What's Your Most Recent NSV
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Today I bought some new jeans a size lower than what I had been buying and a large shirt! Not XL!
Besides that I actually reached my protein goal today! I don’t eat meat very often so this is not normal! I noticed I have felt full for the most part of the day which is also not normal! Now it’s the end of the day and I have many left over calories!18 -
A few NSVs:
- I've been to the gym 3 days in a row this week!
- I went to a store, and all the clothing I tried on that fit were in a size small. 😶 I used to not be able to fit into this store before, as I was too big for the larges.
- I've been exercising self control with my food. All I want to do is eat lately, so I've been portioning out things and having healthy snacks. It's taking a lot not to just keep eating!
- I tried on a tshirt that used to be tight, and now it is so loose I had to tie a knot in it.
- I pushed myself and powered through a 5k today on the treadmill. My legs ache and my time wasn't anywhere near amazing, but I finally did one!31 -
I let myself have a crazy day, nearly double goal calories. Why is that an NSV? I have been scared to death to do that after losing ~60 pounds to get to my original goal and have lost close to 10 more. That is sort of okay as I want my entire maintenance range below goal but I need to stop the trend. I really need to adjust to a proper goal. Just letting myself go way over once is helpful, as crazy as that sounds. I will get back on track with a more reasonable goal and see that I didn't balloon up 10 pounds; more like a half a pound, which I could stand to gain.25
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- I'm down a size in jeans! I only bought one pair in the new size and it's too hot to wear full-length jeans right now, so it'll be a few weeks until I start wearing them on the regular.
- Related to the previous: my current jean shorts look a bit frumpy because I finally lost some weight from the FRONT!!! I'll never have a flat belly and I don't know if I'd want one anyway, but not being so round up front is exciting.
- My new, smaller underwear fits. Psychological victory: I let myself buy two cute pairs (haven't previously due to feeling unworthy, even though I believe everyone deserves attractive undergarments)
- Consistently fitting size M tops! (With variation due to brand/vanity sizing differences, but M is my new default, not XXL)
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When I sat on the edge of my bed a few months ago I realised that I resembled Jabba The Hut's flabbier sister. By being careful with my exercise and diet, following 5:2 I feel that the shape I am in is no longer "round" (a squidgy oval maybe but not round)
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I'm a swimmer and afterwards, I usually sit on a concrete bench as I let the morning sun dry me. This morning when I got up to leave I noticed my wet butt print on the bench is much smaller!41
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Deadlift day. Pulled 245 off the floor. 2 sets of 5 and 1 set of 3. I will get 3 full sets next week.17
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I had to go dig out my box of clothes that were "too Small" to find a pair of pants that fit this morning. All my regulars are too big!23
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Ran up that hill again!
I now have my sights set on a steeper, higher one . . . one that I have previously cycled up. I think it would be fun to run up it as well.
Edited to add: I cannot believe that I have just written that. It's taken me over four decades to realise that running is FUN!31 -
Have seemed to stall out the past few months in the loss department so went and bought some size 6 pants and some small shirts as insensitive to lose the last few pounds and low and behold, got them home and tried them on and they ALL fit!!! The size 6 pants are actually a little on the loose side. Mind blown! So stinking happy!15
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It's been a great day! 1st time in 10 years I own b.c a pair of Jean's that is a size 10!! I normally wear 13/14. I also bought a XL shirt, yup just 1 x woot!!!!19
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I fixed our A/C.
Well, that's more of an engineering victory, and hacking as I had to register on-line with the vendor's A/C pro website in order to buy a fan and other electrical parts. In order to protect the guilty, I won't say which A/C vendor, but I'm happy to have outsmarted the dealer protection racket and fixed a problem that happened before, 8 years ago.
And I did it for 1/2 of what it cost to have it fixed in 2018 "under warranty..."
But the body related aspect of this was I really wasn't that hot. Sure, it got up to 80 degrees upstairs, as it was the 2nd floor unit that lost its condenser fan, again, but I really wasn't sweating. I could tell the difference between the 80 and the 72 downstairs. But it wasn't miserable by any stretch.
40+ pounds ago, I would have been miserable in the house and even worse outside effecting the repair.
So it's a mixed story. I'm both happy and irritated. Happy I fixed it and that I could have ridden out several days without A/C upstairs. But also miffed that it broke again and that I paid $300 for this "warranty repair" on a new unit in 2010 and did it myself, yesterday for $148 in parts and sale tax and 1.5 hours of my time.18 -
Today is my ninety day anniversary of MFP and I am half-way to my goal.
My loss rate has slowed the past few weeks. I have had other things going on that could have slowed things down, and I
slacked off a bit in the accuracy of my logging. Not bad, but I know it could be better. Usually I use a "quick add" sometime during the day.
I set my goal higher than what it should be, I set an achievable (to me) goal. When I reached that goal I would decide what I wanted to do, lose more or start strength training. For now I am half way there and trying to get back on track.23 -
I was walking and holding my phone (no pockets) and needed to do something that required both hands. Without thinking I put my phone between my thighs (sounds wierd but you know what I mean lol) because that's what I have done in the past. Except this time my phone just dropped to the ground. My thighs no longer meet28
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My VO2 MAX is slowly improving.13
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I scooped my dirty laundry into the washer this morning. It was gross, all cold, and wet from a week's worth of exercise sweat. I couldn't be happier.22
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I'm so proud of everyone here! Great job!!
I ran a half marathon today!!! I did a personal best, too! 2 hours 50 min. It probably doesn't seem that fast to some, and I know I could have done better. But I am still happy with it! Honestly, best of all -- I only trained for like, 3 weeks. In the past I'd train for months and months and still perform and feel miserable. I'm sore right now, of course (my knees feel like they have softballs taped to them ), but otherwise I actually feel pretty good! I can't imagine I'll need long to fully recover. I maintained a great pace and felt good during, too.
For me right now, the NSV is knowing that my body (and mind too) has progressed to the point where I can just do stuff. Of course some planning and training will always be necessary for things. But not everything is such a major decision anymore; if I wanna sign up for a 5K or half or whatever, I just can!
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Walked at least a mile, every day this week, no excuses.26
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My pants kept falling down today.. think I need to do some shopping lol21
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When I decided to go to the pool I didn't even think of driving. Walking was my default. I love mental/neurological victories.28
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