That's exactly what I thought as well!

It surprised me that the man on the picture is not your brother.


Congratulations! You look awesome!!

Well I had to bite the bullet this weekend and go clothes shopping, everything I had was seriously falling off.
My daughter took me into warehouse one, a store that she shops at which I have never been able to get clothes at due to my size. I have been in this store with her before and always felt that the sales people were wondering if I had mixed up the front doors as the peningtons (large size store) was next door.
It's so true that our minds take longer to process our weight loss as the feelings were still there. For the first time one of the sales girls came over and asked me(me!) if there was anything she could help me find. I asked for the capris and said I was a little unsure what size I would need. She looked at me and grabbed a few pairs of 14s, omg. I can't even begin to describe the feelings going through me..I could cry I'm so happy.
I'm still in shock, what an experience to buy clothes I liked and that actually fit well. This could become addictive :)

I love this thread as well!
BUMP!

MY NSV this week is that over the weekend, I was going through some clothes that my oldest daughter passed on to the youngest (she is a teenager), and I found some clothes that fit me! It's so fun to find a new wardrobe especially from your skinny teenager, lol. So naturally I had to point it out to my DH and tell him, see... this is why we keep clothes. As women, we fluctuate in sizes so much. And if I hadn't have kept them then we would be buying me new clothes this month, then next when I lose more. (he still thinks we should get rid of stuff though, lol.)

Stopped at old work offices.....(retired now)
 

This AM I had to drop off a beneficiary change form for one of my retirement benefits at my former employer's HR dept. In the lobby I saw a man I used to to work with...and he gave me a bear hug...and said....."Where'd you go? You look great!!..."

Did a little closet shopping and got some great finds in my own closet!

I love to closet shop!

I had to removed 98% of my clothes in my closest because they do not fit *happy dance* my wallet doesn't like me right now as I had to buy new stuff but thats ok! lol

Also, and this may seem trivial, but I have a GAP between my legs when I stand. A genuine goodness to god gap!! I've NEVER had that even when I was a teenager. and I have it!!! WOOHOO!!!


lol

Nice NSV's! I especially like the one about the gap.

My NSV was this afternoon and I still can't believe it. Today I went to a function with a caterer, an entirely dessert buffet, and did not cheat. I brought a shake and did not cheat!! My first weigh in is tomorrow no matter how much I lost I am happy because I stood at the buffet passing out desserts and did NOT cheat. Hey did I mention I did NOT cheat!!!!!!!

Congratulations!!!!!

Doesn't it feel awesome when you do right by you and support yourself ? :)
Great job!!

Amazing stories! This is so encouraging -- I like the reminder that not all victories are scale-related.

3 NSV's today!
1. Finally fit back into a few pairs of jeans that haven't seen the light of day in over a year.
2. One of my bosses looked at my today and called me the Incredible Shrinking Woman.
3. I have clavicle bones again!!!

Today's NSV: I work with kids, and one of the moms told me today that I need to go buy some clothes that fit. She said it out of kindness, but we both laughed. I promise my pants fit well when I left the house, but within a few hours, those things got baggy. I'm sure y'all know what I'm talking about.

:o
"Baked Cookies" last night, twice! It was AWESOME.

:devil:

It was a chore before IP and loosing so much weight!

Today I felt comfortable enough to tuck my shirt in. Haven't done that in over ten years.

Pants loose
 

I tried on a size 4 pair of pants that I had in my closet and that I wore 5 years ago and they are very loose.

Now, there's a term I haven't seen in a while...
Congrats on feeling good enough to feel good!

Yeah it's an old one. You look like a new woman, congratulations! I needed an extra packet afterwards too! Should have had it first but I did not know!

Wowza! Congrats . . . to you both!! ;)

I just realized that I can cross my legs. :carrot:

Yeah guess that shows how young I am, I had no idea what he was talking about.. I had to google it!

NSV for me.. took a dress shirt out of my 15 yr old sons closet he never took out the package and wore it to work today.. size 16.5!!!

It's not your age...it's amt of time on the board.
The term was used frequently last Summer/Fall

In a past few days I have been getting used to the 'flat stomack'
Now, it's no where even close to being flat, but it does feel that way. Even after the meal I do feel its nicely 'flat' and I can feel the hip bone.
Also, it's amazing to me how much I missed being able to place a palm of my hand to my lower back, cross my legs without holding one leg with a hand, feel that I actually fit in my car seat.

And I am so ready for the future, this is 'just' 30lb down and I am close to 1/3 of my goal.

You guys are amazing!!! My journey thus far has been that much easier because of all the great support we all answers to our questions that we might have!

THANK YOU!:)

Thanks it was awesome and possible because of my weight loss on IP.
Awesomeness!
http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...DC53B-orig.jpg

I'm skinnier than that now! I took this photo in wally world last year!

Yeah it cracked me up when I learned it here last year. Very funny.

Where I live we have a local bakery that is amazinggggg. My coworkers are celebrating birthdays this month so my manager went to the bakery and came back with a huge cake and two boxes of goodies. Everything looked really good but I didn't touch any of it.

Dont wear your wifey out!

Awesome!!!!!!!!

:devil:

It was her idea both nights! :cb::cp::cp::cb::dancer::cheer2::cheer3::broc::che er:

I was asleep at 8:30 last night. A guy has to sleep. I also knew if I stayed up I was going to eat and didn't want to.

Very funny pic. It's great to be goofy sometimes.

I had to google the baking cookies comment too ha ha. :o

Glad to hear you are getting back into the swing of things, lol. I'm sure your wife is on :cloud9:. :D

You are just cracking me up! LOL :lol: Enjoy!

My NSV today! Fit into my favorite pair of green cord pants! WOOT! One of the joys of living in San Francisco is you can wear cords in summer! huzzah!

Love that Monica!

I remember when I was on a business trip and a hotel towel completely wrapped around me...it was amazing!

Oh girl, me too!
When DH was hanging up laundry, he said he's confusing pants now & is glad I'm wearing capris for summer. His hips are still smaller but our waists are comparable now (I still couldn't pull his shorts over my hips if I tried!)
I'll keep going til I'm SMALLER! I'm hourglass-shape with a waist about 10" smaller than my hips. Now that I'm within 25 lbs of goal, you can actually SEE the shape now (and its no longer square!)

LOL at starting a fire! :rofl:

That's. awesome. Congratulations.

Awesomeness. Little towels!

I fit into capris that I haven't been able to wear for a year. :)

I donated some clothing to the Calgary flood relief today as it no longer fits me

Today I tried on and discovered my Gap boot cut size 6 jeans fit! They're my smallest leftover pair of jeans from Years ago. I'm down from a size 12 in the same style of jeans . . . so according to pants size I'm half the size I was, LOL :)