I know there's been a zillion threads on this, but what's one more right?

I am seeing A LOT of people so hung up on the scale that they're missing the Non Scale Victories (yes that's what NSV means).

So, please list your NSVs here! It doesn't matter how big or how small, we want to hear it!

Mine are (in no particular order):

• The ability to sit in any chair I want without worrying if I'll fit or break it
  
• The ability to sit in booths at restaurants
  
• Flying without needing a seat belt extender
  
• No longer wearing plus sized clothes
  
• Trying on a size 'large' shirt and finding it's too big- and buying a size 'medium'
  
• Walking by mirrors while shopping and thinking "wow I look cute" instead of "ugh gross"
  
• Being very active in my kids' lives
  
• Going from needing a cane to get around the house to walking 2 miles a day unaided
  
• No longer having high blood pressure or high blood sugar.
  
• No longer having a sleep apnea (or even snoring anymore)
  
• Not being recognized by people who haven't seen me since getting my band (literally)
  
• Being able to wear cute, stylish clothes (I've become a shopping addict!)
  
• Sitting with my legs crossed
  
• Being told I look more like my almost 19yr old daughter's sister rather than her mother
  

I just brought a belt about 6 months ago and at the time I had 3 holes still left on belt. Now I'm making holes with knives. Time to buy a new belt. I don't mind buying them that shows me I'm doing something right.

~banded4/25/12

~starting wt. 325lbs

~current wt. 238lbs

NOT over-eating at Grandmas Thanksgiving dinner for the first time in my life! woo-hoo!

So went in for a regular doctor's appt. to check on my diabetes . I was a little down because I believe I could be losing more weight . And he told me that my A1C has gone from 11.6 to 7(still high but 7 is better than 11). Knowing that made me happy . And that is my NSV ..Getting my diabetes under control is always a victory

These are the kind of posts I love.. so many successful bandsters. My NSV today is being able to have my Christmas shopping done and presents wrapped because I have so much more energy than I did before being banded. My other NSV is that I no longer run from cameras. We have had so many family functions where I refused to have my picture taken, it's a wonderful thing to not be ashamed of how you look. This surgery has enabled me to become more active and healthy. I am forever grateful to my surgeon and his staff for doing an excellent job for me.

I so agree. I went shopping today with my daughter and granddaughters and kept going. Not having to sit and wait at the door