What's Your Most Recent NSV

I didn’t feel like taking my run this morning, heavy legs from leg day yesterday, but I did it anyways! 🙌. That’s a small victory.

@Lady_Magenta thanks for continuing to post that this is a lifestyle not a diet! That phrase has been on my mind and heart for the last two weeks.Each of us are walking out our own journey.
I had an aha moment while walking this morning.
Often I am looking for the finish line. I realized I need to enjoy the journey. I have been making good strides through the years of learning about myself and why I do what I do especially with regard to food and exercise or lack there of.
When I was younger, I was in a healthy weight range, yet as I compared myself to my peers, I thought I was heavy or fat. Now I am indeed overweight.
Each day is a chance to make better choices and lifestyle changes that will help achieve long-term success.
Here’s to success for all of us 🔥!

Some recent ones:

I'm improving my mobility and I'm able to squat deeper.

A couple weeks ago I was able to move (bend, etc.) much more easily in my tailored work pants. Today I was able to take them off without unbuttoning or unzipping them.

The seatbelt buckle in my car doesn't really dig into my hip anymore.

Split squats and high step ups are getting so much easier.

All my clothes fit better.

Another person noticed and was very nice about it.

Yoga practitioners will get this.

I’ve been in the habit of adding a push up after each chatarunga for the past year to build strength.

Wednesday’s instructor mentioned a particular practice that does two pushups following each chatarunga, so I thought I’d experiment with it this morning. I managed to do two after every flow in a pair of vigorous power classes this morning.

Y'all, I did so many pushups both my batwings are chafed. But I did them, so my NSV this afternoon is its mildly painful to do anything besides keep my hands on my hips.

This is a weird one but I just ran to the store to get M&M's 🥴 I really wanted m&ms and for some very odd reason I also wanted to run so I did it. The store is only half a mile away so it was a pretty easy run. And I found that if I focus on my breathing I don't notice the difficulty so much. And I don't feel out of breath until I walk. Although at the end my legs did start to hurt a little.

Also does anyone else feel like they have lost weight at the end of every winter even if they haven't? I think it is because I am wearing things that show my skin and I am only wearing one layer of pants now. It was disappointing when I got on the S and nothing had changed. But then I reminded myself that it is par for the course with spring.

I can remember how scary and intimidating Day 1 was, reaching Day 7 and thinking “no way I can keep doing this”, and day 60 and thinking “OMG, look at me! This is actually possible!”
I wish I could convince people those days will tock along regardless of whether you struggle or fall off the wagon, and that if you just keep resolutely hacking away at them, they - and the weight- will pass sooner than you can ever imagine.
That wagon? Those things had a little ladder for a purpose. Sometimes you had to get out and push.
It doesn’t have to be a race because there is no end, and it’s entirely up to you to make it hell on yourself, or choose to make it joyful and interesting.

@springlering62

As I glibly say to folks who notice the weight loss, "50 down and 50 to go" but I now weigh what I did when I graduated high school 56 years ago!

My sister said I looked skinny (lol, funny because I haven't dropped any weight for ages) and the shadow of my legs looked thin! weird

I took progress pics and measurements today. I think I've lost fat from my back recently. It looks and feels oddly flat. Compared to four weeks ago, I've lost 4.75" across 10 sites measured! Slower than last month, but that's fine the scale was doing some weird things last month. I'm celebrating a good bit of movement in the right direction!

Also yesterday my skirt fell down 😂 It was at home thank goodness. But then I changed into a different skirt to go out and still had to keep pulling it up!

I had a similar NSV to my previous one tonight, only this time I ran to the store to get a bag of beans not m&ms. I am going to cook my parents a pot of bean soup as a thank you and needed beans.

And I remembered an NSV from a few weeks ago. During the warmer months I commute to work by bike. It is only 3 miles and I have an engine so it is really not impressive at all. But both directions have some hills, so that gives a nice challenge. On one of the ways I can take there is a moderate hill and when I started riding again this year I was pleased to find that the muscle/endurance I had built up last year remained. I worked last year to be able to do the hill without bringing the bike's electric assist into the picture. Now I need to work on the hills on the way back from work. I think I am more tired after work and just want to get home so I am more likely to use the electric assist.

I like this so much: For some reason, surprisingly many people seem to think that an activity is only "exercise" or is only beneficial for fitness if it's intense and miserable. No. Misery is optional. Fun activity is the sweet spot for calorie burn, because we want to do it so do it more often. If the activity is manageably challenging to current physical capabilities, it's also beneficial for fitness improvement. You're living proof, sounds like.

Good show!

I had a good dinner. But then, an hour later I got a hankering for something more. At first I was going to have a tortilla with some cheese, salami, and spinach - which is not unhealthy, but more than I needed. So then as I was walking I decided not to do that and to instead have some berries with yogurt. Hopefully I continue this and have the added bonus of actually using up my berries rather than half of them going bad.

My second NSV is the little walk that I had. Recently whenever I take out the trash or recycling I walk around 1 or two blocks after I have put the things in the dumpster. It is not much, but sometimes it is just the thing I need to hit my step goal for the day. And it is good to get out and get the fresh air and be away from screens for a few minutes. I also love to look at everyone's landscaping and houses :) The other thing I have done to boost steps is to write more handwritten checks and walk them to a mailbox (one of those blue ones for the US peeps). I have a lot of checks and I am very odd in that I don't want to just throw them out when they are perfectly good. So I have been writing checks to utility companies and to pay my credit card. And even to pay my parents back for things - my siblings have made it VERY clear that they will not accept checks - but my parents are gracious and don't care either way. The walks to the mailbox and farther than the walks when taking out the trash, but don't happen as often. Hopefully I will continue these little walks as the weather warms up. Although I can't stand winter weather I hate the humidity of summer and find it hard to get motivated to do much beyond the necessary.