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Great NSV Time! I won't have to buy clothes for awhile. I have all sizes in my own closet.lol I did go to Lane Bryant's the other day to get one new bra, yes lose in the boobs first, I always get my bras there. Surprise, surprise my fave bra no longer comes in sizes under 40. I had to walk out from LB b/c couldn't find one small enough. I walked out smiling! Keep up the great job you're doing GF! So proud of you!

After 10 months of battling every lb and working my butt off. My Mom finally said now it really does look like you've lost weight. At least she's honest. Plus my size 12 jeans fit me way to big. I think size12 is fine but it won't hurt my feelings to have single digit size jeans.

i was sleeved 9/12/12 like mgsmith. i have lost 19lbs prior to surgery and 35lbs post surgery total of 54lbs. my NSV is my work uniform was way to big for me, my daughter gave me some cute jeans that at first i couldnt fit now i rock them. my feet are much smaller which means i can wear my smaller shoes. my face is way thin and younger looking i love it, and ppl tell me how good i look almost everyday. i get down because i see ppl that had surgery around the same time as me and they have lost way more. but my nut said i am on target, they expect 30lbs lost in 3 months i did that in 2 months. i dont eat bad at all i eat all good healthy foods ive had maybe 1.5 cookie at work since surgery. i dont crave sweets anymore and when i do eat them it taste like sugar to me. i get all my protien through food my carbs are under 100grams a day, my only problem is i cant get enough calories in thats the hard part. the down side is i go through periods of naseau for days and then i feel better after a few days. i can only eat 2 -3 bites of dense foods. soft foods i can get in with no problem (exp) cottege cheese yogarts, cheese chili. but whole meats like chicken i get really full. some days i feel like im not going to lose all of the wieght but i guess thats a normal feeling, trying not to feel like im on a diet. trying to just be normal.

i was sleeved 9/12/12 like mgsmith. i have lost 19lbs prior to surgery and 35lbs post surgery total of 54lbs. my NSV is my work uniform was way to big for me, my daughter gave me some cute jeans that at first i couldnt fit now i rock them. my feet are much smaller which means i can wear my smaller shoes. my face is way thin and younger looking i love it, and ppl tell me how good i look almost everyday. i get down because i see ppl that had surgery around the same time as me and they have lost way more. but my nut said i am on target, they expect 30lbs lost in 3 months i did that in 2 months. i dont eat bad at all i eat all good healthy foods ive had maybe 1.5 cookie at work since surgery. i dont crave sweets anymore and when i do eat them it taste like sugar to me. i get all my protien through food my carbs are under 100grams a day, my only problem is i cant get enough calories in thats the hard part. the down side is i go through periods of naseau for days and then i feel better after a few days. i can only eat 2 -3 bites of dense foods. soft foods i can get in with no problem (exp) cottege cheese yogarts, cheese chili. but whole meats like chicken i get really full. some days i feel like im not going to lose all of the wieght but i guess thats a normal feeling, trying not to feel like im on a diet. trying to just be normal.

I'm down 62 lbs since surgery, 93 lbs total! I weigh 204 today : ) I've gone from a 24/26 jeans to a 15/16! My shirts from 3xl to L or XL. I am feeling great and having new NSV's daily. 5lbs to onderland, 7 lbs to century club! Hoping for both by Christmas. Yay me!!

The is the most awesome NSV I've heard! You are smokin! So proud of you! Bet hub is too!

JDI, ouch! wow I can see why running would hurt. I had a knee injury many years ago and running always aggravate it unless I where very tight compression pants. I think I may need to look into a dedicated brace for that knee. Running is good exercise but it's not making the scale move but I'm sticking with it cause it make me feel good.. the scale isn't as important as that. NSV - although I can't do it outside yet..However, last night on the treadmill I actually Jogged 3.13 with no walking!! time: 38:14, pace: 12'10". I felt amazing! best I've ever done! Now if I could just find a official 5k treadmill Race I'd be ready!! but I did go ahead and registered for my next outdoor 5k Color Me Rad race on March 30th...My birthday! I hope your DD is feeling much better! and your mojo will return!! Everyone have a good weekend.

Congrats on an awesome NSV!

Look for the small NSVs!!!

Not incomplete! NSV to be continued you still came a long way from where you started, so good job! You'll do it!!

