What's Your Most Recent NSV

I had a few really bad days last week. A couple of close family members were taken to the Emergency Department, and I was the point person for dealing with the hospitalizations and all that went with them. In the past, that would have sent me into several days (or more) of bad eating because I would have just stopped caring about what or how I ate. Or I would have gone to comfort food because I "deserved" it after dealing with all the stress. But surprisingly, last week my craving was for good, healthy, on-plan food because my subconscious told me that I needed to take care of myself, too. I don't think that's ever happened before, and it was quite a revelation. In fact, I found myself rather stunned when I realized that I've internalized a different perspective on what I "deserve". Even though I'm more of a lurker than a poster, I thank the MFP community for that! (And for those of you who are wondering, those hospitalized family members are doing well!)

sueann10 wrote: »

Four for me:
1.TOM on Wed and would normally curl up on the sofa after work. Away for Easter hols and really want to complete c210k before I go. I normally exercise first thing in the morning. Well I came home after work, got out the treadmill and completed W12 D1! First time on my period my weight is heading down hill, normally after the water weight drops off. My husband kept saying how proud he was of me
2. Fri morning got up at 5:15 for my D2 run and completed it!
3. Not a chocolate fan but during TOM always crave it. Walked the length of a supermarket Wed to Fri and didnt buy anything other than my salad! Previously this was my excuse for eating whatever I want!
4. Finally worked out my homemade popcorn portion.

Love this thread!

Just read your post, sitting on the sofa watching TV, had kind of decided I wouldn't do my kettlebell training tonight, TOM and walked over 7000 steps today (this takes some doing being office based) but saw what you'd written, got up and did my workout, thanks for the prod!

Fabulous bike ride today, covered 30.5 miles. It was glorious, the sun was out, it was warm, still had a headwind but not enough to be a deterrent.

Decided to go somewhere slightly different today, I wanted to see some new lambs and the only place I'd seen pregnant sheep at the end of last year was a route I've not taken since before Christmas (mainly due to the poor weather, it takes me 10 miles from home and if the rain hits I want to be able to get home fairly sharpish).

So off I went. This is not a major road, has a bit of traffic on but I'm now used to very quiet roads, hardly any traffic, off the beaten track sort of routes (deliberately chosen). All I could see on the route I went on today were black trees and plants. I was really saddened by this, by the level of pollution we are subjecting our environment to. Despite being blackened, these poor plants are doing their hardest to so what they do in spring and there were little green shoots appearing everywhere. It wasn't good to see but I am more determined than ever to use my car as little as possible. My gym is 3 miles away and I usually go at 5am (= dark). But, as the streets are well-lit, I'm going to take the bike in future (and it will be lighter in the mornings soon); an added benefit will be that my muscles will be nicely warmed up for my strength workout. Less time in the gym, more time in the fresh air. All-round wins, I think.

Photos:



Poor quality photo, sorry. But, lambs! And you can just see from the ewe how strong the wind was today



More blooms I've been riding down a long road where least half a mile of it has hawthorn trees along it (this picture isn't one of them though). Over the last couple of weeks the road has been white on both sides, no green at all, just white. Sadly the wind yesterday and today has blown most of the petals away so it all looks like confetti all over the road and banks.



Just thought it was cool!



Local swan nesting. We've lived here 5 years and last year was the first year they've had cygnets. They started out with five but only one made it to adulthood. Hopefully they'll do better this year as they are now experienced parents! I cycled past and the swan was turning the eggs over and adding dried grass to her nest. Then I took my toddler to see them, we walked 1.5 miles. We are keeping an eye on them as we want to see the babies!

And, in other news:

1) hit 39 mph down that hill today but selfish drivers got in the way again (I really must time my rides better so that I don't meet the rush hour traffic whilst going down hills.

2) the work I've been doing at the gym and cycling up the HFH have been paying off. Last year, the top speed i could physically cycle downhill before the bike took over was 19 mph. Today it was 29.4 mph. My feet/legs go round faster! My flat-level speed is increasing as well.

