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NSV for today...Hand shoveling heavy wet, slushy/icy snow for an hour non-stop. A year ago at this time, I wouldn't have lasted 10 min without wanting to collapse and it would have been dangerous to my health. Even after losing 94 lbs, it was still tough but only towards the last 15 minutes. And yes, I am claiming ALL of those 500 calories burned!35
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I had to stop wearing my wedding rings bc they would fall off my finger, past my knuckle, and almost lost them. Finally went to get them resized. One was a 6.5 and one was a 7 (IDK why), and they are being resized to a 5.5!17
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Finally had time today to take another big load of oversized clothing from the storage place to the donation box. Boy does it feel good to get rid of them all! I was looking through my closet and drawers frantically as well trying to find any extras to join them to take down but I think I've go them all. Well.. except for a dress I love but that really will have to go next time. I don't even think I can wear it again it is so big now but I love it so much. Plus it is pilling.
The other thing that is a NSV is that I realised that when I go to pick something small up off the floor I no longer have to carefully figure out how I am going to get it in my hand. For the longest time the easiest way to get things up off the floor was to slightly bend the right knee and then push the other leg out sideways and kind of tip over sideways dangerously until my right hand could touch the thing enough to get a grip on it to pick up. Haha - it was so hard and so much effort and I hated manoeuvring like that. Now I just can bend my knees (or just bend over) and can be down and up in a second like a normal person. No stomach and huge legs to stop me and it's so effortless now. I've still got the same amount to lose again so I'm looking forward to seeing what levels my flexibility will take me to next. I am considering working on learning to do the splits.24 -
I am now a "fast walker". When I decided I was going to get serious about losing weight a little over a year ago, I started walking to my office from the parking lot instead of taking a bus (about a mile walk each way). When I started, I kept to the right side of the walking path so others could pass me. I wasn't the fastest walker that's for sure. Now, - 50 lbs later, I am one of the faster walkers & more often than not, I catch up and have to go around people. Also, I don't get winded at all anymore. Even when I feel I'm going at a fast pace and pushing myself to almost a jog. It's a great, healthy feeling!37
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i wore a crop top with joggers today and got told i look like a gymshark model!! i can already feel my head getting bigger.28
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Today I hit the lowest weight I’ve been in 2.5 years. It kind of makes me sad, just a little. Like, why didn’t I do this before?38
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After losing 55lbs I am finally out of jeans in my "Someday I will fit into these again" stash. I am excited and scared to go shopping for new jeans. Some of these jeans I hadn't fit into in 10+ years.28
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Today I dragged my sorry, exhausted (poor night's sleep) self out of bed, brutally woke my son and went to parkrun.
My aim today was to improve on last week's time. I found a run that was along paths (prefer hard paths to grass, which slows me down, especially at the moment when it's so wet as I don't want to fall and end up walking anyway).
Little did I know as to how my plans were going to fall.apart...
First surprise: my son forgot his running shoes. Well, okay, we might have to walk but he could try running and we'd see.
Second surprise: hills. Or rather, one massive hill. First 2.5k - UP the hill. Second half - down the hill. Okay, a little unexpected but not for the first time the "out" has been up and the "back" had been down. Also figured that the aim to beat last week's time was totally unachievable but whatever.
Third surprise: masses of people. An unbelievable number, which was going to make starting tricky as we tend to hide at the back, so go through the start line well after the run has commenced. Adding time.
We start off. Run up the first section of the hill then the slope hits and I have to walk. But as fast as I can. We did overtake a couple of runners, which was interesting as we were walking. Found a couple of other places to run as well but the uphill was mainly walking. Got to the turnaround point, looked at my watch and was SO disappointed.
Back down we go, trying to keep an even pace all the way back. It was somewhat easier than the way up and the funnel wasn't as far away as we'd thought it was going to be. Finished, looked at my watch and was again disappointed as I was certain that we'd missed our goal.
Got home, anxious for the email from parkrun, confirming our times. It eventually arrives and it confirmed that we failed to improve on last week, by over a minute. I was gutted. But DH tried to make it positive by reminding me that it had been a tough run and uphill run. But then I looked at the full list of results and found that the times weren't right as the numbers showing for my son and I weren't the numbers of the tokens we'd been given.
Checked my Garmin. The time did not correspond to the parkrun time. Then I checked Strava. Strava did not match the parkrun time. Strava matched the time I'd clocked at the top of the hill AND the time I thought I had at the end. Strava matched Garmin. So, it appears that the parkrun time was seriously out because . . .
WE BEAT LAST WEEK'S TIME BY TEN SECONDS!!!
