What's Your Most Recent NSV
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mrsannamull wrote: »I can now pick up my cat without grunting. (He's a chonk.)
LOL, sometimes I joke about using my big, old cat for "Kittlebell swings."
NSV: Last night I said no to a hamburger bun and replaced it with homemade spelt bread. The NSV was speaking up when the bun was already loaded onto my plate.14 -
This is going to be a long one. By way of background, I was at my highest weight at 15 years old, at 230 lbs. In 2017, at 26, I managed to very very very slowly get down to 135 and stay there for about 6 months before I got pregnant. My weight loss was mostly in 30 lb spurts every few years between 2007-2017. When I got pregnant, I gained 50 lbs and was very angry with myself (even though my doctor wasn’t worried). After I had my daughter I had some not at all weight related complications in the form of multiple blood clots in each of my lungs. I’m recovered now. When my daughter turned 1 at the end of February I was within 7 lbs of my prepregancy weight. Now it’s more like 14 after an exceedingly stressful few months. I’m finally ready to make another push and hopefully get to my 100 lbs lost marker and then think about skin removal surgery.
Today, I decided to take my daughter on a hike. I was worried when I was going out about how my legs looked. My running shorts haven’t been fitting as well lately and my inner thighs have much more excess skin than I would like. I didn’t check the elevation before we went on our hike and figured it would be a pretty easy three miles. What it was was almost 1000 feet in elevation gain over a mile and a half. It was a busy morning on the trail and I was happy to see that nobody looked at my legs as I passed them but several people remarked that they were impressed at how quickly I was moving with a toddler of my back. Someone took a picture for me at the top and I didn’t look at all like I thought I did.
So my NSV is being able to appreciate what my legs and body could do, rather than being worried about how I look. My legs that I was so worried about easily carried my daughter and I up a mountain. My lungs that had been filled with clots and infarcted tissue worked beautifully. I’m thankful to myself for making the changes I have over the years to get myself here and I’m at peace with the remainder of the process.
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I did the run session with my outdoor fitness group. I've wanted to try it for a little while but, it is 90mins long and I've never done a run that long. The people who go to the session always seem very fit and was worried about slowing them down.
There was a lot of hills and it was very hot but, I did it! I ran nearly 11km which is the furthest I've ever run. I was at the back for most of the time but the group was very supportive and I'm going to give it another go.24 -
When I got up this morning my boyfriend gave me a back scratch and said that there was a lot less of me to scratch than there used to be.17
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I put a 27g brownie into my food for the day but when I measured it, it was so small that I decided it wasn’t worth it.14
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quiksylver296 wrote: »I survived the 'Rona.
I am truly glad to hear that. I hope your case was not too severe and your road to recovery is short.10 -
Two pairs of trousers I tried on were way too big this morning. I couldn't find my belt, I ended up changing them after they fell down chasing the kids!15
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On Friday I rode my Gazelle in the AM for 45 minutes then later did a 5.75 mile trail ride on my mnt bike. Then on Saturday I did a very intense 10 mile trail ride.
The 10 miles and level of the ride was by far the best I have done in decades, if not ever.
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I took my new boat out today to see how well it would do going upstream. The first half mile is the most challenging. I didn't know if I'd be able to make it. It was still difficult, but unlike in my whitewater canoes, it was possible. I ended up paddling three miles upstream. Next time I might try to get past that next shallow steep part and go farther. It's much nicer the farther away from town I got.
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I logged over 100 miles this past week riding my bike. I couldn't have done it when I was heavier.17
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I had a rough emotional day. There are candy bars in the freezer. I had one, within my calories. I am not having another, and I'm okay with that.31
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AlexandraFindsHerself1971 wrote: »I had a rough emotional day. There are candy bars in the freezer. I had one, within my calories. I am not having another, and I'm okay with that.
That is such a massive milestone!!!! Well done!!!!!7 -
I can pull my jeans off without doing up the button!!!! In December I couldn't even get them up my thighs21
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I have a side of clothes hanging that i never go to because they were to small. It finally clicked that i could try some on and some fit. some days it just don't seem real. But I'm putting in the work so i am proud that it is working.19
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1 month in and I was nervous to call the dietician. I have been working hard and doing the right things, but it was intimidating to speak frankly about my food issues with a stranger. She was really helpful and gave me good guidance. I am proud of myself for being honest.30
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Being new here the first thing I did before replying to this thread was finding out what NSV meant!
Well after losing about 24 lbs in 4 weeks (about 60 to go) I noticed my feet don't look fat anymore! Also I have been able to incorporate some running in my daily walk the last 10 days. Can't wait to run a full 10k again!!!18 -
Massive NSV from this weekend. The picture on the left is from a ten mile run I did a year ago and on the right is my ten mile run from Saturday. Massive improvement in my average pace and I’m really excited about it!
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Shortgirlrunning wrote: »Massive NSV from this weekend. The picture on the left is from a ten mile run I did a year ago and on the right is my ten mile run from Saturday. Massive improvement in my average pace and I’m really excited about it!
Think this is the first photo I've seen of you. You look like you feel AWESOME in both pics! Was the most recent route at 9:51 pace the same as the original one?7 -
I was able to climb to the top of Stone Mountain. Whew..I did it!32
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I had planned to make pizza tonight using a bought (but not pre-rolled) dough, a packet of cream cheese (past use-by date), a ball of mozzarella, a pack of prosciutto and some artichokes. I’m a sucker for using whole packs of things in my cooking for convenience.
Well I was looking over the calorie details when I got everything out of the fridge and thought it looked quite steep, even when considered that I was planning for it to stretch to 3 meals.
And then the dough was a *kitten* to roll and came out slightly smaller than I intended. So I used a scant half of the cream cheese, 2/3 of the mozzarella and half the prosciutto. This is a NSV because I stopped myself from overloading my pizza from sheer laziness.
Then I thought because the pizza had a smaller area than I wanted that maybe it would just be 2 meals. However I decided that I would fill half my plate with salad and then put a piece of pizza that fit nicely on there and see how I went. If I wanted a second piece I had to add as much salad again. Turns out I could easily restrict myself to 1/3 only so that’s my second NSV!29
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