SNIPPETS... CLIMBING THE STAIRS

  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!!!

You are a Shero!!!

 LOL no Shero here but thanks though ... just keeping encouraged and loving my journey ....

Fabulous!

 Thank you!

Truly inspirational!!!  Thank you for sharing your beautiful pictures!!

Lu

 Thanks for allowing me to share Lu.

 Nice shot o' energy and color this morning!
All your clothes are gorgeous, but I particularly luuuv that little ice-blue dress with the straps and neckline ruffle. Don't tell me you made that?!

 Thank you Dagne... I certainly did ... I made my own pattern too based on a dress I saw online and I got the fabric at Mood Fabrics in Manhattan ... 

 You are too cute,

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the way that second blue sundress looks on you!  Your waist looks sooo tiny!  Way to go and awesome job maintaining!