And it was the hardest parkrun we've done to date. It really was brutal. My legs were moaning at the end of it, as was my lower back. It was a killer. But, one day, I shall go back and I WILL RUN up that hill.
Next week, I want a flatter parkrun . . . I think that I deserve it, after today's adventure
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We're going to move, and are looking at houses with basements, and I was all over this house we saw today, back and forth, up and down stairs a couple times, feeling strong and capable, and with no pain in knees and lower back! I haven't lost a lot of pounds yet, but I can tell the daily workouts to get over the deconditioning have definitely worked. I feel infinitely better and have more energy even now.19
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Bought leggings 4 weeks ago and they are too big in the waist🎉24
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I went to a baby shower and didn't eat any of the chips and nuts set out, stuck to water staying away from the punch and wine. Ate a very reasonable amount of chicken, clams and eggplant, skipped the cake and coffee. Stayed within my calorie allowance!29
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Great job, everyone! I love reading all these NSVs, they're so motivating!
I decided today that I am going to sign up for a half marathon this year! I realized that I have done at least one half marathon in every city we've lived in, so this new one will be no exception! I'm still deciding when in the year to do it -- summer is sweltering with humidity (like I have never experienced before...it's brutal!! 😓😓😓 ) and I haven't been running in about a year so I'd need time to train. Maybe May or so? Wish me luck!! 🏃♀️🥇😅18 -
I went to a coffee shop this morning and got a decent good looking gentleman give a discreet and subtle head to toe quick gander. He then suavely started a conversation to get a better look and continued to try till he saw my ring. I haven't had this type of attention since 2009 when I was last in the normal Asian American bmi chart range. Im feeling encouraged to keep going to finish the last 10 lbs of my weightloss journey.18
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I took a flight yesterday and at security they wanted to do a pat down. As she ran her hands round my waistband I realised just how much of a gap there was!14
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Just looked back on my Runkeeper, and last year I ran the equivalent of 4 marathons. That's 8 half marathons. Or 17 10ks. Or 34 5ks. I did my first ever 5k a year and a half ago.
Running a Marathon by 30 is looking pretty dang possible.19 -
I was taking a picture of myself and didn't feel the need to angle my phone up over my head.
Because I don't have a double chin anymore!
I didn't even realize.23 -
I can wear my watch one notch tighter. It’s now #3 from the end, and I finally have enough strap left over to tuck away!
And I threw away a pair of underwear today since they just would not stay up.20 -
My dad noticed! He lives abroad and I haven't seen him since Christmas (but then I was wrapped up in jumpers and lots of layers), and the last time he saw me in cycling kit was in November. This morning I walked downstairs and he asked if I'd lost weight considering he's not normally the most attentive when it comes to that sort of stuff that's definitely a victory!25
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AwesomeSquirrel wrote: »And I threw away a pair of underwear today since they just would not stay up.
It's definitely time I sorted out my underwear drawer and threw some away. I have been at work a couple of times and have felt my panties slip down and the only thing stopping them is the crotch of the work trousers. Fortunately, no one can tell especially as my work trousers are no longer tight and I wear a belt to keep those up. No way I want to spend £100 on a new pair of work trousers until I am done with the weight loss - can probably get away with not replacing those because of the belt. But the panties.. I need to replace those because I sometimes wear a work skirt. There is no way I can hitch panties up in front of clients without being seen so fortunately, I don't have to with the trousers on!
Oh and bras... how exactly do you know when your bra is too big? One of them I bent over and my boobs slipped out.. that was an obvious one but the rest of the bras - how do you know for sure? They probably are all too big but it's a bit costly to rebuy them all especially as I am only nearly halfway done.
I think my shoes are getting loose for several pairs but I've been a much lower weight before and have always had the same size shoe.. but all these threads about shoes getting loose has made me look at mine and wonder.
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After losing 70 pounds last year I got lazy. I didn't track my food, ate things I knew I shouldn't and just fell completely off track and gained back 20 pounds in the last 6 months.
So my NSV is getting back after it. No more eating things I know I shouldn't eat, tracking my food, exercising and just getting off my butt and starting again.
The funny thing was I had logged 300 days in a row and then I went where there was no internet. So my streak ended and I used that as an excuse to stop logging and that was the start of my downfall. It was a foolish thing to do and I regret it.
Down 4 pounds already and I'm happy even tho I know it's water weight.
I have a new motivation. I want to take my wife someplace fun for our 50th anniversary in September. Maybe Bali or Thailand. She said it cost too much, I told her to go on her next 50th then.24
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