What's Your Most Recent NSV

This is weight related...but also now I UNDERSTAND why it’s shared so much!
I’m not obese on the BMI chart anymore!!!!!

Holy moly I have been hovering so ridiculously close to this edge I just plain gave up on caring about it.

Then, just for kicks I checked again today.
Yep. Wasn’t expecting to feel this excited and motivated by this! Hahaha

My thighs are a bit more defined. Still plenty of work to go but I can feel muscle definition that 20 lbs lighter I have never felt before. Maybe that's why I am angry at my scale....muscle gain

My bum is shrinking!!!!!

I can fit into my hiking shorts and jeans and they do up and I don’t look stuffed in

I’m down 25 pounds and while I still have a way to go my knees can touch when I stand up and my lower legs are straightening back out (previously knock kneed from extra weight). I can easily cross my legs at the knee and not be uncomfortable or have my top leg slip down. These have all been slowly changing but I’ve just noticed them al this week.

RaynaHerraya wrote: »

There's a gap in the fence surrounding the park my family and I always walk to. Everyone can take the shortcut into the park through that gap... everyone except me, that is. I couldn't do it, not even close. So I always took the long way around.
A few days ago, my husband suggested I try the gap. I shrugged, but to my shock - voila! I could fit through the gap! With a tiny bit of room to spare! It was so exciting! It never even dawned on me to try.
For reference, I've lost about 50lbs during the quarantine/pandemic.

This is so sweet to me. Do you think your hubby notices more of your changes than you do?

I had a full weekend of drinking and eating poorly but instead of continuing that into the week, like I normally would have, I got right back on track!

Garmin has a 300k steps per month challenge badge. For September (@30days) that means 10K steps per day on average, which is my normal minimum. Easy to bag badge for me, but I like a challenge too. So what to do?
I upped the challenge for myself: Get the badge in half the time (15 days). This means 20K steps per day on average. Today I achieved that goal and the badge.

Note that that is an average my lowest day was 10.314 steps my highest 31.124

This past weekend I was hiking with friends, one of whom I haven't seen for two months. As I was changing into my hiking shirt, he looked at me and said, "Kim! You're looking really fit right now!" to which I could honestly respond, "I'm FEELING really fit right now." Sometimes, the changes seem so gradual that it's hard to really see them yourself, so that reflection was a really nice boost. 10lbs down and 5% more muscle than I've had in years is really starting to show up.

Extra bonus: I was also able to keep up with him on most of the hike, which is something I've never been able to do!

My best friend lost her weight about 15 years ago and has been nudging me into doing the same ever since. On one visit to her house, she gave me some hand me downs that I "might fit into" someday. I put them at the back of my closet and didn't think anything more about them. Came across the bag at my mother's a couple of weeks ago and took it home. Put a pretty one sleeved top on that I remembered BFF having on in pictures. And it fit perfectly! I wore it for my mother's birthday dinner and sent BFF a picture. Her response? Holy kitten, that shirt wasn't from her weight loss journey; it was from only 5-6 years ago when she'd finished the weight loss and had been maintaining!! We both cried!

MaltedTea wrote: »

RaynaHerraya wrote: »

There's a gap in the fence surrounding the park my family and I always walk to. Everyone can take the shortcut into the park through that gap... everyone except me, that is. I couldn't do it, not even close. So I always took the long way around.
A few days ago, my husband suggested I try the gap. I shrugged, but to my shock - voila! I could fit through the gap! With a tiny bit of room to spare! It was so exciting! It never even dawned on me to try.
For reference, I've lost about 50lbs during the quarantine/pandemic.

This is so sweet to me. Do you think your hubby notices more of your changes than you do?

Thanks! Yes, he definitely notices the way I look (and feel when he holds me) and points out cool things that I don't even think about. He noticed my fingers are way thinner, my clothes are baggy, my cheekbones can cut the air they're so sharp now! Honestly, I've been SO excited about my NSVs - perfect BP, normal blood glucose, biking and walking and hiking so much longer and just feeling awesome every day - that I haven't noticed the weight aspect as much as I thought I would. Go figure.

Wearing a 90% backless top and being fine enough at this point to wear it in public 😱

I had to cinch my belt one notch tighter today.

My old wristwatch (metal links) fits again! Went to get a new battery for it today. I also got a new leather strap for my other watch, and in the new strap I’ll need to use the innermost notch to start..!

I also brought new bras in a non specialty store and one of them was without an underwire. Current size - 85F, still plenty of room for reduction.

I ran out of belt loops 😆

I finally got my running intervals to equal the distance of a 5k! 1.75mi, .75mi, and finally .6mi, with a .25mi walk in between to give my legs a break. Did some walking before/after for a total of 6 miles. Next goal is going to be to get to a 5k with no walking breaks.