Me...on a date

I don't know if my new-found confidence is shining through in my personality & discussions with my husband but he asked me to go out on a date with him last night.  This is rare for us as he's always working sometimes day shifts sometimes night shifts & also works sometimes with a friend of ours on a part-time basis.  The only time we've done something together for the past five years is just our bi-weekly supply & grocery shopping, so a date...just us, after all these years was nice.  I'm half-way to my goal weight & actually shocked him by wearing a very cute size XL crochet dress that's been hanging in my closet for years...when I bought it it did not fit & was too tight & short, but it was beautiful, one of my fav colors-coral, & on sale for $15 now it's not too short anymore & fits kinda loose in some places.  He kept telling me how good I looked.  I can't take selfies & my daughter wasn't home for me to ask her to take any pics; I could've asked my husband to take a pic but still too shy to ask I guess.  Anyway, me on a date...huh...something the old me would've felt very uncomfortable doing.  I don't know why I was always so concerned not so much about what others thought of me but just how un-comfortable I felt in my own skin before surgery.  Now I just dream of how things will be the closer I get to goal & when I reach goal...I'm going to need some new clothes that's for sure.  We ate at the olive garden-one of my fav places & I ate a few bites of salad, 3 stuffed mushrooms, & about 3 small bites of baked chicken they now have a lighter fare menu, so I'll be having left-overs for a couple more meals.  I didn't touch the bread-sticks or the andes mints they give you -which I love, we just left them on the table.  & OH my wedding ring fits again so I wore that too, it hasn't fit in several years & I've just been wearing a fake ring; I didn't ever get my real ring re-sized because my weight has been up & down my whole life but thankfully it fits again.  Me on a date...wow, I just had to type about it.  All marriages need to be worked on...no matter how many years together.  Before WLS I would just let bad things or conversations we had slide & eat in depression but now we talk & I take up for myself & I've asked that we have date nights at least once every couple of months.  I like the new me.

Steph, I think 1 time every few months isn't nearly enough.... give the poor guy a break lmao... your looking smoking hot with that new body.... you need a 1 day a week date night ... even if it's just a drive with a cup of coffee and a park and talk night.... do it.... it's awesome... {{hugs}}

Also we want a pic of you in that coral dress so make it happen!!! :-)

♡ Kelly 

Awww that is so awesome.  I'm so happy for you.  I love Olive Garden too by the way.