What's Your Most Recent NSV

Let me say that I take this with a giant road-truck load of salt, but it's still a little gratifying. Garmin has just given me an age downgrade. It had been pretty much giving me a "fitness age" estimate someplace in the 30s for the past many months, occasionally shifting the estimate up and down by a year or two. Very improbable! But I guess I'm doing something helpful lately, because it now is estimating an even more improbable number. In real life, I'm 65. Not twenty-freakin'-eight. 😆🤣🤣🤣

I can fit my moms ring she passed down to me before she died. I went from a size 30 pant to a size 22, size 5x shirt to a 3x. People are starting to comment about my weightloss at work. More guys are saying hi and bye to me instead of ignoring me. I'm getting knuckles. Weird to say, I know. I can walk around the store for an hour and not be in pain or out of breath.

I went for my walk and forgot my mask (allergy time) and turned around and this lady said she had one and gave it to me and then she says You Look So Fit! It made me feel good, I said yea I go to the gym every morning and try to eat healthy.

This morning I had my second eye surgery, to remove the other cataract and correct my vision. Much less anxious than the first surgery four days ago, and b.p. was 124/67. Pre-surgery & mildly sedated, the health monitor I was wearing started beeping and a nurse checked. I told her I wasn't dead and she replied, no, my oxygen level was 100% so I wasn't dead. My heart rate had fallen to 49. I knew my resting HR per Fitbit was 56 or 57 but didn't know HR could go that low. Guess my fitness is paying off.

I turned around instead of going the long way around. That might not sound like a victory, but I have a tendency to push too hard too soon when I am recovering from anything. Today, I was able to say "enough."

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Genuine NSV... I've accepted a new job offer and am so excited.

Why am I posting that as a victory HERE? Because the interview was yesterday, which was also the first day I weighed in at "normal" BMI for years. Was it the confidence from crashing through that barrier? Was it simply coincidence? I don't know, but I do know that the last time I had a big promotion at work was the last time I was at this weight...

I chose a protein bar and clementines for afternoon snack over Cadbury mini eggs.

My back didn't hurt in the area where I have the spinal twist until 9 pm, and I got up at 7 am and spent most of the day on my feet doing stuff and also worked out.

I used to only be able to stand 15 minutes before it hurt too much to stay on my feet.

NotHumanAtAll wrote: »

That I'm feeling disappointed and frustrated about having to take time off running and doing the strength and flexibility exercise sessions I was doing as I've injured my knee. Typical that something would happen right when I actually start to feel like I can do it though!

While it might not be as intense as running, look for seated workouts on YouTube. When my mobility was limited, I started there and was still able to feel like I was doing something positive until my body was able to do more.

Yesterday, even though I was feeling terrible I went and worked out. Today I went for a jog and managed 25mins! Felt ready to stop moving at the end but not falling down tired ☺️ It totally feels like the scale has stopped moving (too much wine) so I really needed the NSV this weekend

105 days of logging - 3 notches on my belt

I had things to do this morning, so I set the alarm for 6am, rather than waking up later naturally with the time change. This gave me time for an hour long walk and my coffee/journalling time before I had to leave the house.

I used to use morning errands as an excuse to go to the drive thru.

I reconnected with an old friend from 10 years ago, and it's been opening my eyes up to a lot of things.

I feel a new sense of self-confidence and purpose