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What's Your Most Recent NSV
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WendyLeigh1119 wrote: »I forgot my most important NSV!
At 172lbs I went to my salon to get a VERY short pixie-style faux-hawk knowing it only looks good *on me* when I'm slim and told her "Because I will be slim enough to look good in this style very soon" (it was a good way to fully commit to losing weight, too.
To maintain my cut, I have to see her every 5 weeks and each time I go in she's like "Everytime I see you, it's like meeting you for the first time".
Plus, my pixie perfectly suits my much-slimmer face now!
Great work! But you got to post a photo of your do for us to see.9 -
I'm down another belt loop and even feel lighter. Additionally, after my first few days back in the gym after nine months out due to injury (several actually) other than my bench press I'm not far off of where I left off.12
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Day 2, Week 8 of C25K completed! Only one more workout to go.
My son and I cannot believe how far we've come in just over 7 weeks. When we began, we struggled to finish the 60-second workouts. Now we're "running" for 28 minutes. And my son ran the whole distance today.
I am astounded. Just astounded that I have managed to do this (I had no doubt about my son). Me. The kid who hid in Phys. Ed to avoid running. Or doing anything remotely "sporty" really.
I wish that my teachers could see me now.31 -
These last few days I've been struggling with depression. NSV: I haven't tried to eat my way out of it. (Those who have struggled with depression know what I mean) I've also managed to stay on course with my working out. So if nothing else I'm not letting how I feel derail me, which is good.
WAY TO GO! I feel ya. Congratulations on staying the course. This speaks to how well you have established your healthy habits since they are weathering the storm that is depression. Keep it up! I know it isn't easy.9 -
I went for new OR scrubs and wound up getting them 2 sizes smaller from 2 months ago. Woo-hoo. This is definitely paying off!24
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tracywatson710 (and anyone else), NSV means "non-scale victory." Those success points that have nothing to do with a number!
I have one! I'm wearing the smallest size means in my closet. I have three distinct size points. And this weekend, I put on the ones I'd pushed back to the back about four years ago, and they pained me every time I saw them. Well... this weekend I put them on and they fit. Super happy about that!20 -
I have been fully on board with eating less, exercising as often as I can since early October last year, so about 8 months now...what I have noticed is that if I have a less than great day eating wise I now do not use that as an excuse to blow the whole day or days or weeks, etc. I bounce back really quickly and get back on track. Today at breakfast I ate heavier than what I wanted to but instead of using that as an excuse (a year ago I would have said screw it and then blew the whole day eating wise and use that as an excuse to not workout) instead I moderated my eating for the rest of the day and did a one hour lots of incline hike this afternoon and just got back from kickboxing.
FOr me that is huge and exciting becasue it shows that I am finally getting it and learning how to adapt and monitor myself. Another thing I noticed is that even if the scale is not moving my motivation does not waver...I continue being motivated:)
Plus I am down 21 lbs since last fall:)33 -
I recently started working at a new place with new people. The place has standing desks for everyone and I stand at mine all day long. Last Friday the boss came over and asked me about standing all the time, "don't you get tired?" I explained briefly about exercise and calorie burns and I lost ~100 lb since January 2016 and his expression turned to incredulous. He said that he couldn't imagine me being that big. That felt good.32
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*Just started wearing backless Victoria's Secret Sport tops and matching shortie shorts to the Gym. And I don't feel stupid. Even better....I ordered the first shirt in Medium and it was too big. I ordered 2 more in Small yesterday.22
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I ran on the treadmill at 4 MPH for 5 minutes without stopping. I'd never been able to run more than 1:30 at a time. :-) I attribute this to all the belly dancing I have been doing.30
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So as of three days ago, I am no longer obese! Just "overweight." I know that BMI isn't a great measure for every body type, but for me, the categories are pretty spot on - at my starting weight, I was morbidly obese, and my health was suffering as a result. Just losing enough weight to get down to the regular obese category made a huge difference to my health and activity levels. And now that I'm in the overweight category, I feel that there's an additional difference - the extra weight I still have makes some activities harder, but there are very few activities I can't do now because of my weight. Except maybe pull-ups.
Since my starting goal was to lose enough weight to no longer be obese, for the sake of improving my insulin resistance and helping to control my diabetes, this means I have achieved my goal. I have now reset a new goal - normal weight. When I started I wanted to make my goal modest enough to be achievable. I didn't want to give up out of frustration because it was taking too long. I didn't dare dream that I might be normal weight again. In large part it's because of the inspiring people here that I have the faith to keep going. My weight loss and fitness levels have improved my diabetes control dramatically, so much so that my doctor stopped all but one of my medications.
