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My Unexpected Playground NSV

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Supersweetums    1,164

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I am just over 2.5 years post op, and sometimes we forget how far we have come. Lately I have been struggling a little with body image and my head and NSV's elude me. While the other day, I did something that I never thought I would be able to do. I was at the playground with my children and decided to give the monkey bars a whirl. I am 34 years old and have NEVER been able to go across monkey bars, not even as a child (my weight struggles began in Kindergarten). With some determination, I crossed the monkey bars!! I thought my arms were going to fall off afterwards and I may have pulled a muscle, but I still did it!

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I am just over 2.5 years post op' date=' and sometimes we forget how far we have come. Lately I have been struggling a little with body image and my head and NSV's elude me. While the other day, I did something that I never thought I would be able to do. I was at the playground with my children and decided to give the monkey bars a whirl. I am 34 years old and have NEVER been able to go across monkey bars, not even as a child (my weight struggles began in Kindergarten). With some determination, I crossed the monkey bars!! I thought my arms were going to fall off afterwards and I may have pulled a muscle, but I still did it![/quote']

That's awesome!!! Thanks for sharing!

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Congrats! Love your profile pic too - your arms look like the could give Michelle Obama's a run!

Lynda

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Congrats! Love your profile pic too - your arms look like the could give Michelle Obama's a run!

Lynda

Thanks Lynda! It is funny, because I am most self conscious of my arms. If I actually held them up, you could see my wings flapping in the breeze! And I think it comes from lifting my kids all the time (6yrs and 3.5yrs) because I don't lift weights, ever!

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It is fantastic when we recognize NSV's. Plus this is something that you could never accomplish as a youngster too! BTW if I raise my arms too, I have a lot of skin hanging that I call my bat wings.......:P LOL

Keep it up I realized the other day i like it when men look at my body now...... :P Never did before.

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