What's Your Most Recent NSV
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So, with winter here I haven't been getting my jogs and long walks in like I was in the summer. Call me a wimp, but I just don't like being out in the cold. I've still been reaching my daily step goals, but not good cardio steps, if you know what I mean. This week I suddenly got fed up of not having any good workouts and decided I needed to find an outside winter sport that I enjoy. I'm currently planning a family outing so we can all learn to cross-country ski. This is a big deal for me because I've never been athletic and I'm very uncoordinated, but I'm hoping I can do it. It looks like really good exercise and it will be great fun with the kids. My NSV- I'm not as scared to try new physical activities as I used to be.29
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It's wonderful to read everyone's NSVs.
I have 2 to share.
The first I started playing soccer about 8 years ago (at 41- because my kids looked like they were having such a great time!) I used to have to play keeper for half the game because I was too tired to play the whole game. 50 pounds down and I find I can last the whole game-and even play midfield! (My favorite position as a kid -but involving too much running for me!)
The second - I'm more or less in maintenence now- and finding it challenging. Last night, I fell into old habits and binged right before bed. Before I went to sleep I made myself log it- was around 500 calories- that's a NSV in itself as my binges before we're easily 1000 or more. But the real NSV is having brushed my teeth and ready to go to bed just under my goal today.
Learning to forgive myself and just start again has been really important to my success. And it is still hard to do..31 -
The skinny dude at church told me how rough it was to be body-shamed by fat people.
That's a freaking NSV for me. He thinks I'm one of him.48 -
I can walk up to the 4th floor for my class and not be out of breath.30
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I was out doing some errands on my own today, so I decided to try on some smaller size clothes just for fun. Apparently I can now comfortably wear Medium tops and size 14 jeans! (From XXLs and 22s.) I looked in the mirror and actually thought, "Who's that skinny person?!" I mean, I'm not skinny, and I know that, but compared to how I used to see myself last year it's a huge improvement. I actually felt like I looked nice.
(The 'scale' side of this victory is that I'm only about 12lbs from edging into 'normal BMI' territory now.)
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Hubby took me out to dinner and neither of us finished our plates nor did we get dessert. We took half dinners home and ate them for lunch today! Great NWV for both of us!40
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The size 5 Hollister jeans I bought about 1-2 months ago are all feeling really loose in the butt area lol. Maybe not the worst problem to have but I have to go shopping soon!18
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Decided to get on the erg for the first time in years. It was a torture device when I rowed in college and I haven't touched one in at least 10 years. That's an nsv in itself, but I had 2 more--
1) I started my first 500 meter sprint and had to stop and check the resistance bc it felt so easy! Nope, it was set to max. Ended up doing 6 500 meter sprints mixed in with my lifting.
2). I felt compelled to tell the dad "teaching " his daughter how to use the rower that she needed to lower her arms (I was afraid she'd hit herself hard in the throat!) and explode with her legs. I mentioned i rowed in college and he checked me out and said, "I can tell!"30 -
gradchica27 wrote: »Decided to get on the erg for the first time in years. It was a torture device when I rowed in college and I haven't touched one in at least 10 years. That's an nsv in itself, but I had 2 more--
1) I started my first 500 meter sprint and had to stop and check the resistance bc it felt so easy! Nope, it was set to max. Ended up doing 6 500 meter sprints mixed in with my lifting.
2). I felt compelled to tell the dad "teaching " his daughter how to use the rower that she needed to lower her arms (I was afraid she'd hit herself hard in the throat!) and explode with her legs. I mentioned i rowed in college and he checked me out and said, "I can tell!"
Erging for the win! I'm going to the CRASH-B's in February. Can't wait!3 -
had a moment the other day... Heard a song on the radio about Paris (by the Chainsmokers) while I was driving. It made me think about when I was in Paris in 2012. I had been studying abroad in Amsterdam and went to Paris with some other US students for the weekend. We, of course, visited the Eiffel Tower. Most of the students went straight to the stairs. I, of course, did not, along with one other girl. So she and I waited in line for the elevator. For hours. In the cold. One of the elevators had broken. The line was not moving and we were freezing. So we eventually just decided to bail and waited in the warm gift shop. So I never actually made it to the top. Because I didn't want to take the stairs.
This past weekend in Montreal, I climbed every single stair to the top of Mount Royal.
So I may have been a bit weepy in the car.66 -
Not sure if this technically fits the criteria, but I am "officially" no longer obese! I am now merely "overweight"64
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Forgot to add that while I was out yesterday I had to grab a pail of cat litter because we'd run out. I carried that 25lb-ish pail through the store, and then halfway through the parking lot to the car, without having to put it down for a rest. Normally I'd have got a cart and pushed it instead, but yesterday I thought, "No, you can do this!"
It did feel heavy to me (I don't lift - yet), and my arm was aching by the time I reached the car, but I wasn't puffing like I would have been if I'd tried that a few months ago so I'm pleased with myself!
(I'm also amazed that I used to carry twice that weight around all the time, as part of me, without a second thought. No wonder it felt hard to get up the stairs some days...!)32 -
I tried jogging and cycling for the first time since surgery. Went well! I'm definitely going to have to take things slow, I'm just so happy to be moving19
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I moved up one notch (level) on my total gym.13
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Had an appointment at the eye clinic this afternoon, last time I saw the doctor was in October. She said, "Did you lose weight?" and congratulated me, and said I was looking good.
I've only lost about 10-12 pounds more since the last time I saw her, but it seems as though the last 20 have made a lot more difference in my appearance than the first 30 did! Part of it is probably also that I'm wearing smaller clothes and am comfortable in closer-fitting items than I used to be, so that also helps to make it more noticeable.20 -
I ran jogged 3 miles a couple of days ago and felt great! I signed up yesterday for my first 5K this coming April. It's always been something I've wanted to do and now I'm doing it!!!!23
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I'm so excited1
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I'm so excited! Today I had an NSV at the gym! When I started at the gym I couldn't work out on the triceps extension machine because you have to sit between two handlebars and I didn't fit. After that I just avoided the machine. Today I tried it and I fit! I was so happy55
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My toe wore a hole in my running shoes and left me with a nasty blister on my big toe and a shoe full of sand yesterday. Today I put a bandaid on it, doubled up the socks, and the dog and I still did 2 miles this morning. Decided it was time to buy a new pair of shoes and the same brand, same shoe, is a full size smaller now. I guess that explains the blister and the hole in the toe.23
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Even though I'm down a size from my previous maintenance size, I still feel like I'm how I normally look (if that makes sense). I have a black tie event coming up and all of my formal gowns (too tight since college) are all too big!
I asked a friend--she's super fit, definitely "the thin friend"--to borrow a dress and to my shock, ALL 10 dresses she let me try on fit comfortably! I didn't even think they'd zip up!
Nothing really worked, so I'm going shopping35
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