What's Your Most Recent NSV

i had a consult with a plastic surgeon regarding my loose skin on Friday. I weigh about 40% of my maximum size. It did not go well at all and was beyond demoralizing. I did not eat my feelings afterwards. I'm also very proud of the fact that I told him to bug off about my arms because I am actually proud of how toned they are and don't focus on the skin there.

I have a Lululemon winter coat that I wore 3 years ago. I love it and have wanted to be able to zip it again. I tried it on today (I restarted on August 1st and am at 39lbs down) and it zips!!!! It's tight and wouldn't be comfy right now but it zips!!!! Lol. By winter it will be perfect. Unfortunately my North Face is already too big.

Finished B210K today. 8.9km in 1 hour 10 minutes including warmup & cooldown. Next Sunday I have a 10K race... can't wait!

I used a bmi calculator today wondering how much I have reduced my bmi since starting my weight loss journey and realized that I am no longer obese! I actually fall in the overweight category! I haven't been in that category in just over a decade, so it was a very exciting realization. Not to mention an excellent motivator to keep doing what I am doing because clearly it is working.

ek0513 wrote: »

Tacklewasher wrote: »

@ek0513 Nice fish in your picture.

Thanks that is definitely another one of my NSV's

Haven't caught any of them in years, since moving to the West Coast. But I have caught sturgeon, so makes up for it.

We're in a weekend trip and the hotel has a pool, but I didn't bring a swimsuit. Yesterday I swam in my sports bra and compression shorts. I showed my midriff to people. No one ran away in horror. And I'm about to do it again.

I live in SW Florida and managed to NOT stress eat during the whole Hurricane Irma debacle because I stocked up on ONLY healthy foods instead of using it as an excuse to pig out.

Had a C-PTSD episode about running and my fitness goals in general. Lunch ALMOST turned into an emotional binge. I caught myself, and instead of giving in or beating myself up, I went to the gym and finished up my workout with a practice run on the treadmills for the (now two) events I have coming up.

That's a victory in and of itself, but it gets better. First attempt at actually running the full 5k distance, at the end of my regular workout, not really pushing myself because all I really wanted out of it was to see how I could do comfortably, while still feeling the effects of being sick - I did it in 37:03; way better than I expected for the circumstances.

My ParkRun was cancelled yesterday (there was a charity run on at the park we use) and I really missed it. I'm counting this as an NSV as a year ago, even just six months ago, had you told me that I would be running on a regular basis, or that I would enjoy it and want to run, I would have died laughing. I've always hated running but now I can't wait to get out there and just do it. I semi-hate my non-running days (but the cycling kind of makes up for it).

I have to mention my children, being as I'm talking about running. My son has continued to run with me and we are now heading towards a 10k. He had to have a minor operation on his scalp last week and insisted that we run in the morning (we usually go at night) before the procedure so that we wouldn't miss our run.

My teenage daughter, despite moaning the whole time we are running, has further surprised me by continuing the C25K program. Go, girl! (But please stop moaning . . .)

My younger son, although he says that he's not doing it, has started bursts of spontaneous running.

My lovely, adorable, four-year old today completed her 5th Junior ParkRun. She ran over half of it. With her first, she ran about 10%. I am so proud of her. Plus, she's knocked over four minutes off her first time and has achieved a personal best at each run. She doesn't worry in the slightest about being the last through the finish line and just has a great time participating. This absolutely fills me with joy. She's also started walking further and faster - today she probably walked two miles on top of her run. At this rate she'll be running a mile faster than I can.

And we all volunteer at the ParkRuns, even my little girl - she stands at the point between the finish line and the token hand-out point telling each and every person (last time there were 500+ participants at the main ParkRun) who passes her, "Well done!". She gets some nice reactions. She looks cute as well, in her adult-size hi-vis vest that envelopes her and almost touches the ground!

My husband and I ran/walked a 5k yesterday, our first one! We are still only on wk 3 of c25k but wanted to do this race because the cause is special to us - it was to benefit the West Cancer Center, where my husband's skin cancer was treated. He's still recovering his stamina after being under general anesthesia all day less than two weeks ago, and the route was very hot with no trees, but we placed in the middle of the field and according to a mapping app we ran more than half the time, a little more than 22 and a half minutes running out of our total race time of 44:16 - pretty good for a couple of 49 year olds who never ran a step until just recently! I'm so proud of him, and I feel great today and can't wait to do it again!