What's Your Most Recent NSV

I swam 80 laps today, the most I've ever swum. I usually just stop at 40 or a mile. I could have kept going, but they threw me out of the pool to close up.

New Pool Dude today was literally going up and back by the time I was barely half-way down one length. I tried for all I was worth to catch up, and there was just no way. I realized a bit later he was using fins and paddle things on his hands. I'm still proud of beating all the people old enough to be my grandparents.

Oh, la. I'm back. Crazy busy few months on the family side. Sporadic logging... now up 10 lbs from where I was a year ago. The NSV... I know I can use this wonderful tool and that weight will drop right off. Nice to be back here. This is a wonderfully motivating thread.

I am so happy that I been losing weight, I lost another 2 lbs, I love my swimming aerobics class I attend every morning 6 days a week have really helped me so much with the chronic pain I been suffering with for 3 1/2 years. I got this now! The best thing of all is I'm off all my 14 medications, God is my helper!

Someone shared a video of me lifting on Facebook and added "#goals" .... I'd never thought I'd be someone's goal!

Our power went out during a storm and we lost all of our food. We had a last minute cookout to try to save as much as possible, and it was really tempting to eat extra large portions since it was just going to be thrown away if we didn't eat it, but I ate only what was appropriate and stayed under my calorie goal for the day.

Also, took a long long walk around the neighborhood during the time we usually would have spent watching a movie.

Posted a new profile pic on Facebook of me snuggling my youngest and wow the compliments have been pouring in! I haven't seen the scale moving much the past month but I guess stuff must be shifting around or something. Anyway, I'll take it!

GemstoneofHeart wrote: »

I just tried on all my fall clothes from last year, which fit but quite a few were even a bit tight on me last year.

I'm swimming in them and a few shirts looked like I was a kid playing dress up in my mothers clothes. They looked like dresses!

New pajamas!! that's what all my old shirts have become. Awesomeness!!!!!

This one is probably mostly mental.

I've started to be more okay with the way my body looks. I still have a long way to go, but it no longer feels impossible to get there. I think this is more about accepting new me and saying goodbye to old me than my actual appearance.

I've stopped wanting to be pefect and I've started just wanting to be better and always continue to get better.

Realizing this has made me care more about my health than my appearance. Or maybe caring more about my health has made me realize this.

The weather forecast was going to be perfect for my planned 100 mile bike ride today. Hardly any wind, not cold and overcast.

Sorted out my route, with lots of "escape" runs included in case I failed miserably. DH knew where to meet me and when, for refreshment stops.

Went to bed early as I planned to be away by 5am.

Then . . . it all went horribly, horribly wrong. Had the worst night's sleep (or rather a serious lack of it) ever. I don't think that I slept at all. So that completely stuffed all my plans. There was no way I could cycle 100 miles after that. I was so disappointed. Every time I make plans, something happens.

Spent the morning sorting and clearing out stuff, followed by a nice lunch. The weather was still good so decided to go for a quick bike ride, just to help with the disappointment of not doing my 100-miler. Planned on a couple of hours (so 20-26 miles).

I did 20 miles, then decided to go up my favourite hill (well, the going down bit is why I like it) to see if I could hit 50 mph. Another total failure - only managed 49.1 mph. I was so disappointed. To make up for this, I decided to circle round back to my other favourite hill to see if I could go down it at 45 mph (it's a shorter, less steep hill). Flew down the hill and had to slow down for a couple of motorists who clearly forgot that the hill is mine when I'm out on my bike. Looked at my bike computer at the bottom of the hill and found I'd hit 46.2 mph. A new record! Well, it brought a smile to my face anyway.

Got home a bit later than anticipated and found that I'd cycled . . . . 50 miles. Half the distance after all. I will get there. The plans are all made, just need to wait for the right day now, which has to be soon as my medication is going to be changed within the next few weeks and the nurse practitioner recommended not doing too much (like 100-mile bike rides) until I'm certain that I'm coping with the treatment okay.

VeronicaA76 wrote: »

GemstoneofHeart wrote: »

I just tried on all my fall clothes from last year, which fit but quite a few were even a bit tight on me last year.

I'm swimming in them and a few shirts looked like I was a kid playing dress up in my mothers clothes. They looked like dresses!

New pajamas!! that's what all my old shirts have become. Awesomeness!!!!!

Didn't even think of that!!

A few months ago I struggled to run 2 minutes. Today due to schedule issues I did a 4 mile bike,2 mile run, 2 leg sail in the morning and a 5k in the evening. At no point did I walk during either set of races. My fitbot is showing over 25k steps today.

I just can't get over how much stamina I have gained, both physically and mentally.

Yesterday, I worked on my library from 7 AM to around 8 PM: up and down a ladder and stairs carrying boxes of books, installing new shelving, etc. By the end of today it will be completely finished, with everything on shelves and organized -- two weeks before the start of the semester!

I also got proposals for a book chapter and a conference presentation out for consideration, have started my next writing project (this one is creative, which I've never done before), and have a general idea about my next scholarly piece. And my syllabi for all classes are about 90% complete.

Honestly, my only major concern about the start of classes is having clothes that fit. Everything is too big. Nice problem to have!

Madwife2009 wrote: »

The weather forecast was going to be perfect for my planned 100 mile bike ride today. Hardly any wind, not cold and overcast.

Sorted out my route, with lots of "escape" runs included in case I failed miserably. DH knew where to meet me and when, for refreshment stops.

Went to bed early as I planned to be away by 5am.

Then . . . it all went horribly, horribly wrong. Had the worst night's sleep (or rather a serious lack of it) ever. I don't think that I slept at all. So that completely stuffed all my plans. There was no way I could cycle 100 miles after that. I was so disappointed. Every time I make plans, something happens.

Spent the morning sorting and clearing out stuff, followed by a nice lunch. The weather was still good so decided to go for a quick bike ride, just to help with the disappointment of not doing my 100-miler. Planned on a couple of hours (so 20-26 miles).

I did 20 miles, then decided to go up my favourite hill (well, the going down bit is why I like it) to see if I could hit 50 mph. Another total failure - only managed 49.1 mph. I was so disappointed. To make up for this, I decided to circle round back to my other favourite hill to see if I could go down it at 45 mph (it's a shorter, less steep hill). Flew down the hill and had to slow down for a couple of motorists who clearly forgot that the hill is mine when I'm out on my bike. Looked at my bike computer at the bottom of the hill and found I'd hit 46.2 mph. A new record! Well, it brought a smile to my face anyway.

Got home a bit later than anticipated and found that I'd cycled . . . . 50 miles. Half the distance after all. I will get there. The plans are all made, just need to wait for the right day now, which has to be soon as my medication is going to be changed within the next few weeks and the nurse practitioner recommended not doing too much (like 100-mile bike rides) until I'm certain that I'm coping with the treatment okay.

Do you have someone that could do the century ride with you. I did my first on Saturday and having a group to do it with made all the difference. I do most of my biking on my own but doing this with a group that was focused on getting it done and not leaving anyone behind was great.

Lost the 13 pounds i put on over 3 days of vacation, Only took me 4 days to sweat/flush it out once going back to my usual Woke up flat tummy again vs looking pregnant lol.
Side NSV, I didnt panick just got my *kitten* back to my routine and focused on drinking that water and my smoothies. If anything i was kind of amused by when i lost 5 pounds and my stomach was all floppy lol. 13 down im back

Edited because apparently i cant spell

Just did a kick butt session of pull-ups, 5 sets, 14, 10, 9, 9, and 8. By far my best session ever!