What's Your Most Recent NSV

hesn92 wrote: »

I did a pistol squat on each leg for the first time They were pretty ugly but I got back up lol. It's funny they don't look like much, but they're hard!

Definitely inspiring! I still can't do them, working on it using a chair. I can back squat my bodyweight but pistol squats are a whole different thing!

rheddmobile wrote: »

hesn92 wrote: »

I did a pistol squat on each leg for the first time They were pretty ugly but I got back up lol. It's funny they don't look like much, but they're hard!

Definitely inspiring! I still can't do them, working on it using a chair. I can back squat my bodyweight but pistol squats are a whole different thing!

That’s interesting! I can’t squat my bodyweight yet but I can do a (ugly) pistol squat

I’m not sure if it’s a NSV but I’ve never had so many women open or hold doors for me in my life 😆 It never happened when I was overweight and out of shape. Kind of a weird new concept for me since I’ve always done that for women.. Lol

I started circuit training at the gym!

Got completely snowed in, couldn't get to the gym so tobogganing and snowshoeing it was! Forgot what a workout that is, came in sweating!

Was able to set the assisted pull up machine to 15 lbs less, I’ve always had to set it on the highest weight it had, I don’t know if it’s from gained muscle or the 10 lbs lost but it’s a victory to me

I bought rollerblades several years ago when I lived in Atlanta. Never used them. Tried them earlier this year and could not get far due to balance and muscle strength. Today I made it 30 minutes in the neighborhood and got a great workout. It wasn't pretty and at times, very unstable. But I did it and can't wait to do it again.

I have two:
1) A friend asked if I have been losing weight. She is the first person to notice anything (or at least say anything.)

2) About 5 months ago, I switched gyms (that's also when I got serious about tracking again). Today I decided to go to zumba at my old gym. It's only 30 minutes long; when I left the gym, that 1/2 hour workout was really difficult for me and seemed to last forever. Today, it felt easy, and I definitely could have kept going. I've been pretty pumped about it all day!

When I started this journey back in May 2018, literally at that time none of 5 pair of jeans in two different sizes fit. Only way to get them zipped was the lay down on bed trick. Now that it finally is weather where it makes sense to wear them. Florida in the 60's, I have realized that I only have one pair that still pretty much fits. The other 4 I can put on and take off without using the zipper and or buttons, basically they are falling off. They are going in the donation box.

I've discovered I can engage in kinds of 'horseplay' that weren't available to me before. Yesterday I was goofily pushing my buddy around, and in response he picked me up and threw me on his back. For a moment I was terrified, thinking 'Oh no! He must be thinking to himself how heavy I am!' It later hit me that had he thought I seemed heavy by sight then he wouldn't have tried to pick me up in the first place—it just wouldn't have been on the menu of possible responses. This probably also means that if I did feel heavy to his arms he might just as easily have assumed it was because he wasn't strong enough than because I was 'too big'. Such a relief compared to those awkward moments when I've been able to see people's brains ticking over on how to politely work around my size in comparable situations.

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Congrats @Jedi_Jo . Must be a good feeling.
This is my first goal - to enter overweight BMI. I am just over 1 kg away.
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I was happy, I could’ve cried.

Good luck with your goal👍, you’re nearly there.

Went to my wood-shop and put my tool belt on.
When I let go it fell down around my feet.
I had to tighten the belt several inches to get it to stay in place.
A few months ago I had to really tug on it to get it on with the belt as big as it will go.
I can wear my work jacket, snap it up, and still have room to put my hands in the pockets.

I suppose I have a few NSVs worthy enough to share. For the first time since 2013, every single pair of shorts in my closet fit -- some are too big, sure, but that's to be expected as I have a variety of sizes -- but all of the shorts I'd purchased to go on a tropical vacation in 2013 at my lowest weight fit again. It felt amazing to try on every single pair of shorts and expect them not to fit... only to have them fit (or be too big).

On top of that, yesterday I hit a new low weight -- a record for me. It's more of a "preview" weight as yesterday was an anomaly (I had to rush off with a meager lunch and no coffee in the morning to meet a friend and then didn't get a late dinner), but the fact that I got there at all is an accomplishment for me. It means I've now surpassed what I achieved in 2013. 2018 is now my best year and will continue to be so.

I suppose I have a 3rd NSV... on my way home, I went to a store and tried on some pants (ironically, the pants I wore out yesterday were too big and kept sliding dangerously low). While still tight, I was able to get into a new lowest size as well. Even if I did not buy anything (didn't have quite what I was looking for), I left feeling accomplished.

I have not found my next dragonpants. I will know them when I see them, I think, but for now... knowing that I have slain the minions of the Normal Weight BMI Dragon... feels good enough! Within 5kg of a normal weight... no minion of the Dragon will best me!!

When I run on the treadmill, I always cover the time with a cloth so I don’t have to think about it. Usually when I have around 2-3 minutes left, I start glancing under the cloth to see how much time I have left and it’s a bit of a struggle at the end. Today when I went to look, I had passed my time by a minute and still felt awesome so I bumped the speed up by 1.2mph and ran an extra 3 minutes and still could have kept on going if I didn’t have to mind my time to get to work. Feeling so good!!

2016 was an amazing year as I lost nearly 140 lbs. But this life is a marathon and not a sprint, and I crushed that sprint, but in 2017 I got married and in 2018 I’ve got a new job and now a baby in the way and life has happeneds and I’ve backslid about 40 lbs. so the good news is that after juuuust nearly 3 years since I started this new life I’m still over 100 lbs down from my starting weight, and more recently I’ve been back to logging my meals semi regularly, exercise several times per week and it’s paying off. I’m down about 10 lbs in the past 6 months and more importantly I’m starting to fit back into clothes that is not been wearing regularly for about a year, my jeans fit better, I’m over a notch on my belt. I really attribute it to regular weight lifting because 10 lbs isn’t much on a 250-270lb frame, but the changes to my body composition from the lifting has got my feeling really pleased. I also think that as I’m about to become a dad for the first time in early 2019 I’m feeling inspired for be fit for my daughter.