Haven't seen one started yet, so I thought I'd start one for this week.

I have a couple of NSVs this week:

• Finally got my wedding band and engagement ring resized. They were literally falling off. Now that I've been maintaining for 6 months, I figured I'd go ahead and get them sized to their FINAL size.
• Ran 7 miles for my half marathon training last weekend.
• Bought a new FitBit Blaze. It arrives today!

What were your NSVs this week?

I have both scale and NSV today! 40 pounds down as of this morning. So excited!

For NSV... I performed at a show last weekend and for once I didn't hate my pictures.

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A couple of weeks before surgery, I bought a pair of jeans that I could only dream of fitting in. Today is blue jean Friday at work, and I am rocking them bad boys:)

My stall broke, I avoided the bakery today when things went very bad and then turned around. Last Saturday night 4 friends from highschool ask me to go eat, I first turned them down and then decided at the last minute what the heck and went. I didn't eat but drank Water and had a great time.

NSV= My butt doesn't touch both sides of the bath tub!!! Lol

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I signed up for a sign language class, which is something I've wanted to learn since I was a kid. The pre-surgery (and almost 300lb) me wouldn't have signed up for fear of being the heaviest person or just in general being self conscious of being in an unknown social situation. I would have told myself it was because the time or the money or the drive... But now 70lbs are gone and so is my inhibition!

Back in 2011 I was on my biggest health advances as an adult up to that point. I'd dieted and lost 120 lbs and was killing it in the gym. Ankle surgery & hernia surgery halted the gym....and I didn't return. I did, however, return to poor eating habits and piled on a heap of weight.....as in all the weight I lost plus a heap more.

Well.....sleeve surgery has been a true lifesaver.

I resumed my gym work recently and it feels really good.

I recently went through all my clothes and sorted them out....keeping only those that fit. Interesting to find quite a bit of gym wear. Among them were a pair of black 2X UA pants and a 3X snug fitting Nike t-shirt. They were a bit too small to wear back then in 2011.....but I was hoping to reach the point where they would be okay.

Wore them both yesterday to the gym. Feels pretty good to be getting into smaller clothes. Looking forward to the day when these become too big.

My NSV is that I just saw a posting on my Facebook reminding everyone that this is the last weekend for GirlScout cookie sales. That means I have made it ALL the way through GS cookie season without buying or even having one! Wow!

My NSV is that I just saw a posting on my Facebook reminding everyone that this is the last weekend for GirlScout cookie sales. That means I have made it ALL the way through GS cookie season without buying or even having one! Wow!

This !!!!!

My last two trips to the grocery store have found me walking by those little minions pushing their wares.......Lawd......the pressure that the little sprites and their mom's can put on a guy whose just trying to grab a cart or basket and get in/out of the store.

I wound up making donations but left the Cookies. Seemed to be an arrangement everyone was happy with. Did leave one of the Girl Scouts puzzled, though. I could hear her ask her mom, "Why doesn't he want to take the cookies ?". I didn't hear her reply.......I was busy putting safe distance between me and the Samoas & Thin Mints.

NSVs this week --

* Decided a week ago to kick my new dark chocolate habit -- and haven't had a single bite all week.

* Hubby didn't die. Not kidding. Really.

* I finally had time to take a shower.

(And that's what they call burying the lead.)

NSVs this week --

* Decided a week ago to kick my new dark chocolate habit -- and haven't had a single bite all week.

* Hubby didn't die. Not kidding. Really.

* I finally had time to take a shower.

(And that's what they call burying the lead.)

!?!?!?!

What happened!?!?

NSVs this week --

* Decided a week ago to kick my new dark chocolate habit -- and haven't had a single bite all week.

* Hubby didn't die. Not kidding. Really.

* I finally had time to take a shower.

(And that's what they call burying the lead.)

!?!?!?!

What happened!?!?

Two months after I was sleeved (in 2014), my dear hubby was diagnosed with cancer. It went into remission during his chemo treatments. Yea!

But 6 weeks ago we learned that his cancer has come back and more aggressively this time. So his doctors decided (and hubby and I agreed) to treat it aggressively with more powerful chemotherapy.

The first chemo treatment a few weeks ago knocked him on his ass -- so much so that he's been in big trouble. His white blood cells / platelets are in the basement -- barely any at all. He really could have died and still isn't out of the woods.

Also this week at home, he passed out twice and hit the floor due to not following my instructions about staying seated when I am out of the room. So some of my additional NSVs for the week are that he didn't: (2) get a concussion, (3) have a stroke, (4) have a heart attack, or (5) break a hip.

The good news is that he is slowly improving. But he's still weak as a kitten and negotiating hard with me to let him drive by himself.

Men! Jesus!

@@VSGAnn2014 He passed out twice this week and still wants to try to drive? I second your exasperated "Men!"

@@VSGAnn2014 my hubby is just as stubborn so I feel you. They also hate feeling powerless so that is why they push through. Tell him if he doesn't behave we are all coming over and tying him down

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@@VSGAnn2014, holy crap. Sending love your way. [emoji175]

@@VSGAnn2014 Oh wow! That qualifies as a super challenging MONTH! Hugs and hope for a full recovery!