What's Your Most Recent NSV

Weird one. My blue jeans were so tight that the chapstick I keep in my pocket would roll up, pop the cap off, get out, and leave a stain on my pants... doesn't happen anymore.

Talking to an aquantance yesterday, mentioned I had bought the sandals I was wearing in a store which caters for plus sizes. She said (you can't have been big enough to shop there, you are nice and slim) assured her I was but was really pleased at the compliment

Summer shorts needed replaced, the ones I bought last year because I had shrunk out of all my clothes are falling off me now. I bought two pairs... one is a size 6 and the other is a junior's 9! They are replacing a size 14. I also bought a small shirt. Two years ago, I was wearing 28 jeans and 4x shirts! Even my feet have shrunk from a 9.5 to an 8.5.

I also bought mid rise shorts for the first time and actually tucked my shirt in. My belly still has a lot of loose skin and some flab, but in clothes it's much less noticeable.

quiksylver296 wrote: »

I didn't want to do my squats this morning. 185 lbs for five sets of seven sounded impossible. But I did!

Congratulations!! Something to look up to (and strive for) - I am currently at 170 lbs (my 80%) six sets of three each...

My size 8 "skinny jeans" are a bit too loose. Actually, they are still very fitted on the calves but loose at the waist, hips, upper legs so they kind of fit like jodphurs, not a great look, lol. I have two pairs of wishful thinking 6s, one I can get away with wearing.

Also, I made the leap of taking five pairs of size 14 jeans to the thrift store, not keeping them just in case I gain (16s went the instant I didn't need them.) I'm only keeping 10s and lower!

Inspired by reading the What NoOne Tells You About Losing Weight thread

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realising I no longer suffer from Chub Rub.

I actually ate what I logged and logged what I ate yesterday...

I ran for 20 minutes straight this morning. A few weeks ago running for 5 was a struggle. I'm exhausted but so pumped!

hipari wrote: »

mebelfanti wrote: »

I ran for 20 minutes straight this morning. A few weeks ago running for 5 was a struggle. I'm exhausted but so pumped!

@mebelfanti, THANK YOU! I had planned on doing week 5, day 3 of C25K today, which is... you guessed it, a 20-minute run between the warm-up and cool-down walks. It’s been raining all day and the morning forecast said the skies should clear by 6pm, so I was really looking forward to fresh nature after the rain. Well, it’s 7pm and still raining, and I was legitimately upset about missing my run (which is an NSV of its own), when I saw your post. Now, I don’t care if it’s raining, if my socks get wet, my makeup runs, or if I have to turn around after 5 minutes, I decided I’m freakin’ going. I ain’t made of sugar, and I’m about ready to get pumped up and show the dark clouds where they can shove it.

@hipari Get it girl! I've been doing a mix of C25K and just seeing how long I can run without stopping, mostly because week 5 day 3 scared me. You got this!

@mebelfanti @Thehardmakesitworthit I made it, and my makeup didn’t even smudge.

Just to make things even more glorious, my app went to the background somewhere along the way, so when I took my phone out to see how many minutes left and whether I need to take a detour to make the route long enough, the app said I was halfway through the cooldown. Still running.

More glory: my long-awaited Amazon package was delivered to the post office today, so I decided to end my run there. My usual route goes north of my home and the post office is south, so I turned around earlier than usual to make the ”south loop” to the post office. This alternative route included two pretty steep uphills, and I jogged up both without walking. All in all, the whole run was pretty easy, the rain actually kept me cool, and I feel like I could have gone longer or faster. That’s great, since the entire route including warm-up and cooldown was around 2.2 miles, so I still have some speeding up to do if I want to hit the C25K goal of a 40-minute 5K. I did take the citybike back home from the post office, just so the cardboard package would have to spend less time in the rain.

Oh, and what did I order from Amazon, you ask? New running gear, of course.

I've been stalled lately, because my eating hasn't been great and I haven't been regularly exercising. (I keep making excuses.) I've literally been on a lose-gain-repeat cycle with the same five pounds for a month.

But, I feel pretty good today. Despite myself, I haven't gained back a ton. I'm down another pants size -- from a tight tight 28 that probably should have been a 30 or 32 in November to a 22 today. I finally went to the gym this week and to the water aerobics class I signed up for last month but hadn't attended yet. I feel like I'm getting back on track! And I haven't quit entirely, in large part because I keep reading this thread. I love reading these, y'all! Keep up the good work!

No more muffin top in my skinny jeans! In fact I'm pinching some extra fabric in them. I placed my baggy leggings and jeggings in trash/donation pile, I don't need them anymore. Also, I now have enough courage to buy shorts. lol.