What's Your Most Recent NSV
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The past two weeks was a whirlwind of holiday family visits out of state. I ate (and drank) way above maintenance pretty much every day that I was gone.
NSV #1: As soon as I got back home, I jumped right back into my normal eating habits. No sweat.
NSV #2: I exercised almost every day I was gone, whether it was walking, running, lifting weights, or yoga/floor exercises. I found a gym in my hometown so I could lift heavy at least a couple days. Lifting has become such an integral part of my life. I have this drive to strength train that keeps getting stronger.
NSV #3: Every single person I saw who hadn't seen me in 6 months or more told me that I look amazing. Nobody commented on my weight- they just appeared surprised and delighted before paying me a compliment. I don't think the weight loss is so obvious as much as the overall improvement in my shape and fashion sense.
NSV #4: Despite the many days of overeating, thanks to getting back on track so fast I am currently only ~1200 kcal TOTAL over maintenance for the last two weeks. That's not even half a pound's worth of calories.
NSV #5: A shirt that was very fitted a few weeks ago is suddenly loose around my waist. The muscle vs. fat thing is real, y'all.24 -
Looked at my resting heart rate and was shocked at how much it’s come down this past year. The left was february if this year and the right is this week.
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70 push-ups in a row...30
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That last line is the most important - the threshold for the surgery is below 40.0.
...I keep tearing up each time I read it. Gonna need a bigger box of Kleenex today.
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I've started feeling cold again. I was always warm due to the extra insulation, but I've had to turn up the heat recently and wear long pants.
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Measurement day was yesterday. On top of the scale victory, I have also lost 53.25 Inches!!!34
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Someone shared a photo of me singing with the work choir at a charity Xmas lunch last week. I was wearing a favourite pair of shoes and was flat out delighted to see my legs looked fabulous in the shot. I’ve only just started to lose weight after a huge gain and had assumed they looked like tree trunks!
I’ve a long way to before I’m back in the “normal” weight range but taking my pleasure and motivation where I can 💪24 -
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Added weight to my deadlift. No longer just the bar. Pretty pleased.20
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banshee925 wrote: »No longer need back surgery because exercise has sorted it 👍
This is such an amazing victory. Congratulations!!8 -
My (adult) daughter was particularly difficult yesterday and continues to be difficult today.
She's at university and has been sending her dad and I the most horrible messages - think along terms of "you don't know me, you don't take my feelings into consideration, you don't love me".
We must have done something really, really awful for her to be like this, don't you think? But no, it's all over the colour of a room we are getting ready for her - a room that didn't even exist a couple of months ago - up until now she's had to sleep on a mattress on her small sister's bedroom floor. Very upsetting, as DH and I have worked really hard to get this ready for her and have put everything else aside so that she will have her own space.
Clearly, in her 20-year old's eyes, we have failed as parents.
The NSV is that I did NOT respond to these hurtful accusations by hitting the food cupboards.45 -
Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »70 push-ups in a row...
awesome job! I'm currently able to do 40-50 in a row and quickly follow it with sets of 20. Not too shabby since I am 55 and average my age is 20-30 for fit men. My goal is to get to 100 in a row...(doubt that will ever happen, but not stopping me from trying!)9 -
Pulled a muscle (I think?) on the upper part of my quad, near my groin. I cannot squat or lunge. I tried again yesterday and after one rather light set, I couldn't walk for a bit and had to stretch myself out. No harm done, though, but I backed off.
Before, I would have said, "Oh, well, guess leg day's over" and went home.
Instead, I went on Pinterest and started looking up other glute/quad exercises. I'm fine to use the muscles, its just the motion of my leg coming up near my chest that hurts.
So, I ended up doing some banded sideways crab-walk things in like a half-squat (not sure what you'd call them), a LOT of glute bridges and deadlifts, and then jumped on the stationary machines.14 -
Madwife2009 wrote: »My (adult) daughter was particularly difficult yesterday and continues to be difficult today.
