Hello, I'm Linda. I don't have a band yet but am pursuing it. I've been reading a lot on your board and it makes me feel even more confident that the band is the right choice for me.

I hope you don't mind me asking stupid questions every now and then. My first one is what is an NSV?

I hope to be hanging around here regularly, if you'll have me. I've been looking for a good WLS message board for some time now (I just can't get into the format at Obesity Help and I like and am familiar with vBulletin which is what this board is built on).

By way of intro, I am 43, married, with 5 children. My brood is made of all girls and they range in age from 3 to 24.

Nice to meet all of you.

NSV means non scale victory.

The scale may not go down, however your clothes fit better or some measure themselves and see how many inches they have lost.

Good luck with your band!!!:smile2:

NSV: Non-scale victory -- a weight-loss achievement that has little to do with numbers

From the home page click on freq. asked questions. From that page they have abbreviations.

Good luck

Non scale victories can be anything positive that is not associated with the scale. For example:

Walking up a flight of stairs without being winded

Not having to strain to shave your legs

buy clothes off the regular rack instead of plus size

have a member of the opposite sex flirt with you

reduction in medication or eliminating them altogether

You get the idea. All the GOOD stuff. *wink*

Hi Linda and welcome to LBT! The only stupid question is the unasked one, so ask away!! Good luck!

Non scale victory is when your clothes fit better, you feel better and the scale hasn't really moved.

I'm Delia...banded 2/2/06...lost 55 lbs not much when you think of it, but I've gone from a 20/22 to a 12...feeling great, looking better, and taking things slow...I love my band, would do it again in a heartbeat.