WOW Moment

 Last Friday, I met a friend, Kerri, for lunch at Panera.  We had fun catching up; enjoying our lunch (I had some tuna and onion soup).  As we were leaving, Kerri asked me if I wanted to take a walk to a clothing store that was in the same parking lot, so I said yes. 

While we were in the store, I waited while she went through rack after rack.  I happen to see this cute dress - white with pretty spring flowers on it with a lavender short sweater over it.  Out of sheer boredom I thought I would try it on, seeing as how Kerri's search for the perfect top was nowhere near complete.  I had no intention of buying this dress, not only because I won’t be able to wear it for very long since I’m planning on losing more weight, but also because it’s not black or another dark color.  For crying out loud, it’s white.  I can’t wear white!!! 

As I grabbed the dress, I thought, "I should probably take a size 22 (I'm usually either a 24 or more).  I went into the fitting room, tried on the dress and it fit.  "Cool," I thought.  Thinking it might be a good dress for Easter and it was cheap, I told Kerri maybe I should buy the dress in a 20, since it's over a month away and I'm PLANNING on losing more weight by then.  So, without trying it on (going on faith), I bought the size 20 dress and took it home.  It dawned on me that maybe I should try it on and see just how tight it is and how far I have to go to fit into this size 20.  So I tried it on and much to my surprise, it fit!!!  Who knew...?

So then I thought, if a 20 fits me, I should probably go back and get a size 18.  I won't even be able to get it on me, but that's today.  So I went back and exchanged the dress for the smaller size and brought it home once again.  Later in the day, I was curious to see if I could even get the dress on.  Well, lo and behold, I not only got it on, but it was just slightly snug!  I've worn dresses to events that were tighter than this!!!

So, that's my "wow" moment that I wanted to share. Sorry if this was long.  Hope to have many more of these moments...

That is wonderful, Barbara!!!!  So much fun to go clothes shopping as you lose weight, it really is!!

What an awesome ego boost!  Congrats on the weightloss and keep up the good work!

You will have to take a pic and share when you have it on at Easter!

I've been told that  "we can lose the fat on our bodies alot easier than we can lose the fat in our mind"

WTG !...... Be sure to post a picture of your sassy , skinny self at Easter!

So happy for you! I did somewhat the same thing recently...needed a pair of jeans and went to Macys, grabbed an 18 and kind of as an after thought took a 16 along just in case...BOTH WERE TO BIG! promptly went out and found a 14!! Woohoo. Not since high school! I wear scrubs to work every day and I use that as my excuse, but really in my head I'm just still a very fat girl...it's funny how it takes our brain a little longer to catch up with reality Congrats to you!

That is fantastic. Please do post an Easter pic.