DARNED KIDS...

i am so not fishing for more compliments, you guys have given me enough to feel good about with my new pic post! but i asked my kids what they thought of my new pic, compared to my old pic... my 7 year old told me i look the same in both pictures! and my 11 year old told me that in my new pic, my head looks huge! he said it looks like my head on someone else's body. someone come smack them for me please!

Awwww MARY JO.... The kids love us big and small and dont see us with weight problems. MY 8 year old doesnt see the changes in me but my daughter does and always tells me how good i been looking. YOU have definitely thinned out in the neck and face ALOT! THE picture shows huge success. KIDS are soo cute! LISA

Aren't kids great?! I can see my youngest two looking at my pictures.... It would go like this.... Pic #1 (before) - Hey! That's you, mommy! Pic #2 (after) - Hey! That's you too, mommy! It's like, all they know is that is YOU!! They love you so much they just don't see what we see in ourselves. Now my teenagers are a different story...they tip-toed around my weight gain...avoided the subject all together. BUT if I were to wear something that made me look bigger, they would SPEAK UP!!! Since I've had the surgery, they still don't say much....but every once in a while, one of them will come up behind me ...stand there for a minute like they're looking at a stranger...then say "Wow Mom...you've really lost a lot of weight!" This always takes me by surprise because I don't feel like I've lost alot of weight or like I look very much different.

My Husband taught my 3 year old son to call me "Skinny Mommy." Some how it kind of annoys me as I have only lost 45 so far and seem to be on a plateau. I did just get back to "normal" after having my 1yr old... So maybe it has more to do with water weight...