What's Your Most Recent NSV

kenziestabes wrote: »

Kind of a scale victory: Went on vacation for a week. Traveled, no scale, did terrible at tracking calories due to eating out/ other people's cooking. Came home a pound lighter.

Victory #2: While on vacation, went on 4 mile walks with a relative most mornings, was able to keep up and continue being active the rest of the day.

Interesting! I actually got jump started while on vacation this summer. Was in DC in August and used bikes to get around mostly. It was super hot and humid, and I was biking a lot. Got home and was 3 to 4 lbs lighter. Probably all water weight, but it felt good. I kept going and am 20 lbs down now. Funny how it can work out!

Update: I have officially dropped to the pants size I was in HIGH SCHOOL.

Put these on yesterday and they literally fell off my kitten.
Am now giving them away. If you want them I am happy to mail them anywhere in the US.

Walmart brand. Size 3X. Elastic waist. Slim leg. Very comfortable.
I’ll wait two days before I post them locally. Lemme know.
My NSV can be yours in a few months, too!

I ate a partial serving of chocolate today. Not a whole serving. Not the whole bag. Just enough to make me happy, but not kill my calories for the day. This is huge for me as chocolate can sometimes send me into fits of grazing the cupboard for snacks. Not today.

I still have a particular pair of jeans that I bought when I was 18. I totally love them but they haven't fitted for years. I'm now 41 and had two children and they fit me again for the first time in probably 20 years.

I started doing water aerobics classes back in the summer, but the scale wasn't moving. About 2 weeks ago, I realized that my bathing suit was too loose. I think it's time to shop for a size down.

cschmitz110515 wrote: »

My bday is tomorrow. So for the last day I'm 63, I walked in a trail event, the Run for the Hill of It. I made it up the very steep sledding hill at the very end in 1:44 though at the top I felt like I might fall backwards and roll to the bottom. 😂 The fastest several people did the hill was 20 seconds = wow! Only 44 people did it in under one minute.

Thank you for this post. You have motivated me to get off my duff and start exercising again. I have used the excuse for too long that I'm too old (68 currently). Have lost 100 lbs. so far, but would like to firm up this body and possibly lose the last 60 lbs. a little faster with exercising. Happy belated birthday. Hope you had a good healthy one.

this morning I tossed on clothes and zoomed out the door. Only once I was in front of the full-length mirror in the restroom at work did I notice my shirt is one that I liked well enough to keep despite it not being as long as I prefer--but it's actually a bit long now! I keep touching the hem to check how far down on my hips it falls.

I had developed a hump between my shoulders after my massive weight gain(inherited from my late paternal grandmother) last night I stepped into shower and saw in the mirror it's gone!!! My shoulders look pretty toned too just a bit broad for my liking but hey one step at a time!!!

Went to the doctor for the results of my blood work. My cholesterol went from 206 to 160, LDL Cholesterol from 120 to 87, and Triglycerides from 160 to 71, My doctor and I both were very impressed.

I shattered a knee cap a few years ago. I like exercise videos to follow if I am at home, but many of them incorporate squats, which are painful to my knee. I have been working on doing the routines with an alternate move but throwing in a few of the squats to try and reap the benefits. I am noticing that the muscles around my knee are stronger, more flexible, and I can do more and more of them without pain. Yay!

tams_89 wrote: »

Back at normal bmi

CONGRATULATIONS!

Touched my toes. (This is a flexibility victory, not related to weight loss.)

Ran 60 paces (I don't RUN. I walk briskly. 3.5mph is my happy place. But I was able to run a little.)

Got my a** up and out and walked a brisk 5 miles at the park.

I have one of the various forms of depression. And it’s very well managed by medication. But it didn’t use to be, I used to very much self medicate with food. And that is one of the reasons I got to be my original very high weight. And over the years I have learned other coping mechanisms. However, this time of year is particularly difficult for me, mood wise, and I tend to have breakthrough symptoms. And I don’t always remember my healthy coping mechanisms. Sometimes I eat instead. And today, after sitting underneath my blanket for a couple of hours moping, I finally poked my head out and told my husband that I needed to do *something* to make myself feel better and that I was totally unwilling to turn to food this time. So we brainstormed and came up with something that had ended up working last year, and did that. And it worked! And I can continue to do it whenever necessary for the rest of my “difficult season”, now that we have resurrected it. The last time I felt depressed it was because my doctor had me make a dosage adjustment on my medication that didn’t work out so well, and I gained 7 pounds in a few days. So, I am very happy with myself for having cleared the hurdle safely this time around.