I had surgery on 11/29 and I’m trying to not focus too much on the numbers on the scale or on my clothes.

My non scale victories since 11/29

Had to have a spacer put on my wedding ring

I’m wearing a coat I haven’t worn in 2 yrs

I got rid of my pre-surgery work uniforms

I’ve cleaned my closet twice already

What are your non scale victories?!

So excited and surprised right now! I ordered size 12long Lee relaxed fit jeans as my 14s were way too baggy. Got them and tried them on and.....they were way too big!! ?? Woo hoo!!
I think part of this is that my body does not require the relaxed fit anymore... though that is the kind I’ve worn for years (even when I weighed less years ago). I noticed that as I’ve lost weight after ESG, my butt/hips have shrunk way more than they did with previous weight loss efforts. Weird. Or maybe since I’m past menopause I’m going to lose weight in that area easier...?

Congratulations!

On 01/07/2019 at 21:35, LynnV1964 said:

So excited and surprised right now! I ordered size 12long Lee relaxed fit jeans as my 14s were way too baggy. Got them and tried them on and.....they were way too big!! ?? Woo hoo!!

I think part of this is that my body does not require the relaxed fit anymore... though that is the kind I’ve worn for years (even when I weighed less years ago). I noticed that as I’ve lost weight after ESG, my butt/hips have shrunk way more than they did with previous weight loss efforts. Weird. Or maybe since I’m past menopause I’m going to lose weight in that area easier...?

I had the same thing-I can’t wear curvy fit anymore. I have no ass. My ass used to get cold because it was an extremity. I’ve been doing squats to try and get a butt again. ?

Wearing knee high socks

I threw on one of my 12 year old daughter's tee shirts for fun the other day! Being a preteen she was horrified of course!

I have got one to add. I was just sleeved on 12/17, mostly to treat my T2DM. Before surgery, every morning my blood glucose levels were over 125 (usually over 130), and that was with taking 1000mg of MetFormin and 1.8mg of Victoza daily. I was taken off the Victoza when I was discharged from the hospital and cut to 500mg of MetFormin. For the past 10 days, my morning blood glucose levels have been between 79 and 105. I talked to my PCP yesterday, and he took me off the MetFormin to see how I do. Today, I had a morning blood glucose level of 82 without the MetFormin. So, I am officially off all of my T2DM medications!!!! For me, that's huge!!! As much as I want to lose weight, getting my T2DM under control was the biggest reason for me having this surgery.

While I haven’t been doing my normal exercising the last week today I made the choice and climbed 5 flights of stairs. May have been sucking wind but still did it,.

It’s only been two weeks, but I took a picture of my face without doing any angles to hide neck/face fat. First time is 5-6 years I’ve looked at my face and not been embarrassed from seeing fat rolls there.

I love feeling attractive and confident in my clothes!

9 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

I love feeling attractive and confident in my clothes!

Woo-hoo! Look at that tiny waist!

2 hours ago, sillykitty said:

I love feeling attractive and confident in my clothes!

Wow, you look great!!! Like a butterfly emerging from chrysalis!! Congrats!!!!

I'm normal!!! Who knew? (I only update my ticker on Saturdays)

Edited January 10, 20197 yr by Orchids&Dragons

7 minutes ago, Orchids&Dragons said:

I'm normal!!! Who knew? (I only update my ticker on Saturdays)

Yay for normal! Congrats!!

I had my rings resized from an 8.5 to a 6.5! Whoo hoo. I enjoy shopping now. I still buy a lot of stuff at Goodwill but I'm getting so close (3 lbs!) to my goal weight and then I will "invest" in some new things -- but truthfully I'm getting really good stuff at GW -- Ann Taylor, Ralph Lauren, Talbots, etc....they rarely had those in the plus section when I needed it.

I can wear regular boots, no wide calves needed. My shoe size has gone down 1/2 size too. And I got an updated headshot for work and I really like it! My kids have also told me that they "don't remember" what I looked like before and that makes me happy. I notice that I am not as reluctant to get my picture taken as I used to be -- my "goal weight award" is to get our family portraits updated! Looking forward to planning that in the very near future.

Best NSV is not to make the dreaded resolution to lose weight in the new year! I don't know why but that fact had me in tears on New Year's Eve....

I had 2 people I hadn't seen in a while today tell me I was looking good and they could see a Weight loss. Now usually my mind goes " Don't I always look good?" but these were 2 people I respect very much, if they can see it, I am gratified. A very small NSV, but I am encouraged to have bigger NSV soon. And I may be doing something good after all and I'm going to keep on toward my target weight.