What's Your Most Recent NSV

I can tie my shoes without having to move my belly and boobs to just the right position to reach them. A couple pairs of jeans that I've got, that were wearable, but tight, are now comfortably snug.

__TMac__ wrote: »

We could have each fit the whole portion into our calorie goals, but it was more than we wanted. So we split one!

@__TMac__ - Congrats on splitting those nachos! Portions in restaurants are pretty crazy, aren't they? We go to an ale house place once in awhile and always split the meal. I love fried shrimp, but their serving has nearly 50 fried shrimp (I seriously counted them) and a whole plate full of fries. It's enough for - what? - four people? Insane.

I was inspired by @Madwife2009 to drop the excuses and get out to ride.

I ride a trike, and I'm a bit more on the utilitarian side most of the time, but hey, it's biking (triking in my case), and I got out there. 28 degrees Fahrenheit (think that's -2 C or so), overcast, and WINDY. Gusts were around 25 MPH. I need better protective gear if I'm going to make any sort of habit of doing this. Add to that the snow/ice chunks, rock/brick hazards, sand/gravel, overreaching trees/bushes, horrid sidewalks, streets that weren't much better... Wow, I can't wait to visit a city with a good bike trail! And, truthfully, I can't wait for SPRING!

Got to the two different grocery stores I shop at and back home though, so that's 4.65 miles on the books, as well as the first ride of 2018!

Add-on NSVs:
1) Had to make a HUGE adjustment to my helmet strap. I could fit my hand in under my chin, vertically! I think I may be due a helmet a size smaller by the end of this journey! (A bit more than 60% of the way there.)

2) It was WAY easier to zip around, and had a bit of fun doing drift adjustments on the trike. I would have been terrified of attempting this where I was at the beginning of this journey!

3) I'll have to buy a new ...erm... seat cover? Not sure what it's called. The seat is an open frame with (what was) taut mesh fabric, and the love I gave it at my heavier weights has stretched the mesh far too much. My (now skinnier) behind sinks down and hits the frame!

Just bought my second one-piece swimsuit ever. In the past 15 years I've only purchased 1 one-piece swimsuit. I have such horribly experiences with one-piece swimsuits since I'm pear shaped (bottom heavy). It's hard to find a good fit for my bottom and top. Every time I tried a one-piece swimsuit I had to go up to a size 12-14 (XL) to get something that fits comfortably on my bottom but then it was huge on my bust area. So I always avoid them. Well this weekend I bought my first medium size, one-piece swimsuit from Old Navy and it fits!!!! I was jumping around like a kid in a candy store. No uncomfortable tight fiting in the bottom. The top of the swimsuit is a little big but still looks really good. I'm looking forward to wearing it this summer!

clicketykeys wrote: »

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!

So that was Friday. Back on the treadmill today, with no Zumba tomorrow, I did my first 5k. Clocked in at just under 35 min. Not bad for just getting to one mile less than a month ago!

This doesn't sound like an NSV but it is to me in not getting downhearted. It was my birthday on Friday and I tried on a dress that I've not been able to wear for months. It was snug, I could have worn it but decided it just showed how much further I have to go rather than how far I have come (14lb since January) In the end wore something more flattering, was comfortable all evening and allowing for a little birthday excess at the weekend, am back on it now. Looking forward to wearing that dress soon though!

I really slacked off last year and managed to gain about 15 lbs. I've finally gotten back on track and today I was able to wear one of my favorite skirts that was way too tight a few months ago!

Not sure how many would see this as a NSV but when I've been hit by the "ugh I have so much more to lose!!" feeling, I've been able to think about how much better I feel already and how amazing I'll feel when I keep going instead of getting discouraged. I have a lot of weight left to lose and have been here in the past but have ended up giving up. The ability to not get discouraged at this point is a huge step in the right direction for me so I'm celebrating it!

I managed to perform 10 proper pull ups, 10 proper dips and 38 beep test pushups on my last fitness test

clicketykeys wrote: »

So that was Friday. Back on the treadmill today, with no Zumba tomorrow, I did my first 5k. Clocked in at just under 35 min. Not bad for just getting to one mile less than a month ago!

Great time on your 5k! Congratulations! I have my first one in 3 weeks. I have not run since my military days 30+ years ago. I was cheering when I ran 5 minutes a couple of months ago.