It's been awhile, just being enjoying ADIFFERENTME!...I haven't forgotten all MYOH family...I just wanted to say that I hope everyone Before, During and After Me are doing just fine. Its been 2 1/2 years since my new birth, I am so proud to say I am still holding down 150 pounds 2 years later. Loving Me and I hope you are too!
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HI all, It's been awhile since I have checked in...I have just been enjoying ADIFFERENTME!!!, but I have not forgotten where I started...So many new Smiles... Keep Smiling we all have a reason to...
I am so Thankful right now I just don't know how to stop Thanking HIM!.. Just cherrishing the MOMENTS!!!
I have according to my doctor loss an entire person, I am still in like in disbelief but it's Really ME...
If your attitude toward the world is good, you will obtain good results. If your attitude is excellent, excellent will be your results, Take charge of your attitude. Don't let someone else choose it for you.
"ADIFFERENTME"
Had a doctor's apt today ...n my doctor was like WOW you done loss a whole person...and it really hit me...I am so loving myself right now & I hope you are too...Enjoying the moment.
Thanx to you, you and you for all your encouraging words, and compliments...
I know it has been awhile since I have post anything, but I am here today to update and celebrate ...ME! 1 year lata...I couldn't be more Happier with myself...I have no regrets what so ever.
I am down 125 plus pounds... when I look back on my before pictures I can hardly stand to look at them, I can now see the difference and I am loving me, doing things I would have never done a year ago I am doing now, I am always ready to go now and all my friends have notice that... which is why I haven't been posting, I just been enjoying ADIFFERENTME.
I came here tonight to share some updated pictures of ADIFFERENTME!!!
I hope all are doing well and keeping the faith ...
PHEWWWW is all I can say...I have been trying to get here and post seems like forever and a day... August 26th I will be 4 Months out...seems longer but its only be or about to be 4 months and down 85 pounds WOOOOwww peoples... I just been letting it do what it do, am not so much into jumping on and off the scale... I am keeping up with the changing in the clothes size... I went from a 5X to a 28 in 4 months...OH Family did y'all hear me... I went into Lane Bryant on August the 16th after leaving Catherin's(plus size store too) and not able to find a pink top for this occasion I was going to but to make a long story short I went into Lane Bryant after not been in a Lane Bryant store in yearsssss, and I came out with a PINK top a SIZE 28 I was so proud of myself...Now I wear the top to death you hear me to death... lol...lol that's the only thing I have brought so far trying to wait for the fall... so when you see my pictures and it looks like I have on that Pink/white/black and yellow Top in all my new pictures its cause I do...lol I wear a bottom with each one of them colors in da TOP... cause I'm so proud its a size 28... still have a long ways to go to get to my goal dress size which is a size 18, but right now I am Thankful & LOVING what is lossssssssed.
I am just so busy loving this new life changing experience till I don't know what to do wit myself... I have never been so ready to go like I am now... Every time somebody say U wanna? I don't even let them finish the rest before I'm saying when, how much and okay am going... I even went to the club, U gotta believe it... I didn't get on the dance floor not yet... but I feel it coming on...I went to see Marvin Sease, (The Candy Licker) picture posted....N you would never believe it Yo girl had on pants y'all, yes I did I wore some britches...wit my new size 28 top .(picture posted) I haven't had on a pair of pants in ova 25yrs, y'all don't hear me ova 25yrs been to ashamed to wear them...
I am so happy right now, watch out am fix in to sing..." I Got MY Own House, I Got My Own Car, Two Jobs Work Hard U A Bad Broad If U Ain't On Sit Down" , I never thought I would have days where I just felt like I fitted in no complaints, it it feels so good to put on clothes and knowing they either going to fit just right or be to big...Yes y'all everything I have now is too bigggg... and the hens on my job are wearing me out... wit you are losing a lot of weight, what are you doing, y'all one even looked at me at that time and told me how how much I looked like I had lost at that time and I be damn if she didn't hit the shyt on the nose which was 70 pounds at that time so am like damn was I really that damn bigggg.... 70 pounds sounds like a lot, but when I look in the mirror I still see that 5X me...but everyone else sees different... is anyone else experiencing that?... but it feels so good to walk into a room and not feel like you are the biggest thing in the room, it feels good to be willing and able to go hang out with family and friends and not feel like everyone is looking at you because you are huge but because they are amazed at your change...it feels good to be able to smile back when smiled at...
I am home alone now so I have none thing but time on my hands so watch out there maybe in a city near you...lol...lol
Just enjoying ADIFFERENTME... GOD is good ALL the TIME...
I have no complaints about my decision, and I hope and pray that everyone that has started their journey or have decided to the best.
