NSV: Changes!
 

Today my family and I rode our bikes about 25 miles. Though we hadn't planned on it, we all started bonking (biker term for losing energy) 1/2 way through and needed food. The nearest/cheapest food was a food court at an amusement park on a boardwalk. I got a vegetarian burrito, basically just tortilla, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, guac. Here are a few NEW things I noticed about this excursion:

1. I really wanted to stand during the meal as I had been sitting on the bike. We found a table that had had all its chairs taken so it worked out well. But me wanting to stand after a ton of exercise? Who am I?

2. I was really disheartened looking around at the people in the food court. I would say 80% were obese or larger. It was clear that food courts cater to the obese crowd. It made me profoundly sad and also uninterested in ever visiting a food court again. It's just not scene.

3. Even after biking 12.5 miles and being famished, I only had interest in eating 1/2 of the burrito. When I gave the other half to my kids (who themselves were splitting a burrito), I felt no remorse, really almost relief to get rid of it.

4. For dinner, my dh had accidentally (as in, he blindly put it in the cart) purchased a cheesy bread instead of the whole bread baguette I had requested. I served up one portion for myself (it was within my calories), but when I sat down, I really didn't want it. It had a lot of sodium and was kind of oily looking. It didn't seem nourishing at all and I craved nourishing. Instead, I got up and toasted 2 pieces of Ezekiel sprouted bread to go with my soup. Then, though I'd biked 25 miles today, I only really wanted half my soup. There was a time not too long ago when a long work-out would have meant unbridled access to anything I wanted to eat. Today, I just wasn't all that interested in the food part of our activity.

I guess I am pointing these out because it's all so new and interesting to me. Even during phases of great weight loss in the past, I never got to a point of disinterest in food. I might have given up half the burrito, but I probably would have perseverated on my loss after that. There was none of this today. I didn't even feel deprived when declining the cheesy bread. In fact, I felt so much happier to have the Ezekiel. It was so satisfying.

I have been discovering little changes like this throughout this journey. Like, I no longer constantly think about food. I really look forward to exercising. I really enjoy exercising hard -- it's not a chore to church out anymore. All this makes me believe that this time is IT!

Thanks for listening.

So inspiring! I want to be at that point so much!

Way to go! That is awesome!

And here i thought my 3 mile jog/run in the morning then 3 mile walk at night was good work. I now know I suck!! Haha, you rock ^_^

Fantastic!!!!!!!

I'm so glad you translated bonking, it means something quite different in British ;D

Fantastic exercise, you make me ashamed of my 30 minute walk!

Awesome!!! :)

You all are so nice. But there's no need to compare work-outs. Working out just happens to be my favorite way to cut calories. I count calories as well, but I eat a little higher and work-out more so that I can eat a little higher.

And if you WANT to be a person who does big work-outs, you can. If I can do it, so can you. Just months ago, I felt like I barely had enough energy to climb the stairs and function. It's amazing what can happen in a few months.

Wow, I hope I'm able to share a similar experience myself one day!

I do have one question though: what does NSV stand for?