Oh Jealousy -- Triumph over my body

Wow. The cruise and Thanksgiving has been interesting. I never realized how many people have unhealthy belly fat until I've started really losing weight. 

The cruise was amazing. Got home and weighed myself. I gained 3lbs!! Even though I worked out 3x on a 5-day cruise plus sexy time ;) but the next day all the weight came right off. I think it was water retention. 

Anyway, my sisters came for Thanksgiving and I really saw what jealousy is like. My sister was rude to me and kept taking shots at me. At one point, she told me I really needed to do some exercises to shape my butt. She's used to being the skinny one since I got married. I have a great life. I really do. My weight was the thing I couldn't get under control. Now that she doesn't have that over me, there was some ugly emotion coming out. I didnt' let it bother me. Just was my happy self and kept dressing cute. :)

To top it all off, for whatever reason, we measured ourselves. I realized I am 1.5 inches taller than I have ever known. Since the Navy, I was told I was 5'2". I am 5' 3.5" . I double and tripled measured then we measured everyone in the house LOL. The most exciting part is I'm that much closer to Normal BMI ! LOL> That's what I'm most excited about. 

Regardless, holiday stress ( 3 extra women in my house. Bi-polar mother, jealous sister and 17 year old sister) is now over and I can stop drinking wine every meal.

I also took my sister to Body Jam with me. It's like super intense Zumba. I had never been. She was barely able to make it through and I was rocking that class. Just triumph over my body. It felt amazing. I have stamina hehe. 

What's up Tiff! Glad to know you had some fun recently. LOL! There are always going to be people that are always going to have some negative to say.  The best thing you can do is just stay positive and keep it moving.

Keep in touch! -Larry
 

All you can do is just ignore it. I think it takes time for people to get used to us. A lot of people hadn't actually seen me since Christmas last year at Thanksgiving and while I love the new me, you get tired of hearing "you look amazing" and, worse, "you're just going to waste away to nothing". Sigh.

They mean well, but yeah..

The jealousy part is hard. I have a few friends that are obviously jealous. I want to say, "go get surgery yourself" or "well, stop stuffing fried chicken strips into your face". But I know how they feel. I've felt the same way. Most of my dieting friends, I've passed up in weight and that makes it harder too, for them. I just do me and let them worry about themselves.

I'm so sorry to hear your sister was rude to you! Sounds like you handled it with grace and compassion. Good for you! You deserve all that you've worked for!

Keep doing you Tiff!