CLIMBING THE STAIRS... SNIPPETS..

I remember them so well ... 

 

Sitting on the bottom of the stairs made the uppermost one seem so overwhelming and impossible to reach at times ...  all it took was taking that first step and to keep on climbing ...sometimes the difference is just taking the first step up ... 

This is my empowerment collage today 6/24/2012 ... geez ..time goes by so fast I thought today was 6/25 .... I am posting to encourage myself and just maybe someone else ... one day at a time ... This is my journal entry this day ... I keep an empowerment journal that I named 'A Picture a Day Keeps the Pounds and the Inches Away' a goofy empowerment tool that works for me ... and I take snapshots of my meals too... I love it!!!
 

Holding a total loss of 203 pounds from highest recorded weight for 5 years and 4 months and counting ... I did it for health and mobility ...looks I always had and I rocked my frocks from my highest weight to the smallest ... WOMEN ARE BEAUTIFUL NO MATTER THE SIZE OR THE AGE... and I was a beautiful plus sized sista till 5 co-morbidities threatened my life and well being and the weight on my joints impaired my mobility... 

I went out with DH and friends last night...
 

and went to the grocers yesterday afternoon ... this mother Hubbard's cupboard was bare LOL
 

I started my morning following my DD to her Zumba Toning class at the Community Clinic...
 

and it was soooooooooooooo hot out I pulled the long hair off and wearing my short crop till further notice LOL ... it is sweltering HOT!
 

Wearing this number to church... my tiny gray dress I last wore in 2010 .. same fit WOOT.. MAINTAINING FOR LIFE!!!
 

I watched an awesome hummingbird on a link Jackie shared with me hatch ... the thread in on Unmoderated R&R it was just AWESOME and after Zumba Fitness this morning at 10 and Church my DS offered to take me along with his friend bird watching WOOT ... I have a new hobby even YAY ... I am soooooooooooooo looking forward to it...

Thanks for allowing me to share this goofy thread ... they are snippets of my life and weight loss journey ... I will never forget my big girl image because she is me ... her deliverance is my release and my release is her deliverance ...

BEST WISHES FOR A WONDERFUL DAY TO ALL!!!

 Martitalinda,
I always love seeing your new pictures!!! You are such an inspiration!!!  Let me see if I can share some of mine...

My Before: (Size 26, 320 lbs. 6' tall)
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My Middle:  (200 lbs. Size 16, 6' tall



My (Under) Goal Weight:  155 lbs, Size 4, 6' tall



Wow I think I actually did it! LOL  Well, I'm off to finish my vegetable garden i started this morning.  Have to weed, turn the earth over, and plant & water! Have an awesome day everyone !!!  LIFE IS GOOD!

Mallisa

Thank you both!

 Thanks YOU Sue!

 WOW!!! ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!!! CONGRATS!!! .... thanks for sharing your awesome and inspirational pictures .. you are BEAUTIFUL! Before and After!!!!

I am loving seeing these pics. Please keep them coming. I am having my bypass on Aug. 6, 2012 and been on this site non stop all weekend. Getting nothing done but can't seem to get enough information and the pictures are such in inspiration.
I am scared to get the surgery. But that seems normal.
Congrats to you all who have done it. I can't wait to post my pics.
PS. Need friends on here. :)
Barb

 Thank you Barb... your fears are only normal.. .. you'll find tons of friends on here ... consider me one.

that stairs image is a great one. I felt VERY similar to that yesterday when i was deciding if i was going to sign up for summer karate with my daughter. i finally decided that i couldn't make it to the top if i didn't take the first step. so i signed up. only newbie in the class - but even the black belts had their first day once,.

 How awesome is that! Congrats on signing up for the class ... you are going to love it! You are so right ... "even the black belts had their first day once" ... a great thought and I believe we should always remember that we all had a first day once too... Thanks for sharing.

I love all your posts. Please keep sharing them--they help me realize just what is possible. I can't wait to have my surgery and start my new healthy life!! Maybe I can find some new hobbies too!