She's at university and has been sending her dad and I the most horrible messages - think along terms of "you don't know me, you don't take my feelings into consideration, you don't love me".
We must have done something really, really awful for her to be like this, don't you think? But no, it's all over the colour of a room we are getting ready for her - a room that didn't even exist a couple of months ago - up until now she's had to sleep on a mattress on her small sister's bedroom floor. Very upsetting, as DH and I have worked really hard to get this ready for her and have put everything else aside so that she will have her own space.
Clearly, in her 20-year old's eyes, we have failed as parents.
The NSV is that I did NOT respond to these hurtful accusations by hitting the food cupboards.
Good job for not hitting the cupboards! Eating will not make the messages different. I hope your daughter smartens up.
Perhaps she needs someone to let her know that she is welcome to continue sleeping on the floor if she's going to be ungrateful and rude.
Or, you know, not welcome at all.
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I haven't been driving much since my weight loss journey started, but driving yesterday was the 1st time I noticed the seat belt wasn't uncomfortable. I'm sure many can relate to this. The little things
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Madwife2009 wrote: »My (adult) daughter was particularly difficult yesterday and continues to be difficult today.
She's at university and has been sending her dad and I the most horrible messages - think along terms of "you don't know me, you don't take my feelings into consideration, you don't love me".
We must have done something really, really awful for her to be like this, don't you think? But no, it's all over the colour of a room we are getting ready for her - a room that didn't even exist a couple of months ago - up until now she's had to sleep on a mattress on her small sister's bedroom floor. Very upsetting, as DH and I have worked really hard to get this ready for her and have put everything else aside so that she will have her own space.
Clearly, in her 20-year old's eyes, we have failed as parents.
The NSV is that I did NOT respond to these hurtful accusations by hitting the food cupboards.
Good job for not hitting the cupboards! Eating will not make the messages different. I hope your daughter smartens up.
Perhaps she needs someone to let her know that she is welcome to continue sleeping on the floor if she's going to be ungrateful and rude.
Or, you know, not welcome at all.
I am ashamed to say that I told her that she was welcome to sleep elsewhere if the room colour was not to her liking . . . her response was, "WHERE?". Hmm. Not my problem. Not this time.
The really stupid thing is that she hasn't even SEEN the room. It looks really good. My teenage sons are totally perplexed by her extreme reaction to it all. As am I.22 -
nighthawk584 wrote: »Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »70 push-ups in a row...
awesome job! I'm currently able to do 40-50 in a row and quickly follow it with sets of 20. Not too shabby since I am 55 and average my age is 20-30 for fit men. My goal is to get to 100 in a row...(doubt that will ever happen, but not stopping me from trying!)
I hope I can do that when I'm your age brother!
Great work 👏🏼👏🏼2 -
Madwife - tell your daughter she needs to chill. My husband and I have one daughter - she's away at college as well. Two months ago we sold our 4 bedroom/3 bath house and moved into a tiny 2 bedroom apartment. During that time, my husband fell from a ladder and broke his pelvis - sleeping has been an issue for him, so he sleeps in one bedroom, I sleep in the other. Our daughter sleeps on an air mattress when she comes home - in the middle of the living room. We know it's not the best situation, and we've apologized to our daughter - she takes it in stride, and says it's like 'a big sleepover' when she comes home. At least your daughter gets a room - regardless of what color it is (make sure you tell her this)!14
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Madwife2009 wrote: »Madwife2009 wrote: »My (adult) daughter was particularly difficult yesterday and continues to be difficult today.
She's at university and has been sending her dad and I the most horrible messages - think along terms of "you don't know me, you don't take my feelings into consideration, you don't love me".
We must have done something really, really awful for her to be like this, don't you think? But no, it's all over the colour of a room we are getting ready for her - a room that didn't even exist a couple of months ago - up until now she's had to sleep on a mattress on her small sister's bedroom floor. Very upsetting, as DH and I have worked really hard to get this ready for her and have put everything else aside so that she will have her own space.
