Sharing a MEGAWOW!

I don't talk about my weight loss of big wow moments with family, coworkers and most friends - so this is my only place i come to gloat - if that is what you want to call it - or to inspire preops of what might be coming their way..

i took my kids (ages 3, 4 and 6) to Coco keys today.(an indoor water park)  i walked around in a bathing suit all day, including all the slides)  without a care in the world.  (i might have posted a few weeks ago that i took them to an indoor pool was ran in and out of the water to the locker room as fast as i could).  it has to be one of the most freeing experiences in my life.  although my body is far from perfect - i am so at peace, my body is average and rather than looking like the girl you feel sorry for - i just have a moms body that people would look and not think twice about. 

as far back as i can remember - 4th grade maybe, i have worn a shirt down to my knees in the water or to the beach.  last summer i have to leave the local lake with my 3 kids kicking and screaming because i wouldn't let them go in the water in more than their knees - and they wanted to swim so badly, but i wouldn't take off my shorts and shirts because i truly felt the teens next to us taking pics with their camera phone would be taking pics of me.  sounds dumb, but i was frozen with fear and embarassment. 

i just wanted to share since it was such a big deal to me.  cheers to finally being free of what others think of my body and to many days at the beach this summer!

YAY!!!

And I did that too AT Coco Key LOL!! Sometimes it's just the small stuff like this!

What a breakthrough!! You have every right in the universe to gloat about that, holy cow what a story!!  We all knjow how you feel, avoiding certain situation due to the embarrassment of the weight, what others will think, you dont want people pointing fingers at you, its so not a good feeling... but to be liberated...hallelujah!! Now that is a moment worth sharing, worth remembering, worth savoring.... congratulations!! 

Congrats on your new found confidence !!! Enjoy it !!! Lots more to come !

I'm so happy for you honey!

YEAH!  Good for you!!!  I hope you loved every minute of it.  And I am sure your kids loved it, it's new freedom for them, too!  It's nice having mom involved like this.  This is one of my biggest motivators, so I can be in K's little life, not just on the sidelines "taking the pics."  Where I can hide behind the camera.. now I want to be in the pics with her and live with her.. I'm so happy for you!!  

How AWESOME is that!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Good for you!!!

Congratulaions!  I know exactly how you feel and I can't wait to get thee.  I especially know what you mean about not saying anything ti your family or co workers.  It makes you feel a little ... .alienated I guess would be the word.  I'm not going to say anything until the week before surgery and even then i know I am going to get the whole " jus****ch what you eat" and "it's not a good idea" lectures. 

It makes me sad sometimes.

That's so awesome!!!!  Way to go !!

So glad we are here for you!!!!  Way 2 go... it's only going to get better!!!!