I'm doing my best to not focus on my weight so today I have been thinking about the non scale victories that I have achieved over the past month (just banded in March 2011).

1. I NO longer drink Diet Dr. Pepper (all day long habit) & or coffee. I've replaced them both with water!

2. I NO longer have to take medicine for acne & my complexion, after 2 yrs of oral acne medication, has never been better! (thank you water!)

3. My clothes are loose.

4. I'm not craving sweets.

5. I have not had a headache in 21 days. I was having them at least every other day - caffeine? poor food choices? I don't know! I don't care, they're gone!!

That's what I've got after 35 days when I started my 2 week pre -op Optifast & 21 days of band living. For me, all of this is huge.

I'd love to hear all of your NSV's....(from anytime, not just from March/April 2011!)

I had a great one yesterdsay. My Aunt and Cousin ae down in the area visiting colleges on my cousin's spring break and I hadn't seen either one really since before I was banded. I had run to the store to get some drinks because they were coming over, and my mom didn't tell my aunt how I looked because she wanted to see her reaction. I walked in, her jaw dropped, and she started crying. She said Im the Sara she remembers from when I was 4 and 5 years old. Back when I was nice and small, lol. She couldn't stop staring, it was awesome. ANd my cousin said that if she hadn't known it was me, she would have passed me on the street and not recoginized me. Their reactions made me feel so good, especially since my cousin is like 6'2" and super skinny. Like, she could be a super model skinny, and she beautiful and exotic looking on top of it.

I had taken off my clothes, when my husband said, your overhang(on stomach) is going down, hardly there now. "Turn around, let me see your backside, wow! The pool is really tightening you up." That was a great feeling, as I have lost 104 lbs and am a little flabby still.