Some very exciting NSV's going on here.

I have a biggie, for me anyway. As long as I can remember my thighs have always touched one another while standing up. I was walking today with a skirt on and , hmmm, how to describe this, well, there was lots of air circulating. I couldn't wait to get home and check it out in a mirror. Sure enough, MY THIGHS DON'T TOUCH ONE ANOTHER!!!! I never in my entire life thought that that would happen. I still can't believe it.

I just wanted to share my morning with you all. I got dressed in the dark this morning as DH was still sleeping, but thought I did a pretty good job of it considering! Anyway, I took a look in the mirror in our spare bedroom and had this boost of self confidence and was thinking, dang, I look good! That feeling stayed with me and I guess I had a bit of a "woo hoo look at me" thing going on when I got to school. I was down the hall on the way to my classroom and one of the boys (they're all 15) watched me walk all the way towards them and then just as I was passing "C" says "Dang, Mrs. D, you look hot this mornin!" I smiled, picked my jaw up off the floor, said thanks and continued to my room. The bell rang for the kiddos to come in and up to the second floor and I'm usually in the hallway till the final tardy bell rings. While I was standing there I had 8....EIGHT....yep, 8 complements from students about how great I looked. I was on the verge of speechless! I'm still smiling!

Guess what? I can feel my kneecaps! Haven't been able to in YEARS. Woo hoo! :carrot:

YAY Robin!

Kelly ~ WTG! It's completely shallow or whatnot but getting compliments from younger guys (especially teenagers) just rocks!

LMAO BookLover! How do they feel?

My NSV for the day:

A woman who works in housekeeping said hi to me today and asked if I was losing weight and said I was looking good! I was a little stunned to say the least. It made me ridiculously happy for so many reasons. She's a very stunningly pretty lady, always has her hair and nails done and is just nice. You wouldn't think she works in housekeeping. This morning I noticed that my pants felt loose around my waist. It's just weird. Yesterday they felt too tight!

although i have to climb three long flights of stairs to get to the nurse's office at school, I was not as winded today as I was recently. I exercised all last week; i think it's starting to pay off!

robin, that is a really big thing being able to feel that air between the thighs. Congrat's.

Kelly , WTG on all the great compliments. I do especially love the compliments from the teens.

Jason'sLea, WTG on your nice compliment.

dcapulet, WTG on the exercise and the increased endurance.

I've got a couple. I checked my measurements yesterday and I've lost just over 3" from my waist and about 1 1/2" from my bust and hips.

And someone I work with told me how wonderful my hair looked. My hair is nothing special - brown, just below my shoulders and usually pulled back into a pony tail, but they thought it looked wonderful.

All that healthy eating must be making your hair look fab! :D

My husband and I teach in the same school, so we share the same coworkers, parents, etc. Many of them have made comments to him about my weight loss, and he told me today that he never knows how they expect him to respond. He said it feels like they want him to talk about how glad he is that I'm thinner, but what he's happy about is the fact that I'm healthier and more active. He said, "I loved you with more weight on you, I love you now... It's still you." He seems confused about why he should feel any different about me, which I just think is WONDERFUL. To have such a sweet, gorgeous husband who loves me no matter how fit or unfit I am (even though he is absurdly fit) is a true gift and the biggest NSV I can think of. He did say, however, that he's thrilled about the fact that I love running now because when we go to 5Ks and things I'm actually in them instead of just watching him on the side, so he gets to share something he loves with me. :)

Here's the real question...why on earth did I wait so long?

Well, if that isn't the million dollar question, I don't know what is. And about hubby, I just wanna say - awwww....

3 of my unrecognizable NSV's:

I was walking in a shopping area in my neighborhood. I see one of my daughters very,very good friends walking towards me. My daughter has been away at college and this friend hasn't been to our home all year. And I'm just so happy to see her and well, she walked right past me. I called out to her and said, "Ummm, hello." She totally didn't recognize me. As soon as I called out to her she then did. She could not believe it. She went on and on and on. We kissed and hugged and she had tears in her eyes. She was very happy for me.

