What's Your Most Recent NSV

Normal i swim after work when I'm in China for business.
Last night pool was closed for monthly cleaning so I hit the weight room.
I was standing at a cable machine. I have no idea what the proper name is for what I doing. Straight arm reverse pull to work the back of the shoulder toward the spine.
One of the Chinese trainers, that knows how much I swim, came up behind me and pointed out the muscles I was working to a client.
That's the first time I have ever been used as a positive example by a trainer. It also means that all that swimming is toning up my shoulders.
My arms legs and shoulders are leaner than my mid section. Easier to muscle definition there.

Rx'd a crossfit workout for the first time ever!

pseudo-nsv. I weighed the same on Friday morning as I did on Monday morning. That means I was able to at least balance my eating with my exercise. I find it really hard to not mindlessly munch and overeat on the weekends.

My 14 yr old son (who is a pitcher and soccer goalie) and I had a contest to see who could do a plank the longest last night... and I beat him at 70 seconds whoop whoop!

I had someone at the gym ask me how to get so much definition in the arms and shoulders without getting big. BTW, the answer is that's one of the first places the fat came off and it came off almost completely, so with enough exercise to get good muscle tone my arms look like an illustration from an anatomy book when flexed. It actually looks kind of odd in places where I have "divots" and troughs. Probably not the best way to train ("okay first gain about 65 pounds").

One more notch down on the belt!

Technically I've reached this point before, but that was on my last pair of jeans that sat right on the smallest part of the waist. These sit slightly lower, so it was slightly depressing when I changed and had to go up a notch, but the last couple of days I've been flirting with the idea of going down a notch, and today I buckled up and it just seemed right to go a notch in.

It's the last one, so I might have to consider punching new holes before I reach goal weight!

I’ve had a head cold this week and have eaten all sorts of junk - today I’m back In the gym 😊 no thought needed

Most days at work (weather permitting), I take breaks mid-morning, lunchtime, and mid-afternoon to walk at least twice around the block. My NSV is I am inspiring coworkers to walk with me now, some days 4 or 5 of them, and several are now actively trying to lose weight.

My newest NSV is being able to breathing through my nose while sleeping/laying down.

Tonight after class, my body pump instructor commented on how much stronger I'm getting. I can do so much more now than when I started!!

I went to the movies for the first time in a long time yesterday, and since I was tired and feeling crappy all day, I treated myself to a bag of potato chips to take to the movies. And then I forgot to bring it. So this morning, I took it to work and gave it to my boss (who eats anything and everything), because I didn't want to have it at home. It didn't even bother me.

My NSV is running a mile in 14 mins.

For the first time on a while I went on a domestic flight in a very small plane (destination was a small town in New Zealand). Instead of pulling out the seatbelt to the maximum extent, I didn't change it from the person before me and there was about 30cm left over. Also, instead of bulging over slightly onto the next seat, there was a bit of space on either side of me. So it didn't matter that the person beside me bulged over - previously that would have led to embarrassment as we would have been squashing each other.

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For the first time on a while I went on a domestic flight in a very small plane (destination was a small town in New Zealand). Instead of pulling out the seatbelt to the maximum extent, I didn't change it from the person before me and there was about 30cm left over. Also, instead of bulging over slightly onto the next seat, there was a bit of space on either side of me. So it didn't matter that the person beside me bulged over - previously that would have led to embarrassment as we would have been squashing each other.

Ha I posted the exact same NSV back in April, right down to previously having the habit of automatically pulling the belt all the way out first in order not to know how I compared to the person before me. Huge congratulations; I know exactly how good that must have felt!

Yesterday a friend and I hit the outlets for winter gear shopping. The friend I was shopping with is tall and slim; I'm short but getting there, as far as slimness goes (near top of normal BMI). Although I know intellectually that I've gotten down into small sizes too, I still don't always remember it emotionally or at the more subconscious levels. Plus it's harder to see our own body size and shape objectively in the mirror than when we assess the size and shape of others.

So as far as the NSV goes, you know how girls will sometimes hand off clothes to each other, if not while shopping then when standing in front of each other's closets getting ready for a night out or whatever (probably guys do this too, now I think of it)? I'd spent decades making excuses in those situations so that I didn't have to attempt to squeeze into whatever my invariably slimmer friend was offering up and create that awkward moment when it didn't fit. I knew that I was one of those who was instinctively reaching to the back of the rack for the largest sizes each time I shopped, and even then having to just pray said largest size would fit. Yesterday not only did she and I get into all the same sizes and those things looked and felt good on me, but sometimes I was the one instigating the switch, like taking it upon myself to try on a (no-elastic) vest that she'd asked me to hold while she went to see about another item.

It was awesome.