What's Your Most Recent NSV

My NSV is that I had to cut up the empty boxes in the garage.

“Old Me” used to just slit the tape and stand on ‘em. Voila! Job done.

“New Me” can no longer flatten them that way, so had to resort to box cutter.

Had the garage door been up, the neighbors would have been treated to the sight me of, standing on a pile of boxes, sliding off again and again, and laughing maniacally.

I walked to my friend's house instead of taking the car. Walking took about 35 minutes at a quick pace -- and I got there and wasn't even tired??! So I decided to also walk back instead of taking public transport, got home, and STILL had energy left. I felt sooooo good!!

I was standing in front of the bathroom mirror looking at my muffiin top. Wondering if it will ever go away, when, and will the loose skin it leaves behind be the same, but different. I noticed something. Thigh gap!
I've heard of that. Don't think I've ever personally seen it until today.

My wedding rings fit again! It’s been years since I was able to wear them. Feels awesome!

I'm not sure if this counts, but I'm now tracking my NSV's. I have a fitness bullet journal (which has been weirdly motivating) and it occurred to me that, since I'm about to head back to work, I might start forgetting all of the amazing progress I've been making each month. So, I'm setting up a NSV tracker. That way, at the end of each month, I'll have a lovely list of NSV's to look back on for inspiration ^_^

@LenGray Same here! I've been keeping track of both my various goals over the months, and the NSV's I've achieved. I do like to read the list every once in a while, and I always get a kick out of moving another goal down to the "completed" list. Whatever it takes to motivate/inspire ourselves

stegeem wrote: »

I had a bad binge today which has possibly wiped out the last weeks progress, but I think it was at least smaller than I would have had a few years ago

That’s EXACTLY how you should think of it!!!! And then get right back to plan today. You’ll find the one slip doesn’t make much difference as long as the vast majority of days are planned!

I noticed today that my running jacket is a loose fit again. It zips without any awkward manoeuvring and covers my bum without hugging it. Gave me a boost when I had a hard time getting out the door 🙂

Aww, it's awesome to hear that everyone's making their own lists!

My NSV today was that when I made a frozen pizza for dinner, I only ate half of it. I was really hungry, but I took the time to see what fit in my calorie budget, logged that, and only grabbed the logged pieces. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I felt satisfied with half of what I usually eat. I also still have some calories left over for hot tea and cookies tonight!

I have two recent NSV's. Firstly......I have been consistently doing Yoga. An at home yoga practice, Yoga With Adriene...to stay fit over the Winter.

The NSV I am most proud of is wearing a slinky cocktail dress to the annual Christmas party....WITHOUT being encased in Spanx type undergarments first. 😆 Its a US Size 10. ( and I admit to being thrilled/stunned that my Size 14 cocktail dress now slips easily over my head without even unzipping it first!). Next stop..... Size 8 cocktail dress!!

I’m so very happy 😃. My A1C level is 5.5. I’m not even in the pre-diabetic range anymore. 11 months ago it was over 6, and I was diabetic.💃💃💃💃

Just in case some people don't realize, a "NSV" means a non-scale victory. If you get good news from your scale, that's a victory. If your pant don't fit because they've got too big, or if your ring falls off, or if you can walk stairs effortlessly for the first time, that's a NON-SCALE victory.

Congratulations for ALL victories! I like to read about Non-Scale Victories here.

I'll offer one. I went back to the gym yesterday for the first time this year. I was afraid of the crowds. They weren't bad at the time I went. I was able to do all my reps for all my exercises even though I am still keeping the weight dialed a little bit back and even though I only did two sets. Last time I went, I had trouble getting all my reps.

Today I went for a swim. I thought it might be tough the day after working out. Instead, when everyone else left the pool leaving it all to me, I decided that instead of 30 laps, I would do as many as 50 laps. I also agreed with myself that I'd stop at my planned 30 if other folks got in the pool. They did. My wrist device was lagging, and it showed me I needed one more lap, so I ended up with 31 laps (1550 yards). I think I could have done 19 more, but I also had some other things I wanted to get done, so I wrapped it up.

herblovinmom wrote: »

I successfully did 1 pull-up. 1 complete, chin above the bar pull-up.💪 I didnt think I could do even 1 cause in the past I’d only been able to lift myself part way, but my hubby encouraged I try anyways, and I did it!!! 🙌

THAT IS INCREDIBLE. I have never in my life done a pull-up. I can't wait to heal my inner child that hated PE in that way because of how everyone watched everyone do it all.

I've been experimenting a bit with my daily calorie allotment. I've been eating between 1,300 and 1,500 calories a day since late summer. In early December I started being unreasonably hungry... after a while I started wondering what's going on, and eventually realized that I had upped my exercise by a lot in the interim (from 20-ish minutes/day to 50+ minutes/day). But I hadn't increased my daily calories! It seems the amount of food I was eating was no longer enough to fuel my activities.

I started to gradually increase my calories each week, but a few days ago I realized that this made no sense, because I was still hungry all the time. Who knows how long it would take me to get to my new "correct" amount of food? So was I going to continue inadvertently starving myself until I hit that number? No! That made no sense. So I calculated my maintenance calories for my goal weight, and gave myself that number as a daily limit. After three days of eating as much as I wanted within that limit, the never-ending hunger did indeed end. Next I will reduce my daily calories again, but not all the way back to the previous level.

I see three NSV's in all of this:

1. I've learned so much over the past several months! I no longer need to flail and fail! Thanks to my consistent food & exercise tracking over the past 6.5 months, when I realized that something was wrong, I was able to figure out what the problem was, and make changes accordingly. No problem, not even a hiccup.
2. There was a small part of me that panicked a bit at the thought of losing control if I were to increase my calories. Would my old over-eating habits resurface? But it's been perfectly fine -- I still ate healthy, I feel better, and all went according to plan.
3. Tonight I was eating my last meal for the day when I suddenly felt full. I still had plenty (maintenance) calories left... there was food left on the plate... it tasted good... "old me" totally would have cleaned the plate without a second thought. "New me" put the leftovers in the fridge for tomorrow, adjusted the food log, and called it a night.