Victories!

Thing one:

About 18 months ago I fell in our yard and though I tried for a long time i couldn't get up. Eventually I had to scoot and shimmy about 300 feet to get into the house, then cross the family room to the stairs and then, using my arms (and muddy hands) bump my butt up the stairs to get my feet back under me.

Let me add that it was raining and I was on my way back from gathering eggs...All the eggs broke. The scooting wore giant round holes in the butt cheeks of my (favourite) pajama bottoms. The red clay mud stained my wool area rug. I broke two fingers and my right side was bruised from shoulders to knees.

I was walking down a steep hill and 300 pounds of human slamming into a hard surface can do a lot of damage

Actually, I haven't been able to sit on the floor and get back up without help in about 10 years. I always attributed this more to having had both hips and knees replaced because I can't kneel.

But then... yesterday I tripped over a bag on compost and fell in the garden while cutting back last year's asparagus and I just rolled to my side sat up tucked my feet under me and was back on my feet in, like, under 30 seconds!

Thing two:

I was one time for a meeting at work, an unusually occurrences and answering my (endless) work emails, when, about 5 minutes after the meeting was scheduled to start I overheard someone ask what the hold up was. The CEO responded that they were waiting still waiting for the patient advocate who has a time management problem.... that's ME! The person who asked started laughing and pointed to me.

We have worked together for over 10 years, but haven't seen him in 6 months because he was on paternity leave. Naturally, people who see me most every day don't see the slow changes but he didn't even recognize me!!!!!

Are these "NWV"? To me they seem completely weight loss related...

Haha...those are most certainly terrific NSV's (non surgical victories)

Wow, thank God you are still alive to experience the finer things in life after bariatric surgery!!!! Your story was so well told that I was grimacing reading it. So doggone happy for you!!!!! Congratulations!

NSV = Non-scale victory. Your popping back up from the compost-bag fall is an NSV and a half. To my way of thinking, it outshines not being recognized because it's more personal. You can repeat the story to yourself and savor its deliciousness. It's all about you.

Not laughing at you... yes I am! The second story had me spitting my drink out! The first one made me feel so bad for you and then happy for you. Congrats on the best part of surgery!

okay, I have to admit it was kind of funny ... the visual was so detailed. Not laughing at her but the visual. You know what I mean. I better go to bed before I get more punchy.

Exactly!

LOL Exactly! In my head I could see the guy doing a cartoon-style triple take hahaha

Awesome story!