What's Your Most Recent NSV
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asthesoapturns wrote: »This might be a strange one, but I'm really starting to see it. Logically I know I'm smaller, I went from 210lb to 138lb, obviously, I'm smaller but I'm actually seeing it. Instead of just seeing those spots I'm not happy with I'm seeing what I've accomplished in the last year, and I'm happy. Hopefully, I can firm up those spots I'm not thrilled with but if now? I look damn good in my clothes and no one is seeing me naked. XD.
I am happy for you! I'm in my later 60's and have so much less collagen in my skin, and as I take the weight off my skin is getting those old-lady-fine-line-wrinkles everywhere, and my skin is getting baggy, no snapping back this time around, thighs and arms are always going to wiggle like jello even though they shrink in circumference. At first I was pretty upset, but then I thought "Hey, I'm looking better in my clothes, and as an old lady it's unlikely that anyone except my physician is going to see me naked!" I've had a lot of health concerns over the years, but I'm still here, still useful. And anyone who judges me by the appearance of my exterior isn't worthy of my friendship.18 -
benjaminlight wrote: »It is kind of stupid - but I had a flannel that I had to hide in the corner of my closet when I gained my latest pile of weight, and yesterday I got cold outside while I was working and went inside and put it on. It buttoned, and was comfortable. The last time I wore it - I couldn't button it.
That’s not stupid. That’s awesome.
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I have security cams in my spare rooms. I used to go in and then see the pics later and think "UGGGG" now I see my pics and think "Man you're doing good".19
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Yey! My dowager`s hump from all that sitting is basically gone! My posture is still not good, but the prominent lump where my body gathered fat to protect my spine from the pressure is gone. So happy, does wonders for the appearance
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I am not a very social person, but have been hearing more and more about people in my wider social circle feeling lonely, depressed, and disconnected, so I put out an invite to my local homeschooling group to join me for 7 am walk, prayer, and social time two mornings a week.
Today was the first morning—30 degrees, biked 15 min to and from meetup location, and walked with 3 other ladies for 45 minutes. They were so happy to get some exercise and some safe (outdoors, walking apart) social time. Should be at least that many on Thursday morning! Definitely a nice start to the day, and happy to be helping people get out and be active and connected to others as winter starts.30 -
deadenddiva wrote: »asthesoapturns wrote: »This might be a strange one, but I'm really starting to see it. Logically I know I'm smaller, I went from 210lb to 138lb, obviously, I'm smaller but I'm actually seeing it. Instead of just seeing those spots I'm not happy with I'm seeing what I've accomplished in the last year, and I'm happy. Hopefully, I can firm up those spots I'm not thrilled with but if now? I look damn good in my clothes and no one is seeing me naked. XD.
I am happy for you! I'm in my later 60's and have so much less collagen in my skin, and as I take the weight off my skin is getting those old-lady-fine-line-wrinkles everywhere, and my skin is getting baggy, no snapping back this time around, thighs and arms are always going to wiggle like jello even though they shrink in circumference. At first I was pretty upset, but then I thought "Hey, I'm looking better in my clothes, and as an old lady it's unlikely that anyone except my physician is going to see me naked!" I've had a lot of health concerns over the years, but I'm still here, still useful. And anyone who judges me by the appearance of my exterior isn't worthy of my friendship.
Thank you! I'm proud of you kicking butt for your health too. I lost weight more than anything because I'm trying to avoid a knee replacement before my forties. I figure I didn't care about what people thought of how I looked when I was heavy, why care now? I didn't do this for them, just for me.9 -
I am frustrated. I've clearly found a maintenance level as I haven't lost anything significant in almost 4 weeks.
My NSV is that I know what is happening, and I can take steps to change it. I'm not giving up. I'm not throwing up my hands and screaming "WHY?!?!?" at the heavens. Instead, because of the great advice from these forums, I will check out my diary, see where I can tighten things up, and make positive changes.17 -
Instead of freaking out and just eating what the heck ever, I recognized that my eating disorder is flaring, and have just set my calories to maintenance until I get to a better frame of mind. All I'm doing now is working on just logging what goes in my mouth, and not gaining any weight. This may get better after Christmas. This is a stressful time of year all round.
My NSV is being able to do this and be confident in the fact that I've lost 50 pounds, I can lose more when the noise in my head around weight and food dies down, without punishing myself or bad self-talk.26 -
this is such a lovely thing to do @gradchica27 I'm sure those women will have appreciated it more than you know!gradchica27 wrote: »I am not a very social person, but have been hearing more and more about people in my wider social circle feeling lonely, depressed, and disconnected, so I put out an invite to my local homeschooling group to join me for 7 am walk, prayer, and social time two mornings a week.
Today was the first morning—30 degrees, biked 15 min to and from meetup location, and walked with 3 other ladies for 45 minutes. They were so happy to get some exercise and some safe (outdoors, walking apart) social time. Should be at least that many on Thursday morning! Definitely a nice start to the day, and happy to be helping people get out and be active and connected to others as winter starts.
