Week 26 Results!

Missed it again….only one stubborn pound left to lose and I’m desperate to lose it. I was chatting with my dad on the phone after my weigh in (tradition we’ve kept almost every week since I started) and he told me how proud he is of me. We also got to chatting about the last family event. He told me that it fills him with joy to see how happy I am now. And he’s absolutely right! Getting healthier, feeling better in my own skin, has made me happy. Growing up in my family was…hard. I love them all so much but most of them are skinny. My older sister, my cousin, my brother, the in-laws; all of them are ‘beautiful’ people. And standing next to them in pictures, being overweight, was one of the most painful things in my life. I don’t think they’ve ever verbalized that fact but it’s painfully obvious I’m built differently. Now, having lost weight, I feel like I finally belong in those pictures, that I can give my gorgeous sister a run for her money so to speak.

Something else that my dad and I talked about was how difficult it is to come to the decision to lose weight. Eventually that extra layer becomes sort of a shield, and having the motivation to lose it is nigh impossible. I was comfortable with who I was. I wasn’t happy, but I was comfy in my skin. I would eat an extra helping (or two) and be fine doing that. But now I can say that I have confidence, that I am happy. Whoever that 314 pound person was I don’t know, but she wasn’t me.

SO! I am happy to say that I am 99 pounds lighter today, and 65+ inches smaller. Phase 3 starts February 29th….eeeeee!
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