What's Your Most Recent NSV
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I had to stop wearing underwear under my rowing shorts because they are too loose and seriously exacerbate the chafing problem at longer distances. TMI?
Aha! That may be why I'm having similar problems on the bike over longer distances - that the undies are too big didn't occur to me. D'oh!
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@Madwife2009 -- Definitely give it a try. I think cycling shorts in particular are better without underwear. The excess, damp fabric does bad, bad things.10
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I'm not one to go commando, but I do find that I need to wear a large instead of an xl when running or "things" bounce around too much for my liking.9
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1) I need to take in my already taken-in trousers again. They are loose. Which means that I'll also have to take in my not-yet-taken-in trousers. Amazing how strength training alters your figure when actual weight-loss seems to evade you.
2) My children needed shoes today so we went to the local outlet centre (shoes are 40% cheaper there); we walked 7+ miles there and back. My toddler was having a lazy day so she walked about a mile of that, and I pushed her the rest of the way. I was able to push her faster than DH could walk. He couldn't keep up with me and actually moaned about it. Usually it's the other way around, and he's charging off without the rest of us. We went this morning as it was dry (the forecast was threatening storms) and I wanted to get everyone out for some exercise whilst we could.
Got home, DH just managed to get the clothes in off the line when the skies opened and all of the world's water fell upon my part of the world. So that, as far as I could see, had put paid to the next C25K workout and my bike ride for the day. Cue much gnashing of teeth on my part. The storm continued for about an hour and then eased off a bit. Then started, stopped, started, stopped, you get the picture. Eventually it ceased and the sun reappeared.
I grabbed my son and said that we should do our C25K whilst we could so off we went. Got within half a mile of home (circular route) run 5 of 6 when the rain started. Did the walking bit, the rain got harder. Run 6 of 6, it bucketed down on us. I have never been so wet outside of a swimming pool, nor has my poor son. At the end of the 90 second run, we decided to carry on running as we'd get home a bit faster. After another 90 seconds, my boy, who is decades younger than I, was struggling to keep going and begged me to stop. We were about 200 yards from home at this point and I could have kept going but slowed to a brisk walk for him. I didn't want him put off as I'm enjoying our time together. Maybe if he hadn't insisted on talking about tanks (the military type, he's been obsessed since we took him to a tank museum at the age of five) during the run sections he'd have had the energy to keep going when we needed to
We got home seriously soaked. DH laughed at us (but of course the last laugh was on him as we were the ones doing the exercise whilst all he was exercising was his larynx).
Absolutely loving C25K. Running (or plodding in my case) is such fun. I've missed out on so much by not doing it sooner. And it's (currently) not as hard as I was anticipating. I may feel differently in a few weeks though
The bike ride was completely out of the question as it's still raining. Not a good start to the month and my planned mileage target. Supposed to be nice tomorrow though, so I should get out for a long ride then (with correctly fitting underwear )25 -
21cm loss in 4 weeks of personal training. That includes the mandatory introduction session before I started.15
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Lost 3.75 inches this month since starting crossfit, total of 42.5 inches so far....crazy to think about it.25
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I just started my weight training at home using the free Fitness Blender videos on YouTube. My goal is to be more toned before my birthday in June. I made my own strength training schedule from the video library. Monday is upper body, Tuesday is a rest day, Wednesday is Lower body, Thursday is a rest day, Friday is Abs and Saturday is Total body and Sunday is a rest day. I'll repeat this weekly for a month. I took before pictures and I'm looking forward to the changes26
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Husband embraced this new way of life! He has been meal prepping with me, making suggestions, and started the Couch to 5K program last week! ❤️
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Several weeks ago, I rummaged through some old boxes to find smaller pants to fit me. One pair fit beautifully but needed to be hemmed. Not an eager seamstress, I put them aside to do "later." lol
Today I tried them on again to mark how much to hem them. They're too big now.25 -
My feet may have shrunk a bit. I can wear my daughter's shoes which are a size smaller than my shoes.
She's gonna hate me if i keep borrowing her clothes and shoes23 -
so, not an amazing bank holiday weekend food/drink wise.
a litre of vodka over the few days did not help wise food choices.
but....
