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Hello everyone! I was banded 5/6 and yesterday had my 1st nsv! My mom and dad have been telling me they could tell I've been losing the weight but honestly I hadn't been able to tell yet. I've been working hard though this past week when I started feeling better from surgery. (19 lbs lost) Well yesterday was my nephews bday and usually I hate getting dressed up to go places bc I've felt no matter what I wear I look awful.(might I add both of my sisters put together weigh as much as me by myself) Well I pulled out some old clothes I haven't worn in a yr or longer. Clothes actually fit!!!! And we're loose!!!!!I actually thought I looked really pretty and when I got there my sister told me how great I looked. I'm so excited! Great motivation! !!! I will be working really hard this summer to keep this up!! What was your 1st Nsv story?!
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My 1 year anniversary is coming up in 4 days! I've posted plenty of pictures in the last year but this one is one of my favorites! It has nothing to do with my face or body but has everything to do with my health. I'm still have those "pinch me" moments quite often. It doesn't seem real, my brain still has issues comprehending the numbers that I see on the scale. I feel incredibly blessed to have been given the chance to have a "rebirth" and I want to thank each and everyone of you who has been with me on the journey you guys are a big reason for my success. I would name you all off but It would take forever and I don't want to miss anyone. I am thankful for each and everyone of you and wish you all a successful and blessed journey to health! Let's keep it going! This is a NSV but the numbers are just as important to me. ❤️ WINNING!!! ❤️
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What are you most excited for after WLS?
kplumlee1205 replied to Kestrael's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
I can't wait for the NSV's. I want to be comfortable enough to go to the gym pool and swim again, or even join a masters swim club! I want to go sky diving! I want to be able to clean house, play with my daughter and teach all day without being exhausted all the time or having to take breaks constantly. I'd like to buy clothes that are cute and make me feel like me and not someone else. To be able to look in the mirror and smile because I can see me and not the lbs of shame. thank you for this post! It is so uplifting and fun to see everyones aspirations. -
I'm So Depressed! Weight Loss is So Slow!
auntjanny replied to sukik's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I am 11 weeks post op and have not lost any weight in three weeks. However body weight is shifting and people are noticing. I joined a "remedial" Zumba class and have been on treadmill the last week and a half.. It is getting easier. I have been eating some crap and realizing it ... A NSV for sure... Throwing out bad/unhealthy food more often. Making better choices... That is what this stall is doing to me... So much better than how I would have dealt with this before. Keep up your good work! -
Congrats on the NSV! We missed you!
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Woooo Hoooo Patty! That's a great NSV... Congrats to you...You will have more and more of those as we continue to whittle away the pounds.
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Slow Losers and Real Restiction
the best me replied to live2canoe's topic in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums
Okay, call me the odd one out but I had waaaayyyy too much restriction in the beginning, and as a member in good stead of the Slow Losers Club (I do have my NSV list up and running), fills don't seem to be an issue, really. I waited 3 months for my first fill. I was so tight post-surgery, I really wasn't wanting to stand in line and pay cash money for more, even after the restriction subsided a bit. I needed time to recover from being so tight, getting used to being banded, have some time feeling normal again. I never gained any of the weight I lost post-op, but I didn't lose anything more until just before my first fill. THEN, I needed a small unfill! So restriction is something I am able to get from fills. What's odd is the restriction seems to come and go. Unless, that is, I stick very close to a good bandster diet and eat protiens at every meal, then veggies, very few carbs, healthy Snacks (4pm is the hardest part of the day for me). Those are the days when, although I CAN eat, I don't get as hungry. The hungry monster doesnt' seem to notice me as much. So I am trying to keep grilled chicken breast cooked and handy in the fridge. Today, we went for Japanese after church. It's a ton of food, and lots of carbs with the rice and noodles. I ate some for lunch, a few Triscuits and cheese for snack, and the rest of the Japanese for dinner. Had a CIB for Breakfast. That's all I ate but I had an entire plate full of food at supper and ate every bit of it. Not alot of chicken and veggies, a good bit of rice and noodles. Add some shrimp sauce and it goes right on down. This said, maybe it is time for a small fill? I don't know, you all tell me. I have normal portions so I'm not too tight, and if I eat right (bandster way) I don't get hungry, but boy oh, I can slide some bad stuff right on through...hence, slow weight loss... Never mind, you are right. I need a fill. -
That is so awesome! Great job on your NSV!!!
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Tonight we took the kids to Maccas for a treat. They wanted to go play on the equipment when we were finished, so for the first time EVER I went in with them. I thought at any minute I would get stuck up in those little tubes....but...I didnt. I made it all the way through and came flying out the other side down the slide. The kids were so excited about me going through it with them. The funny thing is when I finished it the first thing I said to hubby was...I cant wait to get home and post this on LBT as a fun NSV and he was like "WHAT???" What is a NSV. I explained it to him and he laughed. I guess only we can understand the meaning of NSVs. So excited I just had to share.
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These NSV are awesome, I have them regularly too. A girlfriend stayed at my house for 2 nights, in the day time we went to the gym, shopped, just goofed off around town. I had no problem keeping up her. We were in and out of the car a million times, I noticed just the way I bend and slide into the car seat is different. It's my core holding me better. My body use to hurt all the time. Now it just keeps going. Yea Susie 1226......here's to us KEEPING the good life going.
