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Okay all! It's been a while since I posted. Life has been taking too much time. Anyway, I have two NSV's that happened to me recently.

1. I had a size 10 dress from my wedding - I wore this dress as we left our wedding reception on the way to our Honeymoon. Cute little ivory thing - loved it but only wore it once cause it was getting a little tight. I wore this dress easily for my son's First Holy Communion last weekend. I've been able to wear it for a couple months but didn't have a reason until last weekend. I promised myself I would wear it more than once. TaDa!!! I posted picture in my album.

2. My favorite NSV recently happened last night. My husband has a group of guys that have played Texas Hold'Em for years. They rotate whose home, etc. Anyway, last night, this guy I've known for years but haven't seen in almost 11 months, Reggie, comes in and doesn't really say much to me as he proceeds upstairs to the gameroom. This morning my husband told me that Reggie asked him, "who was that women answering the door, where's your wife?" Apparently, Reggie thought we either split up or Patrick was having a scandalous affair - he didn't recognize me. I loved it!!! :tongue_smilie::thumbup:

LOL!!!

Congrats on the "who's the hot babe answering the door" comment! That is awesome!

oh, and the dress is good too : ) I am getting close to the size when we got married and it feels great!

Congrats again!!

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Don't know quite how to express it, but I used to wake up every day thinking, "I'm going to start dieting today", then fail by lunch.

The thought process about what kind of diet can I stick to is over!

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Okay I finally have another NSV moment! So My sister and brother in law were in town for a few days, and I had not seen my brother in law in about 8 months. We sat around visiting for awhile, then I excused myself to use the restroom. My brother in law says to my sister "WOW she is skinny" So of course my sister tell me as soon as I got back from the restroom, I went straight across the room and gave my brother in law a kiss!!! I sure love that man!!! Made my whole day, week, month!!

Have a great day!

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Okay I finally have another NSV moment! So My sister and brother in law were in town for a few days, and I had not seen my brother in law in about 8 months. We sat around visiting for awhile, then I excused myself to use the restroom. My brother in law says to my sister "WOW she is skinny" So of course my sister tell me as soon as I got back from the restroom, I went straight across the room and gave my brother in law a kiss!!! I sure love that man!!! Made my whole day, week, month!!

Have a great day!

That's so awesome ! ! ! When did we ever think we'd hear skinny as a word used to describe us? ? ? You've done so great.

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Don't know quite how to express it, but I used to wake up every day thinking, "I'm going to start dieting today", then fail by lunch.

The thought process about what kind of diet can I stick to is over!

That realy is a big one... along with doing away with all of those negative feelings assoiated with the repeated failure.

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That's so awesome ! ! ! When did we ever think we'd hear skinny as a word used to describe us? ? ? You've done so great.

Never in the last 20 years did I ever think I would be described as skinny!!

Thank you so much Tiff!!!!!! I love my sleeve, I love my sleeve!!!!!!!!!

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Woot! I haven't been on in awhile, but congrats on all of those great NSVs! :thumbup:

I graduated from college this past Saturday, and at our graduation practice, I had two classmates (neither of whom has seen me since at least December, and I got sleeved in Jan.) make comments. And this was with my gown on. One said, "Wow, Randi! You look amazing! How much weight have you lost?!" And I just said "a lot." :lol0: And the other girl (a SKINNY girl) said "Holy crap, Randi! You're like half the size you were before. You look awesome! How are you doing that? Just eating better?" And I said..."yep" hahaha. :001_tt2: I love when other people notice. Makes it all feel much more real.

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Great NSV'S!!!

I was called "tiny" the other day by a girl I work with!! TINY??? I am far from "Tiny" but it was still an ego boost!! I guess from 354 pounds to 173 it is smaller!! LOL

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Congrats to all, great NSVs. Colleagues at work are telling me I don't need to lose any more. :001_tongue:

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A co-worker (woman) told me yesterday that I was starting to look like one of thoses skinny little things with a boob job! Woot! Woot!

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Congrats to all, great NSVs. Colleagues at work are telling me I don't need to lose any more. :blushing:

Don't stop until your BMI is under 25 if possible. I am sure some people want to keep you podgier than themselves.

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Randi, great job!!!! And keep them guessing!

Woot! I haven't been on in awhile, but congrats on all of those great NSVs! :thumbup:

I graduated from college this past Saturday, and at our graduation practice, I had two classmates (neither of whom has seen me since at least December, and I got sleeved in Jan.) make comments. And this was with my gown on. One said, "Wow, Randi! You look amazing! How much weight have you lost?!" And I just said "a lot." :lol0: And the other girl (a SKINNY girl) said "Holy crap, Randi! You're like half the size you were before. You look awesome! How are you doing that? Just eating better?" And I said..."yep" hahaha. :biggrin0: I love when other people notice. Makes it all feel much more real.

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My latest NSV has to do with my dancing. I have posted that I started ball room dance classes last September. They are so much fun. Lately after our Wednesday lessons, a group of us have gone to a bar so we can dance some more. I have never been big into bars and I don't drink but I do love to dance. The past few times I have gone, I am not even in there 5 minutes before I have some guy wanting to buy me drinks and asking me to dance. This just seems so odd to me. Years ago when I use to go out, I felt like the biggest wall flower sitting around watching everyone else have fun.

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