I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH MY WEIGHT OVER 28 YEARS NOW, I GAIN OVER 100 POUNDS IN 1981 WITH MY 1ST PREGNANCY, AND I HAVE BEEN CARING THAT WEIGHT AND GAINING EVERY SINCE, 10 YEARS LATER I HAD MY 2ND CHILD DIDN'T GAIN TO MUCH WEIGHT THEN DUE TO HER BEING PREMATURE AT 26/28 WEEKS, WEIGHING 1 POUND AT BIRTH, BUT THANK GOD SHE HAD NO BIRTH DEFECTS AND JUST TURN 18, AND ON YOUR LAST YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL, I SHOULD HAVE NAMED HER MIRACLE
FOR YEARS I WOULD JUST LOOK AT MY WEIGHT AS I GOT IT FROM MY MAMA, I WOULD LOOSE A POUND HEAR AND A POUND THERE, NO MATTER WHAT I TRIED DIDN'T WORK AND OR DIDN'T WORK FAST ENOUGH FOR ME SO I WOULD GIVE UP, AS LONG AS I WAS GETTING ATTENTION IT DIDN'T BOTHER ME.
I HAVE COME TO THE POINT NOW THAT I AM TIRED OF HEARING, YOU HAVE SUCH A CUTE FACE, YOU DRESS NICE TO BE YOUR SIZE, YOU CARRY YOUR SELF WELL TO BE PLUS SIZE, ETC. I WANT FOR A CHASE TO HEAR, YOU LOOK GOOD
I AM PRETTY MUCH ALL MY FRIENDS SHOULDER WHEN THEY NEED ONE, THEY ALL LOOK AT ME AS MS. HAPPY GO LUCK WITH NO ISSUES, CAUSE I NEVER LET THAT UNHAPPY SIDE OF ME SHOW, AND WHEN I LOOK AT THEM BEING ALL AVERAGE HALF MY SIZE, THEY TREAT ME AS IF I AM JUST AS SMALL AS THEY ARE WHEN DEEP DOWN INSIDE AM WISHING I COULD WEAR THEIR JEANS. THEY CALL ME SMILEY, BUT IF THEY ONLY KNEW WHATS REALLY GOING ON BEHIND THIS SMILE, I AM HAPPY BUT I JUST WANT TO BE HAPPIER IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS THAT I HAVE SHADOWED THAT HAS HAD THE SURGERY BUT NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS FOR ME, TILL PAST YEAR OR SO I WENT TO THE DOCTOR BECAUSE OF KNEE PAIN, OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW THEY PUT IT ON WEIGHT, AND THE ORTHOPEDIC I WAS REFERRED TO MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS THE LARGEST THING HE HAD SEEN IN THIS WORLD, HE JUST LOOKED AT ME AND SAID NO NEED FOR ANY KNEE SURGERY AND ASK ME HOW OLD WAS I AND IF I THOUGHT I HAD 5 OR 10 MORE YEARS ON MY LIFE I CAN'T REALLY REMEMBER WHICH ONE I WAS SHOCKED OF THE QUESTION BUT I WANT TO SAY HE SAID 5 YEARS, BUT ANYWAYS HE SAID YOU WOULD HAVE TO LOOSE A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF WEIGHT FIRST WISH IS UNDERSTANDABLE BUT IT'S HOW HE SAID IT, THEN HE SAID IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE, AND ASKED ME HAVE I EVERY THOUGHT ABOUT WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY, I WAS LIKE NO HE DIDN'T JUST SAY THAT DID HE, HURT MY FEELINGS SO BAD, I MEAN I WISH I COULD HAVE GOTTEN MY $50.00 CO-PAY REFUNDED, HE TOLD ME HE WOULD REPLY BACK TO MY DOCTOR DIDN'T GIVE ME A PAIN PILL OR NOTHING AS BAD AS MY KNEE WAS HURTING.. ANYWAYS IT HAS BEEN OVER A YEAR NOW STILL HAVING THE SAME KNEE ISSUES ONLY TAKING PRESCRIPTION PAIN PILLS, AND I DON'T REALLY WANT TO GO THOUGH KNEE SURGERY, SO I HAD A LONG TALK WITH MYSELF AND I COME UP WITH I WOULD RATHER TAKE A SURGERY THAT WILL KILL TO STONES IN ONE CAUSE ONCE FOLLOWING UP WITH MY DOCTOR SHE TOLD ME TO THAT IF I STARTED WORKING ON LOOSING WEIGHT I WOULD SEE A DIFFERENCE IN MY KNEE PAIN, SHE ALSO TOLD ME FOR EVERY 4 POUNDS RELEASES THAT MUCH MORE PAIN OF THE KNEE, BUT TRUST ME IF I HAVE TO GO THROUGH KNEE SURGERY IT SURESSSS WANT BE WITH THAT ORTHOPEDIC SO FOR OVER A YEAR NOW I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING, TALKING WITH MYSELF, EXPERIENCING OTHERS OUT COMES AND ASKING AND PRAYING IS THIS FOR ME.
ON TOP OF ME TRYING TO DEAL WITH MY ON ISSUES ON MY OWN, MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY AND IT WILL BE 2 YEARS 12/09 AND SHE USE TO TELL ME WHEN YOUR READY TO MAKE YOU HAPPY YOU WILL KNOW IT, SHE USE TO SAY ONLY YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF HAPPY YOU HAVE TO WANT TO DO IT YOURSELF YOU CAN'T COUNT ON ANYONE ELSE TO DO IT FOR YOU.
SO GUESS WHAT I AM READY I KNOW IT, I FEEL IT, AND AM GOING TO DO IT FOR MYSELF. I HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF AND THANKFUL FOR SO I FEEL WHATS A BETTER WAY TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION TO MYSELF.