What's Your Most Recent NSV

So, after boasting to my hubby about the cat-litter-carrying incident last week, today when we were unloading the groceries he deliberately left the pail of litter and an equally-heavy bag (for the other hand!) because "you want to carry heavy things"...

kzertuche wrote: »

Had to buy some new jeans because the old ones were falling off, tried on a size smaller and they were still too big, had to go down 2 sizes. Gotta love the thrift store because I'll be shrinking for a while

Yes, thrift stores are great. When I gained my most weight, I only bought from them because buying new XXL at a store felt like defeat. My journey is still young but can't wait to drop off my XXL clothes at the thrift store for their next owner.

passing on a dole whip at disney cause I just want hungry!

Stairs. Besides commuting I don't go up and down stairs at all ( I live on the first floor) last time I went up stairs I'd pause at floor 3 and take a break. Today I ran up to the 6th floor carrying groceries with a friend without stopping. Maybe it's so minimal but weight loss translating to real life activity feels so awesome

Playing squash and being told, 'you look in good shape, have you lost weight?'
Then just grinning all game haha

Finding an old pair of levis in the closet with tags on from last time I tried to lose and put them on and they are a size 12.....started at a 16

Down an inch in my waist and 2 inches in my hips since last week's measurement. Beyond thrilled!

Bought a pair of jeans today in my goal size 3/4, to help motivate me to get rid of the last 11lbs in my diet/exercise journey. (22 down so far) Started November in a size 12.
Came home to try them on to see how far I had to go. And they buttoned without me having to suck in! Haven't worn this size since before getting pregnant with my youngest daughter. She turns 22 tomorrow. This doesn't mean the strength training or the better eating habits stop, But it does mean that I can actually indulge a little bit tomorrow at the party we are going to.

My husband told me he wouldn't like to try cross country skiing with me because I'm more fit than him. Last time he made a comment like that was when we rented bikes at the beach while dating 12 years ago. He then recommended joining a hike and ski club. Who? Me? I thought I was the lazy wife who did nothing but sat around watching Netflix. I'm having a hard time remembering the last time he told me that. My NSV's are giving me an identity crisis, but I think it's a good thing.

akindofmagick wrote: »

They en masse inched closer and closer - the meeting grew disorganized

shoutout to qa for keeping the devs on their toes \o/

#isqaanalyst.

i walked four or five miles home from my barbell club, four-yorkshiremen style. no bleeding knees but it was post-deadlifts, so that kind of counts. and we had the uphill all ways and the snow, oh yes indeed yes, we did have the snow.

why i had to walk, actually. i knew when i left home in the morning that i was likely to get there but coming home might be a thing. left my car behind on purpose because i couldn't have driven it far anyway. and from the looks of the weather report i had a feeling the buses were not going to be running by the time we broke up. so i did deadlifts and presses and then sure enough, i walked home.

the distance itself wasn't that big a deal, but it was horrible snow. idek if normal snow is like this, because mostly it just rains on us. but it was dry enough to make that squidge noise, yet instantly skiddy as soon as it packed itself down underfoot. so i'm counting it as a victory because it was really unstable ground the whole way and i was just wearing my regular hiker/runners. i was carrying 20-some pounds in my backpack as well, so it feels like a nice - genuinely 'functional' - test of various things. i would have got home anyway because it's not like there were alternatives, but the thing is, four or five years ago i think i would have pulled a few muscles along my spine and neck on the way.

and then once i got home i dumped the groceries and borrowed the corner neighbour's snow shovel. don't have one so i started out on her sidewalk and steps too as a payback courtesy, and ended up pretty much clearing the block. my neighbours on the other side of me are growing older, so i did them . . . and then there's a couple further down that i saw helping each other to manage their stairs in our last big snow thing, so i did them . . . and there's a vacant lot that becomes horrible . . . i feel like the village busybody, but honestly, it's kind of hard to stop when you get started with snow.

My NSV is that I did a decent job of controlling my late night snacking despite that there were pitfalls all around me.

I lost 2.5 inches off my belly and waist and an inch off of both my biceps and hips over the course of only 2 week

I ran the gridiron 4 miler in central park today. It was a bit cold but there were more than 5000 other runners (crazy people) entered. I didn't even finish last!