marymo362
Milestone
Aug 16, 2014
Today will mark a milestone in my adult life, I am going to do something I would never have done even 6 months ago, before I had my surgical procedure. I am getting together with a high school classmate for lunch in Portland, Oregon. I was an athlete in high school, well built, strong a really fast sprinter. One of the fastest in my home state. That would be the last time I have seen Lea Ann, 1980 at graduation. I recently found out she's living in Portland and I reached out to her to see if we can get together.
I have lost 87 pounds since December/January and I really feel like seeing people again. I am really excited to make contact with her and learn about her life. I wish I had had the surgery sooner, I know I have missed out on relationships, activities, events all in the name of my weight, my size, my embarrassment, my humiliation and my shame.
I find it interesting that I do not care about how anyone else looks, in fact I would be saddened to find that a person didn't want to get together with ME because they were overweight/underweight/wrinkly/or in any way self-conscious but I was never able to extrapolate that to myself. This entire summer has been FILLED with seeing family, long lost cousins, high school friends and my most recent trip to Montana to see people (who had no IDEA i was losing weight!)
I feel happy and while I have always been a very confident person, I was still ashamed of my weight. Onward and upward -- watch me fly! Come along with me, it'll be FUN!
Best to you,
Mary
