QOTD: 7/8 Positive steps forward

Here's a question for you! What positive steps forward have you taken lately?


Today when I was shopping, I bought two pairs of capris in a size smaller than I currently wear. I never would have done that if it weren't for my upcoming surgery! I'm keeping the reciepts in case I end up needing a smaller size in the fall when the weather cools down and I can actually WEAR capris!

I am learning how to take a compliment. Up until this weekend whenever someone said oh you look great I would come back with oh I have a ways to go or I'm getting there. After spending the weekend with my girls I now say Oh thank you and smile. :)

Good question!  WLS has completely changed my life.  I have made so many changes since I had the surgery almost a year ago.  I now put more effort into my appearance -- clothing, makeup and jewelry, than I ever did before.  I feel like now, if I put the effort in, I get results.  Before I just felt like it didn't matter what I did because I thought I still looked terrible because of my size.  Of course, now when I look back at my "big" pictures, I realize that I still looked good.  I guess I have extreme body image issues.  Anyway, the other big change is that I have come to actually enjoy and look forward to my exercise every day! 

Hi C!    You'll be in those capris in no time.  2 weeks and you're on your way.  Preparing for WLS has made me rethink an awful lot of stuff.  And along the way I've learned to check quite a few assumptions at the door.  It's all good.  Like Rosemary learning to accept a compliment - that's great stuff.  I've been examining many of my behaviors that have kept me from being successful in keeping weight off in the past.  Just throwing open the doors and shedding some light on things is a very positive step for me and refreshing work.      I behave as though the world will end if I take a lunch break!  Pretty silly, eh?  And totally unnecessary.  I assumed it would be a big problem but it hasn't been.  I announced several weeks ago that NO MATTER WHAT I would take my lunch and eat my lunch mid-day.  Everyone either shrugged or said, "Good, you should have done that years ago!"  And so now I eat my lunch.  How funny (and positive) is that?  Treading