What's Your Most Recent NSV

I was making a donation to a charity my favorite radio station was hosting. They offered me a t-shirt. I said that "I would love one". Then they apologized for not having any small enough to fit me, all they had were XL and XXL. That took me back, because I never think of myself as being all that small.

Today was a great day. I went back through my closet and tried things on. I'm now out of my size 20 jeans and comfortably into size 18. Goodwill will be getting a stack of clothes this week and I'll shop there for the next size down.

After my closet, I headed to the swimming pool where I usually swim for an hour. I decided I felt strong enough and had the time to try for a mile...which I did in 80 minutes. Really happy with my progress over the last six months. In July, my average 100 yard split was 10:52 and I swam 550 yards in 57 minutes. Today, my average 100 yards split is 4:25 and I swam 1825 yards in 80 minutes. Pretty incredible.

It's happening!!

I went down a second belt notch, since I started my health journey and yesterday I was able to hold forearm plank for a minute. I don't even remember the last time I was able to do that!

46 yrs old
SW 313 lbs (Dec 2020)
CW 227 lbs

I restarted my weight loss journey Dec 2020 quite by accident. I needed to help out a friend by dog-sitting for a month or so, and ended up having to walk him on a leash several times a day. I lost 10 pounds that month without realizing it. It was the push I needed.

Then, three months ago, I had a health scare from a tick bite. At this point, I had lost about 60 pounds, but wasn't logging food or paying attention to what went into my body...just tried to eat less junk and was still taking more walks and such. During the treatment for the tick bite, it was discovered that my blood sugar was over 350 in the office that day, and my A1C was 12.7%. At the time when I was told these numbers, I didn't understand them. It took almost three weeks for me to wrap my head around the diagnosis of diabetes.

The doctor prescribed Metformin...but I was in a bit of denial. I didn't want to admit that I might need it. Instead, I drastically changed my life style. After reading as much as I could, I wanted to understand how my body reacted to dietary changes and more active exercise before starting medication. I wasn't opposed to taking it, I just needed to get my head wrapped around how food affected my body. I purchased a treadmill so that I would have no excuses. I started logging my food daily. I got a glucose testing kit to keep track daily.

Yesterday I got my three month results. With only dietary changes and exercise...

My A1C is now 6.1% !!! My daily glucose is in the range of 85 to 95.

The doctor was astounded. I thought he would yell at me for not taking the Metformin, but he congratulated me and asked me to keep doing exactly what I have been for the next three months and see him then. I left the office beaming.

Waist size is 36 inches: 4 inches down from July, 1.5 inches away from having a healthy waist to height ratio, and 1.5 inches for just a healthy waist size overall. Ultimate waist size goal is 30 inches (I'm 5'10").

Montanamom1 wrote: »

I fit into an old pair of jeans without my watch telling me it detected a workout. Baby steps.

LMAO.. I can definitely relate 😄

I'm taking a Strength training class and at the end, we go into one of the studios with a wall of mirrors to stretch. I've always avoided mirrors but made it a point to look at myself this time. My body isn’t as bad as I thought. I'm actually strong and starting to like what I see! I'm getting little baby muscles!

It's so much easier to exercise and eat right when I don't see it as punishment.

We have Christmas jumper day/week in work nearer the time. I saw a Christmas jumper the other week out of the corner of my eye, I really liked the colours but carried on walking. I couldn't stop thinking about the jumper Went back another time and couldn't find it, thought I'd maybe dreamt it! Then I saw it on eBay and bought it, it arrived today.

Fits like a glove

It's a 14/16 too! Couldn't tell you the last time I wore anything that had a 4 in it, except maybe footwear!

I'm so happy that it's going to look cute at Christmas and not like some huge round splodge of colour with sleeves that have to be rolled up because I had to buy sizes up to accommodate my belly!

Wearing my recently purchased 30/32 Levi’s. They went on without a problem in the AM and at lunch headed to grab a bite. I dropped my keys and without missing a beat or giving it any thought I squatted and picked up the keys and stood right back up. One smooth action and bonus no split pants. No need for a belt and pants stayed in place. Lunch was that more enjoyable.