FULL CIRCLE ... what goes up must come down....

PRE BIRTH.....

First it was mom and dad .... she married her sweetheart ... her first and ONLY love .... 

My mom and dad (RIP) my beautiful angels....

and they had us ... and mom sewed ALL our clothes INCLUDING our swimsuits .... my sisters and I ... from left to right my beautiful sister Dr. Maria Carmela (Mela) R.I.P., in the middle yours truly ME ... and on the right my beautiful lil sister Rosita ... my brother Roberto was still a wee baby....

CHILDHOOD .. me in my diamond patterned swimsuit in the middle of my eder and younger sisters....

ADOLESCENCE...

YOUNG ADULT ... YAYYYYYYYYYYY I AM A MOMMY TO MY FIRST BORN CANDICE MARIE.... oops weight starts creeping up...

and up....

and UP.... until BEFORE RNY WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY

and this was me last night .... FULL CIRCLE ... FROM 327 POUNDS HIGHEST WEIGHT ... to maintaining a total loss of 203 pounds 6 years and 5 months post WLS .... I am living my life like it is golden...

Going out with friends yesterday evening...

ME TODAY...

DYI grooming my DOGGIES....

NO REGRETS!!!! NO GOING BACK!!!! There is joy and there is misery in equal measures in this world ... like my friend Mary once said ... I am embracing JOY and MAKING IT HAPPEN to me!!!!

Thanks for allowing me to share ... snippets of my journey....

Your Dad looks just like Denzel Washington !  And you look beautiful and shapely as always , Martita! Congratulations on maintaining your loss . Personally I think the running is lifting things UP don't you ? 

Thank YOU sis!!! You are looking beautiful as always yourself ...

Inspiring!  Thanks for sharing!

Thank you Alicia ... I had tons of fun trying my hands and grooming my poodles over the weekend ... I only used my serrated beautician's scissors and they were awesome clients ... I guess the heat prompted them to stay put while I shed them ..that and me singing the good boy good girl song to them LOL .... this is what they looked like when I was done...

My toy poodle Pierretta who is expecting her first liter ...

My toy poodle Chip who is the sire of Pierretta's liter...

and this is my adorable fixed toy poodle Pierre ... Pierretta's brother...

Beautiful back then and now. So inspiring as always!

Thank YOU! beautiful .. for allowing me to share SNIPPETS of my journey....

I absolutely see where you got your good looks - your parents are GORGEOUS!

The thing I notice about you in almost every picture I have seen is your beautiful smile, it is always there and you smile with your eyes as well, letting people know you are really happy and not just posting on that smile.  Thank you for always sharing and providing inspiration.

You look beautiful as always, obviously you got good genes, mom & dad were very attractive in their youth.  Love the pink dress, I was imaging putting it on and it sliding right over my cellulite and it clinging too it.  Not the cutest image in my head. lol  But YOU look amazing.