Earlier in the day I banged into an acquaintance of mine. I had seen her last week while shopping (I tend to do that a lot these days :)). I had said hello to her but didn't acknowledge me. I figured she just didn't hear me. Anyway, I see her again today and she comes up to me and apologizes profusely for ingnoring me last week. I told her that's okay. She said she didn't recognize me at all, but when she heard my voice she thought it sounded familiar. She said she couldn't stop thinking about it. She later called her sister, who I know much better. She goes onto tell her sister what happened and Sis confirms that it was me.

And Saturday night I banged into a classmate of my daughters mother. Someone I've known for about 9 years now, but hadn't seen in a while. I go over to her and say hello and strike up a conversation and she looks at me like I'm from Mars or something. I realized she didn't recognize me. I literallly had to introduce myself by name to her. She was absolutely freaking out.


It's funny, I never even thought about this when embarking on my journey. It is the oddest thing to not be recognized by people. I one hand I find it very complimentary and on the other hand, a bit disturbing. It's amazing, simply amazing what all the added weight does to a person.

Robin, I have that same thing happen sometimes, where people that haven't seen me in a while don't recognize me. It is conflicting for me too. WTG on the awesome NSV.

Tonite, I had planned on exercising and I got a really bad tummy ache. So, I lay on my bed watching the CMA awards. The music made me want to move, so I promised myself that I'd just slowly walk 1/2 mile (figuring that beats nothing) but once I got started, I didn't want to quit and just kept on going. By the time I finished, I was jogging.

I wore my capris today that I wore last summer on July 5th, the day I met my goal. They still fit just as great as they did on my goal day. I was so pleased.

The little store where we rent movies has a pizza place in it. We went and got movies and my DD wanted pizza. I let her take 2 slices of pizza home for herself. I grilled my chicken and made me a baked potato just like I had planned. It felt so good to know that I can go there for movies and skip the pizza for myself and even let DD have it , and still not go off my plan.

Robin, your post had me kinda laughing about the air between the legs. When I stand with my legs together now there is so much empty space that I kinda look bow-legged. LOL.

Oh Robin, that is a great NSV! I'm getting to that point myself - while I was reading your post, it occurred to me that I used to hate this time of year, because the season for wearing tights or pantyhose was past, but when I wore skirts without tights or pantyhose, I'd be uncomfortable due to the thighs rubbing together. Occurs to me that this hasn't even crossed my mind as an issue this year, because my legs have a lot more room between them - so thanks for the reminder! (not that I'm exactly in love with my upper thighs just yet - but running surely has changed them for the better)

Lilybelle, it's remarkable the changes we all make to our lives. WTG on the not pizza and the yes chicken and for hitting the treadmill. Did you ever think things like that were even remotely possible years ago? I LOVE it.

And yes, I almost feel bowlegged now. That"s exactly how I started feeling a few weeks ago. I felt as if I was walking differently, but couldn't quite figure it out and then the skirt incident and I'm like - WOW.

Yes, Rachel - this summer will be MUCH better. It was a long time in coming. :smug:

LOL, Robin welcome to the being bow-legged club. Before losing wt. I didn't even realize that there was supposed to be an air space between my legs. LOL. I now have 3 separate air spaces down my legs and ankles.

My little NSV. I just made my wheat pancakes for breakfast and accidentally made them bigger than I usually do. I put them on my plate anyway and ended up still scaping at least a whole pancake off my plate into the trash. Before, I'd have stuffed them all down anyway. I have really gotten to the point now that I don't mind throwing food away. To answer your question, I never remotely thought these type of changes were possible for me.

Today I'm wearing a pair of pants that fit me before, the last time I lost all this weight, until about 15 lbs above my goal. I guess you could say this is the beginning of my second-last wardrobe, although temporary only. Getting to goal and maintaining it means that everything I wear for this size will be sold or given away. And my NEXT wardrobe will be the permanent one!

Yesterday, in the bath, I noticed my legs take up less room, too. Hadn't previously remarked it, but for a few weeks now upper thighs haven't been rubbing together whenever I walk, the way they always used to. There's certainly more to go, however daily walking is much less painful!