What's Your Most Recent NSV
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I think my greatest NSV is I'm still here. I started this journey in October and I'm still here.
I've had some bad days, some bad weeks, and a couple of bad months...but I'm still here.
Also, went shopping because of all the sales going on right now and there was a shirt I liked but they only had it in a medium. I decided to try it, but was discouraged because I knew the medium wouldn't fit....
The medium fit. I almost didn't buy it because I just couldn't get over that I fit into a medium. It's like I was seeing it, but I couldn't believe it. It's form fitting, not exactly snug, but I figure another 5-10 pounds will make it just right.38 -
I'm beginning to like shopping for clothes for myself, first time in decades. Today I bought a shirt 2 sizes smaller than what I was 2 months ago and it's actually a little loose! I can't wait to go back.16
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I am not sure if victory or failure. I tried to buy shorts today and tried on pairs at lots of stores. 14 is to big 12 to small but given a few months ago I was wearing 18 and they were tight I will call this successful28
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I picked up a pair of 14W capris and they fit started out at a 24W and I started out at a 3x just bought multiple Large shirts some medium and XLs are starting to get baggy26
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My heart rate used to regularly spike into the 170's during my hilly cycle rides.
It hasn't gone beyond 163 bpm for the last four weeks.
That means I'm getting fitter, right?26 -
runningjen74 wrote: »I did a 10 minute test on the Assault bike (bike from hell) back in December, and got 78 calories. Retested on friday after seriously increasing my conditioning....105 calories!!! Delighted!
That is awesome Assault bike riding is incredible workout3 -
I walked around in a t-shirt today, outside, with no hoodie. I don't know if I have done that even in the last year - even if it was over 90* F outside.17
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To start off, I want to say great job to everyone! I am encouraged and re-motivated every time I read this thread -
it is definitely my favorite one out there!
No matter how small it may seem to others, every NSV is worth celebrating if it means something to you. That is something I have to continually remind myself when I start to worry about my "small" NSV's.
So here goes for last week:
1) I did not drink coffee on four days last week. This is something I am working on because I don't actually like the taste of coffee and add lots of milk and sugar to it to make it taste good.
2) I walked most days.
3) I did strength exercises in arms, legs, and abs.
4) I tracked food one day - I was aiming for two, but I need to be grateful for any that I did.
5) I ate a salad one day.
6) On my fitbit, I got 6 250's on Saturday and Sunday. Those are the days it is hardest to get the 250 in.
7) I think on 5 days I got 8 sets of stairs or more.
8) I finally fit into one of my favorite dresses again. There is a graduation ceremony I am hoping to wear it to next week so I need to be extra careful right now.
Well, that's it. I told myself to focus on the things above and not the number on the scale. If I do the things above, then the number on the scale will change. But if it doesn't, I can still feel proud of how I am getting my body more healthy.
PS - for anyone wondering, cause it seems like someone often is, NSV stands for "Non-Scale Victory".20 -
Goodwill success!
- Old Navy shorts. Size 12.
- 2 JCrew tshirts. Size M.
That is a 20-year low.30 -
pushed a motor at the gym on a sled.11
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Being able to tighten my regulation seatbelt on the airplane (used to almost need an extender, and now I can tighten it a LOT since losing 70 lbs this year)19
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I decided to do something hard, something I didn't think I could complete and did it. I rowed a marathon distance on the ergometer, 42195 meters, taking me just over 3 hours 50 minutes. I'm back on the weight loss band wagon, I was eating far greater quantities while I was training to fuel workouts.
The real victory in doing this is now there is a self belief that I will lose the weight and keep it off. There are no ifs ands or buts, simply it will happen. Sure there will be bumps, but I'll just have to continue with the plan and modify as required.23 -
Managed to complete a 5k mud race including scaling a 12 ft climbing wall! Certainly wouldn't have been able to do that six months ago! :-)22
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runningjen74 wrote: »I decided to do something hard, something I didn't think I could complete and did it. I rowed a marathon distance on the ergometer, 42195 meters, taking me just over 3 hours 50 minutes. I'm back on the weight loss band wagon, I was eating far greater quantities while I was training to fuel workouts.
The real victory in doing this is now there is a self belief that I will lose the weight and keep it off. There are no ifs ands or buts, simply it will happen. Sure there will be bumps, but I'll just have to continue with the plan and modify as required.
@runningjen74 - Wow! That's really far. I rowed a half-mary early this month and was very pleased with myself. Congrats!
I really like your attitude. Excellent.11 -
@TmacMMM ah, thanks. You're half way there If you wanted to do you you could do it easily. Having said that, a half Marathon is a real achievement and you should be proud of yourself!8
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1) Day 2 Week 6 of C25K complete. It was 2 x 10-minute runs and so much harder than the continuous 20-minute run! But we got through it. As far as I can determine the remaining workouts are all continuous runs, no intervals so it should be better
2) I am a bit of a numbers geek. I like figures, and statistics and other fun stuff like that. My children definitely dislike my love of maths. Anyway, I digress. I like numbers and have been keeping track of all of my deliberate exercise over the last few months on a spreadsheet, which is set up to automatically add the entries up, etc (I do graphs as well).
My spreadsheet, up until today, only had tabs for walking and cycling. Today I added one for "Running". That is something I never thought that I'd see connected with me and exercise27 -
Madwife2009 wrote: »1) Day 2 Week 6 of C25K complete. It was 2 x 10-minute runs and so much harder than the continuous 20-minute run! But we got through it. As far as I can determine the remaining workouts are all continuous runs, no intervals so it should be better
2) I am a bit of a numbers geek. I like figures, and statistics and other fun stuff like that. My children definitely dislike my love of maths. Anyway, I digress. I like numbers and have been keeping track of all of my deliberate exercise over the last few months on a spreadsheet, which is set up to automatically add the entries up, etc (I do graphs as well).
My spreadsheet, up until today, only had tabs for walking and cycling. Today I added one for "Running". That is something I never thought that I'd see connected with me and exercise
I have to admit to keeping a spreadsheet also. I looked back at it yesterday and saw an entry from July last year which read "first day of NHS C25K today. Started at week 3. Not too bad". I was 22st 11lb then. Now I run 3 times a week, sometimes more and usually 10K distances. I'm at 201 lbs now.
My NSV this week - my son was telling me about the basic fitness test for the Army that he's working to. The running test requires something like running 1.5 miles in under 14 minutes. Well, I had to have a go didn't I? Needless to say I did it in less which left me feeling pretty chuffed with myself.
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Today I ran for 5 minutes!! I only meant to do a minute but I just kept going. I'm going to look for running shoes today.
I really needed this nsv today because he scale is a traitorous *kitten* lately.26 -
Finished week 4 of C25K today! Those last 5 minutes were torture lol...but I did increase the speed on the last segment so maybe that had something to do with it as well. The weeks have literally flown by! I can't believe I'll be starting week 5 on Wednesday...nervous and excited!18
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I walked six miles, and got my mother to go with me!20
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