What's Your Most Recent NSV

more than 2/3 of my closet is now available for new clothes when I can afford them.

Found out I did not get a job I had applied for at work which would have involved a promotion. While I am disappointed (and a little angry, if I'm being honest), I didn't try to self-soothe using alcohol and food. Instead, I am channeling those emotions to fuel my workouts at the gym.

- my belt has become too big, I had some extra holes punched
- down another size in clothing, I've reached the magic size "42", so no longer wearing "plus size", I can now start shopping in regular brands and stores! Well, that's the theory anyway, not sure how C&A sizes compare to other brands
- I don't feel entirely disgusted anymore when I catch a glimpse of my figure in a window for example. Still a lot of room for improvement, but quite happy anyway.

I was very concerned with losing my bust and glute size if I was closer to my ideal weight (doctor says 100lbs for my build and height 4'11" and on Asian American bmi chart so please don't judge). Today a new student was admiring my body with a big smile exclaimed, "She's thick!" I thought they were calling me fat but teens are saying "thick" means curvy in a good way. I looked in the mirror and saw a shadow between my pectoral muscles so I guess the increased reps of chest flys with 12 lbs weights are working. My glutes still look plump in my size 2 jeans so one legged deadlifts too are working. I took pics but can't figure out how to post and you can barely see the shadow... it keeps saying failed to upload...

I rode the 4 miles to the station this morning and didn't feel as if I had done any exercise. My HRM told me I had only burnt 68 calories. Still made my train, similar time to when I used to arrive sweaty and out of breath when I started cycling 6 months ago.

Just walked down the aisle of the plain and didn’t have to turn myself sideways to fit. Lots of length on the seatbelt when I tightened it too! 😃

I'm on light duty at work, which now means I sit in an office chair in a control/security monitoring room for 12 hours, rather than walking 75% of my day. I'm used to climbing 35+ flights of stairs a day on my shift, now I just sit.
I can't stand it. I feel so lazy. And I had to cut my calories to inactive job type rather than active. I don't like that lol. I like to eat.
So, while I'm keeping my calories where they are for the time being, I have a timer set on my fitbit for 20 minutes.
Every time it goes off, I get up, step out of view of the camera, and do 25 jumping jacks, 5 body weight squats, and run in place for a minute. Time permitting, of course. It won't always be exactly every 20 minutes because of phone calls, etc.
3 times per hour times 12 hours. I'm hoping it helps offset some of this activity change.

Excuse the funny angle and messy room, this is not a Valentine's outfit...

I had a brunch meeting with a a board member who loves to clean out her closet, and she gave me bag of clothing, including a dress in size 10 (and these stunning heels).

I'm an L top, 14 pants, and here it is!! 5 dress sizes and 2 shoe sizes down.

And to think, I could zip it up after some Valentine's Day Nutella crepes. 😂

@glennagael you look lovely in that!

Thanks, @TheMrWobbly!! Great job on portion control. It’s great when your stomach shrinks and your hunger cues start to align!! I miss Chinese food I can’t eat it because of a garlic allergy (and it’s too hard to determine whether a recipe has garlic or not).

This thread Still my fave thread on MFP. Always so inspiring.

One more NSV for me today: my husband told me my cooking just keeps getting better and better. I think I’m spoiling him and setting a precedent, but I like the stuff I make too, so I’ll keep experimenting in the kitchen. This morning I whipped up some keto buckeyes for him for Valentine’s Day. He was in heaven