Saturday - cleaned house and tidied garden a bit and got 13 minutes of planking done
Sunday - did Pilates and played squash league game and won. Got another 13 minutes of planking done. Also started C25K - loving it (very impressed with this day's movement after the amount of vodka imbibed the previous day)
Monday - did BodyCombat and BodyPump classes before Yo Sushi
weight has stalled since before Easter holiday - but feeling good! (can still pull on work trousers without undoing them - makes me less fussed about the scale!)
and....although I dislike change, I have decided to swap my swim on a Tuesday morning for the C25K run and my weights. It was getting so I didn't have any time and this way I get an evening free.14 -
Bony knees. Who knew!22
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Just found out today that the battery in the scale needed replacing... Went down 2.4 pounds in one day! Ha! This is mostly a PSA to change your scale batteries but also an NSV because I didn't let a weight stall get me down. I actually was more motivated than ever to keep truckin. And it ended up paying off in the end31
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Soooo...yesterday was a bit of a bummer, but I thought I was dealing with it fine.
Woke up this morning and felt BLAH.
On the drive to work I pass multiple fast food chains, Sheetz (convenience store), and a Dunkin Donuts.
I was feeling sorry for myself and pulled in to the Dunkin Donuts. I had in mind a sticky apple cinnamon thingy they used to make - I don't even know if they still make it. I approached the door with the "Screw it - I want this" attitude. Sitting outside the doors at the tables I saw a very large, very unhappy looking woman smoking and eating a box of munchkins.
It gave me pause.
I went inside thinking, okay so I'll have the reduced fat blueberry muffin instead - I like those.
The young woman at the counter waiting for her order was frazzled. She was having what I call a toddler-challenge and it was causing her clothes to twist and to expose more of herself than she probably liked. I guesstimate she was my size when I started this journey, but she was significantly shorter than me.
Pause #2
Staring at the goods. Not sure what to do now.
The store workers were all moving like busy bees, but I noticed they were all on the heavy side.
I would be too if I had that stuff staring me in the face everyday.
They are there because they need a job.
Why am I here?
Do I want to start down this road?
Do I really think this donut/muffin/calorie laden confection is going to solve the fact that I have self-worth issues this morning?
Turned around and left.
Got to work 10 minutes early. Made a cup of tea, got out a peanut butter and dark chocolate Kind bar and settled in to start the day.
NSV - Awareness. The victory is not that I didn't buy and eat a donut. The victory for me is that I stopped and was reasonable instead of proceeding on emotion and impulse.
*Please don't take my comments about the woman smoking or the toddler mother as judgmental. It was not meant that way at all - more that it prompted me to think about my journey and did I want to go backwards.96 -
Yesterday I did not eat any of the desserts provided my work in the afternoon (cheesecake/cupcakes/brownies/cookies)- and this morning, I turned down donuts a colleague brought in as a gender-reveal for her baby! I thanked her and spoke to her about her baby (it's a boy) but politely turned down the donuts. Two days in a row, something I would never normally do (in the past). I am right there with you, @Lucy175233
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I put on a shirt the otherday thay was previously too tight. It was loose !22
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There was one lonely cupcake sitting next to the coffee machine at work yesterday. It was the last one. I love cupcakes. No, thats wrong. I love the icing on cupcakes. I can walk away from cheesecake, donuts, chocolate, and many other things, but cupcakes are a struggle. But yesterday I looked at it and decided it just wasn't worth it.
And @Lucy1752, I don't think you're being judgemental at all. Why would you want to emulate someone who is practicing the same behaviours that you have worked so hard to change? On the other hand, if I see an overweight person at the gym who is is working hard, it inspires me to work hard too.27 -
I tried on a smaller pair of pants and they fit! Nicely!19
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This weekend we were at a waterpark and I didn't feel the constant need to hide myself while in my swimsuit like I used to. It was so nice to just have fun and enjoy the day without the constant paranoia that everyone is staring at my chubbiness. Hopefully when I reach my GW I will even be able to feel that comfortable in a bikini.26
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Down a belt notch! 2 more to go before I need a new belt (or maybe just a new notch)21
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