Seriously, someone needs to make a 21st century texting guide!
"WHAT?"
.No Sodding Vegetables?
..Non-Succulent Venison?
...Notably strange Vegans?
….National Security Vetting? (The engineer in me thinks rationally!)
…..Nominal System Voltage ? (I’m wondering when the British public all became so interested in electronics!)
What the sh**ing hell is NSV! I am 25, surely, I am not that far away from being “Down with the kids”.
Furiously searching google for the new word of the century, I discover the answer is actually:
Non-Scale Victory
Apparently, this doesn’t mean eating 30 donuts in 5 minutes. Damn Shame.
A non-scale victory is something that gives you a little smile for yourself, without you getting on the sales.
This can literally be anything, this does not even have to be related to weight!
Fitness
You manged more push ups in your workout
You nailed a Pull Up
Hell, you got up and went to the gym!
Weight
Those Jeans feel a little looser
That dress hangs a little better
That bra strap is on the next hook
Food
You managed your 5 a day
You haven’t had any cheat days this week
You managed 2L of water and didn’t get up for a pee 60 times in the night!
No matter how big the accomplishment, no matter how long it took, that is a non-scale victory and hell, you should be proud!
We should never focus solely on weight firstly because it’s dull, secondly does that figure really matter.....we want to lose fat, that doesn’t always go hand in hand with weight!
A weight lifter will weigh more than your average Joe Blogs and you can bet your bottom dollar he’s in better shape
This is my weight LOSS journey but for some who are on a weight GAIN journey the same principle applies.....
A NSV is about happiness. How do YOU feel? What have YOU achieved?
I want to hear all about your non-scale victories this week!
Mine was very simple, I stayed at a friends house this week and we binge eat together. She (Miss Abygail) is my worst influence! Every time I see her, we demolish the worlds biggest takeaway, drink fizzy drinks all night and then go to bed munching on nothing but chocolate and cola bottles.
I never felt guilty about this because we don’t usually see each other for a month or two at a time.
Only, now I see her every week.....suddenly I can't justify the food coma! God Dammit!
So last night I went to see her and we started our evening in the movies, we didn’t buy any fizzy drinks and we didn’t buy any snacks!
Following the movie (Bohemian Rhapsody!) we went out for food instead. No, the meal wasn’t especially healthy but we didn't blow it all either.
We didn’t do dessert or go to the shops after to buy a surplus of chocolate, I told you this is small but you underestimate the terrible influence we have on one another!
My point being, it doesn’t matter how big or small the victory, think about yourself and how happy that makes you!
F**k the scales.
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