I look in the mirror - is it me - YES YES YES!!!!

May 18, 2009

NOW I can look in the mirror and not just view from my chin UP!!  Previously in a dreaded dressing room for a dreaded occassion I would walk in there with lead feet.  Shut the door but felt like slamming it closed. NOTHING looked good on me when I was 110 lbs heavier.  I don't care how great it looked on the hanger.  NOTHING I MEAN NOTHING was appealing.  I thought it was the outfit.  Boy was I wrong.  IT WAS ME, big old fat ME.  Large lumpy dumpy ME!  Clothes shopping was a chore not a pleasure.


NOW (more like yesterday), went into a store grabbed a size medium skirt (more like 2) off the rack, didn't even try them on at the store and brought them home.  KNOWING they were going to fit.  When I did try them on at home - oooooohhhhhh BABY did they look nice, wonderful, beautiful as a matter.  AND  oooooohhhhhhhh baby did I FEEL wonderful and nice EVEN FROM my chin DOWN!!!!!!

If you are contemplating getting this surgery while reading this - get it done.  If you have NEVER done anything GREAT for yourself and feel like I did (lumpy dumpy and fat), GET THIS SURGERY!!!!  yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm not going to lie to you.  It is VERY tough for the first couple of months AFTER the surgery but you WILL get to the point in your life where I am and actually don't mind looking below your chin while trying on something!!!! 

Sure this surgery will add years to your life but it has also added self-esteem to mine.  I'm more confident.  I wear makeup.  I want to look good when going out in public and even home!!  In the past I would wear just a pair of crappy jeans and a baggy sweatshirt or t-shirt.  What was I trying to hide because honey, you can't hide lumpy, dumpy, and fat!!!!

What I wear now is what I call my adult clothes.  Stylish things, pretty things, even jewelry!!  I gave all of my lumpy dumpy clothes away.  I don't think I even own a baggy sweatshirt or even a plain old lumpy, dumpy, t-shirt!!!!!  My husband told me that I've turned into a clothes horse.  Mind you, not as big as a horse but....

My, my, my what a year can do for some people! 

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