What's Your Most Recent NSV

I noticed my quads were looking more defined the other day.
Also, I have been consistently logging and staying around my calorie goal most days this month.
I need to wear a belt with a lot of my pants now, or I am hiking them up all day.

Hamsibian wrote: »

JetJaguar wrote: »

MoHousdon wrote: »

MoHousdon wrote: »

I hit a personal best on deadlifts at 200 lbs. for 5 reps. I was stuck at 1955 forever so that felt great!

That should have read "195".

I just figured that in 1955, plutonium is a little hard to come by. If only there were a way to predict the exact moment of a lighting strike...

This is heavy, doc.

There's that word again, "heavy." Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravity?

I have two, although one is hard to call a "victory"

I sat cross-legged on my patio chair, comfortably. It is a normal sized chair with arms.

My favorite pair of knee-high boots are too loose on my calves. Even with straight leg Levi's 501's (Cotton, no stretchy stuff) tucked in they are too loose and slide down.

I played squash for 2 hours last night - now I am aware probably around 15 mins was spent yakking and I was better than my opponent so I wasn't running around as much as she was.

But my NSV is that afterwards I drove home and was able to jump out of the car in a graceful (for me) and limber fashion. Then sit and lounge for an hour or so and still get up normally and go up the stairs normally!

Last year when I played squash for 40 mins I would get home and gingerly eek myself out of the car, hobble to the door and get a hot water bottle on my lower back then sit for maybe 15 mins before having to move so I didn't stiffen up.

whoot!!

workinonit1956 wrote: »

I started going through my fall/winter type clothes and most of them (all the pants) literally just hung on me. It’s good, in that I’m a lot smaller than I was last year but it looks like I’m going to have to replace pretty much everything.
I came to the conclusion that I have too many clothes and as I do replace things I will be much more discerning. I was still working last year, so my lifestyle has changed. I’m looking into a “capsule type” wardrobe with interest.

I am here, having to start from the ground up on my wardrobe for the fall. I also plan to be discerning and start with a capsule type wardrobe.

This NSV requires a bit of explanation! (Sorry, it is long)

Christmas 2011: I saw a picture of myself and woke up. I was "about" 243lbs.
January 2012: The hubs and I started going to the gym. We were slowly making progress, but nothing super significant. The biggest gains of that month was changing our habits.
February 2012: (more like late Jan, really) My bestie showed me MFP. This opened up the world.

Fast forward to 2013. I'd taken off about 80lbs, give or take general fluctuations. I was feeling good, but I'd reached a point of fatigue. I'd changed my food intake, my habits, and I wanted to do something different. I'd had success in the fall of 2012 with the 30 days shred, and at the time, I was heavily reading the MFP forums. I purchased the New Rules of Lifting For Women because I "felt" like I was in a plateau. (I wasn't; my "younger" self knew nothing, but it did push me to change). I started going to the gym with my coworker.

Now, back to the NSV. After a year of doing the various routines in the NROLFW, I'd reached the pinnacle of my progress: 120lb dead lift, 90lb back squat, and 40lb hand weights. For me, this was amazing. I've always been weak and lazy. XD My grip is my barrier -- and back then, even more so. My legs and arms could handle more weight, but my fingers not so much. I've always had tiny, weak hands.

Around this time 5 years ago in 2013, I stopped strength training. We went on vacation and my coworker's wife had their baby. The holiday season is busy for me at work, and I got out of the habit. Now, I have a new coworker friend that I've been going out on walks with because we're sharing the trials of weight loss and making better choices. She suggested going back to the gym and I was like "COOL, YAY!" because the work gym is amazing. I've kept my membership (well it's a perk XD), anyway.

TODAY. I am still weak, BUT, I did not drop back to 0. My deadlift today was at 60lbs and my back squat at 45lbs. Half what I used to do, but half is still better than "I can barely lift the bar wtf." I didn't try the hand weights, but I was consistently between 20-50lbs on the weight machines, depending on the exercise.

So for me, despite doing *nothing* strength wise for literally 5 years, this is an NSV. We're going to start going, but now I need to go buy gym clothes since the ones I have don't fit! XD

My engagement ring is loose and I was able to go up a notch on my watch band!

I'm laying on my sofa watching television, and I realize I can do this with my legs. At my heaviest I could barely cross then without using my arms to help hoist one over the other.

My mother remarked how my jeans looked saggy! HURRAY as they are too big now and my engagement ring has been falling off

I found a great app called All Trails and was able to try out a few new places to walk. During one of those walks, I missed the markings on the trees so I wound up taking the wrong trail. All was good because instead of doing a 2.8 mile walk, I wound up doing a 3.37 mile walk. Woohoo! Surprisingly, I was thrilled by the mistake.

I had to order some new work pants and they are a size medium! They fit perfectly when they arrived today and I tried them on. So exciting!

@VUA21
@dhiammarath
I did the pretzel-leg thing in bed last night! I had to try it-lol. A year ago I never could have done it.

NSV for me is would be looking forward to going to the gym and working out. Changing the "having to workout" into a "wanting to workout." Though I still have my lazy days of course.

rcreynol3090 wrote: »

365 days of logging on MFP.

Awesome dedication, RC!