every couple of minutes. That didn't kill me either. This is huge for me because I've been told that due to my osteoarthritis I'll never be able to run but my knees feel fine today. Of course a doctor told me 21 years ago that I'd never be under 200 lbs "from carrying all that weight around all those years" and I weigh One-something.

DWBalboa wrote: »

geminiswede wrote: »

ladyreva78 wrote: »

I did not buy that package of peanut M&Ms from the vending machine.


Stupid vending machine was out of order... Does it still count as an NSV?

I had a similar thing happen to me last week. Tried to get sour patch kids from the vending machine at work, but it wasn't accepting cards and I didn't have cash with me.

Victories are victories no matter the root cause of them. Sometimes we need a little help from outside forces.

I need me some of those outside forces more often