Surprise NSVs!- What surprised you?

I love surprise NSVs.  I love not expecting one or looking for one and then BAM- you got one! I love minding my own business and then finding myself going WTF?, huh?, or how did that happen?

My most recent one was while exercising this week. I was doing some yoga moves on all fours when I look down to see light through my legs.  My knees were together. I couldn't believe it.

The other recent one is while walking through my house last weekend. I glance at a wall and I see that my shadow doesn't look fat. huh?  I actually backed up and stared at the wall.

Then there was the time last month. I needed to climb over this ledge that I had sat on earlier at a festival. I assume that I was going to struggle because it came up to my hip.  I braced for pain.  There was none. I just stepped up on it.  Then said out loud because I was completely surprised- 'that was easy'.

My two favorites are when the sales lady went back to get my outfit in a large when I was about to try on an extra large. It fit perfectly and she said that she knew that it would. And then there was the time I was stretching due to some crazy bad sciatica pain.  I realized while stretching....I'm crossing my legs. 

Yep. Surprise NSVs are my favorite.
What surprised you?

 

1.) Crossing my legs

2.) Not needing a seat belt extender

3.) Buying clothes in places I used to not be able to

4.) Walking for long periods of time with no thought of stopping

5.) Seeing my girl-parts when I look down :)

Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sharon

 I love love love crossing my legs - I'll do it even when my legs start to hurt from crossing thm too long just bc i love to do it :)


Doctors no longer have to scramble to find blood pressure cuffs and gowns - being able to use the normal adult size BP cuffs is awesome. I used to be so embarassed when thed have to hunt down a thigh cuff. 

The other day a really cute guy paid for my coffee at starbucks - totlly shocked and i didnt even know how to react lol. 

I love that I can put my fingers around my wrist, and wear normal bracelets. 

My feet are slowly shrinking (i think !)

Oh I love me some free stuff.

And it never occured to me to try bracelets...or even regular necklaces for that matter.  I gotta get on that.

Im on a mission to learn to act and look like a lady hahaha.....I hate jewelry but im trying my best. I might get my ears pierced...

Much of my life has been spent in sports bras, jeans, tshirts and flip flops. This transformation is quite the experience :)

You should see me in heels!  Well, I call them heels. I was informed by the lady at the store that they were not heels because they were less than 2 inches...whatever!   I wore Brooks Beast men's tennis shoes to work and everywhere for at least 5 years due to plantar fascitis complicated by my weight. I feel like a sexy beast in my 1.5 inch sandals!  In my head I'm dancing through the halls at work singing- a la Westside Story, "I feel pretty. Oh so pretty".  That wasn't the case when standing in actual 2-inch heels at church- just standing- I almost fell backwards. My aunt asked if she needed to hold my hand.  ...still learning...good times.

 I think you really need to go to the ATL conference so we can strut around ATL in sexy dresses and heels :)

Didn't know what you were talking about so I decided to look at the VSG board.  I never read the messages from OH staff. 

I will be in the midst of my 2 conference push for work.  Great cities though.

You hold it down in the ATL, and I'll get my model walk on in Miami & NYC.

 had a bit of an NSV last week. The concourse at my office building has these really uncomfortable chairs - since my "work husband" transferred offices last year I don't sit down there on my coffee break very often, probably twice since I started my weight loss.

sat down there to have coffee with a friend and I realized, while still uncomfortable, my hips actually fit without being totally squeezed! Very cool!

ahhh.  Yes, the realization that the chair or seatbelt holder is not digging into your hips. ... a very good thing.