What's Your Most Recent NSV

PMS is raging, but no hormone induced binge eating...went for binge cleaning the past two days instead. Hours of yard work, scrubbing walls, baseboards, and trim must have burned some extra calories and crabbiness. Bonus is house looks so fresh and clean without all the hand/foot marks all over my walls!

This morning I was able to finally do a dead hang again (it’s been years)! This is a double NSV. I sprained my left shoulder really bad in March and have slowly been rehabing it (I could barely lift my arm above my shoulder for the first month and a half after the injury). I couldn’t do a dead hang BEFORE my injury and now I’m healed up enough and gained enough strength to do it again!!! I’m so excited! I didn’t feel like I had a whole lot of NSVs the first 3 months other than clothes starting to get looser but the last week or two they’ve all started to pile up! Consistency is key! Congrats to everyone celebrating their NSV. I see you!

Terytha wrote: »

Also this is a semi scale victory but today's five week prediction showed a number under 200 pounds, and while I know its inaccurate as heck, still! Onederland is in sight!

Oh I’ve been finding it accurate. Everyday after I get the prediction I type it into the notes section under the food dairy. I often flick back five weeks and have a check and it has been spot on quite often and near other times.

another person asked me "did you lose weight"? she said my face was looker leaner!

Thanksgiving...within calorie deficit...Done!!!

I had a guilt free thanksgiving and ate all the food I wanted. Food anxiety was a big reason I struggled the last time I tried to lose weight, so this is a big win for me, and makes it so much easier for me to get back to normal eating tomorrow.

I went to a work networking event last night. Usually this is an excuse for free wine and nibbles. I had a couple of glasses of water then went home to eat something sensible.

Kept it real for Thanksgiving without denying myself or imploding my calorie goal and fully intend to get back into pool at tail end of two hour drive home!

Once upon a time in 2006, I turned 18 and my mom bought me this pretty expensive skirt suit from a high end store for like job interviews and academic things.

A couple years ago I donated the jacket but I couldn't let go of the skirt.

In March I couldn't even pull it up over my thighs.

This morning I pulled it on, zipped it up, and it looked awesome.

I'm crying now. I didn't think it would ever fit again. Part of me always felt like I let mom down by getting so huge I couldn't wear it.

God, I wish I could tell her about it.

Ran my first 5K race yesterday and my official chip time was 29:41! I was hoping for a sub-30 min 5K but with the crap weather we had I wasn’t hopeful.

This time last year I was running 12 minute miles. My average pace yesterday was 9:34 😄 I haven’t lost a lot of weight this year but I’m really proud of how far I’ve come with my running!

I ate until my stomach's content yesterday at Thanksgiving!

But as I was getting dressed to go to the in-laws, my spouse said "You look like you have balls..."
I was biologically born/am still of a female body...
Ha! It's because my underwear is now sagging from losing so much weight!
Gotta get slimmer more flattering undies now!

Ok so I posted about how last month I finally fit a slim fit woman’s shirt after having to wear the men’s bigger size shirts to accommodate my huge stomach. Well I actually had purchased three slim fit shirts and got one of them was in the next size down which I couldn’t fit yet.

So yesterday I tried it on and it fit so I went and bought another two in the next size but one in the next size down after that as well so I can see my progress in a month or two! I do have a tape measure but it is so much better than a tape measure because I can visually see progress with the shirt I wasn’t that slim a month back!

Oh and about how I posted about the occasional uniform that work wanted us in but I didn’t fit it for those events so they would make me work in the back where clients can’t see me. The manager saw me with the uniform on and sent me to the back room while not acknowledging the uniform. 🤷🏼‍♀️ So IDK that seemed bitchy.

I also had a massive clean out of my wardrobe and drawers yesterday and everything that was a size XL or size 24, 22 or 20 or too big on me got taken to the clothing donation box. Never fitting those sizes again!

Being able to run for 45 minutes and feeling good about it later.

jaroby wrote: »

Another one.
My current jeans are a little too big. Still wearable but I’ll need a smaller size soon.

I was at a local non-chain owned thrift store today and found several high quality jeans of the same brand, all 10’s. $6 & $5. (UNHEARD of in my area, Goodwill upcharges $10-$15+ for used jeans where I live. Often you can see that the item has a target clearance tag and the thrift store is charging more than targets tag which is still attached to the garment)

I bought 4 pair, 2 of them flannel lined. Perfect for the bitter cold months coming up.

I am SO proud of myself for buying jeans knowing I’m so close to them fitting (that was a rule I had for a long time, no more buying things because I want them to fit “someday”)

And the $ I saved feels so nice. My total spending today is equal to a single pair of fast fashion jeans I almost bought last weekend because of the before mentioned too large jeans I currently have.

Now I’m SO motivated to smash out workouts and watch these jeans fit marvelously.

Tried the jeans on again today.
All but one fit!! I’m not confident with the look of them to wear them out in public, but another month or so should do the trick

ElizabethKalmbach wrote: »

So, I got this treadmill desk to improve my winter NEAT and to help me stay warm in winter as an option to use instead of my space heater...

I just got my November gas and electric bill and it's down $60 for this month over the usual. My weight probably dropped 5 pounds while I was saving that $60 in heating expenses, too.

That's actually a great idea. I should get one of those mini bike pedals for under my desk at work so I can stay warmer!