What's Your Most Recent NSV

This morning i moved my bra band from the loosest to the tightest. Probably should have been on the middle for a while now.

TmacMMM wrote: »

Had my on-the-water rowing class tonight. Was chatting with the (very athletic) coach afterwards and she said, "Those who are fit, like you, probably enjoy it more right from the beginning..."

I'm sorry, what? Fit? Like ME?!?

Haha, that's great. Congrats! It's always nice to get an outsider's perspective

This was a big one for me - today I scored a ten on the sitting / rising test. This is a test sometimes used to gauge general health and predict mortality - whether it's really valid or not is another subject - but regardless when I started out I couldn't do it. What you do is start standing up in bare feet, cross your legs and lower yourself to the ground without touching anything with your hands. Then you stand back up on your crossed feet, again without using your hands or knees. You get ten points to start with, five for getting down and five for getting up, and you lose one for every time you put a hand, knee, etc down and half a point for losing balance or bouncing.

When I started trying to lose weight in January following abdominal surgery I couldn't get up like that at all - I had to go on all fours and then climb up. More recently I could get up the way you're supposed to with my feet crossed and one hand, which is a score of nine, but I could never manage it without that hand because my legs were too plump to let me easily get my feet under me while crosslegged. And frankly I weigh enough that levering myself out of that position is challenging. But it bugged me that I couldn't do it, so every time I was down on the floor doing exercises I would try it. And today I did it. And then I did it again just to prove it wasn't a fluke. I can do it now.

Success on wearing my "goal" skirt last night it was comfortable and I felt great! On my way to the show the Lyft driver and I were talking about how I avoid eating out because I want to eat healthy and she responded, "But you're not overweight you can afford to eat out if you want." I had to look around to see if anyone else was in the car haha I did tell her I eat out once in a while just not all the time like I used to

junodog1 wrote: »

Madwife2009 wrote: »

This morning I cycled 10 miles . . . and . . . got soaked.

This afternoon I walked 3 miles . . . and . . . got soaked

This evening I cycled 23 miles . . . and . . . got soaked, dried out, got soaked right through to my undies and socks, dried out and got soaked again.

I've had to change my clothes three times today. And I am very cold now.

The really sad thing is that I actually enjoyed the exercise, despite the soakings. As I slogged it up one hill on the bike this evening, I was laughing as I got to the top. This may have been hysteria. I can't tell for sure as by that point I was losing my mind ever so slightly.

Ah @Madwife2009

You've inspired me. I've been battling rain for 4 days now. It was only dry to walk 2 days. Tonight I will walk regardless, unless it's lightning as that is a deal breaker.

I hope it stays dry for you, makes it all so much more pleasant

I don't do lightning either, way too scary (almost got hit as a child; I was stood next to a manhole cover that got struck).

I also walked in the rain on Monday - it was torrential and the wind was horrendous. My umbrella had to go straight into the bin when I got home as it was wrecked after three miles of abuse at the hands of the elements

I don't know if anyone else is the same, but I never regret going out in bad weather to exercise. However, I always regret NOT going out in bad weather to exercise.

Looks like rain again now but my son and I need to do Day 3, Week 7 of C25K. Haven't missed a day yet and don't intend to start now. Then I may go out on the bike as well if it's not too dark

Staying ahead of the curve with my peer group

I went from an H&M size 52 to a C&A size 44. I know it's all relative, but whoa - this is ridic.

Madwife2009 wrote: »

JetJaguar wrote: »

Madwife2009 wrote: »

junodog1 wrote: »

Madwife2009 wrote: »

This morning I cycled 10 miles . . . and . . . got soaked.

This afternoon I walked 3 miles . . . and . . . got soaked

This evening I cycled 23 miles . . . and . . . got soaked, dried out, got soaked right through to my undies and socks, dried out and got soaked again.

I've had to change my clothes three times today. And I am very cold now.

The really sad thing is that I actually enjoyed the exercise, despite the soakings. As I slogged it up one hill on the bike this evening, I was laughing as I got to the top. This may have been hysteria. I can't tell for sure as by that point I was losing my mind ever so slightly.

Ah @Madwife2009

You've inspired me. I've been battling rain for 4 days now. It was only dry to walk 2 days. Tonight I will walk regardless, unless it's lightning as that is a deal breaker.

I hope it stays dry for you, makes it all so much more pleasant

I don't do lightning either, way too scary (almost got hit as a child; I was stood next to a manhole cover that got struck).

I also walked in the rain on Monday - it was torrential and the wind was horrendous. My umbrella had to go straight into the bin when I got home as it was wrecked after three miles of abuse at the hands of the elements

I don't know if anyone else is the same, but I never regret going out in bad weather to exercise. However, I always regret NOT going out in bad weather to exercise.

Looks like rain again now but my son and I need to do Day 3, Week 7 of C25K. Haven't missed a day yet and don't intend to start now. Then I may go out on the bike as well if it's not too dark

Cycling Rule #9: If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a bad*kitten*. Period.

Here in Florida, if I didn't go out in the rain I'd practically have to quit riding in the summer.

(Edit: I ought to add that that's from the Velominati Rules, which is a work of satire that pokes fun at roadie culture. Most riders understand that, but a small number take them seriously - likely the same sort of people who believe Onion articles are actual news.)

Hey, I love to be a rule breaker. I must truly be a bad *kitten* 'cause I cycle through everything and anything - rain, hail, wind, cold, night, plus combinations of these. There isn't much that stops me peddling (I don't do snow or lightning though)

I'm off to look up the Onion articles now as I've never heard of them.

But before I go, my latest NSV:

Week 7 of C25K complete. In the rain. And today's 25-minute plod was way, way easier than the rest of the program so far. I thought it would be harder but nope, it was easier. My son even ran the whole distance - he's been known to speed walk besides me as I plod so slowly.

Really looking forward to starting Week 8 on Saturday ME. Looking forward to running. ME!

The Onion is a humor website that looks like a news page. Occasionally, clueless people will pass along stories from them in the belief that it is an actual news article. Even real news organizations have been caught out a couple of times.

BTW, A couple other Rules that I like are #5: HTFU (Harden The *kitten* Up); and #10: It never gets easier, you just go faster.

I'm back in the gym after 9 months due to injuries and schedule. I had a great workout and feel awesome.

Two months ago I ran a mile in 10:30, and today I finished in under 9:00! My 5K time has gone down a little, too, but this was most obvious.

ekd23 wrote: »

Tried on my swimsuit from last year in April. It was baggier for sure, but I thought it would still work fine for swimming by the time the pool opened. Well, went to put it on the other day before a trip to the pool to find that it was WAY too big, hanging off of me. I tried on another one that used to be tight and unflattering. It was also hanging off of me. I had to go to the pool in shorts, a sports bra, and tank top. Need to go buy a new swimsuit!

OK smaller sizes are pretty regular NSVs here. I am not putting down any of them, but your post here is truly awesome. bathing suits are all stretchy and full of my friend spandex and forgive your size a lot - up and down.

The fact that you have undergrown your bathing suits .... wow!. Big Losses.

This morning I finally reached a weight with a healthy BMI and felt confident enough to tuck my shirt in, which I've never done before!

I gave blood yesterday. Iron levels were good enough - always a challenge, even at post menopause.

I did not eat the whole jar of almond butter last night.