What's Your Most Recent NSV

I've been on Metformin for diabetes for almost 25 years...until this week. I got a continuous glucose monitor last week and have been following my numbers. I haven't had any reading that were even close to being to high, so I decided to stop the Metformin and see what happened. My numbers went up only by a few points. I let my primary provider know, and he has agreed that I should stay off it and continue to monitor. :-D

I haven’t had a scale victory in a while as I’ve gained some weight back in the last several months. However, on my vacation last week, I hiked over 13 miles total in 4 states. These weren’t easy, flat hikes. There was a lot of rock climbing, balancing, stair climbing, and stretches of muddy trekking uphill. I knocked them out like they were a stroll around the neighborhood. The scale can’t tell me I’m fit- it’s obvious that I am fit by the way I function.

I’ve been discussing this with a number of people in my life- I have friends my age (39) who can’t comfortably walk a mile, and it seems to be a common acceptance where I live that folks past a certain age just “can’t” do things like walk moderate distances, lift heavy things, or easily get up from sitting on the floor. And yet… I have a friend in her 60s who gets invited to compete all over the world in triathlons. She started exercising in her 50s. I know several folks in their 70s and 80s who move like they’re 25 and get double the steps daily that I do.

My thinking has shifted slowly over this journey. I don’t care so much about looking a certain way. I simply want to be able to live every day to the fullest, and that means I want to be active and functional for the next 50+ years. I have a lot of fun stuff left to do! That’s a strong motivator to keep up the healthy habits.

Totally agree with what @EliseTK1 wrote above. Lately I've started taking the stairs on purpose wherever I go, rather than avoiding them at all cost. Stair climbing has become easy, I no longer even get out of breath going up three levels. Bending down (to take off my pants, put on shoes, pick up something I dropped, clean the floor, etc.) is a no-brainer. Getting out of the car is no longer an ungainly embarrassment. I can stand up from the floor without using my hands. All of these were unthinkable just a year ago. It's nice being able to do whatever I need/want to do, and not having to adjust my activities around all these movements I felt I needed to avoid.

I went on a 5 1/2 week cruise and managed to feel my clothes feel looser.

My late wife used to steal all my favorite shirts as she got thicker over the years. But lately I've been wearing some of her really old t shirts. Like concert merch that I was gong to turn into throw pillows. Because I thought I'd never be small enough to fit into.

Taking my shorts off without having to unbutton them, lol!

I was told today that there was a discussion in the office about me. apparently started with:
'Have you noticed Ian's changed recently, got this whole new style going on'
'Yes think he's training cause his skin is really good...'
'Got a Roger Moore vibe going on' (that might be the best thing anyone's ever said about me...

Eating clean has me feeling so much better.

Realizing that, even though the scale has slowed, my body changes are still happening. Down almost 2 pants sizes since November. ❤️❤️

I feel like my young self again. I’m walking around a city exploring places I want to see. Without having to worry about pain, and being unable to make it back if I go too far. Incredible.