WOW moment!!!

I just wanted to shared a wow moment I had this weekend. I'm now out 7 months and down 142 pounds. I feel great but still don't see the difference. I use to wear a size 26/28 and now I'm in size 14 so I know there is a difference and see it in pictures but when I picture myself in my head I still see the old me. Well anyways this weekend my husband was out of town and I went to pick him up at the Kansas city airport. When he came off the plane I was waiting for him. He looked right at me and turned around and walked the other way. I was like why did he do that. Then my cell phone rings and it was him. I didn't answer and came up behind him and graphed him. He was like where were you. I was like you looked right at me. He didn't recognize me!!! My own husband didn't recognize me. It was to funny. I think he was still looking for the old me. It made me feel so good that I look so different that he didn't recognize me. Also on Saturday I was at Wal-mart and saw a girl I use to work with. I hadn't saw her in like 2 years. She looked at me and walked right by me. I said what your not even going to say hi. She stopped and turned around and her mouth just dropped. She couldn't believe it was me. So I had 2 really good wow moments this weekend. Thanks for listening to me. Melissa 337/195/170

Congratulations on your loss so far. It is wonderful to be able to experience those wow moments. It just makes this journey all the more enjoyable. Keep up the great work. One of these days you will be a year out and won't be able to figure out where all that time has gone and how some of those challenges early on were. I don't know how long it takes for our heads to catch up with the idea that we are no longer carrying around all that weight. I am 14 mos out and I can't get my head around it yet. I still have to stop and look when I finally get to a mirror that shows a whole body shot. No wonder other people don't recognize us when we don't even recognize ourselves. Hope you have many more wow moments.

Congratulations on your success. I am not a "loser" yet buy you inspire me. It makes all you have been through worth while, doesn't it! Jan

I hadn't seen my PCP in 2 years. He kept saying WOW! He asked me if I ever got tired of hearing how great I look! I said, "I'm a woman, heck no!" It takes about 2 years for your mind to catch up to your body. I'm almost 2 years out and sometimes my mind and body are on the same page. Not always but some of the time. Isn't life grand? Lyn 262/146/142