What's Your Most Recent NSV

Geneveremfp wrote: »

MargaretYakoda wrote: »

sviers13 wrote: »

My NSV today is that I did not get on the scale. I ate a lot yesterday (stressful day at work) and was tempted to get on the scale and berate myself for gaining weight. But I remembered that this in an ongoing journey and the number on the scale does not equal my value.

Excellent work!

My trick when the scale goes up is I don’t log it. I know it’s there, but I think “it’s just water weight, no sense logging it”
Which may or may not be true. But it saves me from beating myself up over it. So it works for me.

I will have to reevaluate this when I get near maintenance, but that’s many many pounds away.

I use Libra to log my weights as it gives you trends. So I do a daily weigh in and just log the number. It charts it and gives you your trends.

It's helped me to see weight as fluctuations but that's ok because I'm still going down. Might help.

I do something similar. I log my weight daily in an Excel document, and I have a column that calculates a 7-day moving average. I consider the moving average to be my "official" weight, since it smooths out water weight fluctuations.

Being able to cross my legs a little more comfortably. My belly doesn't get in the way as much! In another 10lbs, I bet I'll be even more comfortable crossing my legs when I please. 🤣🙂

Not sure if this is an NSV since weight is not my primary focus, but a little while ago I was asked if I am a Marine or a cop - negative on both. Part of it was because of my bearing and my haircut, but I still never would've ever expected to be asked that question, especially at 48 years of age!!

More balance and an easier time sitting in small chairs

Janele0627 wrote: »

My NSV is realizing that losing 4.9 pounds this month is quite a lot. I was feeling disappointed in this last week that I slipped on my diet a bit, and didn't lose any weight. I was even feeling bad about myself after eating a big snack last night...

But then I stopped myself and said "You know, 5 pounds is a lot in just one month! If I were to lose 5 pounds every month until the end of December, that would be 30 pounds!"

5 pounds in a month is a great victory!

My NSV is that I finally had the guts to up my daily calories on MFP and drop my weight loss goal down to 0.5lbs/wk for my last seven pounds. I've been scared to let my weight loss slow for fear that the scale would Never-Go-Down-Again-EVER. That I'd be right back where I started if I let myself relax even a little. That all my progress would magically VANISH if I dropped my guard!!

Intellectually I knew that wasn't true, but it's taken several weeks for me to finally say..."It's ok to lose more slowly, OR to not lose at all. The world won't end if I decide to stop right here. As long as I keep weighing and don't go back up, there's nothing to worry about. I feel great, and I like how I look, so what's the big deal?"

Actually , I know NEED to learn to maintain and let my mind let go of weight-loss mode. But the prospect of maintaince is turning out to be just as scary and emotional as the weight loss. So I'm proud of myself that I've taken my first step on that part of the journey. I've told myself all along that this is a forever lifestyle change, not a passing obsession. Now I need to learn to walk that out. Changing my MFP goals is the official first step.

I’ve had a stressful week at work and, as a result, did a lot of stress eating. What I didn’t do was give up on myself. I still exercised. I still did nice things for myself like getting a massage.

LouHarris1 wrote: »

I was able to stop taking insulin this week.

Good for you!!!! That's a great accomplishment.

Ran 5 miles this morning, stopped to walk, then realized after a few minutes I was still a mile from home and I was running late. So I started running again. Haven’t run 6 miles in at least 6 years, probably longer.

This afternoon I was thinking I was getting some definition back in my arms after a mid-Covid demotivated slump, and when I was at a friend’s pool and met a new lady, who immediately commented, “You look really fit, what do you do?” I guess the past two or three months’ worth of re discovering how much I enjoy working out are starting to show!

Janele0627 wrote: »

My NSV is realizing that losing 4.9 pounds this month is quite a lot. I was feeling disappointed in this last week that I slipped on my diet a bit, and didn't lose any weight. I was even feeling bad about myself after eating a big snack last night...

But then I stopped myself and said "You know, 5 pounds is a lot in just one month! If I were to lose 5 pounds every month until the end of December, that would be 30 pounds!"

Five pounds IS a lot. Just think of 5 butter boxes sitting together. That is how much volume you lost. Puts things into perspective!