SamBwaR3

Going up and down the stairs to my apartment 5-6 times in a row last night and not getting winded. I could barely make it up once without being out of breath. Success!!

It seems like just yesterday that I was all excited that my size 20W jeans were too big...
But today I bought a pair of size 4 skinny jeans!

I had a new one today. Skinny shadow!! I was walking on the sidewalk and didnt even recognize my shadow! Last time I remember seeing it I was alot bigger. My shadow has been short and round (picture an orange with legs) ever since I can remember. Not any more!! I love my skinny shadow!!

We cannot have a haut, faux, internet romance if I show you everything at once, now can we???

You need to hike that skirt up and show more of dem legs !!!!!!!!!
Well done. Getting new clothes is something that I've never been enthused about. I'm finding that is changing, though, as I'm leaning down.
Some Western boots are in the future. By the time they fit me, though, it'll be Summatime. That's alright.....I'll be pimp walking around the swimming pool......wearing a bathing suit and those new boots and singing cowboy songs.
Now show off those legs, young lady !!!!
Bam !!!!!
Congrats. You look great.
That had to feel good to slip 'em on and look up in the mirror and see that. Very cool !!!!!!
That is neat.
Recently went to my favorite Mexican restaurant with some buddies. We sat in the outdoor section. I never sit there due to the cramped evil armchairs.
I proceed with a bit nervousness.....I even veered off course on our way to be seated. I went to the bathroom and just stood there washing my hands and looking into the mirror.....wondering how to play it......what if I can't fit ????
Walked out and stopped at the bar and talked to the hot bartender a minute or two.....declined when she offered my usual, a 36 oz ice cold Dos Equis Ambar draft....just waved it off....we chatted a minute and then I finally faced up to the challenge.....and went to the crowded outdoor section and found my pards. There was one empty evil armchair sitting there waiting on me. I swear I got a lump in my throat.
I sat down like I owned that damn chair. Room to spare.
Hell yes !!!!!
Fun and general chaos ensued that afternoon........

Just saw my bus drive past when I was 100 metres from the stop. I ran and I caught up with it ????

Thank you, sexy mama.
Be careful if you get out there in that crazy weather you are experiencing. Huge respect for your motivation to get gym bound so soon after your surgery. Huge respect. My lazy arse took 10+ weeks to finally do so. Lazy old dude.
I was glad I went, though......as I was surrounded by non-laziness.....folks on the move and doing work. I need to be around that. Had to leave my peeps from the pizza buffet in the dust........
Yes, on this very day.....I actually posted a pic of some huge wood.
Wasn't my wood.......but representative of the lumber that I've seen conjured up lately.

Relaxing a bit this afternoon....sipping coffee and watching the Patriots-Broncos game......about to go get ready for a long night shift at work.
Wife is doing son's laundry and found that I'd left a load of my stuff in the dryer and forgotten about it when it was done.
She walks into the den where I'm chilling....holding up a graphic t-shirt...skulls and stuff all over it.
"Hey,.....is this JP's shirt (our 16 year old XL shirt wearing teenager) or.......is it......your's ?" "It'd fit him, but I don't think he'd wear something this scary looking".
"Mine.........shirt is mine" sez me.
"Oh........okay". Walks off.....then comes back and looks at me again. "Really ?".
"Yup. My shirt. Sorry, forgot to get my stuff outa there".
"No....that's okay.....it just looks.....much different than what you normally wear", she says before leaving me to the game.
I wanted to jump up and give her my best Leslie Chow pump & spray gesture and announce, "A whole otta stuff is different !!!"....but settled for a shoulder shrug and returned to the game.
Little T-Rex better keep his paws off my new clothes, too.

Me, bursting into my daughter's room, "Look, I can fit into my smaller panties!"
Daughter: "That's great, Mom. I'm on FaceTime with David."

I had to think what was the biggest NSV and theres two, the first time i jokingly pulled a sport cot off the rack ( was in a walmart) and it FIT! never bought off the rack before. i didnt buy it but it got me emotional. but the biggest single nsv was waking up one morning and seeing the...umm. the other part of me ......that was up before me .....rising over what used to be my belly. if you get my drift.

This weekend we had a ton of snow and usually my husband will take the kids sledding. This time I took them and even went down the large hill myself! I was always afraid I wouldn't be able to climb it, but now with the weight loss, I scaled it easily! Best part is I had fun with my kids!

NSV shout outs
elevator doors opened with a crowd of people
one person said something like
"come in there's plenty of room for you to fit"
kathy

Good evening all. I am 6 weeks post-op and very pleased with my progress.
I am 5'6"
Starting Weight :217
Surgery day Weight: 210
Current weight: 188
But really my progress can be best summed up by the attached picture.

I completely agree with you! I kept my surgery a secret for exactly this reason. But I'm proud of what I have done for myself and my life.

NSV today. I dropped my dry cleaner off and the nice lady working there asked me. "Do you mind if I ask you something?" Me "no, go ahead " Her "how much weight have you lost? You look great." I thanked her and continued with my day.
This is a drive thru dry cleaner , all she can see is my face ????

I can fit in the tub! I took a bath (the first one in years because I couldnt fit good) I couldnt believe how much room I had! It felt so good to be able to lay in the tub and have my whole body under the water!! I didnt want to get
Out! And... I love wrapping myself up in a normal sized bath towel instead of a big beach towel!!

