What's Your Most Recent NSV

My husband grabbed a candy bar while we were at Walmart and even though I was hungry I wasn't even tempted. Today I was a close to my sodium goal and didn't want to go over but my fat free dressing would have taken me well over so I ditched the dressing and loaded my taco meat (home spices not prepackaged) right onto the salad. I added an ounce of Australian Sharp Cheddar cheese to it and my 6 Ritz crackers I had planned for snack later and it was a really good salad. Oh and I ditched the croutons. Even though it's mother's day I still managed to eat a good bit and come below by calorie goal today.

Getting through COVID without needing to go to the hospital. My cardio-vascular fitness and weight and vastly different than they were a year ago. I ended up with fairly mild symptoms, which I believe were the result of improved fitness and health combined with being fully vaccinated.

Day 125 since I adopted a completely plant-based diet. Outside of a couple of minor complaints - most vegan cheese is pretty awful except in small amounts, there are few options at many restaurants in my area - it has been a smooth transition.

I had been eating meatless meals (still had dairy and/or eggs) for breakfast and lunch during the day and meat during dinners for much of 2021 and decided to try eating plant-based after New Years during "Veganuary" to see how I felt omitting animal protein from my diet. My energy levels have been through the roof and there are fewer times where I feel bloated after eating a big meal.

My experiment has moved to a permanent way of eating. My family still eats animal proteins and I help them prep meals since the bulk of their plates is usually grains and veggies as well. I am not pressuring them to adopt a plant-based diet since while this way of eating works for me, it may not work well for others. The takeaway for me is that occasionally they find a plant-based meal they really like and want to eat it with me.

The other day, I treated myself to a Beyond Burger. I don't eat these very often since they have a good deal of sodium and fat compared to the rest of my diet. My son saw me eating it and asked for a bite. He ended up going to the freezer and getting a patty for himself. I call that a small win.

I put on a pair of sandals and they are lose in the ankles straps. I didn't know you could lose weight in you ankles!

bojaantje3822 wrote: »

I managed to fit into size Large sports leggings from adidas today - afaik those don't tend to run huge.

When I was dropping the weight and got into larges I felt the same exact way. I even accidentally bought large leggings that I was too heavy for and they fit perfect. There are a couple theories I ran up against:

1) muscle of people losing weight who are also now "fitness" sorts. i.e. somehow, when I was 277 I was incredibly sedentary, absolutely no doubt about it. After losing 80 pounds I got a little impatient and generally unhappy because it was the holidays and I did not want to gain weight. So I went from no exercise to 5 miles a day. When this happened I lost no weight, and was a large!

2) Also someone also mentioned the lose skin as a possible "the tape is also lying" I sew, and I used to know my measurements and trust my tailor tape. Pfft, lying little inchworm! I got to the point where when I even wrapped the tape into the skin for the "dough effect", it was still too loose!! I don't really get that either, except it still happens.

My hubby said that maybe it was just because I was trying to clothe a constantly changing form. Maybe.

Also @bojaantje3822 I loved your NSV of not eating the cookies, and instead feeling the negative feelings. THAT is how you do it!! (((hugs)))

My daughter made a lot of her own vegan cheeses. They’re basically soaked and liquified nuts, as I understood it. You could season them how they like. It wasn’t difficult. She did it nightly.

mtaratoot wrote: »

Annual physical was yesterday. Annual is just a term. I usually go two years beteen "annual" exams. My doctor says I'm still fit to dive, and the things that I had some concerns about probably aren't what I thought, and that's good.

I had a similar NSV last year. I had a PFO (a hole in the heart) closed in December 2020, and before that I was depth limited. In June last year, my cardiologist announced he was happy with the closure and didn't want to see me again. My diving doctor also got bored of me, and gave me unlimited sign off until the end of time.

I celebrated by buying a twinset and doing 10 days' diving on the South Coast (in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.)

After about six weeks of dealing with lower back issues to include pinched nerves. I have done some cardio over the last two days and did some core stuff yesterday on the roman chair with a six pnd med ball. Not only do I not hurt from it, I'm ready for some more.