What's Your Most Recent NSV

I finally reached 130 kilos (~286lbs) when doing hip thrust this week, which is twice my bodyweight!
I've never been very athletic/sporty to begin with and after my weight loss my almost non-existent muscles were closer to marshmallow than anything else, I couldn't even do a bodyweight lunge, today I do sets with two 24kg (~53lbs) kettlebells !

Returned from out of town. Stocked up on protein powder; batch cooked chicken, turkey meatballs, hard boiled eggs, and quinoa to help me meet my protein goals.

A friend gave me some delicious produce from her garden. I usually don't even cook much this time of year because of the heat, but I figured I could saute up some zucchini and tomatoes (with onions and garlic). It was a big amount of veggies, and I was thinking, "I should make some rice or barley or something to go with them." I decided I didn't need the calories, so I just ate the veggies. None left over. Awesome lunch.

Later in the day, I took the other half of the onion, a fresh cucumber also from the garden, more zucchini, some tomatoes, and a wee bit of sesame oil and added to some skipjack tuna for a veggie-laden tuna "salad" for supper. I almost added some panko for a little crunch, but decided I didn't need THOSE calories either.

Instead I had a half a cantaloupe; they are in season from Hermiston, and those are the BEST.

Completed my fourth Sprint Triathlon of the Summer. Got another one this weekend!


I've come a long way!

I've slowly started doing plyo exercises to include a VERY small jump box with my kids that I coach.
They're actually impressed that this old fat man can do it and motivated to do better than me.

This is pretty minor since I’ve only been back on MFP for about a month and my scale hasn’t budged (actually I think it’s not working any more and am waiting for a replacement) and I look exactly the same. But I’ve been feeling better physically, and decided to try on a dress that’s quite fitted but surprisingly forgiving even with big weight fluctuations of 15-20 pounds. I had planned to wear it to a friend’s memorial celebration recently but could barely squeeze into it and looked like a overstuffed double-dip ice cream cone; thank goodness I had a different dress with me! Anyway, I just tried on the dress and it fits pretty comfortably. So I think this dress will be my regular weekly test of how it’s going.

If anyone’s interested, it’s the Sara dress style from Blue Sky Clothing, a Canadian company that has gorgeous stuff in a range of sizes and does ship to other countries. I promise I don’t work for them! But I have appreciated the size flexibility of their styles.

mlrtri wrote: »

I received multiple compliments on my eyes last week. I have the same eyes I have always had.

This is so funny to me. Congrats on getting some compliments! I think sometimes people kinda notice that something is different (or that you look nice) but they can't quite put a finger on what has changed, so they comment on whatever comes to mind. Or they don't want to comment on someone else's weight because that can be fraught. Last time I lost a bunch of weight, I started getting comments on my hair

takinitalloff wrote: »

mlrtri wrote: »

I received multiple compliments on my eyes last week. I have the same eyes I have always had.

This is so funny to me. Congrats on getting some compliments! I think sometimes people kinda notice that something is different (or that you look nice) but they can't quite put a finger on what has changed, so they comment on whatever comes to mind. Or they don't want to comment on someone else's weight because that can be fraught. Last time I lost a bunch of weight, I started getting comments on my hair

This is so true! I have been getting many more compliments on my hair, makeup, and outfits. My favorite comment was, “life has been treating you very well!” Yes it has, because I’ve been treating myself better than I used to.

I organized a "beginning whitewater" kayak trip yesterday afternoon for one of the clubs I'm part of. We had ten boats, and everyone appreciated getting out and either doing some learning or polishing up after being away from paddling for a while. Smiles all around - that makes it worthwhile.

When we met to set shuttle, a person who I haven't seen in a few years who is also retired from a job very similar to the job I retired from but for a city about ten or twelve miles away said, "Wow. You're looking very fit." I tried not to smile TOO much.

Maybe the paddling and hiking are contributing to that. Today I had a scale victory, but this isn't the place to bring that up. Maybe I should go to the forest today!