SHOCK THERAPY!

Hi Marchers; I had an uplifting experience this week which I would like to share. I have been feeling a little down lately, because after a brief, but exciting period of shrinking, I'm back on the @&$^%*@+% plateau! I took a promotion to a Supervisor job just before my surgery last year (my timing has always been exquisite!). The new job is in a different town and is on the night shift. Earlier this week, I was working late into the morning on a problem away from my office when I ran into a group of my former co- workers. They hadn't seen me since I had just started on my pre- surgical "South Beach Diet". I wish that I had a video of the looks on their faces when I walked up to their van to greet them..... It looked like they were jolted by a cattle prod!!! I got the usual "You look great!.... how do you feel?..... How did you do it?.... Yada Yada Yada which was nice, but the first look of shock was priceless! It really made my day!! Mike

I really love when people come up to me and say I had to look twice I didn't recognize you Alot of people call me thin which I am not but compared to what I was. It is very hard for me to see how I really look. I have been big forever will my mind ever see me different. Diana GO MARCHERS

They must have looked similar to the way I looked when I saw you a few weeks ago at Middlesex -- sort of a stunned, glazed look, mouth open, jaw dropped, that sort of look Michael??? YOU LOOK MARVELOUS! Enjoy, my friend. Maureen

Yahooo Mike! Isn't it great when that happens. I had a group of former co-workers pull into a parking lot and spot me. They were honking and hooting and thoroughly embarrassed me. The plateaus will pass. Just hang in there. Connie

It is a great feeling. I have gotten to the point I do not think about being skiiny now. And when someone does a double take..I laugh...maybe snicker a little at their reaction. Unless they react to me...I am just my normal self now. But it is still hard for me to believe it is really and truly me.

That is so cool Mike! I haven't had a chance to shock anyone yet I think. I am sure I have shocked some who haven't seen me for awhile, but I have never really known about it. I mean, people are nice and comment when it looks like I've lost, but I don't think I've seen anyone who hasn't seen me since I started. That is so way cool! What a way to get a boost when you are battling the dreaded stall!!! Dina 325/212/150