Clearly, in her 20-year old's eyes, we have failed as parents.
The NSV is that I did NOT respond to these hurtful accusations by hitting the food cupboards.
Good job for not hitting the cupboards! Eating will not make the messages different. I hope your daughter smartens up.
Perhaps she needs someone to let her know that she is welcome to continue sleeping on the floor if she's going to be ungrateful and rude.
Or, you know, not welcome at all.
I am ashamed to say that I told her that she was welcome to sleep elsewhere if the room colour was not to her liking . . . her response was, "WHERE?". Hmm. Not my problem. Not this time.
The really stupid thing is that she hasn't even SEEN the room. It looks really good. My teenage sons are totally perplexed by her extreme reaction to it all. As am I.
You shouldn't be ashamed of that. She is an adult. Your legal obligations ended at 18. Everything she gets now is a bonus. Being tough on your kids can sometimes be a good thing. I was pretty coddled growing up and it definitely made transitioning into adulthood a bit harder than if my parents had been tougher on me.13 -
Madwife2009 wrote: »Madwife2009 wrote: »My (adult) daughter was particularly difficult yesterday and continues to be difficult today.
She's at university and has been sending her dad and I the most horrible messages - think along terms of "you don't know me, you don't take my feelings into consideration, you don't love me".
We must have done something really, really awful for her to be like this, don't you think? But no, it's all over the colour of a room we are getting ready for her - a room that didn't even exist a couple of months ago - up until now she's had to sleep on a mattress on her small sister's bedroom floor. Very upsetting, as DH and I have worked really hard to get this ready for her and have put everything else aside so that she will have her own space.
Clearly, in her 20-year old's eyes, we have failed as parents.
The NSV is that I did NOT respond to these hurtful accusations by hitting the food cupboards.
Good job for not hitting the cupboards! Eating will not make the messages different. I hope your daughter smartens up.
Perhaps she needs someone to let her know that she is welcome to continue sleeping on the floor if she's going to be ungrateful and rude.
Or, you know, not welcome at all.
I am ashamed to say that I told her that she was welcome to sleep elsewhere if the room colour was not to her liking . . . her response was, "WHERE?". Hmm. Not my problem. Not this time.
The really stupid thing is that she hasn't even SEEN the room. It looks really good. My teenage sons are totally perplexed by her extreme reaction to it all. As am I.
You shouldn't be ashamed of that. She is an adult. Your legal obligations ended at 18. Everything she gets now is a bonus. Being tough on your kids can sometimes be a good thing. I was pretty coddled growing up and it definitely made transitioning into adulthood a bit harder than if my parents had been tougher on me.
I tell my poor kid he's getting luggage for graduation. Get out! :laugh:15 -
Madwife2009 wrote: »Madwife2009 wrote: »My (adult) daughter was particularly difficult yesterday and continues to be difficult today.
She's at university and has been sending her dad and I the most horrible messages - think along terms of "you don't know me, you don't take my feelings into consideration, you don't love me".
We must have done something really, really awful for her to be like this, don't you think? But no, it's all over the colour of a room we are getting ready for her - a room that didn't even exist a couple of months ago - up until now she's had to sleep on a mattress on her small sister's bedroom floor. Very upsetting, as DH and I have worked really hard to get this ready for her and have put everything else aside so that she will have her own space.
Clearly, in her 20-year old's eyes, we have failed as parents.
The NSV is that I did NOT respond to these hurtful accusations by hitting the food cupboards.
Good job for not hitting the cupboards! Eating will not make the messages different. I hope your daughter smartens up.
Perhaps she needs someone to let her know that she is welcome to continue sleeping on the floor if she's going to be ungrateful and rude.
Or, you know, not welcome at all.
I am ashamed to say that I told her that she was welcome to sleep elsewhere if the room colour was not to her liking . . . her response was, "WHERE?". Hmm. Not my problem. Not this time.
