What's Your Most Recent NSV

I had a major munchie craving yesterday. Went to the store for the regular staples, milk, bread, etc., and then I migrate to the rack that says "Oops, we made too much", which is full of marked down donuts and croissants. I think I drooled a little and then walked past it. Saw a big bucket of cheese balls and thought my husband would like that but I knew it was an excuse to bring it home - so, I walked past it. There is a Burger King right outside where I shop and I wanted a Whopper Jr.... it was close to dinner time, but I drove by. When I got home I had a salmon patty, a small mountain of steamed broccoli with grated parm, and 5 baby potatoes with butter and garlic for 380 cals, which totally filled me up and helped me finish the day with calories to spare.

I went out last night wearing a new pair of size six jeans and a medium top. This time last year I was wearing an extra large top with size twelve jeans in these same brands. People have also started noticing my weight loss, probably because I'm finally wearing clothes that fit my smaller body. Feels good to get dressed and like what you see in the mirror!

I went to my first Zumba class in 3 months today. I'm in so much pain right now. It's wonderful. That means that it's working. Feels so good to be back on track.

My smallest shorts I own fit well right now, meaning that, hopefully if everything works out, I'm going to need to buy new shorts come Springtime. I did 13 inclined pushups at the mid thigh level, followed by another 7 in a row and beat my 1.5 mile time by 10 seconds. The significance that I was able to beat my running time *after doing inclined pushups isn't lost on me.

In January 2006, I had to buy a special big and tall men's trike, even though I am 5'3" because I weighed 277lbs. No other bikes could hold my weight. Today, I just got my new trike delivered because since I reached onederland, my butt is smaller I cannot reach the pedals on my old trike! It is my new grocery getter. Now for a good tricycle lock and some stickers!! I couldn't stop myself from getting on it with my ankle length skirt and flip flops for a nice ride around the neighborhood!

It’s a weird one.
I admin a few Facebook groups.
Some people get huffy when they’re blocked from the group.

Today I had some local Rhodes Scholar who I had blocked months ago from one of my local groups for advocating some illegal stuff choose to message me because he didn’t like my comments on our local health department’s FB page.

Fairly normal comments. Nothing too outrageous.

Dipstick decided this would be a great time to slide into my DMs, demand I lose weight, call me a bunch of fat phobic names, and say I’m “a drain on society”

And ya. I reported him for harassment.
But I also laughed about how extremely off base his comments about my weight were.
And that’s the victory.
It’s not much. But I’ll take it.

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It’s a weird one.
I admin a few Facebook groups.
Some people get huffy when they’re blocked from the group.

Today I had some local Rhodes Scholar who I had blocked months ago from one of my local groups for advocating some illegal stuff choose to message me because he didn’t like my comments on our local health department’s FB page.

Fairly normal comments. Nothing too outrageous.

Dipstick decided this would be a great time to slide into my DMs, demand I lose weight, call me a bunch of fat phobic names, and say I’m “a drain on society”

And ya. I reported him for harassment.
But I also laughed about how extremely off base his comments about my weight were.
And that’s the victory.
It’s not much. But I’ll take it.

Life is bizarre. I just got called 'fat' by someone trying to insult me for the first time ever.

...I wear a size 6.

Not only is being a jerk never cool, but also that I never got it when I was actually fat is kind of weirdly FUNNY.

I'm still trying to get my head around doing maintenance instead of losing, and this week I started a night class, so my brain is full of things other than fitness/body stuff. It feels exactly like the times in the past when I've "moved on" from paying attention to my health and ended up sliding into old habits. My class was Tuesday night, and I was too exhausted from it Wednesday to go to the gym for my normal weight routine. Not good. I also ate poorly because my schedule was so different, and I attend class an hour aways from home.

My NSV is that I went yesterday and swam for thirty minutes so I would still get in a gym session midweek. I know things will smooth out with my new schedule. Meanwhile, I'm not going to worry about having the best workouts ever. I'm just going to focus on showing up. If I do that, good things will happen. That attitude is another NSV for me since I tend to be very "all or nothing" about things. I've said all along that my main goal is a lifestyle I can maintain, so I need to be able to navigate seasons like this. I've also logged my food everyday even though I didn't hit my macros very well. It's not been a perfect week, but I didn't stop. Keep showing up--on MFP and to the gym. That's my new focus, and I'm doing it.

My waist to height ratio is finally a healthy one! I'm 63 inches tall and my waist is 31 inches. This is a first since childhood!

I’m back, again! I seem to be racking up the NSV”’s this month like CrazyTime! When I got married, we bought a size 7 silver wedding band for me, because it was on clearance and that was we could afford. Then we found a jeweler who would work in silver jewelry (Not easy), and had it sized up to a 9, which was what fit at the time. Then 3 years passed, and it ended up being Way Too Small. So it was replaced by a stainless steel size 12 wedding band meant for a man. And I wore that until about 2 /2 years ago, when I had lost enough weight that my original wedding band ended up fitting again. Then my original wedding band started falling off of my finger in the shower, so I got a pretty size 8 replacement ring. Which was strictly temporary, of course, As I planned on eventually getting my original wedding band resized once I was at the lowest size I felt comfortable being at. Then *that* one started falling off in the shower! So, I got another one, in a size 7. And *it* started sliding off in the shower. So I ordered a new one that I liked as a strictly temporary one, and it still hasn’t shown up, so I ended up having to take my ring off before I got into the shower, and put it back on afterwards. Then, it started falling off all the time. So, I put it on a bigger finger and went without a wedding ring for a while. And *then* I found the wedding set in the picture! And I asked my husband if I could replace my original wedding band with *that*, and get my original wedding band resized to fit my middle finger (it’s the one falling off of my middle finger in the picture), and he said, in absolute amusement “Of course you can my dear, as long as you’re happy with it, I couldn’t care less”. So, it showed up in the mail yesterday, and I put it on! It’s a size 6! It’s a bit smallish around the top edge, because my finger is bigger there, but the band with the stones in it still moves out of place because it’s a bit too big. And the “smallish” part will be a minor NSV somewhere down the road around the end of October or so. But this, my MFP friends, is my permanent wedding set! And I think it is gorgeous, and I positively can’t stop looking at it. And I’m more proud that I have actually lost enough weight to go from a size 12 wedding band to a size 6 wedding band, than I am of my change in body size. Which is why I have written such an incredibly long entry about this NSV. For me, it’s THE MOST IMPORTANT milestone I have reached so far. Even more important than having crossed the invisible line from “fat” into “not fat”. Because it’s about the symbol of my marriage to the most supportive, amazing, compassionate man I have ever known. Without him, I would not be here today. I would not even be alive, let alone this far along my path. And it’s important to *him* that I have something that makes me feel beautiful, while retaining the symbol of the our origin. So this is perfect. If you’ve actually read this whole thing, thank you SO MUCH for listening to my story. It’s the most important one I have.

Nikki