What's Your Most Recent NSV

I've logged 60days today, never got to that number before. Also, joined a gym today and started C25K 😊

I twisted my knee on Sunday and instead of either pushing through with my regular schedule and doing more damage or just saying screw it and become sedentary for who-knows-how-long I created a plan B:

- get up at the same time and do a (very) reduced yoga practice to stay with the habit
- Schedule a morning walk with a friend, who as it happens needs a push to get his sleeping schedule under control and appreciates getting up and out before work.
- Bought the annual membership at the pool by my house and been swimming twice already. I need to go 37 times to break even and the annual membership means I won’t hesitate to do shorter workouts more often instead of “getting my moneys worth” at each visit.

I’m quite proud.

charmmeth wrote: »

This is a measuring victory, so sort of scale I suppose, but my waist is now less than half my height (88cm waist: 180cm height). I've been reading that this is a good measure of health and fitness, so this is really pleasing.

I didn't know that but you can bet I am adding it to my goals. Until now I avoided the tape measure so I wouldn't get depressed but I suspect I'm about 40 inches around the middle (can't call that a waist). Although I dread it, I am headed to my closet right now to measure so I have a baseline to work from. I'm 5'7" so I need to achieve a 33.5 inch waist. OMG I WILL BE A MOVIE STAR OR MODEL OR SOMETHING.

My perception of myself has changed.

On account of my personality as a visionary/dreamer I have often felt like a big giant quitter. I am a chronic starter of creative endeavors and because I start and dream about way more than is realistic to accomplish I have a long list of unrealized ideas and a rather short list of truly accomplished imaginings.

Really, it’s more about the sheer volume of creative ideas I have compared to what’s humanly possible to achieve. If the difference between the two were less I don’t think I would have fallen into the faulty belief that I quit things when it gets hard.

Guess what’s hard? Rewriting your default behavior. Taking the time to change your hardwired habits and not giving up and quitting even when it seems like you’re going nowhere. I hit a very small (but huge to me) lbs lost goal this week. It’s working. I’ve been after habit change since before my 1st pregnancy. 8 years. 6 of which I was pregnant or nursing so instead of focusing on weight loss I focused on habit change so that when I was finally done with that stage of life (presently) my everyday habits would be ones that supported realistic and achievable weight loss for a 30 something female, mother of 3, who homeschools and likes working out at home.

I was sharing my lbs lost achievement with some friends this week and suddenly it hit me. I am absolutely not a quitter. Not one stinkin’ bit. I fought hard for this. Even and especially this last year after weaning my 3rd baby. I assumed that the weight would come off easier but it took so long for things to balance out. I spent a lot of time hemming and hawing over the reality that I was in recomp, but that I was still 30lbs over goal on the scale. I didn’t want to be a part of diet cultures unrealistic calorie recommendations but I also knew I wasn’t seeing scale results in a way that meant I was hitting the right calorie goals. I know that lasting weight loss is slow and steady but I didn’t think that 5lbs every 6months was even considered progress let alone “successful”. But then again, measurements were changing. It was hard. But I kept at it. The time was gonna pass anyway, so I kept at it and now, here I am! And the coolest thing is, I don’t see myself as a quitter anymore. I’m not a quitter. I fought for this tooth and nail and I wanted to quit so badly when it seemed like my efforts weren’t producing results but I kept going and tweaking things and figuring out the right numbers for me.

I don’t really have the words to express how profound it is to have altered the way I perceive myself. It’s like a piece of my identity has changed and that seems incredibly significant.

I got up at my usual time to hit the gym before a long weekend away. Previous me would just say well the weekends stuffed so never mind. 😊

✊...putting on a pair of training pants that usually put up a fight by the time I get them up to my thighs..and which keep pulling down due to the excess weight.....this morning they went straight up without the hint of resistance....and are now coming down due to being loose.....good job there's a tie belt in the waist......this is my FIRST noticeable difference in how something fits me from when I tried them on a few weeks ago......I can easily see these going into the charity box by the time I've reached my goal weight...as I'm still a long way off that .....chuffed to say the least 😁..

Just got a "memory" notification this morning about my trip to NY last year. These face gains!
Oct 2019 - 290lbs
Oct 2020 - 237lbs

Ive lost 35 pounds so far. My underwear is looser. I'm happier.

I started my first ever purposeful recomp yesterday afternoon. Today is my first full day of eating an inordinate amount of protein...and hitting target!

Why an NSV? This is essentially a month ahead of my orginal "schedule" (which was calculated based on body fat percentage). But, really, how big of a difference is another 1.5% body fat reduction gonna make?

Get 'er done NOW.

That's from the NEW MaltedTea, who - as of earlier this week - doesn't procrastinate 😉

I've just realised that I don't really snack outside of meals and I don't crave chocolate so much anymore.

I'm now eating three meals a day, and I get my chocolate fix from the occasional protein bar. When I first started, I was always snacking and eating lots of chocolate bars and cake. I'm not denying myself anything (I do CICO, so if it fits into my calories, whatever it is, I'll eat it) but my cravings have gone down.

I went horseback riding for 2 hours yesterday. The first NSV is that I did it! A friend gave me a gift certificate for my birthday 4.5 years ago and because of some health reasons and some procrastination, I never went.

The second NSV...although I was stiff getting off the horse yesterday, as I walked around, I loosened up. And I am not sore this morning, I am walking normally. Well, except for the part of a woman’s body that gets sore after too much time on a bicycle seat. 😝😂

I am confident that these NSV’s are due to my 45 lb weight loss and daily exercise. My muscles aren’t sore because I use them. Yeah me!

My NSV... I fell off the logging wagon in July when I quit my job... I got back to logging this October... and discovered that other than a little bit of water weight, I had naturally maintained my weight, I wasn't redoing any weight loss.

I listened to my body. Was feeling quite sluggish and tired after a grueling leg workout this morning. Had a snack and feel so much better!

Shorts that I couldn't wear last year because they were too tight are a little loose now.