What's Your Most Recent NSV

This week at the gym I saw my friend, and she says to me “ I saw you standing over there but I didn’t recognize you, I thought you were one of the trainers that work here” lol Also, I’m doing higher reps with more weight and when I leave the gym and I’m walking down the stairs my legs don’t feel like jello and like they’re going to give out on me. Woohooo!

Ironwoman2219 wrote: »

This week at the gym I saw my friend, and she says to me “ I saw you standing over there but I didn’t recognize you, I thought you were one of the trainers that work here” lol Also, I’m doing higher reps with more weight and when I leave the gym and I’m walking down the stairs my legs don’t feel like jello and like they’re going to give out on me. Woohooo!

Someone at the gym said the same thing to me, didnt think much of it til I read this. She said you work here, right? To tell you the truth I am smaller than most of the instructors!

I moved from a Lifestyle group (active weight loss) to a Maintenance group because I have been cycling the same 5 lbs for 4 months and I haven't been feeling well. 3 weeks into the new group and I am down those 5 lbs and starting to feel good again.

I was squeezing into a size 22 when I started this journey. Today, I fit every single pair of size 12 jeans I tried on (except for the length...don't get me started on that s**t-show). I am pretty sure I was born a size 14.

I went to the gym for the first time since everything started going wrong. I walked there without my lift partner, because he moved to Detroit.

I did the very basic 5x5 program with the app telling me what to do and how long to rest.

I did all the reps and all the sets.

I didn't drop the bar. I didn't require rescue from a spotter. I did a bit of extra stuff. I walked 4 miles home without anything mortifying or scarey happening with my body. I'm definitely getting better, and Monday, I can increase my squat weight and find out if I still hate OHP. (I do. Forever. I will ALWAYS hate OHP.)

My morning face is back! You see, I used to really like how my face looked in the morning, fresh and bright. The night face is always puffy and tired. But with all the weight, one day I noticed my good morning face was gone, and it it’s place there were eyes scrunched in by fat, and disappearing lips. But now that’s gone, and my good face is back, with normal lips and eyes!

Today is parkrun day.

The alarm went off just before 6am. Pitch black outside.

I lay in my nice warm bed, and listened to the howling wind and rain hammering down.

Debated staying in bed, well, because.

Had to get up as needed the bathroom.

Decided that I'd get dressed and see what the weather forecast was.

Forecast was totally dire.

Woke my son up as he always goes with me to parkrun.

Had a discussion about it, thought to have breakfast and then decide.

Weather still dire. Decided to go to the parkrun and see if the weather was better there.

It wasn't.

Decided to see if there was an umbrella in the boot of the car as we could then just walk it under the umbrella.

No umbrella. Son not looking very keen.

Tell son that I'm going to have a look as it was a different parkrun. Son decides to go with me.

Lots of trees - good, a bit of cover. Bad - leaves everywhere, so slippery. Not much mud though as tarmac paths all the way.

Decide to walk round the course as I didn't want another slip/fall, I have enough to recover from without adding more to my list of problems.

Had a very pleasant, fast walk around a lake four times in the company of my wonderful, wonderful son.

So, despite the weather, we got up, went and did it. Got wet but we dried out.

Very glad that we did it. Otherwise I'd have regretted it all day.

And if the weather improves, I might get to go out for a bike ride or a run later.

And, even better, got home to discover that England are through to the final of the Rugby World Cup. The day just got a whole lot better...

This morning I was going to go to a 7:30 step class. I woke up a bit late but hurried around and was only going to be about 2 minutes late for class (I've got it timed to the minute). I got in my car to leave and realized my husband was parked behind me. So I ran into the house, got his keys and jumped in his car...only to realize that his car was completely frosted over. I was going to take time for this to be cleared. So I was too late to go to class. I thought of just going back inside and skipping a workout, but instead I went and did some running/walking on the indoor track, some lifting, and 100 cals on the rower. It may not have been as high intensity as my class, but I still was active.

So I ran 5.16 miles today. In a 9:55 pace. I looked back at my run history and my first earnest run was April 2nd. I ran 2 miles at a 13:14 pace. My average heart rate was also 10 bpm higher than it was today.

It’s taken consistency and dedication to get here and I am well aware that a 9:55 is by no means blazing fast but I’m proud of how far I’ve come!

Today I cycled 17 miles.

This was a major achievement and something I didn't think I'd be doing again this year.

The only downside was that my lovely husband tightened up the bolt on my seat as it was wobbly and had to remove the seat and seat post to do it. But he didn't get the seat back in quite the right position - it was a fraction too high - so now I have a slightly sore tail end.

It was worth it though.

Maybe next week, if I can fit in some more rides beforehand, I'll be able to tackle one of my big hills again.

You have to aim high sometimes!

old belt. new belt.

We went to the Magic Kingdom today. My husband, toddler son and I had plenty of room together in the Haunted Mansion doom buggy and Under the Sea clamshell. I can think back to just a few weeks ago when it was a much more snug fit.

My tightest slacks from 7+ years ago fit beautifully. Also it's that TOM, and my go-to work pants from the last year are falling off despite the bloating.

I think my biggest NSV is that I am no longer living in fear that I'll eventually regain the weight.

I have little to no double chin in pictures now!!!! No more extending my neck & worrying about it while posing for pictures! & I didn't realize how much weight fell off my face until I compared these pictures. Yay!!👏