What's Your Most Recent NSV

I did my first parkrun! And I set a PB for a 5km walk/run! AND that makes 3 runs this week! YAAAAAAAY! My only issue is that I did a run yesterday too and my shins hurt :-( (I try to have an active rest day in between runs).
BUT I will rest up, stretch, rest some more and hopefully get a run in on Tuesday.

Goal that I wrote in my "Just-For-Today" thread post was to run 15 minutes on the treadmill at 5.5 m/h. DID NOT WANT TO GO at all. I warmed up at 3.5 m/h for 4 minutes and told myself I could count it against the 15 if needed. Got to 7 minutes and was like "I... don't feel any more tired than I did 3 minutes go. Weird."

Ended up stopping when the timer got to 30 minutes because I've got a Zumba class tomorrow morning and want to be able to do at least some of it!

I'm home alone, husband took kids on an outing. I was dreaming of the peanut m&ms I have hidden in my room (so my kids don't eat them all). Got on MFP and entered my supper and just over my allowance and knew to stay on track ---NO m&ms for me today. Still thinking of them, but not gonna eat them!

Saw my trainer yesterday. I was telling her about how I struggled to bench the bar (45 lbs) when I was lifting on my own last week, and thought I might need to start with one of the smaller bars. She wanted us to just try it. I benched the bar x10 easy. She laughed and said I was crazy for thinking I needed to go lighter. Then we added 5 lbs, then 10 lbs.

Every day I am learning to stop underestimating myself when it comes to fitness -- a huge mindset change.

Got another "have you lost some weight?" Comment at work yesterday lol and just walking in front of the mirror and thinking that I look good instead of noticing negatives. It's awesome!

Fit into my size 32 Silver Jeans this morning. My size 33 were getting loose. Working towards my size 30 next.

I just walked 8km rather than doing usual thing of getting a taxi or a lift to pick the van up from where i left it last night after a boozy night out with the husband. I’m currently top of our Fitbit challenge, I enjoyed it and I know I need to keep moving to really see results.

I used to drink a Diet Coke every single day. It's officially been three weeks since my last one, and I haven't even craved it! Water and zero calorie teas are my new best friends. I perform better at the gym now, too, and I'd like to think this has a lot to do with it.

The scale hasn’t moved in awhile but my husband wrapped his arms around me for a hug today and says, “you’re so little, I can really tell you’ve lost a lot!” That was a good feeling!

I bought a trench coat today. It's too small for me right now, I'm determined to fit into it by Autumn. The NSV is that it's beige. I shy away from light colours and tend to mostly wear black clothing which is more slimming and makes me feel less noticeable, so for me to buy a beige coat it must be a sign that I'm starting to grow more confident in my appearance, Also, I suppose just the act of buying a coat that is too small is an NSV too because it shows deep down that I must actually believe I can achieve my goal!

I went out last night, had way too many drinks, and even though it’s not pretty, I just logged it all
And today, even with the hang over, I stayed within my calories and ran a couple errands by bike instead of staying on the couch

Recently went back to a deficit after maintaining / not logging for a while. I don't see much difference yet, but saw a friend today who exclaimed "You look great! You're wearing makeup today? Or something? What did you do different?" (I was wearing exactly the same minimal makeup I wear everyday). So clearly something good is happening!

october41paula wrote: »

I'm home alone, husband took kids on an outing. I was dreaming of the peanut m&ms I have hidden in my room (so my kids don't eat them all). Got on MFP and entered my supper and just over my allowance and knew to stay on track ---NO m&ms for me today. Still thinking of them, but not gonna eat them!

Fantastic show of will power and intentional eating. Checking on the amount before scarfing them down is what we should do each, if we don't pre-log! Very inspiring. Keep up the good work.
Onward!

I (well my boyfriend noticed first) noticed that squats are working for me and I've lost some back fat. I notice a change in my face as well.

Went downhill skiing yesterday, and a friend of mine convinced me to try blue runs (I was happily sticking to my green run previously). Sooo, the blue runs are much steeper than the green ones, and I ended up falling a few times (surprise, surprise). My NSV was that I was able to stand up, get my skis back and continue down the slopes. And then go up again. When I was on the slopes several years ago, in my worse shape, and fell down on the green run, I wasn't able to get up! I needed my husband to help me, and it was so humiliating!! No wonder I stopped even pretending skiing at that point!

Well, yesterday I was able to stand up on my own, several times, and even if I am bruised and sore in several places after falling down, I am going skiing tomorrow again, to a different mountain, which my friend is dying to show me!