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On Monday, I had to work the day shift to teach a few topics at an all day conference where I work. Normally, I wear regular clothes and a lab coat. For the conference, I wore dressy clothes and no lab coat. I saw many people I had not seen for months (170 people attended). MANY people came up to me to tell me it's quite apparent that I have lost weight, etc. It's nice that the loss is showing.

For lunch, 50 pizzas were delivered. I had brought a Protein Bar with me so I took my 2 pieces of pizza to my skinny secretary and had lunch in the office with him. It felt great to have control over the food. Prior to the surgery, I could have easily devoured 4 pieces.

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On Monday, I had to work the day shift to teach a few topics at an all day conference where I work. Normally, I wear regular clothes and a lab coat. For the conference, I wore dressy clothes and no lab coat. I saw many people I had not seen for months (170 people attended). MANY people came up to me to tell me it's quite apparent that I have lost weight, etc. It's nice that the loss is showing.

For lunch, 50 pizzas were delivered. I had brought a Protein bar with me so I took my 2 pieces of pizza to my skinny secretary and had lunch in the office with him. It felt great to have control over the food. Prior to the surgery, I could have easily devoured 4 pieces.

Congrats! You earned it, you deserve it! You've been working your butt off exercising and watching your diet. You deserve every great compliment that comes your way!

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That's awesome Elisabeth - I'm so happy for you and that you now know your hard work is paying off and people are taking notice. That has to feel good.

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Congrats!

Um, doesn't NSV meant Non-scale Victory?

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Congrats!

Um, doesn't NSV meant Non-scale Victory?

That's what I have always been told too, Mac.

However, way to go Elisabeth.I am glad all your hard work is showing!:lol0:

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Thanks, Mac. I edited it and made the correction. I've been working way too many hours and 3-4 hours of sleep a day/night is not cutting it... finally got a night off and slept well last night so the brain is functioning better now. LMAO.

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Thanks, Mac. I edited it and made the correction. I've been working way too many hours and 3-4 hours of sleep a day/night is not cutting it... finally got a night off and slept well last night so the brain is functioning better now. LMAO.

Sleep is a wonderful thing ... so glad I'm sleeping through the night again, finally!

I read it as a NSV ... so maybe my brain isnt fully functioning yet. Good thing it's Friday.

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Ok, here is my non scale victory. I had to buy a new belt. I kept drilling hoes in the old one, but it got to the point that the tail was flopping around.

Bad news is, I lost some more weight, relatively little and have used up 3 holes already. It just now occured to me, that being closer to goal means that my waist size changes much more for every little bit I lose (loose...LOL).

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It just now occured to me, that being closer to goal means that my waist size changes much more for every little bit I lose (loose...LOL).

Yep. You go through clothes much faster as you go down too.

Oh, and I hear you on the lack of sleep. Elisabeth. I've been getting up at 5 am and going to bed at midnight!

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Ok, here is my non scale victory. I had to buy a new belt. I kept drilling hoes in the old one, but it got to the point that the tail was flopping around.

Bad news is, I lost some more weight, relatively little and have used up 3 holes already. It just now occured to me, that being closer to goal means that my waist size changes much more for every little bit I lose (loose...LOL).

CONGRATS ... that's got to feel good.

And maybe you're making your holes with hoes? That's what happens when you loose weight you know!

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Ok, here is my non scale victory. I had to buy a new belt. I kept drilling hoes in the old one, but it got to the point that the tail was flopping around.

Bad news is, I lost some more weight, relatively little and have used up 3 holes already. It just now occured to me, that being closer to goal means that my waist size changes much more for every little bit I lose (loose...LOL).

Congratulations! I think it's about 8 pounds difference between one normal size and another.

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Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels, congrats

I agree ... and I plan to be there again and stay there one day in the not to distant future.

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