What's Your Most Recent NSV

Free day without the kids while on vacation—instead of shopping or going out for big lunch and dinner, I convinced my husband to go kayaking, despite the oppressive heat. I was feeling so antsy and energetic after a few days of rest and relaxation! And it was a beautiful paddle around Charleston.

rheddmobile wrote: »

Madwife2009 wrote: »

Walked Parkrun again this morning (also volunteered) - two and a half minutes off last week's time. Which may not seem much but it means that I am slowly regaining my fitness.

Can't wait to be able to run again.

I've now completed 85 Parkruns and volunteered on 93 occasions.

If it cools down later and if the arthritis will allow me, I may go for a gentle, traffic-free bike ride now I have a new bike

I was just thinking about you! I didn’t realize quite how badly you were hurt, that’s terrible. But glad to hear you are recovering from your bike accident.

That's really sweet of you. I'm getting better, slowly but surely. There's a little improvement every day.

I've got a nasty wound on the back of my calf which had to be kept "open" to cleanse it, but that's now being allowed to heal. My left shoulder is problematic and causes pain at the front when I'm reclining or lying down, my left forearm has tendon issues (very painful), the arthritis was triggered by the accident and is the worst it's ever been (mainly in my hands and feet). And my head is still "interesting" as I forget things, say the wrong things, have to think carefully about what I'm saying, silly stuff like that. I'm also scared to go out cycling unless I know it's safe; being too close to moving cars makes me physically flinch (even if I'm a passenger in a car and a car gets too close alongside).

Don't like taking the anti-imflammatories or painkillers but have no choice at the moment. The open wound on my leg also meant that I was unable to take my arthritis medication which, conversely, I am desperate to take as I know it helps! But now the wound is being allowed to heal, I can take those again.

But, as I say, little improvements every day. At least I can walk normally now, even if a little slower than before - and I'm getting quicker and doing more each day. Plenty of rest still, though.

I started cycling last month and bought a new helmet - today I had to tighten the chin strap. One chin down, 6 to go!!!

Went on a power walk yesterday. I've been working to get my pace below 15:30 per mile. Got three miles at 15:11 or less. GPS glitched on the fourth mile, although the pace was in the same neighborhood.

Now for four miles under 15:00 per mile!

I've got a few!

Yesterday, my beloved and I went to a wonderful FUN party and saw some folk there I haven't seen since I was obese. One person told me I look like....A MODEL! Another person I didn't know at all, tapped me on my shoulder and told she was watching me, and that I had an "elegant" look AND way about myself" ( I super LOVED that). Me and my boo was "cutting the rug something fierce" and a couple of people told me I could really dance good!!!!

So, more wonderful Nsv's for me and CHEERS AND BIG OLE HIGH FIVES to/for ALL the other Nsv's I'm reading on this thread...SUPER MEGA YAY Y'all And me too!!!!

Fitting into a dress that I originally thought was a shirt. It fit tight when I bought it. Now it hugs me in all the right places.

Ran 5k for the fourth time, and decided to carry on. Finished with a 7k run. Just two weeks ago I could barely run two. Our crazy unseasonable cool weather helped, but am learning to like this running thing. And the fab naps that result, lol.

I have a slightly sore rear end.

From the saddle on my new bike.

Which I just rode for 7 miles.

Including some very short stretches of road.

It was wonderful but also very scary.

But my lovely son was with me so I had to be calm. Although to be fair to him, he was encouraging and helped keep things in perspective.


Sadly I cannot transfer the saddle from my old bike to the new one as it literally got ripped in half. No amount of superglue is going to fix that back on

I just want to write down that I still am so so happy that I can cross my legs comfortably again. I love sitting with my legs crossed but it's just not comfortable when I had too much extra weight.