What's Your Most Recent NSV
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@JaydedMiss I like your idea. I love crafting - so good for relaxing. I did something similar. I made myself jewelry. I added a bead for every work out and made a necklace and a bracelet. Now I am actually decorating my treadmill with them!6
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allmannerofthings wrote: »@JaydedMiss I like your idea. I love crafting - so good for relaxing. I did something similar. I made myself jewelry. I added a bead for every work out and made a necklace and a bracelet. Now I am actually decorating my treadmill with them!
Thats such a cool idea lol. I did this because i really find the glass stones calming. Was hoping to think of a way to use them as a progress meter. This is what i came up with. Then at the end of each night i get to wind down and relax touching my stones and adding them. Im not sure why i find them so calming the smooth cool texture just does something to me6 -
I have a stone jar for my weight loss. One was filled with the number of stones to goal--then ultimate (maybe) goal. The obese stones were red, the current stones are blue and the goal to ultimate are green. I LOVED getting rid of the red stones!!!22
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Not getting the tortilla on the side. Getting a salad first. Non-fat milk instead of whole milk. Not eating the whole bun. Just a lot of cuts here and there that have been making me feel good about how I'm treating myself.22
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Tonight was my body combat lesson. When I started I hated to look in the mirror. Tonight I looked in the mirror and realised I am a different shape to when I started in January and I can also keep up with the class now. I still look ridiculous trying to do some of the moves though!19
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Last week I was less out of breath than the instructor during my 'STRONG' by Zumba workout. This week I had the same experience with BodyCombat. I have turned from someone who got hot and tired walking a couple of hundred yards, to someone who finds high intensity gym classes insufficiently challenging.
I would look into HIIT workouts if the classes are not challenging enough. My trainer has some HIIT routines that are only 20 minutes long. Nobody complains about lack of a challenge.
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I've been doing the T25 workouts and don't need to use the modified moves as often.14
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I had my first person comment that I look slimmer. She knows how hard I've been working, and we go to the same gym. It feels good!19
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This dress is my most recent NSV-
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coolchick207 wrote: »NSV's:
- First ever plank - only lasted 10 seconds, but I have a starting point.
- Going through a 'manic' phase of my bipolar, and successfully breathing through most of the panic attacks that come as part and parcel of that.
- The dragon coat is nearly slain! I reckon another inch off my true waist and it'll be on, buttoned and worn to death.
Knowing when you are manic can be a victory in itself. Getting through panic attacks is great also. I sometimes think it has to do with the confidence in other parts of life that comes with weight loss. Sometimes the swings are going to happen no matter what and there isn't much we can do. But attitude helps me get some past triggers.
10 seconds is not bad at all; my first planks were much shorter and I still don't do it long.7 -
Swam for 92 minutes this afternoon. I don't mean just 92 minutes in the pool; I mean 92 minutes of continuous swimming - slow but steady - with no stopping/standing/floating. My longest yet.25
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Saying no to the office cake today!20
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Hit a personal record on my deadlift (205lbs) because apparently I can’t add and lift weights at the same time, and I accidentally loaded too much weight! It seems I’m stronger than I thought.20
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Last week I was less out of breath than the instructor during my 'STRONG' by Zumba workout. This week I had the same experience with BodyCombat. I have turned from someone who got hot and tired walking a couple of hundred yards, to someone who finds high intensity gym classes insufficiently challenging.
Would it be a terribad idea to do STRONG and BodyCombat back-to-back next week, do you think?
haha, I used to do Combat follow by Pump - that was awesome! Also done Combat followed by Attack, but am not an Attack fan - but the cardio side was fun!
Do it!! you'll be grand8 -
I did a pull up, I'm never that person who can even do one, now I wonder if I can train myself to do ten soon.22
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alteredsteve175 wrote: »Last week I was less out of breath than the instructor during my 'STRONG' by Zumba workout. This week I had the same experience with BodyCombat. I have turned from someone who got hot and tired walking a couple of hundred yards, to someone who finds high intensity gym classes insufficiently challenging.
I would look into HIIT workouts if the classes are not challenging enough. My trainer has some HIIT routines that are only 20 minutes long. Nobody complains about lack of a challenge.
Unfortunately individual workouts tend to bore the pants off me I'm also currently a student and living off my savings, so a bit reluctant to shell out on a personal trainer - especially since the last one didn't really listen to what I told him I wanted when he created my routine, and then mildly creeped me out by winking and giving me a thumbs-up every.single.time he saw me...7 -
Got a new NSV - my belt buckles at the next notch down now!24
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I decided this week would be the week I started my strength training. Low and behold, it is now my TOTM. Yet, I am still training. It's taking a lot of blood, sweat and tears (quite literally - sorry guys!), but I didn't make the excuse to wait it out. I pushed through and I feel all the better for it.25
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tigolbitties wrote: »Saying no to the office cake today!
Me too! We had an anniversary celebration this morning and I easily walked by the cake (but helped myself to some fresh cut fruit and a cup of black coffee!)17 -
I politely declined impromptu Starbucks this morning. I think I might have been able to fit it into my day, but I would have spent a lot of time calculating and they had already taken everyone else's order, so I just said no and feel much better about that rather than guessing and the drink being higher in calories than I thought it would have been.17
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