What's Your Most Recent NSV

My dog groomer greeted me with "You've lost weight!" I thanked her, and she came back with "No! You've REALLY lost weight!" I laughed. I was so happy to hear it. Last time I saw her 2 months ago.

I had to get in some more calories tonight and I opted for extra dinner salad with veggies and goat cheese. Split some tea buiscuits with my dog and am not in the proper range. Tomorrow I need to get more exercise to spur on my appetite earlier in the day.

I ran a virtual 10 English Mile race (16,1km) Was a PB on distance. My husband also finished it.
To think we were both nervous whether we could finish it as late as this morning.

I wake up with a strong, healthy back. I used to start every day with lower back pain, walking around like a semicolon; I'd have to sit up for an hour before the pain left and my back straightened out. That's gone!!

jdctrumpet wrote: »

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.

Congratulations! Seeing progress like this can be very rewarding.

It's been almost exactly a year since I started C25k. Last September I could barely run 60 seconds without passing out. Today I went on a training run and had one of my best runs of the year.

I really hope running is as good to you as it has been to me. It's been an amazing mood stabilizer. And the cool thing is, running really does reward consistency and practice.

Scales not moving much at the moment (period related, *I hope*), so NSV all the way:

Last week:
- Under 500kcals daily average deficit.
- Only one red day (in>out).
- Avoided bingeing even though I was starving.
- Drank wine and kept within my calories.
- Starting having to wear a belt with my biking trousers to stop me from getting a gap between them and my jacket as they ride down a little when I'm on the bike (well this is probably more to do with them stretching out a little, but I'm taking it as a win)

VO2 is up and Garmin says I may get a few steps and miles in each week.

My most comfortable sports bra sits too wide now. Instead of firmly holding all while the shoulders rest on top, the shoulders are way out to the sides, almost off shoulder.

What’s more, a brand new birthday gift received this morning, carefully sized, is too large. Both surprises make a pleasant gift today.

NONE of my clothes fit right....and I actually care enough about myself for that to bother me.

On the upside I'm super comfortable all the time...so you know, there's that.

After a couple weeks of no SVs whatsoever (thanks mostly to falling off food-tracking), I was pretty happy to have some NSVs today:

1) I did my second run-walk (first week) on C25K. Which means that I kept it up and didn't quit!
2) My average pace, even with the walking, was 12:10/mi. (I should mention that I used to run but haven't done it for several years after a bad knee injury. I think I'm currently hitting my previous comfortable 5K pace during the sections where I'm running!)
3) When I was done with my run, I did a resistance-ab-cardio workout. It was, uh, an hour long. And I felt good afterwards!

I've been exercising five days a week since the beginning of May, but I used to consider a 30-minute low-impact cardio routine to be a day's workout. Before that, I was really mostly sedentary and hadn't intentionally worked out in years. I'm really happy that my cardiovascular health has come so far that I can easily make it through an hour and a half and not think much of it.

Don't worry, I'm being reasonable about this: I've got a shorter indoor cardio workout scheduled for tomorrow and then a rest day before my next run! And I'm also tracking food again, so I'm hoping some change on the scale is coming for me soon.

I was able to wear my wedding rings again today.

Got my workout on all week

After losing 50lbs, (was 330lbs, now 280lbs - and counting...) I find that I am better able to walk down my floating staircase. I previously had to hold onto the rails on both sides and go down one step at a time, (as in literally one foot down, next foot down to same step) for fear my knees would give out on me. Now, I walk down the stairs alternating feet like a typical-weight person would

Can I add another one just for fun?! I was shaving my legs in the tub the other day and I was able to turn to the side, I haven't been able to do that in years! I usually just have to be face forward. Feels good!