Hi all. I am now down roughly 60 pounds and seven weeks out from when I started my liquid pre-diet. Am also having some awesome NSV moments. Some are:

• No longer wearing 3x shirts. They are packed and ready to be taken to Goodwill.
• My size 48 (expandable) pants? Gone too.
• Can button my pants at my belly button. No more "slant pants."
• I wore a much smaller belt...and it was a new one!
• Went three days this past week without needing a mid day nap.
• Three days now without any slimes or throwing up.
• Joined a local health club to work out.
• Snoring is all but gone. No more BP meds at all (125/65 is normal now). And BMs much more normal and less stressful.
• Bought myself an I-touch. That was my 50 pound loss gift to myself. Any suggestions for the 100 plateau?

That's a short list, but ones that come to mind.

Please, share yours!

Let's look at the fact that this journey is not just about the weight loss, but about all the wonderful things that continue to happen along the ride!

Congrats Pumpkin!!

I am finally starting to "feel" the weight loss and it is amazing! Getting into size 10 Levi's this week definitely added a new sense of confidence.

I haven't had one of those big "where did you go" moments but hopefully will soon : ) Most of my life revolves around the same people at work and at my daughter's sports. Hopefully I will run into someone I haven't seen for awhile soon.

Congrats again!!

Congratulations to all of you! You are all doing fabulous! Keep up the great work! I am always blessed to wake up in the morning. . .next is my closet, it's so funny that a few months ago i looked at some of my clothes and said "I have a LONG wait before I can actually fit into these" . . . then one day last week, i said, "I wonder if these fit yet". . well damn if those very tight tight clothes didn't fall right off. . I MISSED THE SIZE!!!! Now if that isn't a NSV, I don't know what is. . .

Congratulations to all of you! You are all doing fabulous! Keep up the great work! I am always blessed to wake up in the morning. . .next is my closet, it's so funny that a few months ago i looked at some of my clothes and said "I have a LONG wait before I can actually fit into these" . . . then one day last week, i said, "I wonder if these fit yet". . well damn if those very tight tight clothes didn't fall right off. . I MISSED THE SIZE!!!! Now if that isn't a NSV, I don't know what is. . .

Skipping sizes is the coolest thing in the worlds ! ! !

Congrats chickee, you're so fabulous! ! !

Today, I had a parent/teacher conference with Caysen's reading teacher. She has not seen me since November/December, and I've dropped another 30-35lb since then.

Anyways, she told me, not only do you look fabulous, you carry yourself so differently now. She also said " you have a sense of peace around you, and you seem softer, not that you were hard before, but you seem more at ease with yourself and you sound happy." Now, this woman knows I had surgery, but we've never discussed my weight or my surgery in depth. She's never really talked to me about my appearance even though we've been working together with Caysen's school stuff since we've been here. So, it was awesome that she was able to sense these changes in me even with minimal face to face contact.

My latest NSV is that my bf spilled chocolate all over my pants. He said I might as well throw them in the wash. So there I sat, in my black lace bikini panties feeling good that my stomach is flat and there was no belly hanging over the bikini panties. No more granny panties for me!

Great NSV moment yesterday. I went to my daughter's graduation, and we all know how those things go--there are a million cars and you have to walk for miles to get from your car to wherever you are supposed to sit...Two months ago, I would have struggled to make the walk at all, and I definitely would have had to wear sneakers with an orthotic insert. Well not only was I able to make the walk easily--I wore some cute normal sandles that I haven't been able to wear for over 2 years because I had too much pain in my feet. WhooHoo!

My latest NSV is that my bf spilled chocolate all over my pants. He said I might as well throw them in the wash. So there I sat, in my black lace bikini panties feeling good that my stomach is flat and there was no belly hanging over the bikini panties. No more granny panties for me!

Black lace bikini panties....remember what your mom said about wearing good underwear. You NEVER know...ha. Need to toss my grannies!

Daisy!!!!

OOOOOO LA LA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Had a big (for me) NSV just now. So I got out of the shower, and thought "what the heck, let's see how close my towel is to fitting around me..." And guess what?! IT FIT! It fit all the way around and tucked in without anything showing! (Well, except cleavage lol). This is huge for me because I don't remember EVER being able to do that. And I always wanted to buy the huge bath towels, you know, the really really big ones, just to be able to fit in it. But now I don't have to!!!!! :lol0: Woot!

And Daisy, can't wait til I can go out and buy cute undies! You go girl! :frown1:

I love all these NSV that everyone is experiencing!

We are all so awesome!

Last summer my feet hurt so bad that I wore plastic Birkenstock type shoes in the pool. It was the only way I could stand and move around--even in the water. I also had to have other people do all the pool maintenance...This may seem like a small victory, but to me it was huge: Todoay, I was able to vacuum my own pool and splash all around the pool playing with my grandson. No shoes! No pain! Just a fun day! These kinds of victories were the reason I chose to have the surgery. I'm amazed that it's only taken 4.5 weeks and 31 pounds to begin experiencing the benefits.

Last summer my feet hurt so bad that I wore plastic Birkenstock type shoes in the pool. It was the only way I could stand and move around--even in the Water. I also had to have other people do all the pool maintenance...This may seem like a small victory, but to me it was huge: Todoay, I was able to vacuum my own pool and splash all around the pool playing with my grandson. No shoes! No pain! Just a fun day! These kinds of victories were the reason I chose to have the surgery. I'm amazed that it's only taken 4.5 weeks and 31 pounds to begin experiencing the benefits.

Woot! Congrats on the NSV! And just think...it only gets better from here!

That's so great! It would be fun to have a pool. it's freezing cold here!

These NSV are just the beginning for some of you and they will just keep coming and coming!

I don't post much in the way of status reports or weight loss etc..but I'm happy to say that I'm finally in "virgin" territory with my weight loss. I am officially now below the lowest weight I had with the lapband and I feel so much better. That weight loss was accomplished with alot of vomiting, pbing and plain starvation, as well as exercise. Since my knee injury I have not been able to really exercise and the weight is still coming off, slower, but it's moving!

I have only one size pants left in the closet to "get into" and then I'll have to start shopping again. These were dream pants I bought two years ago when I thought I'd never wear a pair of pants without the size starting in a "2" (ie, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28). I'm anxious to get the use out of them and then put them in the "too big" pile!

I'm not very far out yet but I'm jumping on this thread because I love reading all your NSV. Hopefully I'll have some soon!!!