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So I have been losing weight, have good restriction, and doing good overall. But I kept wondering where was all this energy that's supposed to come with losing weight. Well I hadn't realized that I have been doing more things. This weekend was a prime example. I went to a pet event with my Yorkie so there was a lot of walking, went to the mall, and started cleanings the house. Today I met up with a friend I hadn't seen in months bc I never felt like doing anything, took my dog to training, then went shopping at Costco. I just realized that my energy level is better bc I have been doing things on the weekends when usually I would stay home or if I went out and did one thing I would come right away exhausted. I have gone to several events around San Antonio that have involved physical activity like walking. It's only gonna get better from all here on end.
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For 4-6 weeks following my surgery nothing tasted 'right'. Almost everything tasted blah or bad. This actually was a GOOD thing. I was worried that I'd want to eat the old foods from pre op but I found the thought of them nauseating. I really had no appetite at all but gradually the bad taste went away, though I continued to be disinterested in food. I'm 14 months post-op now and food still doesn't have the same power over me that it used to. I eat for fuel, and just enough. I don't eat for pleasure and I don't overeat. Sometimes I forget to eat - that still surprises me! You sound like you're on track. Hang in there! Things will gradually improve as you recover and heal. Take this time to learn all you can about your new life with WLS - find recipes, read of others experiences (but always take your own team's advice first - they know you), and stay away from your scale. Soon you'll be celebrating your own successes and NSV's (non scale victories). :-)
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Last time I went to a water park I felt like my tummy WAS the inner tube! Thank you so much for sharing your NSV! Getting out there and enjoying life is what it's all about! CONGRATS to you!
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I'm tall and carry most of my weight in my legs. I'm ecstatic about this NSV but will say the pant sizes are going down much slower 😕 We will get there
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Pre Surgery jitters?
pibblemom replied to pibblemom's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
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We entertained over the weekend and A LOT of junk food ended up making its way to my kitchen. I snacked on some of it yesterday... and the effects showed up on the scale this morning. So, I went straight downstairs, dumped chips, dips, cookies, peanuts, etc. down the garbage disposal. Some (my dh included if he knew would call this waste, but is it really a waste if the food has absolutely no nutritional value?? I don't think so!!
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I would like to challenge everyone to think about weight differently. Not in pounds and kg, but something different, some other measurement of weight. This is the site I used for weight conversions, and I find it facinating. (but I'm a geek, so there you go) http://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_all.htm What got me thinking about this was a converstaion on the official Turtle thread, Slow Losers Unite. We were talking about how easy it is to discount NSVs because they are not a socitial approved measure of success, like pound on the scale are. But pounds are just as arbirary a unit of measure as kegs and stones and Kg and firkins and pfunds and atomic mass. They are conventions that we have agreed to judge ourselves and others by. Arbitrary as they may be, we give them power they do not deserve. This is why I always list my weight in some weird other unit of measurement. To attmpt to take power away from the scale, to take power away from the scale. And if I can take it away from the external, I can reclaim it for myself. I know that this isn't an issue for many of our celibrated Rabbits. But maybe it is. Maybe Rabbits are devistated when the scale doesn't move at the rate they are used to. Maybe Rabbits are hit harder by plateaus. I don't know these things, but I suspect that it might hit you harder than The Turtle Tribe because if we don't lose our 4 ounce a week, well, it's hard to tell. But if ya'll are used to losing 3 pounds a week, and some of our Rabbits do lose like that, a week where you don't lose must be really hard. I know that think women are hit very hard by body dysmorrphia, that they stress just as much, if not more so, than those of who who are zaftig. So anyway, I would like to invite everyone to challenge the way the view weight. Change your weight to cloves, or dynes or even your atomic weight.
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I've always wanted to go skydiving, but have been over the permissable weight since I've been old enough. Well, I turned 30 on Saturday and for my birthday I went skydiving! It was amazing! Now I just need to figure out how to convince my head that I am at a more normal weight. When they had me step on the scale I was convinced it would read out heavier than I am. Then, when I went to put on the jump suit I really didn't think it would fit... But it all did and I had a BLAST (and survived ) Anyway - just had to share! ~Lori
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And it didn't take an amazing amount of effort to swing my leg over my other. It didn't feel like my legs were going numb for holding them in that position. It was amazing and made me feel like such a "normal" woman.
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NSV & officially overweight
Madam Reverie replied to onlybroomegirl's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
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Finally a Very Special NSV
The Icy One replied to Mikee57's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
Woo-Hoo! NSVs feel so good, don't they? You have worked hard for this. Savor it and look forward to the next one. -
Finally a Very Special NSV
readysetg070113 replied to Mikee57's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
Awesome the NSV are the best and really show ur hard work working great job ... High five -
Finally a Very Special NSV
HealthyNewMe replied to Mikee57's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
How awesome..... Good for you. Hope that this is the first of MANY NSV's !!!!!!!!!! -
P'Nut....I am so thrilled and in awe of your accomplishments...you are a friend to everyone here and always offer a shoulder to cry on or are ready with a much-needed chuckle.... NSVs are awesome --- realizing life changes before our eyes is terrific and exciting -- I've noticed I am still totally ready to walk when my 15 minutes are up on the treadmill....I've noticed that when I sat in a chair with little side arms that my butt does NOT stick out the sides anymore....and I've noticed that my jeans now have SPACE in the front and the back! Congrats P'Nut! Thank you for sharing your excitement with us!
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Brandi This is a story I LOVE NSV Non-Scale Victory! Don't it feel good.
