A Tear Jerking NSV

Cold_Steel

I don't consider myself that much of a sensitive guy but today I had a nice NSV that made me a bit teary eyed.

I have a soon to be 2 year old and we finally took him to the park next to our new place and ... I was running around with him, jumping, laying down in front of him and letting him run me over with his bubble lawn mower, going down slides with him, climbing on the jungle gym, jumping from the jungle gym.

My wife pointed out that 120 lbs ago I would not have been able to even fit through one of the things I was climbing up too..

Kind of hit me like a bag of bricks when I realized how much we didn't do a little over a year ago and if I would have continued to do what I was doing I would have ruined my sons life and my wife's life... Either by having them pick up my bad habits or simply missing my son growing up...

This isn't always about looking good and feeling good about weight loss, this is a lifestyle change. This changes your life, your behavior and it can impact your entire family. It was cool.

sld_12

What a great moment, though! Congratulations to you AND your family

taunto

Xaye, that is awesome. I am so very happy for you and your family

claresusan

A realisation like that is incredible. Kudos to you and very well done on facing your challenge!! WTG!!

JulieH3art

That's great Keep up the great work and enjoy your time with your son!

Jessifer123

Good for you! That is wonderful, keep enjoying that time with your son and wife

jjohnboy2000

Thank you for sharing. Great way to start the week :happy:

MountainMia

Life is good. Congrats on the amazing life gain.

Clarecbear82

Great nsv

kcoftx

Okay, I'm a little teary eyed too. Thanks for sharing. Write that down and put it somewhere for when you get down. If you have pictures, even better. It'll remind you that you have a lot of great reasons for taking control of your health.

beccyleigh

That made me well up too. I have a 4 year old & lost alot of weight too after his was born, the idea of trying to cope with the demands of a small child whilst 300lbs is incomprehensible to me now & it makes me glad I chose to sort it out sooner rather than later.

Well done on your loss & I know it will benefit both you & your family for years to come.

craignev

That is fantastic!

You have truly achieved great things and at the right time of your Son's life.

Congratulations.................an inspiration.

GeneaCindy

Thanks for sharing that story. Part of the reason I am on this journey is to be able to keep up with my 15 year old son when we go hiking in the summers. OK, he's 15 and I'm 49, but I at least want to be able to go with him without being afraid of keeling over

lorna1002

How lovely...well done on your success

Kymmu

AWWW ((((hugs))))!
What a great Dad!

tonilizzy88

congrats and im happy you get to run around with your son i bet he is much happier that daddy is there for him x

Weighinginwithmy02

the first time I climbed into the indoor play area with my daughter I had one of those "moments" too. In fact, she ran one way to play and I climbed all the way to the top and just sat up there and looked around and cried tears of happiness. Well done you!

krisrpaz

Dang it, you made me cry...and I don't even have kids!! Congratulations on your amazing NSV. :-)

TDBrims

Awww I've got a lump in my throat now...way to go xx

tippietoes

What a great reward for all your hard work! Congratulations

committomittxoxo

Okay.. Full disclosure.. I cried reading this!!! What an amazing feeling that must have been!! I'm so happy for you and can't think of a better story to hear just before bed.. Proud to call you a friend!!

tabithajoyy

That gave me the chills just reading that. That is an amazing NSV. Congrats on such a great weight loss!

shaybethxo

aww, congratulations. it's things like this make me not want to eat my own arm anymore.
well done! i'm sure your son is proud of you.

hope516

awwwww this is so sweet, made me tearr up too :flowerforyou:

ratherbeskiing

That's great Keep up the great work and enjoy your time with your family!

HLeAnn

So happy for you and your family! Thank you so much for sharing!

Allie_71

That's wonderful. That is my favourite part about the weight that I have lost, freeing myself to do what I want to do, and not feeling trapped in my body. Amazing accomplishment. You should be proud of yourself.

fancycat37

Congratulations on a fantastic weight loss. It must be an amazing feeling to be able to run around with your son now, as opposed to watching him run around. Well done on making that original life changing decision to lose the weight and get fit for you and your family

Usbornegal

Love your NSV. It really points out that we are in Health Recovery much more than weight loss leading to maintenance.

Raemama

I'm getting teary-eyed just reading your post. That's the kind of NSV I'm looking forward to. God bless!

ales1979

what a fantastic NSV! congrats!!

its these things that really make you stop and think, isn't it??

x