What's Your Most Recent NSV
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I bought a dress last night off of a Facebook garage sale site. It was a size 8, and I look GOOD in it. At this time last year I was wearing size 24W. I haven't worn a single digit size since elementary school.40
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Two tiny NSV for me today.
1) Finally back on track, i have started down the road to losing weight and getting healthier umpteen times in the last 5 years never to really stick it out. today was day 10 of consistently tracking for me AND exercising (almost every day) AND staying within my calorie goal and not chowing down on all my 'calories earned' from exercise
2) I rode my motorcycle in to work today and the snap buttons at the top of my pants stayed fastened even though i was wearing jeans underneath!
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Stuck in Midtown during lunch surrounded by fast food joints - ate at a BBQ joint - managed to stay under my allotted calories! And a big shout out to MFP which had the nutritional info for this local restaurant menu.21
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My bike is back on the road, DH robbed some parts from my old bike as a temporary measure until the new parts arrive.
Did my short route this evening and knocked another minute and a half off my newest "best" time of 58 minutes, so 56 minutes 30 seconds. Interesting that I'm now timing it to the second. To the minute used to be good enough (and before that, to within ten minutes)
I'm putting this quicker time down to adjusting my seat up by half an inch; I cannot pedal using my toes and have to use the mid-part of my feet, so the traditional seat adjustment was never quite right for me. I've been meaning to put the seat up for weeks (if not months). Finally did it being as we were messing about with the seat anyway and it made cycling so much easier. I was able to get up hills in a higher gear, and also faster, than usual.22 -
Today I deadlifted 100lb! I'm so excited!!!35
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Cleaned out a dresser drawer of pants that were too small and that I was saving for "when I lose weight one day." Well I tried them all on last night and all but one were TOO BIG. Now I have an empty drawer ready to be filled with work out clothes!30
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MsHarryWinston wrote: »Today I deadlifted 100lb! I'm so excited!!!
Congrats! I'm almost there, I'm at 90 right now.10 -
As so many people experience, my work related stress is sometimes unbearable. I realized JUST NOW... that my mind is not thinking of comfort food but I was thinking about my walk tonight and how I cant wait.....feels soooooo good. That is not to say that I don't/wont seek the comfort of food but my first thoughts are no longer "what can I eat".....27
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I have 2 NSVs today. Yesterday I bought a pair of size 16W shorts and they fit really nicely. Given that I was a size 20-22 just 9 weeks ago, I'm thrilled. Also, I found a new scrub top that I bought over 5 years ago (a size smaller than what I really was) in hopes of loosing enough weight to fit me. That didn't happen until today. It's actually a bit loose. Yes, I'm wearing it right now.30
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I benched 135lbs yesterday. It had been a year long goal since I started with a bench of 95lbs. It also looks super badass with the big plates on there so I was stoked all day yesterday.23
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I can touch my toes!!!! I don't know if it's because i've gained flexibility during lifting or what... cause i haven't really been stretching.. just a few ones after the lifting session. either way.. ill take it23
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It is actually comfortable to cross my legs now!19
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livechelon wrote: »@sammieb1228 If you use an iPhone, the switch on the left side has to be up to allow volume to play from apps while your phone is locked.
Thank you! my iPhone is always on silent. I'll try to remember that tomorrow when I do Day 2 tomorrow.5 -
So, I'm teaching summer school and today during whole group reading in the middle of me reading a story this little boy grabs my calf and says "OMG her legs are ALL MUSCLES!" which obviously interrupted what we were doing and got the class going, which was quickly stopped. Then after the kids left I got to thinking and touched my calf. What was once all fat is actually mostly muscles and my legs actually look toned now. So thank you little second grader for randomly interrupting our lesson and making me realize this.40
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I bought my wedding dress back in Nov 2016 and it fit me perfect. Over the last 6 months I gained 15lbs or so due to some high stress situations. Tried it on end of May and I couldnt even get the zipper up So went back a month later today and it fit almost perfect again!!! Felt so good to get that zipper back up. Only 8lbs to go!!!! 2 months and I get married eek33
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Tonight I ran a 5.7 mile trail race faster than my fastest time, which happened 5 years ago when I was in the best shape of my life and before I got pregnant with my first child! The next fastest group of 2 women were 21 sec/mile faster than me, but just a few weeks ago they were 44 sec/mile faster. I've only been back running two months, so I'm hopeful for a continuing speed trend. Goals: trail race under 7:30 min/mile by Aug 1 (today was 7:36), and to finish higher than fourth place (I seem to get fourth every week).19
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Night eating is a big problem for me. Well last night I stayed up past everybody else and did dishes - in the kitchen the whole time - and I didn't eat a thing! When I started feeling hungry I drank water, and when that stopped helping I went to bed. I was really worried my resolve would break but look at that! I'm developing better self control (or getting over my emotional need to eat?)!
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I bought my wedding dress back in Nov 2016 and it fit me perfect. Over the last 6 months I gained 15lbs or so due to some high stress situations. Tried it on end of May and I couldnt even get the zipper up So went back a month later today and it fit almost perfect again!!! Felt so good to get that zipper back up. Only 8lbs to go!!!! 2 months and I get married eek
I know this feeling minus the losing weight part. It was such a horrible feeling when I quit smoking after I bought my wedding dress. It went from having to be shrunk down to be taken out so much that eventually they had to put ties in the back. That was one of my causes for losing weight the first time. But I didn't lose weight in time for the wedding. Congratulations to you!!
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erienneb66 wrote: »I benched 135lbs yesterday. It had been a year long goal since I started with a bench of 95lbs. It also looks super badass with the big plates on there so I was stoked all day yesterday.
That is such a good feeling! Big girl plates! AWESOME!9 -
Decided to up things a bit this week as I've been less busy at work, so in addition to my PT sessions, my time in the gym on my own, and pilates class I joined a couple of classes, and despite being the oldest in the class by about 30 years I more than held my own, in fact I was one of the fittest in the class.26
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