What's Your Most Recent NSV
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Hello everyone. I'm new here. What's NSV? Thanks.0
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Wahoo! I borrowed my SIL's mountain bike while they are on vacation and today was the first day I've ridden a bike in about 16 years. I tried it out around my neighborhood and was perfectly fine (they say you never forget how to ride a bike!) so I put it in my car and took it to my beloved Middlesex Greenway. I rode the entire Greenway, 7 miles in total with zero problems and barely breaking a sweat AND (here's the NSV) I rode up the Route 1 Bridge (both ways) without needing to get off my bike and walk--WAHOO!! I've enclosed a picture of the bridge--I conquered this bridge many months ago and have absolutely no trouble walking it (actually, now I walk up and over it several times in a row because it's so easy for me) but I was SURE that I was going to lose my steam biking up it but nope! I made it up both times with no problems. Girl power!
FYI this is just some random picture from off the internet, I have no idea who those people are.
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I swam 100 yards! Now, that might not seem like much to some, but it has been one of my Cardiac Rehab goals for the last year, which was then up-ended when none of the local pools opened this spring and prevented me from getting any kind of practice. But, to qualify to go canoeing with my son's Scout Troop next month, I had to pass the swim test...cold turkey. And I did it! And I wasn't the ..ahem... "weakest" swimming parent in the group, either.
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I returned a large bagful of clothing purchased pre-pandemic that I never had a chance to wear and is now too large. Cha-ching! Of course, now I'm spending it on smaller clothes. 🤷♀️20
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Yesterday was my hardest workout to date, walking & lifting, & I'm not sore today!17
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Saw a number on the scale I have not seen in a while (on the high side) and went "meh"16
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This has a few parts to it. Today when I was preparing lunch I had been planning to put some gyro style hamburger meat, already cooked and drained, with scrambled eggs and have it with homemade pita. As I was preparing the stuff I thought about what I'd had for breakfast, and about my totals for the day. Then I weighed the hamburger, decided it was enough protein on its own, and instead of eggs and pita, I stir fried it in a nonstick pan with cut up red cabbage and a large, sliced mushroom. The meal was within my totals and still filled me up.
It's an NSV for me because not only has weighing my food become natural to do, but logging and being aware of how many calories my foods contain has become a significant decision making factor. Instead of just cooking what sounds good to me tastewise, I now cook what sounds good to me but ALSO fits within my goals. I still enjoyed lunch but didn't have to do a bunch of make-up exercise or stint myself on dinner.
Old me would have said "hey, hamburger and eggs are protein so it's healthy, right? And this pita is homemade, right? So I'll have two." Also, four ounces of burger wouldn't have been nearly enough.
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This is a little similar to @Sand_TIger's.
Today was our Employee Appreciation Picnic. It was a different way of doing it since we can't sit down together. It was a "drive through" to pick up a meal. There were choices of Caesar salad, a sandwich, or a Yumm! bowl. I've never had an actual real Yumm! bowl; my ex used to make something similar. So that's what I got. I didn't drive through - I biked. I took a scenic ride back and sat down in my back yard and enjoyed it. So that's part one.
The NSV was this: I looked up the nutrition information for Yumm! bowls. There are several in the database with wildly different calories. I assumed the size I had was, "Normal." Thinking about what I had eaten, I thought, "Well, that sauce must be richer than I imagine if it has 763 calories in that little bowl." The calories for a small size bowl looked more like what my eye told me. I e-mailed Cafe Yumm! to ask what size bowl comes in a 12-oz to-go container. I got a reply within two hours that said it was a small bowl. Guess what? My eyes were right! I saved 230 calories. Enough for a beer. or at least the potato chips that came along with it (another 160 calories). I'm fine that I declined taking a cookie.
It made me feel good that I have a clue what caloric values look like. Regularly using the food scale helps keep the eyeball calibrated.
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I have another NSV that's fitness related. I had a great run today that set or broke all my personal records. First (and therefore fastest) 10K, fastest 5K, fastest 1 mile, and fastest 1K. And farthest. I almost made my goal of 5K in under 30 minutes, but I have to shave a little off still.18
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I fit into a size Medium shirt for the first time in 4 years!30
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I now fit into my size 10 jeans! I haven't worn them in 3 years!24
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I can now touch my elbows to my knees when doing bicycle crunches23
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amybeatty1 wrote: »I can now touch my elbows to my knees when doing bicycle crunches
Such a good feeling! I can do right elbow to left knee and sometimes left elbow to right knee. Will be so happy when I can do both consistently.8 -
The last time I wore this sherbert colored dress was sophomore homecoming - 14 years ago!
This black number was 16 years ago - 8th grade dance. I'd say it's about 2.5 inches from zipping up the back. More busty now than in 8th grade 🤣
Felt good to put them on, and definitely shocking!
**please pay no attention to my sister's messy room**25 -
The last time I went to the doctor (in December) my A1C put me just into pre-diabetic range (on the low end), and this afternoon after drinking a fruit smoothie (banana, pineapple, mandarin orange, and plain yogurt) my blood sugar was only 106. i don't check my blood sugar regularly, but I was just curious how the smoothie would affect me since that's quite a bit of sugar. I will have another A1C test in August and I'm interested to see what it says.15
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I am only 27 pounds down and still have lots to go but my NSV is that my belly is not rubbing on my steering wheel anymore when I'm driving!!30
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I've been swimming a lot this summer and it's toning my arms. Taking my blood pressure is no longer killing me! And my systolic bp has gone down 40 points from a couple of years ago.16
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I realized that... Actually? I can't really call myself lazy anymore. Which kind of shocked me, since I've always considered myself a couch potato. But I now workout 6 days a week, 3 of those days for about an hour. I prepare many of my meals ahead of time, and diligently track my food and exercise on top of my usual work and hobby related stuff. So I guess.... I'm not lazy?? I actually am a hard worker??? Wild lol
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I am only 27 pounds down and still have lots to go but my NSV is that my belly is not rubbing on my steering wheel anymore when I'm driving!!
You are doing great! Those are the things that make this worth the effort! I remember the day when I realized that my stomach no longer rubbed on the edge of my desk as I worked. I was so excited I had to announce it to my colleagues!9
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