You know you've lost weight when.....

after they sit you down in a restaurant - you go back to the car to get a pillow to sit on... 

When you don't recognize your reflection in the freezer section of the grocery store and think some skinny ***** is following you!

Ha!  That's great!

Warning, my favorite NSV is risqué, but we're grown right. 

hubby and I were being intimate, off he goes to 'lady town' for what I like to call special kisses.  Right then the NSV ever so awkwardly stared me right in the eye. I realized I could see him. My stomach was no longer obstructing my view of seeing him performing  that very special act. It was weird at first, we never caught eyes from that angle before!

Best NSV to date for me!

HaHa, right there in that same line of thought. You know when you lost weight when you can lie down in the bed & see straight down to lady town. 

Definitely not as exciting as peachpie's :) :)

But I had a wonderful one recently - bounding up 5 flights of stairs alongside a (very fit) friend while chatting! I didn't miss a beat or a breath and it was amazing.

WOW! That's impressive!

Where to even start:

• being able to sit outside at Starbucks without bruises on my legs from squeezing in the chair
• being able to sit at booths without the preceding horror
• being able to get on rides 
• being willing to meet new people and make new friends and not hiding from the world 
• wear whatever the hell I want without caring what anyone else might think 
• having the energy to finally get a dog and take care of it
• spending absurd amounts of money on fitness crap rather than food 
• completing some endurance sports including 3 half marathons - without caring how slow I am or comparing myself to other people 
• getting in a bathtub 
• discovering This thing called a belt

i could go on for ages. My life is full of NSVs every day. Mental and physical. I've changed the inside and outside for the better. 

That's awesome! Can't wait to have my own list.  Amusement park rides and booths are important for me.

You know you've lost weight when:

• you can tie your shoes without losing your breath

• you can get on an airplane and not worry when the seat looks too small

• your acne has cleared up because your health and fitness are so much better than ever before

• your irritable bowel is almost completely gone because of the reason above

• when window shopping, you realize that, even in a "regular" clothing store you can go in and try on anything your little heart desires, even if you don't buy it.

• you actually look forward to trying on bathing suits for an upcoming trip to Hawaii

• all of your labs are normal when you have your yearly checkup

• the only medication you need to take is an occasional anti viral for your recurring cold sores, all other meds are now part of the past

• your husband does most of the cooking and is so happy to cook healthy foods so you lose weight, and he loses weight along with you

• you and your husband can now hike together at least once a week.  Something he has wanted for many, many years.

• you love seeing people you haven't seen in a long time, because they are usually shocked by your appearance
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• it's much easier to say YES to new experiences, because you know you can do almost anything now

I could go on and on and on, but there are too many to list all in one place.