I Don't Have To Hide Anymore......

Thanks!  I bought a white eyelet maxi dress that has a built in tube top, how retro is that.  lol

 It's liberating, isn't it?

It's amusing everyone who knew me MO have no idea who I am now.  I am super incognito.  lol

I can relate to the hiding for sure.  I can remember not wanting to go back home to my hometown to visit family because I didn't want to see people from there.  Now, I go back all of the time without a worry at all.  I even went to my 20 year high school reunion last fall.  Everyone just kept saying how I had not changed a bit.  Well, I did, but I changed back.  LOL. 

That's ironic I changed back also, its been 30 years since I have been out of high school and now when I see people I recognize I wonder why they are so old.  lol  Oh yeah I am old too.

I can relate!  Going to family funtions in current styles is liberating.

Loris,

Welcome back, I was just reading back and noticed a post where you said you had a stroke.  OMG, I am so very sorry, I hope you are doing okay. 

Hugs Heidi

Your tale brings to mind all the years I'm not in a picture or standing behing everyone else so all you could see is my face...When I started getting fat I started being the one behind the camera instead of in front of it, just another form of hiding from the weight...

Amazing to me, how I did not realize I was doing this all those years...Feels good to be more comfortable in my skin again...
PS...I love shopping too

I am in no photo's with my son while he grew up, none, zero, I saw one once and I ripped it up.  I weighed close to my highest weight and my son was sitting on my lap in front of the White House and I had on winter white stretch pants and a winter white sweater, I looked bigger then the White House.  I had taken one pic I thought was okay and gave it to my grandfather, he faced it to the wall because he couldn't stand seeing me so fat, it wasn't until I lost down to around 230lbs that I even tried to take another pic of me, and I had it framed for my mom, one pic of me and one of the million of my son, she was buried with it, there are none of us actually together until I lost weight.  I took every picture that was ever taken.  When I first had wls I used to take lots of pics of myself because it was shocking to see I was really losing weight, I rarely take pics of myself anymore.  I guess I am finally used to myself if that makes sense.