What's Your Most Recent NSV

Last winter, I was able to wear my knee-high boots again and I was SO HAPPY! I tried them on (as Fall is right around the corner!!) and they fit even better now. No longer snausage squeezing my calves and turns out, one of them was more of an over-the-knee boot that never had enough give to get that high. Who'd've thought?!

While I don't yet quite want summer to go (swimming season!!), I am getting excited about Fall!

Knocked another two minutes off my "walking" parkrun time.

This was an interesting outing as my 6-year old and husband went with me and my son. There were also some very nasty hills, so I am very pleased with our time.

I also managed to run some small sections, very slowly, without causing any additional pain or head/brain issues.

Am going to see my doctor this week, just for clarification that it's okay to start running again. Once I have that, I'm going to start running from scratch, with the C25K programme again.

It's good to have goals again.

@nighthawk584 Excellent job on your weight loss! Let us know your results when you get your A1C tested next month. I am diabetic and my A1C was 8.5 in March. Doctor really put the fear into me. Mine will be re-tested in about October. I have lost 31 pounds (since February) and am working towards losing more before October. I am hoping for good news!

I did an hour long HIT Barre class with a friend, I only had to take a couple of short breaks and only modified a few exercises, otherwise I kept up pretty well.

I can't afford it in the long run, but it was a ton of fun and the instructor gave me a free week so I'm going back at least once or twice more before my free week runs out.

ExistingFish wrote: »

I did an hour long HIT Barre class with a friend, I only had to take a couple of short breaks and only modified a few exercises, otherwise I kept up pretty well.

That's fantastic, congratulations! One of my NSVs has been how well I can keep up in my hour-long HIIT/cardio/strength class. When I first began I'd get dizzy and feel like I was going to pass out, but now I can do the whole class. Woo hoo!

This is a "no brainer" for me! My most recent NSV is a long one! It began that day late last year when I finally decided I had enough of pain and limited mobility. It has extended through two hip replacement surgeries in 2019, their subsequent rehab and PT. It continues today with continued PT, freer MUCH more comfortable and MUCH more consistent exercise (and diet) which has translated as of today, into a SV of nearly 25 lbs lost since May. 🙂

whmscll wrote: »

I just reached my goal weight, which in the past has triggered the “yea now I can eat what I want” mentality. But because I am older, my maintenance cals are only 1450. Last night my husband and I went to a dance potluck and I was eyeing the sweets table. I really wanted some, BUT I knew from logging my calories that I didn’t have enough room for sweets (even with the extra cals from dancing) and once I got started I would probably eat too many. So I walked away and asked my husband to rhumba again. Hit my maintenance calories for the day dead on.

Good for you!! My metabolism is quite slow as well. My maintenance rate will likely be 1300-1400 calories per day once I get down another 40 lbs. I had no idea how little my body actually needed to maintain...

I didn’t think I was ever going to. But as of today, I can balance on one foot to the count of 20. I’ll lose speed until I build up more strength, and I’m still a little wobbly when I walk. But now I’m clear to ditch the cane!

I was sitting in my chair and noticed I needed to trim my toenails. I bent over and easily trimmed them without getting out of breath or having to maneuver myself into a better position. I'm 5'0 and 309 pounds. I should still be getting in my way when it comes to that. How bendy and flexible am I under all this fat?