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Looking back over the past 17 months - remembering this journey of mine, from the time I attended the siminar in April of 2010 - I'd say THE most exciting NSV I've had was seeing my collar bone!!!!!!! Wow, it was so cool, and I still like seeing it in pictures!

Hip bones were neat too, but realizing I have a real collar bone has been by far, the best NSV. Second place is the day I bought a pair of jeans at the GAP - size 4!!! I have 4's, 6's and a size 8!! I can wear the 6 when I'm having a "fat" day - but the size 8, I haven't worn them since January!

I'm curious as to what the most exciting NSV has been for the rest of y'all....c'mon, share!!

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Today I was able to zip a pair of boots up over my calves!

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I cannot wait to be able to zip a pair of boots over my calf!!!!! That is awesome.

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There have been many many many!

But I'd have to say my very best NSV was when I actually completed running my first real 5K event. :) I never stopped to walk any of it. That was the best feeling I've ever experienced. Especially since barely one year ago I was scheduled for my first of two knee surgeries.

I love my sleeve!!!

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I would say having to use a safety pin to keep my dress pants from falling. They didn't have a belt loop lol

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Christmas of 2010 I got my mom a pair of dress pants as one of her Christmas presents. She couldn't fit them and in all of the Christmas rush and confusion, I couldn't find my receipt so I just kept them. You know how you have that pair of pants or that dress and you don't get rid of it/them because they are your "one day I'll be able to get into that" item. Well, just on a whim, last Friday I tried on the pants and although the scale has been moving at a snails pace not only could I fit the pants they were loose!!

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No more CPAP/sleep apnea after only about 3-4 weeks post op, and no more blood pressure meds! I LOVE my sleeve!!

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My wife & co-workers saying I'm melting.

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only 4 months out but so far my favorite was buying a winter coat and not having to pick the only 4x coat in the store. im now a baggy 1x and i cant wait to buy a winter coat next year!!! woo hoo

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It was cold the other night after a concert, and my husband put his coat around me--it was WAY too big for me! I used to be unable to wear his shirts/jackets/etc. and now they're really, really big. I love finally being smaller than him. :-)

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Third Place: fitting into a size 6 jeans from old navy! So far I have gone from an 18 to 6

Second Place: being able to walk for miles without missing a beat, last summer I could barely walk to the store without being out of breath and feeling like I was going to die.

First Place: My diabeties going into remission, I was on 4 pills a day and bordering on going back on insulin shots to keep it under control.

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ooo, what a good post:

I love that ppl call me tiny, skinny, and I'm melting b4 their eyes..... from shopping in only the plus size section size 16 pants and a 1x in tops..and now to a size 4 or 6 (depends on the maker of the pants) and either a small or med on the tops....

Seeing my bones in my hips, ribs, neck are awesome feeling too.

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I can't possibly just choose one ;) Crossing my legs was huge, seeing my collar bones, hitting my size goal of an 8 (and even better now having 8s being WAY too big and actually was able to put on a size 4 the other day!!), not being scared of the camera and allowing people to take pictures of me now, just to name a few ;)

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