What's Your Most Recent NSV

stegeem · January 6

My mum used to have to force me to walk the dog everyday and now I go out multiple times a day without being asked or complaining.

stegeem · January 6

My parents keep telling me they are proud of me for how well I'm doing with weightloss (have lost 20kg now). It has taken 7 years though!!!

Yivs_87 · January 6

I'm back on MFP. First step towards a healthier me.

eleneivy777 · January 6

My latest non scale victory is how I feel more strong...even in my mind I feel more strong after exercising. It is becoming part of who I am.

mtaratoot · January 7

I can hardly call this a victory; it's really just kind of normal stuff: I went for a walk. It was 4.44 miles; not huge, but respectable.

I was thinking I would, and we even had some sun breaks earlier. Forecast is pretty much wet, wet wet. The rain was for sure coming down. I figured that would be the PERFECT time to go for a nice long walk in my local park because - rain!

I suited up: Neoprene boots. Waterproof breathable pants and coat. Gloves, warm hat for under my hood. I got a few houses away, and I realized it was raining hard enough that it would be a good time to check my gutters to see if they needed attention. Slight delay while I put up the ladder, climbed up to the roof, and cleaned out the gutters. I came back down and put the ladder away; my gloves were soaked, so I changed them out.

You know you're in western Oregon when you go down to the park when it's raining like mad and there's over a dozen cars in the parking lot and there's plenty of people out enjoying the weather. I only saw one person that had an umbrella. We don't usually use those around here.

I walked down to look at the river and then headed down the river path. Not wanting to slog through the thick mud even though I was dressed for it, I moved up to the bark path just above it. I went through the forest past the sports fields to the south end, then got on the paved path that goes into the next park over. I walked up to see the river some more and walked on upstream to the shelter, then crossed over to the first hole of the disc golf course, then around the course and a shortcut back over to the first park. There was a twosome playing golf. I walked through a different part of the forest, and as I walked up the hill towards the street, I figured I'd walk a little more, so I diverted through the cemetery, up to the street, then through an apartment complex to a path that goes by the old brick pond and back home.

It even quit raining about 2/3 of the way through my walk.

It really was nice to see my neighbors out enjoying the outdoors even in the cool rain - liquid sunshine.

LenGray · January 7

A twofer for today! My dad called while I was at my writing group meeting and asked me to pick up something sweet. I looked up nearby places and saw that there was a cookie shop about a quarter of a mile away. Since the weather was nice, I figured I'd just walk (NSV #1). Once I was there, I decided to get us one cookie apiece. The second NSV is that, when I got home, I only ate half of my cookie and saved the rest for tomorrow ^_^

mtaratoot · January 7

Sigh. I've got another one, but not sure I can call it a victory either.

Tonight is the third night in a row that I took some brie with wild mushrooms out of the refrigerator to come up to room temperature so I could enjoy it with some tasty crackers. It sat out a few hours, and was probably ready to go. I just put it back in the refrigerator. This is for sure a victory. Cheese AND crackers? Three nights in a row that I put them back? Not only that, but three nights in a row I could have fit them in my budget, but just really wasn't that hungry.

The part I'm not sure about is that I'm about 10% below my calorie goal for the week - an average of 214 calories a day not counting today. To be sure, I had several weeks I was over, but I really try not to under-eat - it's not healthy. I logged two ounces of cheese and two servings of crackers. It would have put me a little over for the day, but got me back on track for the week.

I will tell myself that maybe the calories my Garmin device has been reporting to MFP are too high, and I'm not actually that far under. If I ignored all exercise calories, I'd be 16% over. The scale has been working its way down for the past week, so I can't be over. I think I'm just full from beans, rice, and fresh vegetables.

Oh well.

Maybe I'll have cheese tomorrow. It's really good cheese. Not too long ago, I would have eaten the whole chunk AND the entire box of crackers even if I weren't really hungry.

OK, I guess I can call this a victory. Thanks for helping me talk myself through it.

springlering62 · January 7

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.

mtaratoot · January 7

@springlering62

That's funny because the other day I went by the recycling center and went scavenging for cardboard. I was actually looking for BIG panels, like from furniture ideally with no labels, not much tape, and no staples. I'm in the process of covering up my garden to try and eliminate the weeds that thrived last year when I let it go fallow. I usually take the tape off. They are usually already flattened. Most of the boxes I get at home are too small, but I use some to put underneath the holes in the big panels. I still have to flatten them. I'm massive enough to crush them, but if I'm flattening them I still tear off the tape and disassemble them. Every now and then I have to use my pocket knife to cut the tape, but usually I can just tear it.

I have a silly cartoon picture in my mind of you jumping up and down on a cardboard box and it not moving.

doolha · January 7

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!!

mrschwarten · January 7

Now that New Birthmas* is over, I feel ready and refreshed to start things off good. The NSV is that I have satisfied the desires and sweet tooth, and am looking forward to exercise and healthful nutrition choices!

*My birthday is Jan 5th so the holidays last a bit longer for me which I refer to as New Birthmas, to include New Year, Christmas, and Birthday

Corina1143 · January 7

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.

mtaratoot · January 8

A follow up on the cheese victory, and maybe even another one.

I took that wild mushroom brie out again this afternoon, then I went to do some chores.

I sliced off a two-ounce chunk, put it on a plate, put 1.5 servings of crackers on the plate, and sat down while I'm waiting for my supper. I found some wild rice in the pantry, so it's cooking now. When it was halfway done I put the delicata in the oven.

The rest of the cheese (four more ounces) got wrapped and went back in the fridge. The crackers (4.5 more servings) got sealed and put back in the pantry. I know I can leave it there for another day. The real question is... what will I do tomorrow?

lhagan75 · January 8

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

taralynn236 · January 8

I met my calorie, water, protein, and workout goal everyday last week. I don't even remember the last time that happened.

LenGray · January 8

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 ^_^

BrightEyedAgain · January 9

That's a fabulous idea @lengrey.

takinitalloff · January 9

@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 · January 9

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

springlering62 · January 9

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!

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