3) My activity tracker will soon need a smaller wrist band. Only a couple of notches to go

I'm really glad to be adding activities to my physical therapy routine. I cannot do much of any one exercise, but all totaled it comes to 30 minutes of working my legs now.

My weight lifting routine seems to be changing my body, too. I use the machines at the gym for about 20 minutes 3xs a week. I don't necessarily notice any difference in life yet (it's been about a month), but my back seems more firm, etc. I guess something is going on there muscle-wise. Soon, I hope I'll be able to notice a difference when carrying things, etc.

Lastly, this is scale-inspired but is definitely a non-scale victory for me: I weigh less now than I can ever remember, even as a teenager. I just always thought my body didn't really work right. But, now I can tell I'll get to exactly where I want to be, and at the rate I am going that will probably be in just a few more months. Pretty amazing!

My mini and I went for our w2d1 C25K run. The app I use has this as a 1.5 mile jog/walk. We not only pushed ourselves where we "ran" (jogged) the entire 1.5 miles, but the app had a brain fart and forgot to tell us when we were done! We kept waiting to hear it because we KNEW it had to be "any second now," and it didn't ever stop! I finally looked at it, and we "ran" 1.77 miles in one go! No walking in the middle of it! This was only workout 5 of 28!

On Friday, I was able to play soccer outside with my nephews without feeling absolutely winded or sore within a few minutes of starting. I played for a full hour with them before it got too chilly to keep playing - I could have kept going!

Just sorted through my "goal" box of clothes that were too tight last month. I gained several new shirts and some pants to add to my current wardrobe!!

Sorted through my closet and got rid of all the 'too big' clothes. The quantity of clothes left is a sad sad sight. But, it's all well combinable. I realized that I don't need to go shopping (already bought 2 dresses not long ago and still have enough jeans and blouses to put myself together). In the past, that would have been an excuse to go blow a few hundreds on clothes to compensate for my lack of self-esteem (after all, people will look at me weird if I wear the same outfits more than once within a month... right?)

I had surgery in December, and was cleared for exercise in January. I reset my Fitbit step goal to be more realistic for me, starting back at 3500. As soon as I hit that 10 times, I increased my goal by 500. As I kept hitting goals, I kept increasing by 500 for awhile, and then 1000.
Today, I realized I have finally "earned" my daily goal of 10,000 steps in a day! Happy dances add steps and burn calories!! I'm going to keep trying to increase my goal, too!

Madwife2009 wrote: »

bellajan17 wrote: »

Just sorted through my "goal" box of clothes that were too tight last month. I gained several new shirts and some pants to add to my current wardrobe!!

I can't do this . . . I don't have any clothes that are too small for me anymore as I'm smaller than I've ever been (including as a teenager). I have to alter the ones that are too big now

That's an awesome NSV, @Madwife2009

I have a few things that do fit but would still look fine if they were a bit looser, and maybe three pairs of pants that don't fit yet (still carrying a lot of belly fat). Other than that, there are only three "goal" dresses (four if I count my wedding dress) that should fit when I lose another 15lbs or so, and that's it. I'm definitely going to have to learn to alter my clothing. Hope I find a job soon, though, I really need a new bra!!

I was running late this morning and really NEED to wear a belt now. Couldn't find it, so grabbed one in my closet I've never been able to wear. (No idea why I even have it / how and when I got it, really.)

I actually managed to wear it today. That was a nice, pleasant surprise. Plus my pants stayed up, so another win.

Down a pant size!! I was convinced I would never lose weight at my age (63) so I got rid of all my "skinny" clothes. Had to go out and buy pants and some new tops. So excited to be down a size--actually between smaller sizes. In the past, I was always shopping for "larger" sizes. Good Bye Women's size!!!!

Was with family and friends in Cali all weekend and ate anything and everything. Today went right back to my 'usual' food and tracking without a thought or gripe.

30k steps today! My highest in one day thus far! ALLLLL THE FOODZ! :-)

** I'm in maintenance and probably going to eat All of these exercise calories. Yum!