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A skiny woman followed me into the ladies room yesterday.....



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I was out with a friend and I excused myself to the ladies room. I saw myself in a full length mirrow for the first time in over a year. There was a thin woman staring back at me with her jaw dropped open. I can't believe how much my body has changed. I have gone from MO to normal in 12 months!!!! Huge NSV for me, also huge mental step, I saw what was really there. I was starting to think I would need counseling to see what everyone else was seeing. I saw it yesterday. WooHoo for me. No point really just wanted to share. ~Mandy

P.S. I asked if I could buy that mirror just in case it was the mirror and not really my body. They said no :) ~M

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Hurray! Yes, you would be seeing a "skinny" woman in the mirror.

Congrats on this NSV. Is your ticker up-to-date? have you lost 72 pounds already?

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Mandy, what an awesome story and inspiring NSV!

I laughed about the mirror. I would have been thinking the same thing!

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Way to go Mandy! I am going thru the exact same thing right now. I am down 72 lbs too and I am finding it hard to believe that I am becoming thin. I am just trying to get my brain to catch up to my body now...Congrats to you!!

~Liz~

03/10/06

241/169/160

5'7''

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I've lost 82lbs yet .... still fat...but getting there!! I am seeing it every once in awhile that I am changing! I feel SO MUCH better and it truly is an exciting process....so glad to see you "seeing" the loss that everyone else does!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God BLess,

Melody

Banded 3/20/06 -82lbs :)

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Hey Mandy and Liz, you guys are doing great. Mandy it's inspiring to know that one day I may find that skinny person. Congrats!!!

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That's a great NSV. You go girl!

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Hey Mandy !!! Thats awesome. You have done so well. Thank you for sharing ! (Can I borrow that mirror?)

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I understand completely. Every time I take my jeans out of the dryer, I almost wonder whose they are. I remember that I wore them just yesterday, but I hold them up and look at them, and think "how did I get my butt in THESE"?

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