What's Your Most Recent NSV

4 consecutive days with caloric deficit. It's been a while, I feel like I'm back on Santa's good kids list! lol

I just read the blog about how BMI isn't an accurate way to measure health and women's waist measurements should be under 35 inches. So I ran.to my bedroom to check mine. 33.5. Yippee!
Pretty good for a formerly morbidly obese almost 60 year old woman.

I played soccer in a formal league for the first time in 5 years tonight. Rusty, sure, but not half bad. The team even asked me to come back next week again! *confidence boost*

This is a big one for me, last week after an exhausting work week I recognised I needed a rest and didn’t go to the gym at the weekend.

NSV for today, i just want to take this opportunity to express my love for calorie counting. I absolutely love the CICO approach to weight loss. This past month I tried some new food. I had a large serving of a French Apple pie for the first time and I enjoyed every bite of it.

I also had Moroccan Lamb stew with some grilled potatoes and a delicious salad. The best part about all of this, no guilt and I still lost weight and inches. If i feel like i ate toomuch for the day, my go to solution is walking 20,000 steps. I wish I knew about CICO and myfitnesspal when I was in college. I never have to give up any food. Some days I feel like I'm cheating with my weight loss.

Pulled 225 lbs on my deadlift today. That's a PR for me.

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Pulled 225 lbs on my deadlift today. That's a PR for me.

I recently found an old google sheet i forgot i made, It listed goals i had in life (all stuff like my weight loss, getting to a happy spot at work, Activity and cooking goals, Money savings, Clothes i wanted to look good in etc) And as i read through it- I realized i accomplished them all. Yay.

But thats not my NSV. My NSV is the self reflection it caused. I spent a few days internally searching for what i wanted in my life and what i could work on for some more goals.

I have created a whole new list of goals and every single one of them are ways to improve myself. Not physically. Not to look good or be rich. Stuff like wean myself off my calorie counting obsession, Work on my social life, Continue to work on taking things less serious and being more easy going, Take time to enjoy the little things in life, Cook more and dress cute and do more stuff to pamper myself. Get a hobby. Work on keeping my chores done and minimalism and not procrastinating.

My NSV is the realization im where im happy physically, Now i can begin working on ME and what will make me happy longterm. And admitting to myself where my problem areas are, And actually realizing none of them are that much of a problem. Totally doable goals list.

I donated two shopping bags of too-large clothes this past weekend and it felt good to have them out of the house. I just dove into the sweater drawer and tried on a few that fit poorly last winter. Now they fit perfectly or are a bit baggy in that way that's okay for sweaters. I have one that's a bit too clingy, but I'm hopeful it will fit properly once I'm at goal.

Two new PRs last weekend at the Disney Wine and Dine Two Course Challenge. On Saturday, I beat my old 10k PR of 1:00:35 with a 56:50! On Sunday, I beat my old half marathon PR of 2:26 with a 2:12 half! I'm still pushing towards a half under 2 hours, but I'm proud of what I've accomplished! Unfortunately I've put on about 6 lbs since last week but I think it's a combination of flying water retention, soreness water retention, and just my system being a little off. Hopefully it'll be mostly gone soon!

And an additional NSV: I actually like my running action shots now! After seeing my pictures from the 10k, I was purposefully running closer to photographers during the half so I could get more pictures

I peeled my eyes open and woke.

For the first time EVER, I got a burrito bowl for dinner and didn't finish the entire thing. I prelogged, and it fit my calories for the day, but I got full before I finished and was able to actually listen to my body and stop eating.

For a gal who grew up in a "clean your plate" home, and never got over this mindset, this is huge!

The scale hasn't moved much in the last month, so I need to acknowledge some non-scale victories.
1. Everyone is telling me how great I look. No one has commented on my weight, but I'm getting a lot of complements on my clothes and makeup, haha. (It's the same clothes and makeup I always wear)
2. I have gall stones again. So, not really a victory, but I only get these when I'm losing weight, so I know something is happening. (Also, I know this is woo, but white vinegar does almost instantly get rid of the pain for me.)
3. Non-health related, but I am almost ready to run my first research experiment- invented and designed by me.

My recent NSV is going to be very weird... not sure how well it can be appreciated by others, but here goes!

I have psoriasis, an autoimmune disease which inflames your skin, traditionally around the joints and scalp. I found out about 1.5 years ago that going gluten free would reduce my inflammation and have since made progress toward healthier skin and better self-esteem.

Below is a picture that I’ve shared several times on the MFP forum of my knee - clear progress with the gluten free lifestyle. Yesterday was the first time I felt comfortable enough to SHOW someone at work what my psoriasis looks like as my skin doesn’t look as scary as it used to look - kinda just looks like a lot of dry skin on my joints now.

The person looked at the psoriasis on my elbow with curiosity and even asked if they could touch my elbow to see what it felt like. For most of my young adult life, people asked if I was contagious because the psoriasis looked so scary, which led to covering it up all the time. To get this benign reaction instead makes all the changes for a healthier me worth it (though I still sincerely miss real bread and pizza).

I just put on a shirt that I bought 6 years ago and hasn’t fit in 4, and it fits great.