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I had one today... I went Zip-lining. It was so much fun. They had a weight limit of 270lbs. I realized that I wouldn't have been able to do it last year. It was an awesome feeling and soooooo much fun!!!!!

Here's a pic from 55 ft up...

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That's a great one! I totally want to do the zip line!

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Well this is a minor Nsv but nonetheless I was excited. I hardly go out to eat anymore but decided to go out with my friend the other day. She chose the olive garden and I was bummed because I never could fit in the chairs, and I spent the whole time feeling like everyone knew it. Well the other night I went anyway and I actually fit in the chair and comfortably. I could sit and enjoy my time and it was one of those moments where you think this is why I did this.

Keep up the good work guys!

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I was banded 10-9-09 and I went camping and hiking this weekend. We did a MUCH harder hike than what we did in the spring and I was WAY less short of breath. I could have even done more! Sitting at the top of this huge rock and looking at the amazing view with all of the trees changing colors was great. If I hadn't lost that 25 or 30 pounds this may not have been possible. I can't wait to see what its like after I lose another 60 or 70! :cursing:

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i started working at a new office about 6 weeks ago, so everyone there has never known me as the fat girl. and because i work for a magazine publisher, our floor of maybe 100 people is about 75% women (a good number of whom are very pretty, skinny and fashionable), so the guys that work there flirt, all day long. its not really a big deal, its mostly a younger group (in their mid-twenties) so its a fun atmosphere, but its weird to be included in that group of "hot girls" that these guys hit on.

sooo i have a related NSV to this that i feel really horrible telling anyone else, i even feel a little weird telling you guys! but i know most of you (girls at least) completely agree with me that you've secretly wanted this one.... well: of all of the guys at our work, theres really only one that many of the girls actually flirt back with. i can see why, by normal standards, hes very attractive -- tall, athletic, confident --though this isnt really my type so i dont flirt with him. hes still a fun guy though, so i think of him as a nice work friend. but last night a big group of us went to a bar after work and in front of all these girls who were trying to get his attention, this one guy kept on talking to me -- and at the end of the night asked for my number in front of some of the other girls! (and-- stupid me, i actually gave it to him because i didnt believe that he was actually trying to pick up me and not these other gorgeous women that were so obviously flirting with him.... but i figured it out later that night when he sent me a booty text! HA!)

soooooo yeah, sorry for this long story, but this is a big nsv for me-- I TURNED DOWN A "HOT GUY"! this is the biggest confidence booster! i feel so horrible saying this one out loud after all of those years of being rejected, but i dont feel so bad, because i assume this guy hasnt gotten turned down very often. and i am only saying it to you guys because otherwise its really embarrassing and i dont think other people would understand why its a big deal... that this guy chose to pick ME up and not the other gorgeous girls.... wow!

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lol trust me. I understand. I have a boyfriend but I have other guy friends and yeah they have been awkwardly hugging/touching/paying attention to me. It's very strange. But I don't really think I could talk about that anywhere else but here lol

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you ladies will understand this one. I haven't gotten new bras since before i was banded. Well i was so tired of my old ones falling off my shoulders and not keeping the tat tat's up. So i decided to buy some new bras. I was wearing a 44C when i stated so i figured that i would go down a size a get a 42C. So i got a couple of 42C and headed to the dressing room. They were to big so i went a got some 40c's again to big. So i went back and got some 38C's thinking to myself that these are never going to fit. OMG they fit not tight just right. I can't believe these fit. The next time i go shopping for bras i am heading right for Victoria secerts (bought these one's at walmart) I have never been able to shop there now i will since i can now fit a 38C.

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I fit into size 18/16 jeans. The 18s are loose after an hour or so, but the 16s are too snug. I'm a 17 haha! I never imagined going from 24/26 to 18/16 in six months. I'm blown away. The reality of it all hasn't caught up to me yet. I still feel like the fat girl, but things keep happening to contradict it!

I'm so happy I could cry.

Oh, and I never cut the size tags out of anything anymore. I used to because they embarassed me so I'd claim they were itchy. Not even my mother knew why I really did it. Now I leave them in my shirts, my pants, my underwear XD. I love staring at these new numbers before I get dressed in the morning. (Not really a NSV, but I thought I'd share.)

Reneek: That's wonderful! Nothing like a new bra AND fitting into an unexpectedly smaller size to put a skip in your step. Congratulations!

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Erin Marie-- I used to cut the tags out of my clothes for the same reason! definitely don't do that anymore... lol congrats on your incredible weight loss so far!

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I fit into a size 30 pair of jeans! yeah they were rediculously tight but hey I could still button them!

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great NSV's everyone! Jane I'm so proud of you :w00t:

I officially fit into a 36 and a large shirt! I never thought I would be smaller than a XL.

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I had the most amazing experience last week. The hospital that I work in, which happens to be where my surgery was done, is rolling out a marketing campaign for my surgeon and the lap-band. Well I am the before/after. I had a photo shoot last Wednesday!!!! It was sooooo much fun. I have NEVER done anything close to that before in my life.

I don't have the finished shots yet, by I took some head shots with my phone.

Here's the before they are going to use...and the after shot from my phone...

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So regardless of vanity sizes(poo on them) I'm going to be excited. The smallest I ever was was a size 10. Well yesterday I wore a size 8 jeans from target, all day, a little snug but they button and fit and are comfy. I have never been a single digit!!!!(size 1-3x do NOT count! lol)

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Visited my friend in Florida this weekend and we did a 10 mile bike ride. I was really worried before we started out because I was always so out of shape I never wanted to do anything like that.

Halfway through I felt great and when we finished I felt like I could keep going! It was so great to be able to go out and do physical things with my friends and not feel like the fat girl holding everyone back

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I'm excited to finally be able to post in here. I've been following since i joined. I will be getting my surgery this Tuesday.

My NSV is finally being able to believe I can lose this weight and actually be thin. I've been overweight since I was 7 and in the past I've allowed myself to believe maybe i can just be obese instead of morbidly obese or even just overweight but never did I allow myself to believe I could be thin for fear of failure. I'm so excited to begin this journey and congrats to all of you for your progress I can't wait to be where you are.

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