NSV's

Since I'm still in my stall, I decided to think about and share my non-scale victories since my surgery.

 First and foremost I can wear my work clothes comfortably again and don't feel like a sausage on the grill about to explode!  

 Since last May I have had such painful ankles that walking was getting next to impossible and the pain had me avoiding going up and down stairs and walking for exercise was all but out of the question.  If I suffered through it and did it anyway, I would pay dearly the rest of the day.  Well, I am ecstatic to say that weight loss has all but eliminated that problem.  I have had a few flare ups but they have been very manageable  and  short lived.

My face is starting to look like "me" again.  I always gain weight in my face first and my features have been so distorted and now I see the old me re-emerging! 

This might be the biggest one.  I feel hopeful again and I haven't felt that way for years.  I've "only" lost 23 lbs but I already feel like a different person.  

I'm sure there will be more along the way but I guess 4 is a good start! 

Congrats on your WOW's!!!!  You should start making a list on your Profile page because the closer you get to goal these first WOW's kind of slip away into the past.

That's a great idea Roz.  I had good intentions of keeping a journal this time around and so far I've written in it three times.  You so right , it will be something to refer to if I should ever get complacent.  

Congratulations to you for looking for the NSV's!  My biggest is that I can sit and cross my legs anytime I want!

I still see the 250+# me in the mirror when I look at my face but I in my head I know that's not what I look like .. just waiting for the day for my brain to catch up!

I'm 5 1/2 years out and at times my brain still hasn't caught up....

Thanks, it looks like big congrats are in order for you!  80 lbs lost since November? That's truly amazing!

Thank you so very much!   I have a phenomenal family and support system, but I'll definitely take the congrats ;)

Congrats on your NSV's!  Like Roz said - write them down - you'll be amazed at how many you will accumulate over time. 

The mind is kind of a crazy thing.  I know you all are right, how many I'll accumulate but I fear I'll just take for granted if I don't record it.  Days after my surgery I sat down to right the "Top Ten Reasons I Hate Being Fat" and I couldn't come up with ten!  I know they are there, I just can't remember them.  Weird. 

Congrats on all the NSVs!  Just think - you've lost 23 lbs. and already been able to realize all these accomplishments.  You can't even imagine the dazzling things coming your way in the next year.  

Cheers to you