My Tremendous WOW

 I took my daughter to my dad's for Trick or Treat and I was talking with my dad and step-mother, just out of curiosity I asked my dad how much he weighed. Guess what.... I WEIGH LESS THAN MY DAD!!! I have NEVER been smaller than my dad in my adult life!!!! Also this is the biggy, as you all know from a post before when I was younger my step mom gave me a really hard time growing up about my weight well guess what I weigh less than her now to!!!! I feel so GREAT!!!!! You all do not know how wonderful this is for me. I have such mixed emotions about it it is crazy. My step mom took out some photo's last night from my brother's wedding with me and my brother and his new bride. I almost creid. I was bigger than the two of them put together and now everything is so different.  WOW WOW WOW !!!!

YEAH Juanita!!!!!  I swear girl, I thought you were gonna jump through my screen as I was reading this!  Your excitment is understandable, appreciated and much deserved!  We are so proud of you and all that you have acomplished...Don't stop now, just keep going! You are doing fantastic!

Thank you Scott. It is just so hard to wrap your mind around the changes sometimes then you see an old picture and you think WOW that was really me.

Boy, what is that Bright Light? OHHHHH-- it is the smile you are BEAMING with!!!!  I am so happy for you, because I know what it feels like to have someone always throw your weight into your face all of your life, but now it is your time to SHINE! Might I say, you are doing a great job at it!!!  You need to post that picture for us all to see any you will have for those days when you need a boost!! Congrats!! Shelia

I will have to ask for a copy of the picture. It was really painful in a way to see it because I rememeber that day so well and feeling so huge and being literally bigger than two people put together makes the esteem go way down. Things have changed so much. My dad even said I look great as is and I don't need to lose any more weight! Yes Iam one bright light beaming today.. : > )

Whoo hoo. In your face step mom!  No, just playing. I know it is not like that but I know it would have made me feel good to let her know I weighed less than her after all the crap she put you through. I am happy she finally is coming around and is treating you better about your weight. Maybe she now knows what a struggle it is. You should be proud of all you have accomplished and enjoy your wow moments. I know I felt that way after I found out I weighed less than my husband because everyone always said how small he was. I think he was small to everyone just because he was standing next to me and I was big. So when I finally weighed less than him I wanted to scream for joy (internally though - nothing agianst my lovely husband). Congrats on the 6 lb weight loss these past 2 weeks. That is fantastic. More than your goal. Great job! We need to do another goal to keep us on track.

You know that is exactly what I struggled with. Just knowing I am smaller and how she used to treat me I wanted to gloat soooo bad but that would make me no better than she was. You should be proud of how far you have come as well. I hope to meet your hubby again, I know we met shortly at the drive in that night but hopefully Corey can come to a lunch sometime. You are right about setting another goal. My dream is to lose the remaining 4 lbs before or by my 18 month surgiversary  which is November 11 and be at the 200 lbs lost at the year and half mark. That would be a dream come true for me.

HUGE CONGRATS out to you. I know that you felt awesome,bad,sad, etc. All of those emotions sometimes are rough, but in the end you came out on top. You know the saying, what goes around comes a round. I am sure they are both VERY proud of you, maybe Dad a little more than step mom...... Like we have all have probably said we are doing this for ourselves first, then comes everyone elese. Hope you are having a great day..Cheryl

Thank you Cheryl. My day is going really well as you can imagine. : )  Yes my dad and step mom are proud, more so my dad.  I finally feel like that person that was trapped for so long is finally emerging and starting to enjoy life again.

Juanita, you certainly are floating on cloud nine huh?!! I don't blame you! I know that is such a surreal feeling. Keep up the awesome work!