In other news, sometimes an NSV looks like the opposite. I was looking at my belly in the mirror and noticed my shorts were digging into my belly flab - it looked worse than before! But then I noticed this is because what used to be a firm mound of fat is now a soft loose layer over muscle. It's a work in progress, but there is definitely progress happening.44 -
I've added an inch to my bum! Thank you Strong Curves, I didn't think it was possible to ever grow this pancake but it's happening!30
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rheddmobile wrote: »So as of three days ago, I am no longer obese! Just "overweight." I know that BMI isn't a great measure for every body type, but for me, the categories are pretty spot on - at my starting weight, I was morbidly obese, and my health was suffering as a result. Just losing enough weight to get down to the regular obese category made a huge difference to my health and activity levels. And now that I'm in the overweight category, I feel that there's an additional difference - the extra weight I still have makes some activities harder, but there are very few activities I can't do now because of my weight. Except maybe pull-ups.
Since my starting goal was to lose enough weight to no longer be obese, for the sake of improving my insulin resistance and helping to control my diabetes, this means I have achieved my goal. I have now reset a new goal - normal weight. When I started I wanted to make my goal modest enough to be achievable. I didn't want to give up out of frustration because it was taking too long. I didn't dare dream that I might be normal weight again. In large part it's because of the inspiring people here that I have the faith to keep going. My weight loss and fitness levels have improved my diabetes control dramatically, so much so that my doctor stopped all but one of my medications.
In other news, sometimes an NSV looks like the opposite. I was looking at my belly in the mirror and noticed my shorts were digging into my belly flab - it looked worse than before! But then I noticed this is because what used to be a firm mound of fat is now a soft loose layer over muscle. It's a work in progress, but there is definitely progress happening.
I just wanted to say, I think that this post is wonderful. Awesome and inspiring. I love how your positive attitude just shines through and how your commitment is yielding results beyond your expectations.
I am going to go and reset some of my own goals now, just from reading your post - its made me realise a few things about myself11 -
150 day streak. Longest streak ever for me, probably by about 125 days!
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rheddmobile wrote: »So as of three days ago, I am no longer obese! Just "overweight." I know that BMI isn't a great measure for every body type, but for me, the categories are pretty spot on - at my starting weight, I was morbidly obese, and my health was suffering as a result. Just losing enough weight to get down to the regular obese category made a huge difference to my health and activity levels. And now that I'm in the overweight category, I feel that there's an additional difference - the extra weight I still have makes some activities harder, but there are very few activities I can't do now because of my weight. Except maybe pull-ups.
Since my starting goal was to lose enough weight to no longer be obese, for the sake of improving my insulin resistance and helping to control my diabetes, this means I have achieved my goal. I have now reset a new goal - normal weight. When I started I wanted to make my goal modest enough to be achievable. I didn't want to give up out of frustration because it was taking too long. I didn't dare dream that I might be normal weight again. In large part it's because of the inspiring people here that I have the faith to keep going. My weight loss and fitness levels have improved my diabetes control dramatically, so much so that my doctor stopped all but one of my medications.
In other news, sometimes an NSV looks like the opposite. I was looking at my belly in the mirror and noticed my shorts were digging into my belly flab - it looked worse than before! But then I noticed this is because what used to be a firm mound of fat is now a soft loose layer over muscle. It's a work in progress, but there is definitely progress happening.
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I have been lifting weights for a little while now- the scale is up a little (1-3lbs) but my diet has been on point. I know it is water retention from the weights and you know what? I am not freaking out about it. I think I have learned to be more accepting of my weight fluctuations and understanding why they happen. And my other measurements keep going down so I am happy22
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I know it isn't the be all, end all, measure...but hitting normal BMI this morning felt pretty dang good!50
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So, my little hybrid bike and I hit another milestone today:
Four thousand miles, since getting the bike last September.
To celebrate, I went out for another ride and clocked up another 20+ miles.
Other highlights include:
Top speed:
And I found out that I can pedal up to 31mph (going downhill) before the bike and momentum take over. That's up 2mph this year.
And non-biking NSV:
My tummy "pouch" is changing shape and is getting smaller. I just wish that the fat around my midriff would just go away.27 -
My latest NSV was comparing my measurements to 8 weeks ago, I'm down 8 inches from waist, thighs, arms and bust.
I'm also a dress size smaller. It's so amazing, I'm extremely happy. I have a long way to go but I'm off to a good start23 -
I hit my protein goal today for the first time ever!24
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