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Life is so good! Very grateful for all the support I've had on my journey! Having more NSV's.
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Old Navy=Awesome. Faded Glory=Mean.
KristinaRN replied to minaleigh's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
What a great NSV!!! So happy for you. And now I am off to Old Navy -
20 Min When I Started 1/2 Mile 3Months Out 9 Min Mile Now!
VJSlim replied to Living again 11/17/2011's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
AWESOME! Congrats on this fabulous NSV! -
20 Min When I Started 1/2 Mile 3Months Out 9 Min Mile Now!
Lissa replied to Living again 11/17/2011's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
That's a HUGE NSV!! I bet you feel a million times better than before. And you're probably looking fantastic as well!!! -
I Can Cross My Legs Under Tables And My Desk Now!
Doreykn replied to MoonSiren's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
That was one of my first NSV... all of a sudden I noticed I was doing it one day. Made me Smile big time!!! Then, I had to show all of my family! Great feeling! -
I agree with the others. LOSE the word "only" from your vocabulary. Pre-surgery, if you had lost 17 pounds in 17 days, you'd have been dancing on the ceiling! All of us would have been! There is a 3 week stall that most sleevers experience. You may just be starting yours a few days early. Our bodies are recovering from major surgery and from a major lifestyle change for most of us. It takes a bit for the body to adjust to the new normal. Don't worry, you WILL lose weight, and very quickly, but it won't be overnight. Think about how long it took to gain the weight. It will definitely take awhile to lose the weight. Once you are back on regular food, it will seem a little less intimidating to get in your Protein and Water each day, plus you'll have more energy for exercising, which will help the weight loss. Toss the scale and concentrate on getting your water and protein in each day. Look for the NSVs like your clothes getting looser and the amazing spike in energy that most of us experience. Look to some of the sleevers who have made it to goal and read their stories. NONE of them got to goal without a few glitches along the way. Some lose slowly, very slowly. Others have had long stalls where they didn't lose anything for weeks. What they all have in common is that they perservered through those stalls/slow losses and continued to drink their water and eat their protein. Oh, and that they all made it to their personal goals! This is definitely a journey rather than a sprint. I'm over 80 pounds down and I know there's no way I'd have made it here without Rex, my sleeve, helping me. I have a long way to go, but I WILL make it to goal. I've promised my surgeon and myself that I'm going to be one of the poster children for weight loss! You will be one too!!
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Is Anyone Else Able To Eat A Whole Lot?
Lissa replied to kortana's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I'm 5 months post op and can't eat 8 bone-in chicken wings at a sitting. I can manage 4 or 5, plus a little (very little) veggie on the side. I can eat maybe 3 pieces of broccoli with the wings. If I have smoked chicken I can manage a small leg and a thigh, but nothing else with it. However, I have also heard that different people have different capacities, even with the same bougie size. If you're tall, you probably have more room in your stomach because of the length of your stomach. As long as you are not stuffing yourself, you are doing fine. It's almost impossible to not lose weight when our calorie intake is so low. However, I do agree that a muffin is probably not the best choice you could make. Simple carbs and sweets are basically slider foods that go through very quickly. But, keep in mind that most of us had the sleeve so that we could eat normally. 1 muffin a week is not a major problem, 1 muffin a day probably could become a major problem and cause a stall. It is better to avoid simple carbs and sugars during these early post-op stages so that you get the maximum weight loss during the honeymoon period. As you get farther out and lose more weight, it will become more difficult to lose weight. Having already kicked the bad habits will make it easier to lose weight once it becomes more work than it is now. I just spent a month at one weight and had to reevaluate my eating habits, plus add in more exercise, to restart my weight loss. In fairness, it's a weight where I spent a good bit of time on my way UP the scale, so it stands to reason I'd stay there for a bit on my way DOWN the scale. I still don't believe in good/bad foods. But, I have definitely removed a few things from my diet that I felt were causing me some problems. I also just started adding in more fruit than I had been eating, so that affected the weight loss, although I have had several major NSVs during the last month. I lost 2 pants sizes this month, plus I'm now seeing muscle in areas that were very flabby before. Good luck and keep working your sleeve. This isn't a race to the finish line. It's a journey to a new and healthier you! -
Thanks, everyone. It's been a fun year, honestly. I've enjoyed sharing it with all of you and hearing your successes, stresses, wins, NSVs, doubts and fears, victories, etc., as well. Here's to ENJOYING LIFE!!! <3 <3 <3
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That. is. AWESOME!!! :wub: So presumably, you also wore your swimsuit in public as well?? How did that go? Congrats, HUGE NSV!!!! <3
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The Good The Bad And The Ugly
Lissa replied to Itsanewdaycassandra's topic in Post-op Diets and Questions
