It’s the 15th of the month, the day we all know as the day @rangerickL would ask us to share our latest non-scale victories. Hope you all have good ones to share.

I’m willing to go first. In the summer, we spend time at a 7th floor condo, and between harness walking the cats (not allowed in elevator), and politely leaving the elevator to others due to COVID, I have done a lot of stairs. Well, they are much easier this summer than they were last summer. That’s my July NSV. Also, I never shared one for June, but I intended to write that I actually bought a bathing suit, liked it and wore it in public.

@smoda61 congrats on ur nsv i had the biggest smile on my face reading that u brought urself and felt good in a cozzie, how exciting!! Oh and cozzie is wat we call a bathing suit in the land down under!! Ha ha! Xox

15th July
Yes under by 90 today. Yes tracked and yes just 20 min walk carrying bub and hoping to do a quick stretch b4 bed.

Nsv: I no longer use my pass days as an excuse to stuff my face, in fact i try not to use them at all but wen i do use them i only go over calories slightly.

Nsv: Eating more calories without feeling guilty and being comfortable to take the slow and steady approach.

Nsv: Hve increased my weights over the last 2 weeks and started walking and stretching again this week.

Night team! Xox

My NSV:
I'm no longer tired every day all day.. I have gained so much more energy!

T-shirts 2XL, dress size (UK) 22
How big is this? My Daughter-in_Law from Texas was seriously obese, but has been working on this. At my fattest, I need size 16 UK ...

3xyes☺️

15 July

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes
Pass days used: 1

NSV. Well I have been trying to figure out but I think it's mostly that I came up with a different strategy for when I used my pass day this month. LOL. Instead of just writing it off and continuing on I decided to spread the excess forward over the next week instead without restriction or roller coastering. It took a little diligence but I can see how a weekly strategy could work for folks. I think it would have been better to have spread it backwards if I was planning a overload day due to a celebration, but most of my excess days are completely unplanned.

This was a nice topic to shift my focus today which started out a bit more gloomy after discovering I had been developing mild symptoms of plantar fasciitis over the last couple weeks. I've never had it before so I didn't recognize it as such.

On the upside it is a mild enough case that I mostly ignored whatever was causing a little pain in the front part of my heel when I got up each morning until yesterday when I noticed it upon standing up after sitting at my desk all afternoon. On the downside PF is generally considered the 12 headed hydra of running injuries. I'm not sure if I am facing certain doom from an emerging giant or if I am facing a tiny and easily defeated version of this creature. 🤪 I'm just going to evaluate it day by day (particularly each morning) while also adopting recovery strategies immediately into my routines to curb it as quickly as possible.

Heck, maybe discovering it early like this is a NSV. 🤔

Honestly though my NSV is just simply keeping focused this month. It has been challenging. It may not show in my posts or my tracking, but this month has been a *kitten* kitten. I'm blessed to have the capability to maintain a lot of focus when I really need/want to, and I'm grateful for that this month. I hope that doesn't come across sounding lame or self-gratifying or anything, I'm just simply happy to have not strayed from any health related activities. A few numeric goals have slipped downwards from some initial expectations, but there has still been good, steady progress all around and that is what I'm happy about, and looking forward to continuing.

July 15

✅ - Exercise 20+ Minutes (66)
✅ - Calories within budget (261 under, ate back 214 exercise calories)
✅ - Tracked every detail I consumed (every)

0 Pass Days Used

Personal Challenges Met: 10/15 days (2nd, 4th, 5th, 11th, 15th)
✅ - Net Carbs 30g or less (24g)
✅ - Protein 180g or more (205g)
❌ - All Scheduled Workouts Completed (1)

• Skipped - Run - 90 minute mid-week long run (Zone 2)

I did manage to work in a 66 minute walk today, which was pain free.

Yes, yes and yes
Walking.
Feeling kind of under the weather today though I don’t know why. Grateful to come home to my loving husband and dog which seems to help a lot.

NSV This month I signed up for two (future) fitness events after not participating in anything for a very long time. It is good motivation and I feel really excited about this.