Was what I used to tell people! But last night I took a boot camp style exercise class and ran with no problems for about 10 minutes as our warmup. I am so proud of myself! It was easy and I kept up with everyone else no prob. I never thought I would run.. Ever! NSV !!

Silly nsv are the best! Love the socks! Work it girlfriend!!

Something happened yesterday that made me so happy. I take a class in Roller Derby, all the skating, none of the impact. Some girls wear cute derby outfits (shirts, shorts/skirt, socks. I bought some cute knee socks at the beginning of the class, but my calf's were too big for them. Not anymore! They are still tight, but they go all the way up. I was soo happy.

Just being able to enter and ride for 2 days is a major NSV. Don't play that down. Sorry about your accident, but confident you will get them next year! Congratulations on your weight loss.

It's still a great NSV! Sorry for your mishap, but you will make it next year. In the mean time, Go Hubby!!!!

For 20 years I have dreamed of being fit and healthy enough to participate in the Great Victorian Bike Ride, an eight day ride of almost 600km in my home state of Victoria. This year, 18 months after getting my lapband and losing 63kg, my husband and I set off from Lakes Entrance on our first ever Great Vic. First two days of riding were fantastic. The whole event was living up to my expectations with the riding, the camaraderie, camping and spending time with my husband. Day three dawned bright and sunny and we were on the road nice and early out of Briagalong. Morning tea stop in our former town of Maffra and then two and a half km down the road, disaster struck! I crashed out big time over the handlebars and onto the road. I was in agony, convinced that I had broken my leg! An hour later I was in an ambulance, six hours later I was finally released from the ER with a puncture wound and severe haematoma to my upper right thigh, along with a collection of bruises, scrapes etc that have developed quite colorfully over the days since. Yesterday, still on the camp for the ride, I decided to give it another go but wasn't even able to pedal. The physiotherapist then confirmed that i would not be able to complete the ride. I was devastated that I have not completed my dream or my NSV but am going to support my husband right through to the end on Sunday. And next year, I WILL complete my NSV and finish the Great Vic!

Sorry still sore in tummy cnt lie on stomach yet cnt wait for that nsv victory already moved from sz 20 to sz 17-18 am so happy

Weird one: I was in the movie theater sitting next to my tall & very fit 28 yr old son and my knees were smaller than his!!! Awesome!!!! I've got bony knees!!!

8 days post op and continuing to feel well. Trying to get the eating thing down. Have experienced lots of head hunger and getting used to the amount of food that I can eat with my sleeve. Looks so much smaller than normal but still too much for me. Am able to get down 2 protein shakes daily which gives me a minimum of 60g protein per day. Left part of my ab is still sore, but not so much that I can't get around. I keep my binder on which gives my abs support throughout the day. Have had NSVs by trying on my preop clothes today...what a boost! Also put together collages of pictures over the last month...what a change! Good luck to all!!

