What's Your Most Recent NSV

The park we run at is underwater at the moment (thanks Harvey) so we ran our c25k on the treadmill at the gym. NSV for my husband as well since he said he was really looking forward to running today and didn't want to skip it.

Also: counting my blessings and praying for the folks who are suffering from the storm.

Didn't think I'd be back so soon, but...

During my recent trip I went to a concert and really wanted to get this one particular t-shirt, because for a whole host of reasons the singer and song are tied into my weight loss/self love/health improvement journey. I resolved to get it one size too small, partly for motivation and partly to remind myself not to be afraid or ashamed of numbers on a tag. Wouldn't you know they only had a small available.

I got it anyway.

The small fits.

Now it's just a matter of fitting better.

Temp was 48F when dog and I left the house this morning for our 3 1/2 mile walk, so I threw a light jersey over my T and shorts. It was the first time I wore that jersey since May, and today it nearly covered my entire shorts! Only the bottom inch could be seen.

That's when I realized my butt and hips no longer held up the jersey, and it fell straight down! Happy me & happy dog

The leap I feel in my heart now when I see myself in a window reflection....i am making this happen....and that's me!!!

The tightest pants I own no longer give me a waist rash after wearing them all day.

I have to buy new scrub bottoms bc mine are too baggy. Had a patient & coworker comment on weight loss this week. (10 pound in 2 months)

Every time I leave Dunkin Donuts with only an iced coffee in my hand- it's a non scale victory

This is actually a scale-related victory, but......for the first time in a very long time, within Normal BMI. Discovered that I am actually 1/2" shorter than I thought, so that also delayed reaching 'normal'.

I'm short, so have to move the driver's seat in my car seat pretty far forward to reach the pedals. I was driving around yesterday and thought I needed to move the seat up (spouse was driving last). I didn't -- the seat was as far forward as it goes. The steering wheel just wasn't touching my belly.

I bought new jeans exactly a week ago. And I don't fit into them anymore....

I am new to this but I am proud to say that I have joined a gym and have worked out consistently for 3 weeks. I can tell my core is stronger. My posture is better. Now if I can just get all this fat from around my toning muscles.....

Had an amazing day today - started off with our weekly 5k ParkRun. My older son and I have a new PB - 36 minutes and 25 seconds. We WILL get under 30 minutes!

My DH younger son and 4yo daughter were volunteers at the ParkRun today - they all had the job of "funnel manager" and it was wonderful to be greeted by the smiling faces of my beloved family, especially as my 4yo shouted out "Well done!" and high-fived us both. We waited to watch the remainder of the runners come in and my little girl was shouting "Well done!" to everyone - there were 450 runners today! Bless her, she made such a difference to a lot of people, a few didn't see her at all but those that did all smiled and thanked her. A little bit of lightness at the end of a hard run. And she really enjoyed doing it. But I think that what she really enjoyed was wearing an adult hi-vis jacket - it completely covered her. She must have been the youngest volunteer there today

The really funny thing was, when I got to the funnel, I didn't stop running. I just carried on. Another volunteer said to me, "It's okay, you can stop running now, you've finished the course!". I didn't even realise that I'd carried on running. Not sure if that is good or bad though.

Also got chatting to a guy about half-marathons as he does a few - this is what I'm aiming for, after the 10k. My boy isn't quite so keen at the moment but he didn't want to do the 10k either. But we're only doing that because he decided to. It's odd, as I was quite happy to stick with the 5k and to try to improve the time. But now it's like an addiction and I just want to run further and further. Planning to complete the 10k/start the half training by the end of the year. Maybe by this time next year I'll be aiming for marathon training

Went for a family bike ride this afternoon, so did some more cycling tuition with my younger son. He did really well and was much less wobbly. His confidence is improving all of the time. Part of the ride was up an incredibly steep hill that I've not been up for over a year (it's part of a cycle track - I do roads these days) so I wasn't sure if I'd make it. Told my son that I'd go ahead and wait for him at the top and off I went. Got to the top without coming off, so was very pleased with myself. Looked back down the hill and saw my son struggling to push his bike up, parked my bike, ran down the hill and pushed his bike up it as well. So I went up the hill twice It was a good outing though, really made us work. Lots of hills, lots of fun. And it's wonderful to see my youngest son improving - he took a long time to decide to learn to cycle (we'd been going to the sessions for 18 months before he wanted to have a go) and now he appears to love it. He's found something he enjoys, he's got his own bike and he seems to get real pleasure from it. Well, he was smiling when he got back home, anyway.

Then my 17yo wanted to carry on with her C25K when she got home from work. I'm quite impressed with her, I thought that she'd give up after week 1 but she's kept going. This is the teenager who thought that exercise was getting out of bed in the mornings. She's back to college next week so that may affect her C25K as she'll be walking two miles a day/five days a week. But the running is only 30 minutes extra/three times a week and it will give her a bit of time to work any annoyances off.

More family fun tomorrow with the Junior ParkRun, my 4yo is very excited about it and is going to try to knock a few more seconds off her time. She wants me to run with her, so her dad, brothers and sister are all volunteering to help out.

Family time is wonderful I love that my family are becoming so active. And not just active, but enjoying the activity as well. Hopefully this enjoyment of being active will continue into their adult lives.

Love all these, it's so motivating to read all your successes!

I've had one this week & I was so grateful because I have been carrying water weight. I knew this was the case, but I still felt demoralised.

I like to listen to podcasts at work & as my new smaller work trousers have no pockets (right girls??) I have taken to tucking my phone into my shoulder straps. It's been quite a good solution but this week I thought something jaggy has stuck to my case - it hurt! Turns out there's just less cushioning on my shoulder & it was digging into my bones! Treating myself to an arm strap.....

Crap I'm so sorry for the triple post. I wish I could delete these. I kept getting a 'timed out' message when I clicked 'post reply'! Apologies again!!!!!