The True Me

So I'm 6 mos. post op.  I've been learning more and more about myself as the months tick by.  Here's what I have learned..........I've spent the last 30 years hiding behind my fat.  It always bugged me that people seemed to not see me.  Well, duh, they couldn't see me.  I was hiding.  I spent so many years beating myself up because I was sure I didn't measure up to everyone else.  NOW, I choose to allow the real me to emerge.  I've changed my hair color. Painted my nails and smiled more the past 6 mos. than I ever have my entire life.  The real me is finally stepping up and stepping out!  The outside was changed by the weightloss but the inside was changed because I've been doing the internal work.  I've taken a close look at myself and realized.........I am worthy, I am smart, I am funny, I am a good mom, I am an excellent therapist, I am kind, I am creative,  and a hundred other I AM's!  Most of all I AM FREE OF THE SHACKLES!

Thrilled for you!

Congrats on being "reborn" into the life that was always waiting there for you!  Glad you're really living it now :-)  

Yay rah!  This is all so awesome.  

I never thought I was an unhappy fat person, but I'm finding that I had a lot of room for improvement as I lose weight :)

I love so this post, and can absolutely relate to so much of what you said!! Cheers to your new beginning!! Its only going to get better!!