The really stupid thing is that she hasn't even SEEN the room. It looks really good. My teenage sons are totally perplexed by her extreme reaction to it all. As am I.
No shame. If this behavior is out of the norm for her then maybe there's some other stuff going on right now. Doesn't mean she gets a pass to treat you like that, but hopefully it means she'll apologize sooner than later. 12 -
Luggage is a very practical and useful graduation gift.quiksylver296 wrote: »I tell my poor kid he's getting luggage for graduation. Get out! :laugh:
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I just got this text from a friend..
"Also wanted to ask... is it my imagination or have you lost a lot of weight. You looked so tiny when you stepped up to the mic last night to announce which group you were leading."
Whoop whoop!!!24 -
@Madwife2009
Good for you for not undermining your goals due to your daughter's response. She may be going through stuff but that does not give her a pass to be ungrateful. Maybe suggest using her own money and purchasing a can of paint and she can make it all her own. I do feel your pain. I get some pretty selfish responses from my college kid sometimes and I take it personally. My bad. It's her problem.
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To everyone who replied to my post regarding my daughter - thank you. Even my mum says that she needs to grow up. I did point out to my daughter that she surely had more important things to focus on but I think that she enjoys playing "the victim". Maybe she hasn't settled at uni yet but I was of the opinion that she was fine, based on the (lack of) phone calls/other contact from her. She only gets in touch when she has a problem or needs us to feel sorry for her. I'm NOT going to feel sorry for her as I have enough problems of my own and sympathy is a wasted emotion.
However, it's not nice behaviour and I think it just got to me this time because we'd stopped everything that NEEDED doing to the house to sort this out for her. Plus I still haven't recovered fully from my accident and that's getting me down a bit, especially as my shoulder does not appear to be getting any stronger and my head is still doing stupid things. But my daughter doesn't care about that, just what HER issues are. Which are few and minor. My rheumatologist told me that shoulder injuries take a long time to recover from as they are the most unstable joint of the human body. He also said that I should be a little kinder to myself and stop pushing myself so hard. I'd seen the OT the same day and she said exactly the same thing so maybe it's time to listen to them a little more.
Anyway, onto better things.
Today's parkrun (#101) was tricky as it was mainly on grass. It's been raining all week so it was wet and slippery. I am adverse to running on slippery surfaces at the moment as I don't need more injuries. So it took a while as there were very few places suitable for running, especially when 600+ feet have mashed the grass into mud. But it was interesting as it was bitterly cold and windy when we got there, then it started raining, then hail, then sleet and then snow. Snow. I ask you. This is England, we don't "do" snow until later in the winter. And just when we thought it couldn't get any worse, we were pursued by a tractor down a lane. Nothing like a tractor to get the feet moving faster and the heart beating faster! But we finished by running to the funnel, with smiles on our faces.25 -
I had a 5 minute power test (cycling) this morning and not only did I get some new best numbers but I hit a max HR I haven't seen for a while. I've started to really see that my raw power numbers are actually pretty good, the problem is that my weight means that the w/kg numbers are lower than they could be. I think my new coach agrees as he's given me a 3 hour fat burning ride with strict instructions on when/how much to eat for next week (start fasted then about 50g carbs per hour for the 2nd and 3rd hour).
(I'd actually lost about a stone before I started working with him so his training aligns with what I was trying to do anyway).9 -
I had gotten to the point where I was really uncomfortable with my body and how I looked in everything- I had given up on certain types of clothing thinking I was past the point where I could wear those things- fitted tank tops, shorts, above-knee skirts. I was just looking for loose t-shirts and midi-dresses. I could understand how women get to a certain age and give up on looking cute (I’m 38).
Well, lost 25lbs using mfp, and I’m now looking for those clothing items I thought were hopeless for me! I was looking for something to wear to work yesterday and pulled out a dress that had been in my donation bag for months because it was tight in the hips and rode up. It was completely loose in a cute way!24 -
The pants I packed on my trip home in February were tight. Now, I brought them again this visit, and they fit just right. \o/17
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