Non Scale Victory

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After reading how well Chris is doing with NSV's I thought I would love a thread where we could post NSV's like getting into clothes ect.

Us pre-ops could post nsv's that we are looking forward to or would love.

So what have your NSV's been or what NSV's would you like?

Cinni

A size 10 Jodi. How wonderful.

Have a great night and blow their "little cotton socks off".

Hugs,

Way to go, Jodi! A figure hugging size 10, eh? I can only dream of that, but am absolutely stoked that you're there! Have a terrific night.
Chris

Hope you have a wonderful evening and feel just fantastic in your outfit jodi.

Oh Jodi, that is just so fantastic. I'm sure you'll have the time of your (new) life! And be by far the hottest.......that's if you make it out of the house ;-)

Well im guessing sooner or later im going to see that plateau I keep hearing about but so far I havnt seen any sighns (yayy).
My son turns 20 in three weeks and he wants me to come out with him clubbing (something im not very familiar doing, one reaon for not going was my self loathing of myself at showing up at places like that looking hideous lol) but anyway I found myself in Divines looking at dresses and wanted to find something that would give all his 20 something mates alot of who are women a run for their money. Well there I was standing in the dressing room mirror in a plunging strappy black bandage dress, It gave me the smallest waist and smooth hips and it was short and tight and there was nothing hanging out of places it shouldnt be.
I was gobsmacked AND it was size 10 and perfect.
I just cant believe that in a little over 4 months ive come from a size 24 to a figure hugging size 10.
I hate with a passion getting up every day and working out and running and walking the bloody dogs and doing my weights but its moments like these that make me proud of myself. I cant wait to go out and smoos with the teens and 20 somethings and be the 39 year old mum of the birthday boy and look and feel beautiful.
I havnt shown my partner my dress yet so all this will hopefully happen if he lets me out of the house in it LOL...... (wait till he see my G strings too ) x Jodi

Oh, it definitely moves around! LOL
Congratulations on being such a skinny minny, Fadding Away - size 8 - WOW!!!
And Caz, how wonderful is it to fit into those ski pants now? Fantastic!!!
I'll be looking into a boob lift soon, so the bum will have to wait - hopefully I'll be able to get it on Medicare, but next week will tell.
Hugs
Chris

even though the scales have not changed I know that the clothes fit better and some size 8's fit. I am sure it just moves around ,or maybe I am getting more muscle

Oh dear Chris - time for a bum-lift maybe? Or perhaps you have to "arrange" yourself more carefully. Must be uncomfortable.

I had a NSV on Monday that I mentioned in my diary but thought I'd put in here too.

In 2004, I lost heaps of weight and got down to about 74 kg. I then bought a pair of ski pants that were firm, but fitted. I then stopped losing weight and went the other way and have never worn them - in fact they still have the tags on them.

I tried them on - and I can do them up. They are firm, but wearable!!! And by the end of August, they should fit like a dream. The strange thing is that although I am 8-10kg more then when I bought them, they still fitted about the same, which makes me think the size shrinks faster than the scales indicate.

Anyway, very happy!!!!

Hey, Shanna, I think it's both! LOL Actually, because my bum's so saggy, I find that I get creases when I sit in the car, and have to move my skin around until I can get a flat bit! LOL The first time, I thought it was my clothing bunched up, and when I straightened it, I couldn't figure out why I still had the lump there! No, really, it's true - ask my hubby.

That is a victory believe it or not Shanna. Needing a cushion is much better than having in-built cushioning LOL

I don't know if it is a victory or the proverbial pain in the butt, but I can feel the bones in my tushy when I sit in the car too long.

Jodi - Not sure about over there but any jeweler here can put in a ring guard in a couple of minutes while you wait. Only costs a few dollars too. Until then you can use a bandaid but the ring guard is a really good solution and well worth the ten dollars or so.

Yeah my rings are to big my pinkie rings are now on my ring fingers and the others that i can still wear are on theothers need to buy myself a new pinkie ring oh hang on ive got a beautiful cherub ring that has diamonds in it that needs to be fixed that might be a pinkie il have to check that one out its a nice feeling wen things get to big but a pain wen you have to get them resized

Cheers Sue

Jodi there are things you can purchase to help with the ring. A cheap and very easy solution is to wrap a little sewing cotton around the back of the ring until it fits snuggly. You can't see it from the front and will do the job until you can purchase something better.

Tracey and Belly...congrats on the rings being too big. I can just imagine the fun you're having Tracey, picking out a new ring. Woohoo.

Hugs,

Congrats Belly and Tracey on the ring resizing. Have fun choosing new settings! I'm jealous- it sounds like fun.

Jodi glad your ring won't fit over your knuckle. It would be awful to lose it.

My watches are band style and where tight on my wrist now they spin and roll up and down my arm also my engagement ring is quite big and heavy it was good while my fingers where fat and it stayed put but now because of the weight it spins around my finger constantly and when my hand is down it feels as though its going to slip off but luckily its tight going over my knuckle, because of the style and the setting of all the diamonds im reluctant to have it sized is there something on the market that I can purchase that might make it tighter on my finger. x jodi

nothing politically incorrect in an anonamous wolf whistle...got to give us girls something to look forward to! lol.

congrats on the skinny wrist deb. its quite a thrill when we see some boney bits.

belly, my wedding band and dress ring have the diamonds set in the bands so they were easy to resize but i am having the diamonds of my old engagement and eternity rings put in a whole new setting. cheaper, safer and funner! ...looking at all the jewellers trying to decide what style i want. i haven't worn these rings for over ten years, took them off firstly because they were too pointy with working with disabled kids and then they were too small, now they're too big.

hugs
tracey

52 seconds Deb, not 45...LMAO! I wish, lol

Well done Deb, on the skinny wrist and the taking in of your own band!
All my watches (not that i ever wear them) are bangle style so i don't get that :)

But i do need to take my rings in. I just can't be bothered, they are soooo much too big that i need to take the stones out to resize them and its such a drag to reset them :( They won't even stay on my thumbs they're that big!

Chris you sexy thang! I bet you floated the rest of the way down the street after that wolf whistle :) Politically incorrect and sexist or not, i'm jealous!

Great one Deb. It's good to hear that you sorted it out yourself too.
Very self sufficient.

Hugs,

Nice one Deb!
I had to do that last time I wore my watch (I dont wear it very often as I normally wear my Pandora), so I can completely understand your excitement!

Had to take my watch strap in today as it was jiggling around on my wrist and hurting those two bones at the base of the hand.
Victory 1- smaller wrist
Vicotry 2- performed my own timekeeping surgery (yeah I know Belly can disassemble and reassemble a mini-moke in 45 seconds but it was a victory for me LOL)

Oooh - "sexy bitch" - even better - thanks, Deb! ROFL

Hey Janey - you will definitely get there- the sleeve is just a wonderful invention. In fact you have to wonder why God didn't give us all sleeves to start out with???

Chris you sexy bitch! Revel in it.

Oh, Shanna! LOL Can you photoshop my face out please? *grin*

So happy for you Kaili - I too have more trouble with the top than the bottom. What I am finding is that I am losing weight in a strange way. Lose a huge amount off of one area for a few months, then lose a huge amount off another area the next few months. Very, very peculiar. Still, the boobs are getting smaller - and look at Chris' photos - so much for all the people that tell you that your boobs stay the same size when you lose weight!

Even my cardiologist said I probably would not lose weight in my breasts... I plan to bring in my laptop to show him photos of Chris.