What's Your Most Recent NSV

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.

MargaretYakoda wrote: »

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

Today on my run I realized that my stomach is noticeably less jiggly! So much more comfortable to run!

I've started fastening my bra on the second hook and I'm almost to the third! I wouldn't be sad AT ALL to also lose a cup size, but I'm happy with smaller chest

Getting 10k steps or more (according to FitBit) for about 5 out of 7 days for the last month. Some days it's been much more.

I'll call that a win!

My NSV is maintaining my weight since my fitness journey has been paused. In March I ripped the skin off my big toe while walking on the treadmill. The wound didn’t heal until August due to the steroids that I take for my transplants. I developed a strep infection in the bone and am undergoing iv antibiotic treatments for 6 weeks to avoid amputation. Have been unable to exercise since March and have not gained back weight which is huge to me. Doctors tell me even if big toe is amputated that I will still be able to walk and lift some weights with special shoes but I am hoping it doesn’t come to that.

Beautyofdreams wrote: »

My NSV is maintaining my weight since my fitness journey has been paused. In March I ripped the skin off my big toe while walking on the treadmill. The wound didn’t heal until August due to the steroids that I take for my transplants. I developed a strep infection in the bone and am undergoing iv antibiotic treatments for 6 weeks to avoid amputation. Have been unable to exercise since March and have not gained back weight which is huge to me. Doctors tell me even if big toe is amputated that I will still be able to walk and lift some weights with special shoes but I am hoping it doesn’t come to that.

I have a very close friend who has gained about 140 pounds post transplant, and while she has managed to stop gaining, she hasn’t been able to lose any yet. I will tell her about you (of course only referring to you as “a person I read about somewhere”) in the hopes that it will inspire her. Knowing that someone else can make progress post transplant could be very empowering for her.

I've moved from Class 2 Obesity into Class 1 Obesity.

@buddharivet I have actually lost weight twice since my kidney/pancreas transplant. The first time I lost 96 lbs. then injured myself and regained 83 back. This second time I have lost 85(8 coming while off my feet) and have maintained.

I think that you are pretty inspiring to your friend after losing half your weight. That is a tremendous achievement.