What's Your Most Recent NSV

bought a cute dress at thrift store, usually they are all just small sizes, but hey I am in the small size, size 8-10 medium dress, felt great to wear it!

After weeks of boating and feeling horrible in everything, I finally got rid of almost all of that extra weight. So naturally I decided it was time to shop for a date night dress and outfit—loved going in to the dressing room and having everything in my normal sizes fit perfectly. The only things that didn’t fit were too big! I forgot how good it feels to just put things on and have them fit.

Dressing room attendant commented, “Everything looks great on you! It’ll be so hard to decide!” Well, everything I wanted was 40% off clearance, so I got it all. And totally rocked my silver sparkly dress last night!

Bought a hiking waist pack/water bottle holder thing from Goodwill, like a huge fanny pack (I have some back/neck issues so backpacks hurt me and/or trigger a migraine)... I had tried it on to see how secure it felt (nice, wide waist belt, yay!). DH picked it up to check it out - he had to suck in to get it to buckle around his waist (I had just taken it off)! Whoop whoop! He’s always been quite slender at 6’ tall... and just a few months ago when I started this journey I had the hard realization that I outweighed him at 5’4”. Not anymore!!

Ran 7 miles today! Before today the longest I had run (in many many many years) was 5 miles. It wasn’t the fastest but I felt good the entire time! Thinking I may sign up for a half marathon this summer...

I got into size 8 jeans today. When I started I was a size 20.

Two nsv this weekend I managed my first run after 3 weeks of sickness and came back in exactly where I'd left off on my training before with no problems. I was all geared up to scale back the intervals, but the strength training last week has obviously woken my cv system up enough to manage OK. Feels really good not to gasping for breath.
Secondly I have my in laws staying, so I got my strength training done first thing before everyone was up, rather than putting it off this evening because I don't want to be squatting and grunting in the living room in front of my father in law (that's just weird).
Now I have to manage to navigate dinner out somewhere tonight without letting the fact I'm hungry and have no plan get in the way.

I can definitely see some body changes. I don't have little billows of fat either side of my knees when I stand any more. My belly droops less. It also feels like the rolls of fat on my mid-lower back aren't as big.

This is really encouraging.

@NatalieBkk: How long did that take you? I started at a 20, and am wondering if a 12 or an 8 by December is at all rational.

I just bought a new outfit for an event - high waisted pants, and an almost-crop top. NSV is that I would not have gone near this style before...I was too self-conscious of my stomach.

I was in the gym today and had a visit between sets with a trainer I've known for several years and her client. After that, I was doing bent over rows and in the mirror I saw both of them checking out the back of my arms. (I think it was my arms) The trainer said something about my progress, but I cant remember what since my ear buds were in at the time.

I've noticed that we have an impressive array of snacks at home now. Even a half eaten bag of potato chips. And I have no problems resisting temptation, I just take a small portion when my calorie goal allows for it.

Snacks didn't use to survive this long