*5 weeks post op on Thursday *37+ pounds down (last couple weeks have been slow but it doesn't bother me cuz I know it will continue to come off seeing that I'm not still on my 5000 calorie a day fast food diet any longer) *CW 193, HW 230+ *less than 15 pounds from my HS graduation weight Went out with my overly supportive ex to dinner tonight and after talking to him I have realized some NSV's that I can tell I've lost weight and the things that make the loss not apparent to me. Maybe some of you can relate, and I'd love to hear what you have to add to my lists. ***the good, my NSVs*** -when I put my hand on my chest/shoulder there are depressions above AND below my collar bones (a long ways to go but at least I know they are under there somewhere) -I'm feeling deflated, my upper arms and inner thights, even my butt cheeks are not tight with fat anymore, happy to have a different kind of jiggle -I had to wear my denim/spandex denim skinny jean jeggings tonight because all of my old jeans are almost too big to be comfortable (even the ones that used to be too tight but I kept in my wish pile anyways) -I can wear above mentioned skinny jeans without sporting a camel toe -I bought two pair of size 12 silvers off ebay yesterday and feel pretty confident I'll be in them after new years (not bad since I was in 18/20 to start off last new years). -I slouch easier when I sit, the top of my belly is an inny again, bottoms still a bit of an outie but they fold in on each other so I can sit around comfortably without the pressure of my top fat roll getting squeezed against my bottom fat roll lol -my class ring that I have worn religiously since my Sophmore year in HS is too big and it won't be long before it falls off all together, hard to believe that my chubby fingers are less chubby than they were back then -I no longer have deep elastic marks on my cankles when I take my socks off after a long night at work -I have noticed more of a cleft under my butt so theres more definition between where my legs end and my butt begins -I HAVE ONE CHIN!!!! -I have to remind myself/force myself to eat throughout the day instead of it being my focus from the time I wake up -I now drink 6 glasses of Water a day instead of 6 cans of diet dr pepper a day and no water (like I had for the last 10 years) -it's so much easier to shave my "down there", as mentioned earlier only having one mini roll to deal is so much better -my backboobs that were a healthy B-cup are down to AA cup and almost aren't noticeable at all now -my dating options have opened up, I've never been comfortable being with a man that is very much smaller than I am (just didn't feel right or comfortable for me personally). Now I'm feeling comfortable dating men that are 170 pounds, which would have never been the case in the past ***the bad and the ugly*** -I may get my HS weight back but I'll never have my HS body back -I'll never look in the mirror and say "oh my boobs look perkier today" or "oh my goodness my stretch marks have disappeared" -what doesn't wiggle with fat now jiggles with skin and less fat -I've noticed more fine lines on my face now that theres not as much fat there to keep the wrinkles plumped up -I have thousands of dollars of barely worn silver jeans in my closet that I can no longer wear that I have to try to get some money back out of to help pay for the new jeans I need -I've always wanted sleeve tattoos on my upper arms anyways, but I'm gonna have to shell out sooner than expected to camoflage my batwings and stretch marks with ink, which I much prefer to surgery -theres not near as much good stuff to order off of the kids menu as there is the regular Entrees lol -I'm afraid that my big nose is going to look even bigger as my face thins out and my chubby cheeks aren't there to balance it out -although they are getting smaller I still have my "baby boobs" that I grew under my big boobs on my ribcage, I don't know how long it'll take for those rib fat pads to be gone or if they ever really will be but I'm hoping not much longer -I'm hesitant to get into a relationship with anyone because I'm not sure they will be attracted to the 50 pound thinner me that I will be in a few more months since they are meeting the me in progress, I don't want to be false advertising -every day in the shower when I wash my hair I get a knot in my stomach wondering if this will be the day that I start to get handful of hair with every rinse, especially since I've had a hard time getting in all my Protein -I haven't been my goal weight since I was probably a freshman in HS and I'm nervous about how I will look "healthy" -already anticipating $$$ of the boob lift I'm gonna get when I get to goal -I'm really going to be a door mat for my two 90 pound dogs once I don't have as much weight to throw into "fighting back" lol I'm sure theres more but my brain is exhausted after jotting these down

Guys, I had a nice NSV the past week or so. I have been wearing my favorite cologne for a while now but all of the sudden women are stopping and saying omg you smell so good, five separate times this week alone. Don't remember that 60 lbs ago. May be my body chemistry is changing with the weight loss. I am seven weeks out. I'll take it.

as i said in an earlier post, she apparently doesn't feel comfortable in her own skin to tell people about the WLS at this time - maybe she won't later either - but thats ok i only told my immediate family prior to WLS once things progressed i did tell people when asked about my weight when someone asks me now about my situation - i do think to myself, should i tell the whole truth, or just say, diet, small portions, exercise et al i have chosen to now tell anyone who asks. even expained some of my NSV's when they comment on my tattoo. many times - explaining the connection for me and the tattoo and my increased confidence i am sometimes"concerned" about different peoples thoughts sometimes how silly is that - justify/defend myself by telling them "this is not the easy way out" then i explain the hard work, major surgery. how silly is that - explaining, defending myself, no more!!

well broke down and went to Debs to get me a couple pairs of pants. bought a size 20 and a size 18. And the size 20's are going back and being exchanged for a size 16. keeping the 18's so I can have something to wear at least the next couple of weeks!!! started in a size 22-24. surgery 4 weeks today.

Hello all! I am checking in 1 week post op! I am feeling great! I have been pain med free since Friday and feeling good! I started at 279.6, surgery weight 257, weighed today at 248 totaling 31.6lbs! I am so excited! My goal was 40 by Christmas, but the rate things are going I may need to adjust my goal a little! My husband already noticed my face thinning out and my jeans I wore to church yesterday were baggy! NSV! Loving my sleeve!