flashback to summer of 2007

Back then I was dealing with not being happy with me. I was so tired of being overweight and trying different diets only to fail.
Today, I realized that back in 2007 I could only dream about going swimming and not being self conscious, or going into crowded resturants and not feel like every eye in the place was on me.
i had basically became a hermit. Onl left the house to work or go get supplies. WHAT A difference WLS has made in my life!
I became brave yesterday, I put on my size 14 swimsuit(((OMG  SIZE 14!!!) and I went into the apt complex pool. For the first time I wasnt embarassed about my size but I was embarassed cuse my swimsuit was to big!!!
I laughed and just kept pulling it up. Then something else happened my ex boyfriend called me and asked if I could drive his brothers standard truck back to his house. he came and got me and I drove a 3/4 ton ford pickup standard transmission for the first time in I know 20 years. I even beat the guys back to their house.
I sit in that cab and cried.
I know live in a three story apt building with my apt being on the third floor. Two years I would never have taken such an apt.
I may not be at goal but where I am at is fine with me...so many wows.....
and so many things I have now able to do....
So my peeps..whats new for you this summer??

oh BTW IF you are lloking for deals for swim wear 1/2 off name brand clothing is the palce to go. i got my new suit for SIX BUCKS

I am so happy for you....So many things along this journey, make us stop and remember how far we have come. You have come along way my friend! Congratulations!

Sherry

tyvm...

Pattye that is such great news.  A funny that happened to me during my move was I was actually accused of doing drugs. Because I was bouncing and moving so fast wanting moved. I have been goiung 90 to nothing and doing it mostly all alone and working circles around teh guys who were supposed to being helping me. They are used to teh huge slug of a person I was last year at this time and I freaked them out. I had to pinky swear to my nephew it was just a natural high from the move and losing so much weight now. Sad they thought that but happy at the same time I am able to do so much more that they had reason to wonder.

if only they cut out the junk and eat the way we do drugs would be a thing of the past. glad you are moved! I did it in two days and the apt together by Sunday nite..i kinda cheated..lol unpacked the house on friday the day before they moved the furniture

Oh my goodness there are soooo many things new for me this summer.  I could go on and on and on.  I am wearing "knee" shorts...haven't worn anything but jeans all year around and it's AWESOME!  I even wore a sleeveless shirt Saturday when I walked and my bare arms NEVER saw the public in the past.  I am walking 3 miles at a time, I take the stairs in my office building, can cross my legs and can "tie" my own tennis shoes!  I did buy a swim suit (OMG size 16) and it fits!!  My suit last year was a 30!! 

Another first for me is coming up on June 27th.  My first ever cruise!!  I am going to leave from Galveston and cruise for 7 days.  We are going to the Grand Caymen, Jamaica and Cozamel.  I have booked an excursion for my husband and I to snorkel and swim with the stingrays.  I'm still debating the parasailing since my husband has said absolutely no to that one!  I don't know if I want to do it alone or not.  (LOL)  I NEVER NEVER NEVER would have even entertained that thought in the past.  I am so excited about this trip I feel like a kid at Christmas. 

I'm like you Pattye in that I am not at goal yet but I'm sure not complaining about the 180 pound loss in 15 months.  I don't think I'd even be terribly dissappointed if I don't make it to goal even though I feel like I will eventually.  After all, this isn't a race it's a new life and a lifetime of WOW's for us all.  Life is good without that chain of obesity around our necks!!

Thanks for the thread.  We all need to be reminded from time to time where we have been.  We get so caught up in the scales not moving as fast as they did early on that we tend to forget don't we? 

I sit here and cried while reading this. I feel so much better than I ever felt before and my life is so much better. today I had a clients three year old granddaughter call me and ask me to come swim with her. I did and had a great time! I never thought that I would be healthy enough to swim or even play with her. I actually cried thinking about that today with her...this journey has given me aot of heart ache but the joys have made each down moment worth it.