What's Your Most Recent NSV

rheddmobile · June 2019

Yesterday my birthday marked one year of maintaining within 3 lbs of goal weight. My weight snuck up to the top of my range once, and I cut calories and got it back down with some room to spare within a week.

I’m also getting better at learning how to enjoy holiday meals while staying within my calorie and carb allowances. I’m a diabetic and birthdays are challenging for me because I am limited to about 45g carbs per meal if I want to keep my blood glucose within limits, and most cakes are more than that for a single piece, plus ice cream plus any food from the birthday meal itself. Yesterday I had a piece of pan dulce de queso topped with fresh fruit (12g carbs) and halo top (14g) plus salmon and a nice salad (less than 10g) and was able to enjoy everything without having to worry about my blood sugar.

chelny · June 2019

I've been on this weightloss journey since January. In April when we had a warm day, I pulled out a pair of sz 16 shorts and was pleasantly surprised I could wear them. I couldn't wear them last summer. Today I pulled out that same pair of shorts to wear on a hike, and they're practically falling down. I know I'm losing about 1lb/week, but I don't see the change in myself. It is so gradual. But the difference in how these shorts fit over the course of 6 weeks was startling.

brenn24179 · June 2019

found a jean skirt at the thrift store, looking at sz large, then looked over at the mediums and found a cute skirt and it fix perfect!

tthickens637 · June 2019

springlering62 wrote: »

@tthickens637 I’ve been doing yoga for over ten years. I was 35 BMI last September. I reached normal BMI about four months ago and started working with a trainer. She has really built up my upper body strength. On Jan 1st, my goal for the year was “an arm balance”, and now I’ve got several. So I’ve upped the ante to “headstand in middle of the room”.

Today was the first time I tried this pose, called “Fallen Angel”. The whole class clapped for me, something I’ve never seen at this studio. I was really touched. Many of them know me from 70 pounds ago, probably as “the fat chick: at least she tries really hard”.

I feel like my body is a new toy. It does so many things I could never, ever have asked it to do just a few months ago.

I asked someone to take the pictures after class so I could share them with my trainer to thank her. She is amazing- so supportive and motivating.

Got grasshopper pose, too!

That is such a wonderful story! Congrats on your accomplishments.

GregInORL · June 2019

Girlfriend posted this picture online and I got multiple comments about how much weight I'd lost, how good I was looking. I'm just worried about "mr steal your girl" over there.

tthickens637 · June 2019

Went to a house concert last night and a friend I hadn't seen in months walked up to me from across the room and said "you look ravishing". She went on to list all my "ravishing" qualities! Bam 💥 I'll be riding high on that one for awhile. 😋

rav·ish·ing (raviSHiNG): adjective
delightful; entrancing.

"she looked ravishing"

synonyms: very beautiful, gorgeous, stunning, wonderful, exquisite, lovely, striking, magnificent, dazzling, radiant, delightful, charming, enchanting, entrancing, captivating, bewitching;

jryepin93 · June 2019

Today I FINALLY ran my first 5k all the way through without stopping! Cried when I crossed the finish line too! I never thought I would be able to do this. I remember posting in this thread months and months ago when I met my goal of running 1 mile straight without stopping. I never thought I would get this far. I'm so incredibly happy right now

dhiammarath · June 2019

For the last two weeks, I walked all over Europe - averaging about 20k steps a day. As my husband laughingly called it -- the deathmarch. We wanted (and did!) see so much while we were on vacation. I wasn't worried about calories or weight or anything; I just had fun. I took so many pictures: some of them are goofy and some of them I'm making some weird face in them, and I can't say I love all of the pictures of me... but I don't not love them because I felt big or large. My last trip (Japan), I definitely had them feels, but this trip, the ones I didn't like literally were not good pictures. XD XD

So I guess I can say that my NSV is that I slayed the Dragontravel: I loved vacation, didn't feel like everyone was staring at me for being too big to be there (my first trips to Greece and Japan were definitely like that), and I was able to find souvenir shirts and hoodies and pants(!) while I was there.

All in all, I felt fabulous, I had great energy, I walked probably 100 miles or close to it [I'm going to tally it up later], and never once thought about my weight or food.

Now, it's nose to the grind to get the last 20lbs off so I will be DEEP in the HEART [middle] of a healthy BMI!

DWBalboa · June 2019

Mexicangreensalsa wrote: »

Finished my first half marathon!!!!!! I have never been a runner and I have trained for this run for a long time. I am so happy!

