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NSV. Good bye forever. What your NSV?

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ColleenErin1974    195

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I don't want to sound stupid, but what does NSV stand for?


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Syaniya    319

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I don't want to sound stupid, but what does NSV stand for?




non scale victory

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ColleenErin1974    195

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Oh! Thanks!


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Sullie06    1,047

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Fitting in the chairs in the conference room at work that always squeezed the heck out of my thighs. Now I can sit in the chair and they arms barely touch my thighs.

Also being able to cross my legs like a normal woman when I wear skirts/dresses instead of having to do the old fat girl ankle cross.

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BigTink2LilTink    723

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On 5/3/2017 at 2:21 PM, Sullie06 said:

Fitting in the chairs in the conference room at work that always squeezed the heck out of my thighs. Now I can sit in the chair and they arms barely touch my thighs.

Also being able to cross my legs like a normal woman when I wear skirts/dresses instead of having to do the old fat girl ankle cross.

Hey I can do that now too.......It was weird the first time I did it. I was like, hey I can cross my legs. I can cross my legs just like a normal person can.

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Callie60    24

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I had two recently. 1. I got my blood pressure taken at Sams and my arm actually fit in the machine. No push g or squeezing. 2. I weighed myself today and realized that I could look down and read my weight without having to back off the scale to see what it said. Yay!

Down 58 lbs. - RNY 5-2-17

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Sullie06    1,047

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Walking around the lake and not feeling winded and actually having energy.

Riding on the paddle boat with my son and husband and being able to easily paddle around the lake, and my hubby and no longer almost sink the front of the boat. 160 pounds down combined.

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IveGotThePower    395

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World's longest zip line over Water. Walking tour in Old San Juan. Run/walk 5k. And I finished ahead of over 30 people, where I was dead last 2 years ago. Hearing my Husband tell me that he can absolutely see how much easier it is for me to get around when we are out doing activities. The last 2 vacations we took were the best in a very long time because I was able to be active. I Don't mind pictures any more. I didn't want to look at myself before. Love shopping now. I feel many of the positive effects every single day and I am so thankful.

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want2bthin    93

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I haven't been on this site for a long time, but I do plan on changing that.

I recently started a blog on my whole WLS journey - I am 5 years out from VSG; lost 152 lbs and have kept it off for

over four years now.

I wrote a post specific to my NSVs and since it's quite long, rather than copy it here I'll share this link instead.

http://wlsnetwork.com/nsvs/

Main Site: http://wlsnetwork.com/

Please feel free to comment here or on my blog and check out the whole blog to learn more. Please feel free to share with others and join our Facebook group, etc. if you like what you see.

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Sullie06    1,047

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Went to American Eagle this weekend to get a pair of jeans, was able to shop items in the store (normally I had to buy online because they don't have "extended" sizes in our location) and found a pair of size 12 in my favorite style that fit.

This time last year I was a tight 22.

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emanomaly    10

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Being able to go on a strenuous hike with my fit brother and his girlfriend was big!

I went from a 20 to a 6. My low was always a size 10/12 when I yo-yoed, which meant I had a lot of "reserve" clothes for when I lost weight. I go to the thrift store constantly now because I can't afford an entire new wardrobe of smaller clothes- the victory for me is that it is so much easier to find stylish small clothes than size 20 clothes at the thrift store, so I walk out with awesome stuff now!


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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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