OWN IT!!!

Once I got to goal ...I decided to OWN IT ... and not let it go... I am making that my motto ... OWNING MY GOAL ... I worked hard to get there and I am NOT letting go .... five co-morbidities in remission and no longer mobility impaired I am rocking my journey in maintenance 6 years and 8 months as if today was the very first day .... because each today is a new beginning for a successful day every day ... as I trip an fall sometimes I KNOW success is in getting back up and back on track ... and again OWNING MY GOAL ... it is mine and I OWN IT.

Today I had awesome fun as I was shopping in my closet for a dress for church tomorrow ... I was looking for a jacket .. not too heavy and not too light for the weather when I came across two tiny jackets that I wore last 3 years ago ... and decided to put them on today for an awesome fit still ... can you imagine? Wilson's leather is not even is this area any longer and I can't even remember who gave me this jacket at the beginning of my journey and me laughing and telling my 4-5X size self back then 'wishful thinking' and in less than a year I was in it ... today I am 6 years and 8 months post op ... wearing the very same jacket for an awesome fit... IT IS MY GOAL AND I OWN IT....

From the highest weight of 327 pounds ...

Here I am today....

This company is no longer in our area even but I am rocking this jacket and loving it and keeping even if it is 'old' my journey will be for-EVER new ... nothing is getting old here .. not even me LOL (age talk to the hand please LOL)

then I found another number ... my red XS Moda International jacket that if memory serves me right I wore last at a meet and greet and Karaoke with some OH friends and had a very fun night with Bear and others ... I wore this jacket back then in 2010 and here is a picture from that night... Me and Bear in 2010 he is an AWESOME, HANDSOME, PLEASANT and EXTREMELY NICE/COOL OH Member....

and three years later today I get to rock that very same jacket for the VERY SAME FIT ... I OWN MY GOAL ... and I plan to continue to...

I took this picture this evening and collaged it with my before above and I took one holding my awesome toy poodles who love anything red ...

On Friday I donned my lace front again and went to work after rocking my short cropped hair for the past two weeks I was ready for a change ... for a few days anyway.... I sat at my desk and had an awesome bfast on break with blackberries, raspberries and cottage cheese... YUM ... I love living healthy and enjoying it ... I OWN MY GOAL....

and now I am relaxing for the night having found an awesome Size 2 RL dress and badarse shoes to match to wear tomorrow and I STILL did not find the jacket that I am looking for yet ... may have given it away who knows ... and my awesome DD made fresh pumpkin/protein mini muffins and I enjoyed a few with the best drink in the whole wide world WATER ... forget the bottle brand I just keep refilling it LOL... DELISH....

Waiting for my DD to set up the gym for an awesome workout....

This is a goofy thread ... as I share snippets of my journey ... one day, one choice at a time ... I am embracing joy ... and just making it happen to me ... when at goal ... OWN IT!!!! I DO ... 

My dearest son (often a PITA lol) who was my photographer on yesterday giving my way too cute all chocolate colored toy poodle Chip a belly rub ... this dog is completely chocolate except for tongue, teeth and white of his eyes ... the best chocolate CHIP ever ... he is special... at 3.5 lbs he is a chocolate cotton ball...

he just gets up on my bed...

and crashes .... he is a lover a hugger and a kisser too .. now that is his favorite spot ... Pierre my silver toy poodle loves to sleep at my feet and Pierretta my dame at my pillow ... I swear these dogs own me LOL...

... for October I rocked my nails in pink, glitter and a bit of nail art ... I just touched them up as I went to bed too early and now I am up ... go figure ...

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Thank you.

Thank YOU beautiful ... for your encouragement and support!!!

I love reading your posts! You are a true inspiration to those of us new to this journey. And I love your positive attitude!! 

Thank you ... I am more goofy than anything else .... after relaxing and coloring my hair I decided to compare the pics I took yesterday with my lace front wig wearing my jackets with my short crop for comparison ... how goofy is that? .. now I don't know what hair whim I will have in the morning LOL.... 

my dogs even enjoy the goofy LOL...

Thank you beautiful ... after a good coloring and washing with Wen I went to church this morning rocking my short crop LOL so my empowerment collage for today looks like this... I am still trying unsuccessfully to lose my caboose...