There is NO only in weight loss. Every pound lost is another pound you don't have to face tomorrow. Go look at a pound of butter or a pound of fat from meat. You've removed one more of those from your body, and that's a wonderful thing! Look for the NSVs. Are your clothes looser? Are you more energetic? If so, then you ARE making wonderful progress! -
Hi Banders! Good to hear some oupdates. 49 lbs, 79 lbs, 23 lbs, all of it is gone and gone for good if we stay on our programs. Do you realize how heavy 25 lbs of anything is to pick up? Get some weights and try and lug around 25 lbs. Bet you can't do it. Just think, most of us have lost that and more. Congratulations! I went to Dr and got a small fill Tues and his scales say I've lost 27.5 lbs and I will take it. My scales are evidently heavy and my hubby confirmed it yesterday after his Dr appointment. I kinda knew they were when they said I had lost 79 lbs overnight. LOL I recently went out to lunch with friends and one of them said, "good grief, you're like the incredible shrinking woman!" I could have kissed her! People are finally noticing my weight loss. Hurray for NSV's. I think one of the reasons she noticed is I had on clothes that actually fit, I am still trying to wear things that really are too large but don't want to purchase much yet. I've still got about 30 lbs to go. I will try and alter some things for spring. We are traveling to FL to meet our youngest son in 3 weeks and find a place for his wedding rehearsal dinner in April 2013. It will be warmer there and I'm not sure I have much that will fit. It's a great problem to have I think. What is everyone else doing about their clothes? I'm still walking 5 or 6 days a week and even our little dog has lost weight and inches from the exercise so I know it helps. She's also a Senior citizen at 13 and needed to loose a little. I had to start gradually because of my back, 5 minutes first, then 10 then 15 and now I do 25 minutes. After 25 my back hurts too much to go longer. I'm old so I know you younger ladies can do it too. If you are not exercising start gradually and ease into it. I sleep much better too. Also, get that water in every day. Hope everybody has a great weekend. We can do this! Blessings, GG
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I Can Cross My Legs Under Tables And My Desk Now!
BlackBerryJuice replied to MoonSiren's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
Crossing my legs is my 2nd favorite NSV ever! First one being able to wear a skirt wth no tights and NOT having my thighs chafe. Best thing ever! -
I Can Cross My Legs Under Tables And My Desk Now!
AllForMy4 replied to MoonSiren's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
How awesome that must feel!!! Great NSV!!!!!! I can't remember the last time I could cross my legs confortably,cannot wait! =) -
It is what Deb said - non scale victory - and those will be more important to you than the scale ever will be. Some will be anticipated, others will come out of the blue. Some will make you laugh, and a few will be profound enough to make you cry. Here is to everyones NSV's. Past, present and future!
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Omg! What An Nsv!
POOHBEAR7699 replied to Forensikchic's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
Congrats on your NSV -
Jailynn - Nsv = non scale victory
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WOO HOO! Great NSV!
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I Can Cross My Legs Under Tables And My Desk Now!
Cheles replied to MoonSiren's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
GREAT NSV!!! -
Great story! But I'm slow...what is a NSV?
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That's great! Congrats on such an outstanding NSV!!!
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I Can Cross My Legs Under Tables And My Desk Now!
runner replied to MoonSiren's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
What a great NSV! -
I am bursting inside and I just have to tell someone, so why not the whole VST?? Today, I was sitting behind my desk and a pathologist from my work comes in. She was asking about a bullet that she removed from a person. She and my boss were looking down at it and I rose from behind my desk to come over and see it too and she looked up at me and in mid sentence exclaimed "OH MY GOD!!!!!!" really loudly and I said oh sh*t! what??? Is there something on me? She said, I am so sorry, but I just havent seen you in a while and I was completely taken aback. I was so surprised! I didnt realize I looked that different. After we talked about the evidence, she asked me how much I had lost and told me that if I stayed right where I am now, I would be perfect for the rest of my life. I said I have about 30 more I want to lose and she said well as far as I am concerned, you look like you are at a perfect weight. Congratulations. She is a brilliant doctor whom I respect so much and it just made my day to surprise her like that and make her scream out in the middle of a sentence! Horray for me!!!! Wow what an NSV! Wooohoooooo!
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Ahh! I Lost A Size! Yeahhh!
Ms skinniness replied to Joiebean's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Congrats! I those NSV moments! I might now be moving fast on losing lbs but I do notice my new blazer fitting a little loser now> Yayyy for all of us! -
I Can Finally Take My Son To Baseball Practice
Pookeyism commented on 300PoundsDown's blog entry in 300 Pounds down
I encourage EVERYONE to read! This was an beautiful insight into a profound NSV - not all NSV are celebrated by the person losing the weight. I have not yet been able to have children. Perhaps one day I still have a chance to take my child to baseball, too. -
Nsv At Work
transforming jlaroux replied to SageTracey's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
thats such a fabulous NSV!!!!!
