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OMG! I just ate 1/2 of a Lean Cuisine! I could have eaten 2 of them before this band. I am totally shocked.

Also, just bought spandex shorts to wear under my bathing suit for my Water aerobics, and they're XL. I was looking for 2X, they didn't have any, so I risked the XL thinking I could take them back if they were just way too tight. THEY'RE LOOSE! OMG! (I guess I could technically have 3 NSV's since I'm starting Water aerobics tonight. Wouldn't have done that before the band....).

Let's keep going! This feels so good. I always thought the WW saying of "this ______ feels better than food tastes" was a little corny.....but......well, it's still corny, but it's feeling more true now!

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Hi all I went from a size 28 to a 22, my bras are falling off me when I wear them because my boobs a getting smaller.:D I have no cloths to wear because they are all too big; I am waiting to buy new stuff but I love it.

Marie Gabrielle

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Hi all I went from a size 28 to a 22, my bras are falling off me when I wear them because my boobs a getting smaller.:D I have no cloths to wear because they are all too big; I am waiting to buy new stuff but I love it.

Marie Gabrielle

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I am able to wear a belt again....

I went clothes shopping and my tops I bought are XL not 2x.

And I shopped in the regular dept, not the plus size! WOHOOO

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All my measurements are less than 50 inches!!! It has been a veeeery long time since that happened. The belly just squeaked under the line!

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Two nights ago, I discovered a part of my body I've never felt before....

MY HIP BONES!!!!!!!!!!!

Im shakin these hips cuz they dont lie! Oh yeah! :wink:

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yesterday night at work- regular bar patrons were telling me how great i looked. [i manage a bar] it felt soo nice.

also I bought a size medium top! it has to be a big medium. but it is a medium!

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Yesterday, I was making my weekly visit to my mother's assisted living facility. She has dementia and is in her own world 75% of the time. Even when she was well, she wasn't one to toss compliments around. When she moved into assisted living and I would come and visit, an old lady named Bertha would go on and on about "how could someone so big come from someone so small?" My mom is 5'2" and 120 pounds. She would just mutter to Bertha "I don't know WHAT happened to her." I just had to put it out of my mind.

Yesterday, out of NOWHERE, she looks at me and says "You look so pretty". I just about fell over. I think the last time she told me that was at my wedding in 1990. I said "Thanks mom, I lost 30 pounds." It made HER very happy (she worries about my health).

It really shook me (I'm crying while I'm typing this the next day). Whew, weight and family issues sure run deep. I've never been particularily "sensitive" about what others thought of how I looked, but this was something to make note of.

On with the rest of the journey.

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I love this thread. I went back and read through the whole thing again. Everybody is doing so fantastic. How exciting. I decided to add a few for myself:

When I started this journey I was using a bra extender to make the band around my ribcage bigger and more comfortable for me. I think it added about 2 inches of breathing room. Well, that thing is long gone and about a week ago, I had to move to the second set of loops in to make the bra tighter so it stays put. It's almost loose enough to move to the final set of loops!

Also, I mentioned this in the challenge thread, but it made me feel awesome, so I felt it was worth mentioning again. I measured 38.5 around my waist on 1/14 and went shopping for pants about 4 days after that. I thought 38's (men's) would be the size for me. They were too big. I had to get 36's. :girl_hug: They were a little snug when I bought them, now they are feeling very comfortable.

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I've had a couple of clothing-related NSVs this week. I bought a skirt online last summer that was too snug when I got it. After reading about people waiting too long to try on their smaller sizes, I decided I better give it a try. The waistband was three inches too big! I had to pin it!

Also, today I put on some true size 16 jeans -- not 16W -- and they fit great! When I started this, I was wearing 18W or size 20 -- and they were snug. So I believe I've lost at least two sizes.

My SV for this week is that I lost four pounds! That's my biggest loss since the first week after surgery. Do you think my last fill made a difference? :)

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NICE, LH! That is really awesome. I have some clothes in the closet that I need to get to trying on, but I'm scared of the disappointment. *sigh* Maybe I better get in there. That's really exciting about the skirt! WTG on the size 16, too! I LOVE going down in sizes. I think it feels even better than the scale, IMO.

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I can now do the high impact Water aerobics class for the full 60 minutes.....and it feels great.....!! I can run up two flights of stairs....yes run....LOL I am so amazed at how much energy I have now it is crazy!!

I am still noticing the clothes changes each and every day.......I am thrilled will be so happy to get to 215....I have tons of clothes that will fit me in my closet when I get there....I know it is coming...I hope to be 199 by June 1st!!

Congrats Nymphs on huge success......We are all so motivated and determined....I am proud to be assocaited with all of you!!

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I can exercise now without being completely out of breath and without pain. I am also starting to enjoy being able to exercise.

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Hi all. Congratulations on your victories! I was banded on Nov.2.

At my highest weight I hardly ever wore the few (big) pairs of jeans I had because they pretty much cut off my circulation. But if I did wear them, I would have to air-dry them or I couldn't get them on! Now I can put them in the dryer and they fit (until they loosen up during the day - then they are loose).

I am able to wear my wedding ring again.

Robin :eek:

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I have a skirt hanging in the closet that I bought a while ago and by the time I was ready to wear it, it was too tight. Well, it fits now.

Funny thing tho'... it's white and who wears a white skirt in winter in New England??? By the time spring comes, I'm hoping it's too big.

Oh well, it still felt good to get it on!

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