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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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AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME!

I am so happy for you. I'm sure you feel great. I'm down 53 pounds and I truly would be happy if I never lost even one more pound.

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Great story! But I'm slow...what is a NSV?

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YOU GO GIRL!!!!.....Oh what a wonderful feeling you must have felt!! I bet you are strutting around work today!!..... Mel:)

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WOO HOO! Great NSV!

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Jailynn - Nsv = non scale victory

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Yay Congrats ,you are doing so great!!! :)

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Congrats on your NSV

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That's a great one! I love it. :-)

A very senior person in my organisation didn't recognise me in a meeting earlier this week until I said my name, then she did a double-take with wide eyes (she was leading the meeting so she couldn't actually stop and say anything), so I totally knew what she was thinking LOL. It was kind of funny.

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Great story! But I'm slow...what is a NSV?

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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That's so awesome!!!!! Congrats!!!

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YAYYYYYYY! CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!

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