NSVs

Recent non-scale victories:

~ I wrote a separate post about this, but it's worth repeating: I completed my first session with a personal trainer. And I'm going back. 

~ Although I'm living with as few clothes as possible (right now, 1 pair of jeans and 1 pair of cropped yoga pants that are the right size), Wednesday I went shopping — I had to get black clothes for a funeral. Pre-op, I was wearing a size 26. For a few weeks, I've been in 22s. Wednesday I bought a pair of 20s that fit. And the sweater was an 18/20, down from a 26/28.

~ The funeral was a few states away, and we stayed with one of my brothers and his son. Last night, my husband and I played Monopoly with my nephew for a good hour. I started out in a chair but ended on the floor, constantly shifting. When it was time to get up, my husband started to help me, then stopped. "Your exercise is working," he said, and I could hear his smile. "You don't need help getting up off the floor."