kinda long....A few WOW moments and a funny story

Hello Everyone, I am so excited I had to share a few wow moments that I recently have had and a funny story. Since I decided to have the surgery last Sept I kind of became a hermit, just because I need to focus on the changes and challenges that were ahead of me. I use to go out every weekend and was not happy because of my weight, so I stopped going. I always felt like everyone was staring at me and that made me feel uncomfortable. Well this past weekend I went back out dancing and boy did I have an awesome time. I love to country line dance so Friday I went to Just Mugs on Rt 40 and saw people that haven't seen me since Nov, and everyone was shocked and complimented me on how good I look. I got up and danced and didn't care if they were staring at me or not. I was looking good and feeling better. I was able to dance a full dance and not get winded and I danced as many dances as I knew and it felt WONDERFUL!!!! On Sunday afternoon I went to see another band that I use to follow and the lead singer walked right by and didn't say a word to me, so I spoke up and he looked at me and was shocked to see me. Later that evening he told me that he didn't even recogize me and whatever I had been doing to keep it up because I look fabulous. There were about 20 people there that afternoon that knew me and everyone made me feel so good about myself. I was walking around like a pea**** with my feathers open for all to see....lol. Again I was out on the dance floor dancing and having a great time. I even had a few men look my way and smile and say HI to me, that hasn't happened in years. Now for the funny story, I joined the YMCA last week, I felt I needed more choices on equipment and they have the pool. Well last night I decided I would take their CORE Challenge class and boy did I make a fool of myself....lol. All I could do was laugh at myself. If the she said right I was going left, if she said up I would go down. It was like that for almost an hour. She would say ok now try this and I would just laugh and think not in this lifetime.....lol. I was able to do push ups with the ball under my thighs, I was quite impressed with that, because I didn't think that was possible either. I know this is long but I had to share this with you. I am down 71lbs since 2/1 and I love my new life. It is the best thing that I could have ever done for myself. Have a great day. Deanna

I am so happy you were able to go out have a great time and feel wonderful about yourself! That is amazing. Keep up the wonderful work and the dancing. That is my kind of exercise! Terrie 366/303/goal 165

so glad you are doing good .hey we lived in De for 12 years were stationed at Dover

What nice WOW moments! Your story about the workout reminded me of my Mom. She joined the Y and tried to take an exercise class on the ball. She fall off the ball and laid on the floor laughing so hard she couldn't get up LOL. Lizzie