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Does anyone find themselves crossing their legs when you sit all the time now that you can do it? I can't seem to get mine to stop crossing. The only time they do stop is when I sit with one foot up on the chair and rest my chin on my knee. I am just so damn excited I can sit with thinner legs.

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I was actually thinking the same thing at work today. I have noticed that I am constantly crossing and recrossing my legs and I get this big smile on my face because I can!

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Same here, it's such a good feeling. MSS I was banded by Dr Watson the week before you and we are practically the same BMI and weight loss - spin out!!!!

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....and it's not just crossing them....it's crossing them at the KNEE!!!!! (An not having to hold on to keep em crossed!)

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I just posted this same thing as one of my NSV's!! I LOVE crossing my legs and I do it ALL the time. Whether I'm wearing shorts, jeans, dressed up or not :)

And like Kacee said - I don't have to hold it there!

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I still can't do it without giving myself a cramp holding it there....but I'll get there.

BABYGRL!!!!!!! YOU MADE IT TO ONEDERLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:whoo::whoo::clap2::clap2:

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I get comments from people all the time, why do you always cross your legs, cant you sit normally..problem is that now that I can cross them...like a girl and without my leg sticking out halfway to the moon..its the only way I sit..heck I even sit sideways in desks at school, just so I can cross my legs!!! Dontyou love it..

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Tifferoni, I do that too. I cross under my desk, under the cafeteria table, all the time.

Thanks Travelgirl! I was way excited to see that on the scale this morning.

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I could cross my legs fairly elegantly even at my highest weight - didnt have to do the man style ankle on knee thing, so this wasnt an NSV for me, but I just then caught myself not only crossing my leg but twining my foot and ankle round the back of the leg - I try to remind myself not to do it becuase doesnt it give you varicose veins?

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Yessssssssssssss.

I use to envy people for crossing their legs.

I can now cross my left over right ANYWHERE ANYTIME!!!

Right over left still doesn't work for me, but I think it has to do with the curve in my spine.. my hips are off by a couple inches, so one of my legs doesn't bend or move as much as the other.

But, I find myself crossing my legs all the time.. at dinner, in someone's office, at home watching tv, etc.

Woohoo NSV.

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Oh and BOUNCING it. I'm always bouncing it when I'm sittin around, and I find myself watching my knees. It fascinates me haha.

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Im happy to know that Im not the only one. Sometimes I think people are going to think that I think Im prissy now that I have lost weight.

someone once said something like that to me...I told them that my mother taught me that ladys cross thier legs..and hold a penny between thier knees..:heh:--wonder where that penny went anyways--but it shut them up..besides..you are allowed to be prissy..youre a girl!

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