Weirdest None-Scale-Victory - I'll go first

[PudgeBeGone 98]

Being able to see while I shave my below bits 😂

[PudgeBeGone 98]

 Getting to be a mom

[PudgeBeGone 98]

Or not lying about my weight on my license

[omrhsn 611]

Not weird but awesome NSV here.

I've always delayed getting a driving license until I lose weight. For some reason I convinced myself that I was too big (149 Kg before WLS) to be driving a car and that I won't be able to fit in the tiny cars used at the driving schools here in Malaysia. I saw a lot of people who were bigger than me driving around but I just couldn't get my head around it. My wife was the designated driver for quite sometime.

After losing a considerable amount of weight, I finally got the confidence to do it. I started my driving lessons in July and finally got my driving license last month. I even bought a new car that I've always liked for my 41st birthday. Life keeps getting better and better after WLS.

[summerseeker 1,922]

First summer in an awful lot of years that my heals did not crack and bleed. They were so painful and ugly. To me this is a reason never to regain.

[NCL04321 155]

On 10/10/2023 at 12:09 AM, PudgeBeGone said:

Being able to see while I shave my below bits 😂

yes! im not quite there yet because of the fat apron, but this will be a big one!!!

[LindsayT 571]

On 10/9/2023 at 11:09 PM, PudgeBeGone said:

Being able to see while I shave my below bits 😂

Same! Even just shaving my legs is so much easier. This has been so life changing.

[Hope4NewMe 169]

I just bought 2 bikinis! I have never ever worn one and I may still not be brave enough to wear it outside the home but I'm just amazed that I bought any. I bought them so that I could take before and after Tummy Tuck pictures. I don't know what size to buy so I bought 2 different sizes lol. It's just crazy to me that I might qualify as a person skinny enough to wear one. Now I know that anyone of any size can wear bikinis and look awesome in them. I so love to see people with the confidence to wear them, no matter what size they were. I have never had that confidence though and have always ben hard on myself for how I look. So to think that I might meet my own requirements to wear a bikini is mind boggling to me. What a difference this surgery has done for me. I'm so glad I did it!

[BigSue 1,325]

On 11/5/2023 at 7:44 PM, omrhsn said:

Not weird but awesome NSV here.

I've always delayed getting a driving license until I lose weight. For some reason I convinced myself that I was too big (149 Kg before WLS) to be driving a car and that I won't be able to fit in the tiny cars used at the driving schools here in Malaysia. I saw a lot of people who were bigger than me driving around but I just couldn't get my head around it. My wife was the designated driver for quite sometime.

After losing a considerable amount of weight, I finally got the confidence to do it. I started my driving lessons in July and finally got my driving license last month. I even bought a new car that I've always liked for my 41st birthday. Life keeps getting better and better after WLS.

What a fantastic NSV! Truly life-changing. Congratulations and I hope you enjoy learning to drive your new car.

[BigSue 1,325]

On 11/5/2023 at 7:44 PM, omrhsn said:

Not weird but awesome NSV here.

I've always delayed getting a driving license until I lose weight. For some reason I convinced myself that I was too big (149 Kg before WLS) to be driving a car and that I won't be able to fit in the tiny cars used at the driving schools here in Malaysia. I saw a lot of people who were bigger than me driving around but I just couldn't get my head around it. My wife was the designated driver for quite sometime.

After losing a considerable amount of weight, I finally got the confidence to do it. I started my driving lessons in July and finally got my driving license last month. I even bought a new car that I've always liked for my 41st birthday. Life keeps getting better and better after WLS.

What a fantastic NSV! Truly life-changing. Congratulations and I hope you enjoy learning to drive your new car.

[hills&valleys 130]

It is contradictory to label this a victory. Yesterday I was standing beside the porch (approx. height 24"), a gust of wind blew me over onto the porch. Fortunately I was not injured but was "blown away" with shock at the realization I had lost enough weight that non-gale force winds could knock me over. But a true NSV, I now have my thigh-gap back!

[omrhsn 611]

10 hours ago, BigSue said:

What a fantastic NSV! Truly life-changing. Congratulations and I hope you enjoy learning to drive your new car.

Thanks! The past two years have been amazing. I guess it is true that life starts at 40 😂

[JFreeman 49]

Went out to dinner with my parents last night for my dad's birthday. This was the first time since I had my surgery that I had gone to a sit-down restaurant and for the first time in several years I was able to sit comfortably in a booth!

[BlondePatriotInCDA 274]

Just this week I took a trip and I actually had extra in my seatbelt on the plane (it used to he maxed)! (shhh don't tell my bariatric surgeon we're not supposed to travel for a minimum of 90 days per his office - I was a week short).

Edited November 16, 2023 by BlondePatriotinCDA

[fourmonthspreop 498]

I suppose this isn't really weird, but since my surgery and losing the weight I started running again. Around 220 lbs I was cleared to run regularly without damage to my joints as long as I did my physical rehab exercises for my knees and quads. I started amping up my running and started my mile at 15 min pace, today I have it down to 9 min pace for a 5k. I am doing my first 5k this weekend and I'm not nervous, scared, or worried I'll be out of place or injured. I've always wanted to participate in a race but couldn't because of my size which also affected my mental health...so I'm very excited about this and feel proud of myself.