I discovered today that all of my shoes are too big. Not just by a little bit either. They were all fine the other day so this is very unexpected!
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This is going to sound daft, but I really had an NSV this week. I joked with a fellow teacher about how many layers I had decided to wear to counteract the cold in the classroom. She giggled and said “yeah I thought you were looking a bit chubby today”.
If she thought I was fat (or even worried about my weight) she’d NEVER have said that. So yay!16 -
My NSV, I feel like my mind set has done a complete 180 and I bloody needed it. It was horrible for a while there, pretty sure I cried almost everyday for a week. But I think I have it now. I think I have decided to just focus on me and fight for me. I think everything else will fall into place. Or at least I hope it will. I suppose part of it is finally knowing that there is an end in sight for covid and vaccines will begin soon. I look forward to traveling and getting some serious adventures under my belt again. Really wanna go back down south and surf. And return to my snowboarding adventures. I have too many bucket list ski resorts to be missing out on...lol12
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gradchica27 wrote: »I am not a very social person, but have been hearing more and more about people in my wider social circle feeling lonely, depressed, and disconnected, so I put out an invite to my local homeschooling group to join me for 7 am walk, prayer, and social time two mornings a week.
Today was the first morning—30 degrees, biked 15 min to and from meetup location, and walked with 3 other ladies for 45 minutes. They were so happy to get some exercise and some safe (outdoors, walking apart) social time. Should be at least that many on Thursday morning! Definitely a nice start to the day, and happy to be helping people get out and be active and connected to others as winter starts.
As a fellow homeschool mom who has treasured the few times I’ve been able to go walking & praying I say “what a great idea!!” This is motivation for me to put something like this on the calendar, thank you!3 -
I love this! I am in the same position as you. I paused my weight loss for this season. It has been a long maintenance season of losing and gaining the same 5 pounds but I am not beating myself up about it. I am happy to have lost 50 pounds and have maintained it for 6 months. I have not maintained this much weight loss in the last 10 years. I am setting fitness goals and keeping up with the things I do best which is the exercise. Thanks for sharing! 😊AlexandraFindsHerself1971 wrote: »Instead of freaking out and just eating what the heck ever, I recognized that my eating disorder is flaring, and have just set my calories to maintenance until I get to a better frame of mind. All I'm doing now is working on just logging what goes in my mouth, and not gaining any weight. This may get better after Christmas. This is a stressful time of year all round.
My NSV is being able to do this and be confident in the fact that I've lost 50 pounds, I can lose more when the noise in my head around weight and food dies down, without punishing myself or bad self-talk.
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1. I could do 5 full ROM dips.
2. I was losing weight quite drastically and was having difficulty finding my maintenance calories. But for the past two weeks I am eating in 500 calorie surplus and hovering between the weight range I am comfortable with. I am hopeful this might be my estimated calorie budget then which is quite a lot and I get to have more fat macros. Nut Butter yum.9 -
I have been trying to build strength, slowly but surely, and today at the park there was a bar for pushups and another for tricep dips, and I managed to do more than my boyfriend! Haha, he is out of shape and had put on weight though.. but hey, I thought I was weak but I'm getting stronger. And I get a kick out of being able to beat him at that. I think it really drove home for him how out of shape he is too, so hopefully that means he will try to regain some of that lost strength and we can make the workout at the park a regular thing.17
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Upper body strength increased during UK lockdown 2 and home training sessions....boshed out 3 sets of 5 unassisted pullups (I weigh 72 kg at the moment) in the gym Weds night after my hour long pressing session....happy lady : )14
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I recently received a drawer full of fitness gear from my dresser—stuff I had stashed away as goal clothes that I couldn’t wear yet, some of which I hadn’t even tried beyond the calves.
I now fit into all of them. I threw away the tired, ill fitting pieces I had arrived with and now have a while new workout wardrobe.21 -
I recently received a drawer full of fitness gear from my dresser—stuff I had stashed away as goal clothes that I couldn’t wear yet, some of which I hadn’t even tried beyond the calves.
I now fit into all of them. I threw away the tired, ill fitting pieces I had arrived with and now have a while new workout wardrobe.
That is awesome. Way to go4 -
I had my Breast cancer population screening scan today. The last one was 2 years ago and the compare images immediately. I got called in about the fact that they noticed a significant decrease in fatty tissue.
An unexpected way to find out that my muscle building/fat reduction is working (I have been in maintenance for 3 years, but trying to build muscle/bulking a bit)20 -
It being winter I'm slowly getting back into some slightly more serious weight training. I had a bar loaded up with 135 pounds that I had been using for deadlifts - I could do 3 when I was 80 pounds heavier, now I can do 6, but I really haven't been picking up the weights all that much.
My NSV is that I was curious how strong/weak I am compared to others in my weight range. I looked up a health department website and found the fitness standards are for a 165 pound, untrained person to be able to deadlift 135 pounds - I was like "eh, oh well..." then I noticed that was for an untrained MALE of 165 pounds. I should be able to do 90 at my weight as a female. It's nice to be over the minimum!20
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