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While I've had my fair share of NSVs, I've fallen back into some old habits and just had one of the NSDs (non-scale defeats) that I used to hate so much.

Okay, I'll admit it... as a morbidly obese woman, I used to drop food on my shirt all the time. I notice thin woman rarely have stains on their clothes.

I just ate dinner and did pretty well "bandwise." But as I was putting the food away, I had to shove one more bite in, which left sauce slopped all over my fresh-out-of-the-dryer white t-shirt. Had I only stopped when I was full I'd still be smelling Downy fresh.

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Ohhh yes, I remember the days clearly, I still have a while before it is a distant memory, but the "spillages" are getting less and less.

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I am famous for having large coffee stains on my shirts and jeans at work. I am hoping for the day when the stuff falls and hits my shoes instead of splatting on the big ole boobies.

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My husband always notices when I do that. I wonder if he'll notice that I'm NOT doing it anymore once I get this weight off.

Laura

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Laura, that's a good point. I'm going to ask my hubby why he never comments on all my clean blouses any more.

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Guest leahlotz

This has happened to me way to many times. Ive become quite the joke at work, since I am always wearing a different shirt after lunch- I manage a Gap so am constantly having to buy a shirt after staining the one I wore in- ugh. -Leah

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When you drop food on your shirt just make the comment "Oh im saving that for later" LOL I always drop food... or even crumbs in my shirt and even in my bra hahahaha im always digging for crumbs....

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OMG, I am ALWAYS doing this!! You can almost tell what I had for dinner just looking at my shirt. :)

If you eat sitting in front of the tv do you use your stomach rolls as a table? When I lose weight I will have to sit at a real table because I will no longer have one built in!!

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OMG, I am ALWAYS doing this!! You can almost tell what I had for dinner just looking at my shirt. :)

If you eat sitting in front of the tv do you use your stomach rolls as a table? When I lose weight I will have to sit at a real table because I will no longer have one built in!!

Yep, my stomach rolls make an excellent table

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I totally missed this thread somehow, but it's definitely the story of my life. It's been a while since I did this... I know I did it at this weight before, on the way up, but for some reason going down seems to work better, LOL.

My mom calls my boobs my shelf.

But I hate when it misses my boobs and hits my stomach and I don't notice because my boobs are in the way. Then I've got a stain I didn't even try to get out because I didn't know it was there!

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If you eat sitting in front of the tv do you use your stomach rolls as a table? When I lose weight I will have to sit at a real table because I will no longer have one built in!!

:raises hand: Yeah, that would be me. My super skinny go get 'em surgeons say "don't eat in front of the tv!" Yeah whatever, sparky. I agree tho, what'll I do when my table is gone? Grin, I imagine!!! LOL!!

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ha ha ha THE SHELF...my mother calls my layer of boobs my shelf too. After eating she would tell me that I need to DUST off my shelf..lol i would have crumbs and splotches of my sauces all over my shirts. I too, would have to change shirts after eating lunch or be a pro at using the shout wipes and such and walking around with a big dark spot on my shirt all afternoon. How embarrassing.

:speechles I look forward to having to tell my mom to dust her shelf off....

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