Oh I almost forgot to mention, my other NSV this week. We had big pants day at my WLS support group meeting. I brought a dress that used to fit really well. (I made it for myself so it was literally made for me!) I always got compliments for how nice I looked when I wore it. None of my support group had ever seen me where it however, but I decided to show them the difference of almost 55 lbs. by slipping it on over my clothes. Even before I could look up from arranging it on myself, the whole room gasped! Aside from the fact that it was about 3 inches longer than it used to be, I couldn't figure out what the shock was about. I had to ask my WLS SG friend sitting next to me why everyone gasped and she said, "because it looked like you were wearing a tent!"
I can tell I am smaller, but sometimes I dont' think others can necessarily tell. I don't hear it anyway except from my friends and family who know. But the spontaneous surprise from a whole room of people many of whom had never met me before was priceless!
pam

So many NSV's this last week. I am at a loss for where to start, so I won't.
I'll go more towards the end. It was a small victory, but one that sorta dawned on me after it'd happened.
Had a perfect week....ending with a long night. Next morning light was harsh and scolding. lol.
I needed coffee. Blessed coffee. I knew just the spot and they had just the right brew. Next, I needed a place to hole up and sip a bit.
An inviting looking nook but the chairs looked liked they'd been made for a little girl's tea set. lol.
No way I'd fit....and no way it'd hold my big arse.
I did........ it did........ and that was some good damn coffee with a nice breeze coming through and the sun on my face. Peaceful times. Serene.

I love reading these NSV's, they are great. I admit, I especially enjoy reading some of the R rated and up ones, lol.

I had a great weekend. I got a new tattoo. October was breast cancer awareness month and a local tattoo parlor was doing the pink ribbon tattoos for free, as long as you gave a minimum donation of $20.00 to breast cancer research, so me and a coworker got one. Here is the picture, just pretend I am wearing a bathing suit:



Then, I went to get my nails done for the first times in six months. I went to my same nail tech I had been going to forever, and she didn't even recognize me! She couldn't believe how different I looked with all of the weight loss.

Lastly, I had an appointment with my OBGYN on Tuesday. One of the reasons I have always dreaded going is because not once in the past 25 years have I been able to close those darn gowns they make you wear. I realize they are going to see us in our all anyways, but still, I like to remain covered up for as long as possible. I was pretty darned excited when I was able to completely close the gown with no gapes whatsoever.

So, those are my most recent NSV's, kind of silly, but they made me feel good.

I can see and feel my collarbones ! ! ! I can't even remotely remember the last time I was able to see my collarbones, maybe junior high? ? ?

OK, some of mine; some might be a little X-rated or offensive, sorry 'bout that but we've all been there:
1. Not having to be a contortionist to wipe your butt. Sorry, I warned you.
2. Being able to glimpse the hoo-hoo in the shower over the belly which is getting smaller.
3. Being able to feel the "C" down below whereas before it was hiding like a turtle and you had to hunt for it with both hands.
4. The "U-Touch" works much better now because the nerve endings are much closer to the skin since the fat's gone. (If you need an explanation of what the U-Touch is, think I-Touch and you'll get the picture.
5. Crossing legs is a matter-of-fact position rather than a pretzel twister.
6. You can undress in front of your significant other instead of hiding in the closet with a warning DO NOT ENTER sign on the door.
7. Your jammie bottoms keep falling off you when you turn over in bed cause they're so loose.
8. You're beginning to give yourself some credit for doing all this hard work instead of slamming yourself for how you got into this situation.
9. You look into the mirror and smile focusing on your achievements instead of all your imperfections.
10. You need a calculator to figure out how much you've lost on any given day instead of having it in your head at all times.
11. You catch guys looking at you out of the corner of your eye because you've removed the blinders that didn't want to see anyone looking at you before.
I'm sure there's more, but these come to mind first.:crying:

Today I had the BEST NSV. My 8 year old son gave me hug and asked me how long I plan to keep exercising. I answered, "forever, Mommy wants to keep being healthy". He said "good, cause I can finally do this" and he gave me another hug and wrapped his arms around my waist. He said "I couldn't touch my hands together before but now I can clasp my hands together when I hug you. I like that". Like I said, the BEST NSV EVER. :mad:

I am right there with you on the matching bra and panties. I bought a few a couple weeks ago - love them. Makes me feel better even though only my husband and I know about them.

My big NSV came yesterday, I went to the "girls only" gym I go to nearly everyday (kind of like a curves but way more options). It was time for my monthly weigh in and measurements. The inches are just falling off. I started going to this gym on July 10th. Since then, I have lost a total of 36.5 inches!!! :001_tongue: Sometimes, the scale doesn't cooperate. On those days, I take my tape measure and place it around parts of my body and widen the tape to the "before" measurement and see the difference. It gives me a real visual on my weight loss, one that I often don't see.

This is probably going to seem sooooooooo trivial to everyone else, but I had a great NSV last night.

John and I have never been cuddly when we sleep. #1 I would get so hot that I couldn't stand having him right up on me #2 He's a tummy sleeper with his elbows spread out over the bed, I sleep on my side with a body pillow.

Anyways, last night, he pulls me in super close to his chest, my back is touching his chest, and he wraps his arms around me, like completely around me (that's never happened before), and he nuzzled his head next to my neck and was asleep in a matter of minutes. I laid there just smiling like a goofy kid at a candy store, and I could feel his heart beating on my back. I laid there and actually felt his heart rate slow down as he began to drift off into a deep sleep. It felt so amazing to be that close, and not be hot and feel gross about myself. He had one arm under my head, wrap it up over me and the other arm wrapped around me the other side. I don't think I've ever realized how many "little" things we didn't do because of my weight.

He then started snoring (which he never did before), and I had to move a little because he was right next to my ear. But for the first time in 3.5 years, I literally fell asleep in my love's arms.

i had a small win yesterday. i was able to reach the feul cap release lever thats under my seat without having to undo the seat belt or open the door!. i pulled the lever and sat up quickly, realising what i had just done, i havent done for years!