What's Your Most Recent NSV

A dress that was too tight a couple a weeks ago now fits, as well as some work clothes that I bought ages ago!

Went to see the doctor yesterday. He commended me for my weight loss. But even better he went through all the blood work, and vitals. He said I was one of the healthiest of his patients. (But I must add that I do have a bad knee that sometimes limits what I can do.)

I noticed some new muscle bumps on my thighs yesterday. Usually they have been covered too well to see that kind of thing.

You'll never believe what I just did! I had both hands full, and I got up off the couch with NO HANDS. Not even a hand on the thigh for leverage. I simply stood up.

I hope this isn't out of place. It's weight related, and maybe even scale related, but for me it's a NSV because it represents, I hope, a different attitude that will help me continue with success on my journey. Apologies for the length.

I had a moment of insight yesterday that I hope will help me feel better about my goal and where I am relative to it.

I was trying to fix some wind chimes and a cast iron bell. I had to make new sails, and I was looking in my tackle box for some weight. Somehow, the fishing license I bought one year while in grad school was still taped inside. That's not quite 30 years ago, but really close. I only fished one of the three years I was in grad school; I caught some hatchery fish in a reservoir, and it really wasn't very exciting. I focused on other activities. But for some reason I actually looked at the document yesterday. Needs new tape. But it showed my weight. It was two pounds above what I have set as my ultimate goal, and it was smack in the middle of what I now call my maintenance range. Wait. What?

I doubt I was shaving pounds when I got that license, but it's possible I was a hair heavier than it says. A couple years later, I got a drivers license in the state I currently live, and I listed my weight about five pounds heavier. Ten years later, ten pounds heavier. Eight years after that, nine pounds heavier. Seems like it was about a pound a year. I hear that can happen.

I got to my heaviest a couple years after that. I was probably heavier than I listed on the license, but was in denial. My heaviest was another six or seven pounds up from what it said. That was seven years ago when I sort of decided to do something about it. I lost in fits and starts for about four years. I was losing VERY slowly. Then three years ago or so I got serious and got to my initial goal weight in about ten months. Along the way, I decided to lower my goal to what it is now. My original goal all that time was.... One pound more than what I just read on that fishing license. My final goal was a couple pounds below it, but now I think I'm just going to use THAT goal, my weight in grad school, as my ultimate goal weight. I'm keeping my maintenance ranges. The goal still fits.

My hope is that I keep being kind to myself even if that, possibly overzealous, goal I set a while ago remains just out of reach. It's ok.

Edited to fix a typo.

Wow everyone is so inspiring yall are kickin some butt!

My nsv is I have been working out for 2 months and haven't given up for once.

I have had issues with my left shoulder for a while, but during lockdown, since I could not swim, I bought a set of light gym hand weights and have been doing a set of exercises for arms and shoulders most days, to try to build up strength and movement. I started out with the 0.5 kg for all three sets (or even no weights at all on bad days!). Then I swapped to using the 1kg weights for the middle set for a while. Then the 1kg weights for the first and second and the 0.5kg for the third. Today I used the 1kg weights for all three and my shoulder is absolutely fine. I realise that those who lift weights seriously will find this ridiculous but for me it is a real milestone. I plan now to stick with 1kg for three sets for the next week and then move to the 1.5kg weights for the middle set.

It's 85 degrees outside and I'm somehow not that hot. I am drinking nice cold water, but that used to not make such a difference. I used to suffer in anything above 80.

NSV: I'm able to do a regular stiff leg deadlift instead of a sumo. Previously, my gut was too much in the way.

I failed on my 275 lb squat this morning and didn't let it get in my head. I rested and came back and got it the next time!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGkVyzqEESU

I realized I can touch my toes again, and the floor in front of me while keeping my legs straight, so I did so many the other day it gave me DOMS.

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I realized I can touch my toes again, and the floor in front of me while keeping my legs straight, so I did so many the other day it gave me DOMS.

I discovered this evening that I can put my palms flat on the floor with my legs straight. I have NEVER been able to do this (or not since I was about five years old). This means that I am currently more flexible than I have been for over fifty years!

So maybe not a massively inspiring one but a couple of months ago my toddler said I looked like I ate too many cakes (he got some idea at nursery that too much food makes you fat and we were like no sweetie food is fine and cake is ok its only too much cake). He stuck to this and said daddy didn't (I mean the boy was not wrong). It made me a bit sad even though it's irrational.

Today it came up again and he said I didn't look like I ate too many cakes. Whoop!

I'm at the 14-day mark, last night I walked a mile in 12 minutes without feeling out of breath. My blood pressure has held at normal levels for the past 4 days and my oxygen levels are up! Since I am doing this for my health, this means more to me than inches!