10-27-2010, 06:26 AM
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Keepin' on...
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Columbus, OH
Posts: 984
S/C/G: 350/208/150
Height: 5'4"
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NSV, but how sad!
I was at the grocery store yesterday when my shoe came untied. I looked down at it, and thought, huh, I wonder if I can just bend over and tie it these days? I bent over and tied my shoe!
Just 5 months ago, I could not have done that. Honestly, it makes me so embarrassed and sad to even say that.  And actually, when I think of how I used to have to be sitting (in a certain chair, even!) to get the job done, it already seems like a ghost of a memory. I'm really trying to fully appreciate and acknowledge these things as they happen, because I don't ever want to forget what 350 lbs feels like as I make my way down.
It is amazing how the pounds can just sneak up on you, and before you know it you are so large you cannot tie your shoes and that becomes your new normal. I can't wait to find out what else I will be able to do as my normal changes! 
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Shannon
START: May 25, 2010
FIRST GOAL... 299lbs - ACHEIVED 9/28/10
SECOND GOAL...250lbs - ACHEIVED 4/13/11
THIRD GOAL:
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10-27-2010, 06:28 AM
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Happy Plodder
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 4,078
S/C/G: 242/136/211.8/195.2/146
Height: 5'2"
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Great NSV!!!!!
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Dukan & divin'..... 
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10-27-2010, 07:59 AM
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slowly, but surely
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Southwestern Indiana
Posts: 377
S/C/G: 266.8/ticker/158
Height: 5 foot 3.5 inches
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yeah Shannon! Look how far you've come already!
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Start Date May 25, 2012
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10-27-2010, 08:23 AM
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from Here to There...
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 409
S/C/G: 256.2 lbs/241.2 lbs/120 lbs
Height: 5'4"
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I'm really trying to fully appreciate and acknowledge these things as they happen
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It's the small things that add up, and I too try to appreciate them as they come along. It's so easy to forget them after a while, and lose sight of how far we've come! You're doing great, and are are a real inspiration.
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SeaWave 
When nothing goes right, go left!
Start Aug 23, 2010 @ 258.4 lbs
Target Sept 19, 2010: below 250 lbs - Reached!
Target Sept 28-about Nov 4 - survive radiation therapy! DONE Nov 3, 2010
Target: fit into denim pencil skirt Reached! 2010-10-19
Target: Walk 5000 steps/day seven days in a row
Return to work cancer-free! January 4, 2011
Target Feb 14, 2011: below 200 lbs
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10-27-2010, 08:38 AM
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One day at a time!
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: The deep south
Posts: 3,563
S/C/G: 301/see ticker/163
Height: 5' 2"
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That is really wonderful!
Being able to do common everyday things is something that I hope I never take for granted. To tie my shoes, I used to have to sit either on the bed or couch, turn sideways and prop my leg on the the bed or cough so that I could get my shoe close enough to tie. I think about that every single time I bend down and tie my shoes now. We don't have to get to goal to reap the rewards of our new lifestyles!
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Cheryl
Goal: To lose 5 pounds - 230
Major Goal: Get out of the morbidly obese category - 218
Major Goal: Get back to my low weight of 197 and then decide the next major goal!
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10-27-2010, 08:44 AM
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for your health!
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Troy, NY
Posts: 3,496
S/C/G: 156/126.5/RIPPED size 2-4
Height: 5'5
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That's an awesome NSV! You're well on your way to a whole slew of new NSVs. Looking forward to reading about them!
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10-27-2010, 09:05 AM
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I'm on my way!
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 704
S/C/G: 258/243/150
Height: 5'5 1/4"
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Awesome! I remember the day I could clip my toenails and still be able to breathe while doing so!! Keep on keeping on!
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Current Weight: 243
First Mini Goal: 223
Second Mini Goal: Onederland - Weigh 199
Third Mini Goal: Weigh 175
1st Major Goal: Weigh 160
Final Goal: Weigh 145ish and go on maintenance
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10-27-2010, 09:11 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,295
S/C/G: HW:300 Pregnancy: 160/167/185
Height: 5'5"
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Congrats! When I first realized I could stop, bend to one knee, tie my shoe and then stand back up without holding on to anything, I went around and modeled the move to other people.
I shudder when I realize how resigned I was to my life. How I'd made my peace with being fat and just accepted my measure of misery. As you say, I need to never, ever forget that. The capacity of the human mind to accept, as you say, a new normal, is both our greatest strength and our greatest weakness. It allows us to adapt when things change rapidly, but it means we can come to accept some pretty bizarre things--like physically and emotionally abusive relationships, terrible jobs, and health problems.
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10-27-2010, 09:31 AM
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Hi From Canada, eh?
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Canada, eh?
Posts: 2,159
S/C/G: check the ticker :)
Height: 5'8
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that's an awesome NSV!
my back is 'out' right now, and this morning i opted for slip on shoes as the distance between my hands and my feet seemed unsurmountable! lol I need you to come tie them for me 
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Started: 323
Now: 171 - nope, 165 now! 
NOPE -- 162 now! Holy crap i've lost a PERSON!
Goal: 160
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10-27-2010, 09:37 AM
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If you wanna Rock It . .
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Winnipeg, Canada
Posts: 1,247
S/C/G: 248/164*low*/145
Height: 5'4"
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Those are the best ones, when you realize you're doing something you couldnt before, congrats!!
I know the sadness feeling though, a few weeks ago some one asked me how much I had lost (a close friend) and then how much more i wanted to lose . . . she did the math and was surprised that I 'needed' to lose 100+ lbs. I was embaressed that I had let myself get to the point i needed to do that rather than proud of what i've already done.
Funny how that works.
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10-27-2010, 09:43 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 396
S/C/G: 325/see ticker/130
Height: 5'7
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Great NSV! Shoes that tie, heck I need to get me some of those again. I've been wearing slip-on Crocs for years. Lol
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10-27-2010, 09:46 AM
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one choice at a time
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 930
S/C/G: 275/155/???
Height: 5'5"
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I think it's good to acknowledge the bittersweet nature of some of these accomplishments. Celebrate them, but keep the bitter taste too to help remind you why you don't want to go back there.
It's like the ritual at Passover, eating the sweet tasty charoset with the bitter maror, the sweetness of freedom mingled with the bitterness of slavery.
Not long ago I proudly told a very close friend, "I've lost 50 pounds. I've never lost that much before." And she said, "does that mean you're thinner than you've ever been as an adult?" Nope. It only means I was fatter than I'd ever been and had that much further to go.
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Goals: To make the best choice I can make, every time I am presented with a choice.  To say "no!" to my inner five-year-old.  To remember that the temptation in front of me is not the last of its kind that I will ever see, and to say "hm, not today." 
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10-27-2010, 09:54 AM
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OMW to a brand new me!
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: SoCal
Posts: 631
S/C/G: 299/seeticker/200 (to start)
Height: 5'1"
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YAY! That is a good one. Never thought of it before.
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10-27-2010, 10:28 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 2,257
S/C/G: 278/see ticker/168
Height: 5'6"
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That is a GREAT NSV! You will have more and more of them and they add up to a better quality of life. Congrats
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Lyn
Lost 103 pounds, regained 39, taking it off again.
My Blog:
www.escapefromobesity.net
*Never Give Up!*
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10-27-2010, 11:00 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 434
S/C/G: 236/ticker/135
Height: 5'3"
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That's a great NSV and I have to say I'm glad you're making note of the milestones. I wish I'd written mine down as they came along...
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