What's Your Most Recent NSV

JessiBelleW wrote: »

@KnitterNotAQuitter - if my eye doctor yelled at me I would be on the hunt for a new eye dr.....

I said yelled, but it was a nice “don’t touch the equipment please,” more of a scolding, not a tongue lashing. She’s a very nice lady. (And I probably shouldn’t have touched it. I just had to know! )

A few years ago I bought a pair of skinny jeans. They were quite tight, but I'd been wearing a lot of skinny jeans at the time this was fairly normal. However, what they weren't was slightly stretchy (which most jeans are nowadays) So after a few wears, the seam on the side ripped slightly, up by the hips. I put them into my heap of clothes to fix, and forgot about them. About a year and a half ago I fished them out (when my other pair of jeans started to go) and fixed them up, repaired and strengthened the seam and ... I couldn't fit them on. They were a size UK10 at the time I had just about stopped kidding myself that I was a size 10 and went up to a 12. So I wasn't too upset by it, but it was annoying because I needed to buy some new jeans. I put them back into the bottom of my draw and forgot about them.

On Monday I realised that I hadn't washed either of my pairs of jeans over the weekend and had no jeans to wear to work. With the prospect of having to wear my old "office" trousers, I found these jeans sitting there at the bottom of the draw and I thought, well why not try them? And they fit. Whereas previously I physically could not get them past my hips, I could now. And again, they were tight, but wearable.

The thought occurs if I keep loosing, I could end up finding them not tight anymore. But lets not get ahead of myself.

ExistingFish wrote: »

Got my lipid panel results from my physical this week.

Significant improvements across the board. I was expecting some change. I was surprised at how much. This was 1 year ago to this week.

Past/Present (goal)
Total cholesterol: 252/148 (<200)
HDL: 54/54 (>50)
LDL: 169/81
Non HDL Chol: 198/94 (<130)
Triglycerides: 143/47 (<150)
Chol/HDL Ratio: 4.7/2.7 (<5.0)

Anyway, made me happy.

That's wonderful! Woot!!!

My clothes have gotten so baggy that yesterday I realized they don't even look good anymore. Going to take a "negative" and turn it into a positive - a bit of shopping in smaller sizes

I got my period back 😄 hope that's not TMI, but most likely due to undereating and overstressing/training last year, I haven't had one in nearly a whole year. So getting it back means I must be taking much better care of my body now

I also have confidence now to wear shorts in public, and the shorts I wear finally fit me after them being too tight for like 8 years (since 6th grade) 😄 and a pair of skinny jeans that once got so tight the button nearly ripped off, now fit me! (but they're ugly to me now so i still can't wear them lmao).

And my extended family can tell I've lost weight and look healthier every time I show up to a family event 💪

I ate 2 oreos after lunch and then stopped!

I can feel and see that my arms and shoulders are getting some muscle definition where just a few months ago I was annoyed at how flabby and fat they where starting to look.

I used to barely get through a few minutes on the elliptical machine. Today, I made it 22 minutes! I'm going to add a minute extra every few days until I get to 30 minutes or more. And I felt great afterwards!

Both my weight and measurements started moving again in a way that actually feels like I'm not plateauing anymore. Honestly there hasn't been a plateau since July as my weekly average weight has been going down consistently, but now I reached a new record low and my measurements went lower as well, so it feels better.

Clothing NSV's, with great sadness: one of my favourite pairs of yoga pants is getting too big. I can still wear them to non-workout activities (wearing them right now for a Saturday at the empty office), but these tight-fit yoga pants now have a flared ankle. WTF? I had to roll them a little so they fit correctly, good thing it's still the summer so it's ok to have pants that are 2 inches too short. Another clothing NSV: my boobs are apparently finally getting smaller. After continuous boob growth for literally the past 15 years, it looks like I might be done. My left boob is slightly larger than the right one, so my most recent bras were perfect for righty and a bit tight for lefty. Now they're perfect on left and a bit loose on right. I'm thrilled the growth seems to have stopped, but bras are freaking expensive.

I started a new college program this semester, and this week has been freshmen orientation week. Read: lectures all day, parties all night. Repeat for 5 days straight. I have done university studies for the past 5 years and I'm not 19 anymore (thank god...), so on Thursday I skipped the lectures and went to the gym, and it was most at-home I felt all week. Last night I skipped the party and went to bed, so I could spend the day being productive at the office and catch up with all the work I've been missing this week. I repeat: my most at-home moment this week was AT THE GYM, and I was happy to skip a party so I could be more productive.

My calves fit in my rubber boots but all of my clothes are too Big! Today, I entered the overweight category!

I just bought a new (small) belt a few weeks ago and then I had to wear the largest hole. Already moved to the second largest hole.

I did c25k W1D1 today and it went better than expected!

It's the third time I have started the programme - the last time was over 7 years ago (and at least 25lbs lighter) - but I remember it being much more difficult that time, and on my first attempt. I've never made it the full way through, as I always pushed too hard, got injured and then gave up. This time around, I am going to take it slowly. I feel like it's going to be third time lucky for me!! Who knows, maybe a Park Run might launch me into 2019!

I found a bag of Sprouts Hatch green chili chips in my pantry. I bought them as a treat for myself some time ago. The bag is mostly full and way past the "best by" date. I guess I just don't mindlessly snack the way I used to.

I was shaving my legs and noticed they were much more firmer, especially in the calves.