WTH is a NSV? I often wondered SNIPPETS....
Until a few weeks back I had no idea what NSV stood for ... no idea how much it cost .. what one ate it with or how often it could be had ... totally clueless ... until someone spelled it out on here...
I did not sweat over not knowing the meaning of the abbrev too much .. shoot I am used to not understanding certain terminologies until looking it up ..English being my third language and all ... so when I found out what NSV was thanks to another sista on here I would click on NSV threads on here and give congrats to the poster sharing their awesome moments...
This morning the term came to mind as I sat at my desk clad in a five-year-old dress that I wore at my lowest weight ... I wore it in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and again I am wearing it today after two years sitting in the red's section of my closet ...
IT IS STIFLING HOT TODAY ... so I left home clad like this in my five-year-old red and black dress that I wore at my lowest weight post surgery and am wearing today with the very same awesome fit 5 years and 5 months after...
I grabbed my black blazer to pull over my dress in case I have to go to an impromptu meeting or if I have to wander inter-departmentally ... but in the interim ... I sat at my desk on break enjoying a delicious gala apple looking like this...
with my blazer on standby...
as I pondered NSV ... I thought OMG I have my digital empowerment journal ... let me go in there and grab the occasions where I wore this very same dress for a comparison collage to tell the story of my VERY OWN NSV (NON-SCALE VICTORY).... wearing the same dress for the same fit... seamlessly ... in maintenance for life ... and I came up with this...
NSV Comparison Collage ... before and after..after..after and TODAY....
and I had an awesome NSV yesterday evening too ... as I went walking along the beach clad like this ... I recalled wearing this very same dress a year ago as I sat by my pool for a picture .. same fit .. one year later...
and of course to keep it WLS friendly I made my empowerment collage for my digital journal "A picture a day keeps the pounds and the inches away" ... as I picture and record my walk away from morbid obesity one day at a time .. one choice at a time ..... I am embracing joy and making it happen to me!!!
When I look in my empowerment journal ... words... sayings... pictures... experiences and all life's joys and special and not so special moments all blend in and I KNOW I have AWESOME NSV's!!!! Won't you share yours with me???
I did not sweat over not knowing the meaning of the abbrev too much .. shoot I am used to not understanding certain terminologies until looking it up ..English being my third language and all ... so when I found out what NSV was thanks to another sista on here I would click on NSV threads on here and give congrats to the poster sharing their awesome moments...
This morning the term came to mind as I sat at my desk clad in a five-year-old dress that I wore at my lowest weight ... I wore it in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and again I am wearing it today after two years sitting in the red's section of my closet ...
IT IS STIFLING HOT TODAY ... so I left home clad like this in my five-year-old red and black dress that I wore at my lowest weight post surgery and am wearing today with the very same awesome fit 5 years and 5 months after...
I grabbed my black blazer to pull over my dress in case I have to go to an impromptu meeting or if I have to wander inter-departmentally ... but in the interim ... I sat at my desk on break enjoying a delicious gala apple looking like this...
with my blazer on standby...
as I pondered NSV ... I thought OMG I have my digital empowerment journal ... let me go in there and grab the occasions where I wore this very same dress for a comparison collage to tell the story of my VERY OWN NSV (NON-SCALE VICTORY).... wearing the same dress for the same fit... seamlessly ... in maintenance for life ... and I came up with this...
NSV Comparison Collage ... before and after..after..after and TODAY....
and I had an awesome NSV yesterday evening too ... as I went walking along the beach clad like this ... I recalled wearing this very same dress a year ago as I sat by my pool for a picture .. same fit .. one year later...
and of course to keep it WLS friendly I made my empowerment collage for my digital journal "A picture a day keeps the pounds and the inches away" ... as I picture and record my walk away from morbid obesity one day at a time .. one choice at a time ..... I am embracing joy and making it happen to me!!!
When I look in my empowerment journal ... words... sayings... pictures... experiences and all life's joys and special and not so special moments all blend in and I KNOW I have AWESOME NSV's!!!! Won't you share yours with me???
You are a great inspiration. Seeing posts like this makes me realize I can do this & be a life long success like yourself & others that have maintained for years. Like you said its One day One choice at a time. We have the power within us to be a success or not One day & one meal at a time. Thanks for sharing, you look fabulous by the way.
Sista, you are beautiful inside and out!
I had a similar experience today. I pulled out a black Calvin Klein dress that I bought at my lowest weight. I wondered for a moment if this LBD would still zip.....and it was just like "butta"....went right on just like the day I snagged it off of the 75% markdown rack!
I'm still not used to being the same size season after season!
I had a similar experience today. I pulled out a black Calvin Klein dress that I bought at my lowest weight. I wondered for a moment if this LBD would still zip.....and it was just like "butta"....went right on just like the day I snagged it off of the 75% markdown rack!
I'm still not used to being the same size season after season!