That is awesome, congratulations.

ghudson92 · June 2019

NewLIFEstyle4ME wrote: »

ghudson92 wrote: »

I've not been able to fit in to this vest for about 5 years so I'm super chuffed right now

Honey, you're looking FABULOUS, period.

Thank you! So kind

dhiammarath · June 2019

@Mexicangreensalsa I'm a big gamer and I like to 'gamify' things to make 'em fun. So my first pants I wanted to fit back into were my 'dragonpants' -- kind of like a dragon I wanted to slay and they were pants, so dragonpants fit. So kind of any dragon I wanna slay, I just make 'em into things. Dragontravel is kind of my mishmash of words to say that I conquered a lot of my personal fears of my size vs. being in a different country and that in all of my pictures, I didn't really feel like I disliked the picture because of my weight. I might dislike some pictures because they're just goofy, but I'm not sitting here wishing and regretting my weight -- which is a first for me. I always have the "ugh, I can't believe I look that large" thoughts when reviewing vacation pictures.

So for me, I slayed the dragon of vacation travel!

NewLIFEstyle4ME · June 2019

tthickens637 wrote: »

Went to a house concert last night and a friend I hadn't seen in months walked up to me from across the room and said "you look ravishing". She went on to list all my "ravishing" qualities! Bam 💥 I'll be riding high on that one for awhile. 😋

rav·ish·ing (raviSHiNG): adjective
delightful; entrancing.

"she looked ravishing"

synonyms: very beautiful, gorgeous, stunning, wonderful, exquisite, lovely, striking, magnificent, dazzling, radiant, delightful, charming, enchanting, entrancing, captivating, bewitching;

Ravishing?!? What an utterly lovely and powerful description of you...BOOM! Honey, ravishing is...period. YAY YOUI!

GemimaFitzTed · June 2019

Down to a size 14 (Aus), size 12-14 (aus) undies, and size M tops! WOOOOOOHOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I also hiked 6.94km in 90 mins on Sunday. That is my new PB

I feel lighter, stronger and fitter.

The biggest NSV: I slightly over-indulged (slightly cover calories) with my meals on the weekend, and had wine. I found myself 2kg (4lb) heavier this morning and I didn't care. Why? Because I knew it was water weight plus the fact I had no bowel movements for two days due to the foods I ate (rice is REALLY REALLY REALLY bad for me

but it tastes soooo gooooood). My new size 14 (aus) jeans fit perfectly, as do my new undies

I am so proud of me that I am empowered by knowledge and I know a fluctuation like 4lb IS NOT fat gain. If this was previous attempts, I would "punish" myself by restricting my food intake severely, exercising stupidly and then giving up. This time, I know what the causes were, that it'll take 3-4 days before the waterweight goes away and that I am doing awesomely

ceiswyn · June 2019

I spent a day at home resting and didn’t binge eat.

It helped that I had a mental list of jobs as long as your arm to distract me every time I started to feel boredom-hunger. So I guess that’s two NSVs - successfully facing one of my demons, AND a clean bathroom!

DWBalboa · June 2019

NSV this weekend, taking my four-legged son (Patches) on a walk this Saturday on the beach it turned into a jog. The total was about four miles and we jogged about three of it. This was my first time that I pushed it since my surgery in February and actually my first time running in about two years.

I've tested it a few times with a short jog with the dog, we hopped over a log in the fog. Sorry I had to get all Dr. Seuss there.

I jogged about a quarter mile during an earlier walk and I meant only to go about a half or so this time. However, it felt so good and nothing was bothering me so I kept going and before I knew it I was about a mile and a half down the beach. We turned around and I ran a little further back.

My little buddy did really good on the run and in fact I think he thoroughly enjoyed it. I may have my new running partner.

shunggie · June 2019

My boyfriend gave me a wonderful compliment this weekend. Since we've been together my weight has fluctuated from a high of 215 pounds and a low of 148 pounds. On Friday he said my body looks better now that it ever has. I'm 22 or 23 pounds heavier than my lowest weight but I was doing water aerobics and no weight lifting at all and now I'm walking and doing weights once a week. While I weighed less my body composition was "rounder" and less muscular. It was pretty good to hear with my 50th birthday coming up that he finds me more attractive than he did 15 years ago. Sure he may have been kissing up - but I'm taking it as a win.

teranga79 · June 2019

I've been really struggling with binging over the last 6 months or so. Yesterday I went to a supermarket on the way home from work (always a difficult time for self-control) and just bought the cat food I'd gone in for. No biscuits, no crisps, no family pack of doughnuts..... yay!

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