What's Your Most Recent NSV

@springlering62 - haha, that’s a great story! I have panic attacks when I go for my annual mammo. I’m going to try thinking of your story, instead!

This was a day of multiples:

1. I was going to hike with a friend. He opted out, which is totally fine. I went anyway. That isn't much of a victory; I hike on my own plenty. Instead of going where we had planned, I went somewhere else. We'll reschedule for next week. Instead of doing a short hike (minimum of about two miles, but I could add on some by extending the trail in either direction from the top where the upper trailhead is), I parked way down below and hiked the whole way. This saved gasoline from driving up the very steep grades and turned a short hike into a nice eight-mile 3.5 hour hike. That's kind of a NSV.
2. Instead of coming straight home, I went by the gym because it wasn't that far out of the way. I had not intended to do any exercise, just sit in the steam room for 15 or 20 minutes. Well, I got dressed and walked out to the pool where the steam is and saw only one lane occupied. Instead of getting in the steam, I went back to the locker room, put on swimming pants, got my gear, and swam for a half hour. That's number two. Unplanned, but took advantage of an empty pool because - it's always full!
3. I usually swim with a dive mask and snorkel. I have "zoomer" training fins. I swam ten lengths with that, then swapped out for goggles and left the fins and did ten lengths of breast. I can do that all day. But for some reason, I decided to try my freestyle stroke without mask, snorkel, or fins. I did OK. I started adding in a length of that in between lengths of breast. I was able to keep up with my breathing. I must be getting better. For fun I put the fins back on. I for sure went faster, and could still swim with just goggles. Now THAT is a real victory for me. I'm not fast, but to be able to swim like "normal" people is something I just have trouble with. Maybe I'll get it down in the next few years.

That's all. Just three.

Adding 25lb plates to each side of the leg press and still hitting as many reps as I did before (3x12). I am pretty sure I'll be able to do 4 plates a side for 3x10!

3plates a side was big for me. 4 plates makes me VERY happy.

Also, I did 3 reps of deadlifts at 275lb. That used to me my ugly 1rm. (And that was at the END of my set - 10x135; 5x165; 5x195; 6,6 x 245; and 7, 6 by 260!)

Sometimes the gains seem so minimal, until you look back from whence you came.

cheyennelevans wrote: »

I did not feel like running last night, I had run Sun, Mon, Tues already and skipped Wednesday to recover. I asked my neighbor if she wanted to run with me last night for accountability. She said yes, we did 3 rounds of walk 3min/run 1-1.5min and walked the rest of the way. I was really not feeling it, and my running was slower than usual.

But I did it! I pushed myself to be uncomfortable and this officially marks 5 weeks into my health journey and I haven't given up!

That is so huge!!! I OFTEN do not want to go to the gym, and last night was one of those nights, but I have found that I rarely regret going, and sometimes my best nights are the ones I had to push my self to go to.

Super awesome that you pushed through and have been pushing for 5 weeks. You've got this!!

Dedication takes over when motivation is lacking.

aerochic42 wrote: »

I'm noticing that there is less strength to my excuses for either not going for a walk at all or shorting the distance. I'm still making bad food choices when i let my self munch but I'm thinking about it before eating said food. I'm still at the whatever I don't care stage for the most part but there is at least conscious thought of what is going into my mouth. I also have logged most of my meals this week so far and some of the random munchy food. there is hope for me after all.

Hey, just getting out there is the key. My rule is I MUST start--b/c 9 times out of 10, I keep going. Starting is non-negotiable. And once you get comfortable at a certain distance and it's no big deal, it will be easier to add a bit. My base goal is a mile, and I generally do 2-3 total, walking for now due to knee problems but jogging until recently. I also wear at least one piece of "work out" clothes as my work clothes so I have less reason to sigh heavily that I "have to change," haha. I buy shirts that can double at work (teaching) and for walking or jogging (until they get "retired" to exercise only). I'm still looking for a smock dress with big pockets I can wear over Tees and leggings so all I have to do in cooler weather is whip off the dress and put on the right shoes. Like a uniform that transitions from day to exercise.

My NSV is being back here 2 weekends in a row. I am really trying this time around, not just telling myself I am.

My swimming pants are feeling loose. They're supposed to be tight. I will assume they are just stretching out from use, but I also think I could use a smaller pair.

Even if they're just stretching out, that's still a NSV because it means that I swam enough to wear out a new pair of jammers.

When I'm in stores, the smallest size I can find are the size I have that seems too big. Could it be true that I'm small enough to wear child size clothes? Holy crap.

I was heading down the sugar-cravings trail last night - not my routine path, but there it was. I realized that I was really, really fatigued: It was requiring intention even to put one foot in front of the other. Fatigue causes energy-seeking, energy-seeking leads to calorie craving, sugars are quick-energy calories. Poof, sugar cravings.

So I went to bed around 5 hours earlier than I've been going to sleep lately, slept for around 9 hours with only a few brief wake-ups (sleep interruption insomnia never ends . . . .).

I felt much better this morning.