NSV and An Active Day (with pictures!)

First off, remember those capris that my Mom bought me that were too small and I said I was going to use them as a clothing goal? I couldn’t even zip them when I bought them on March 1st.

Um yeh, they fit!! They’re slightly snug, but I think they look ok! I couldn’t believe it when I tried them on! Even the shorts that I bought for the cruise (that ended up not zipping while ON the cruise) now fit! Those are some very encouraging NSV’s!

Today, hubby and I had to go over to the in-law's to help my father in law tear down a barbed wire fence. He thought it would take two hours to tear down the fence and then was going to take the posts down another day. Well, I offered to help hubby, imagining a mad calorie burn, and we had BOTH jobs done in 1 hour 36 minutes! I was totally a country girl today.

And I wore my new capris to do it! Hopefully I didn’t ruin them because I was covered in dirt when we were done. My job consisted of tearing down the wire and laying it neatly on the ground for hubby to roll up. And then I helped pick up the rolls and load them in the wagon, they were heavy! I walked a lot, even ran a little, and used my arms a ton. For the second part of the job, I was assigned picking up all of the posts, knocking the dirt off them, and throwing them into a wagon. There were at least 50 posts, each weighing about 5-10 lbs. I tried to pick up two in each hand. I ended up burning 576 calories. Totally worth it. And my FIL was happy.

After that, hubby and I came home and cleaned up and headed out for the second part of the day, our first long bike ride of the year!! We ended up doing a loop of 14.5 miles with lots of hills. It felt awesome. With a couple of stops, it took us 1 hour and 42 minutes.

I really need a new bike. This was just a cheap one we bought from a friend a couple of years ago. It doesn’t fit me right, but it works for now.

I didn’t get a lot of pictures. It was nice to see things starting to green up!

Taking a break:

These laces keep me going.

Our usual picture after the ride:

Hubby loading up the bikes:

Overall, I burned 842 calories on this ride! I couldn’t believe it! I love calorie burns like that. Looking forward to many more of these rides this year!

And I always love getting an ice cream cone after our ride. My favorite ice cream shop opened up for the season! I got a raspberry flavor burst. SO good.

I’m very proud of today. The fact that I was able to be as active as I was today is proof that I have come so far. I remember getting tired doing much less when I weighed 288 lbs.

I love the feeling of being physically tired and worn out at the end of the day. I know I’ll sleep well tonight!