40

Aug 01, 2009

40.....   The past work week has been hectic, stressful, exhausting, stimulating, enlightening and intellectually challenging. I do consider myself extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to work for an great company, as well as to learn from the best in the FDA.  

As I write to you, I am now on my 40th day post-op from my Gastric sleeve procedure. WOW ! Like my experiences with my career, I consider myself blessed to have had the opportunity to follow so manyWLS blogs, watch WLS YouTube videos, look @ all the Before and After pictures for motivation and, most of all, learn from YOUR experiences (good, bad and the ugly) and to those who graciously shared their experience with us in all these forums.   The "40's" can be a magical time in a women's life. I've always embraced getting older. I've looked at it as an a kind of eliteStatus. Through all my life experiences I have gained a wealth of knowledge and confidence, and I have learned to know ME. As I ventured through each of these toll-gates in my life, I learned some very powerful life lessons : Marriage, Relocating Out-of-State, Health Concerns, Infertility, High-Risk Pregnancies (x 2), Divorce, local Relocation, Single Parenting, Dating in my 30's, Re-Marriage, Co-Parenting with x-Husband, Teenagers, Child's Marriage, 1st Grandchild, Empty Nest, and now this Life Changing adventure on this amazing Weight Loss Journey.  

Just think, If we were given a military type uniform that had a badge on the chest for every life challenge you overcame and represented your growth as a person in every way, I know I would wear it with pride. I'd even march in a Parade ! I tend to look at aging or getting older in this same way. At 47 years of age, I feel more confident, wiser, secure, and most of all, more beautiful inside and out as each day passes.

I believe it is around the 40's when women in general come to feel "comfortable in their own skin". You don't compare yourself with other women as much. You know, reasonably, what you can and cannot change. Believe it or not ladies, there are still things out there that you can't buy or botox your way out of. Remember this ... a wonderful, caring personality and a women who embraces THEIR beauty, inside and out, is the one everyone wants to be around...    Love Yourselves !    

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