wooo!!! dont you LOVE getting compliments. i cant get enough! Ive even had a few customers at work say im looking amazing haha. every single compliments boosts my self-esteem that extra little bit :)
A benifit i have noticed is that now I dont necessarily ALWAYS have to grab the largest size on the rack. In the past, shopping with friends was a nightmare cause theyd ask what size and id have to respond, what size does the outfit go up to 'grab the biggest'
11 Apr 12 by member: ilovedallasgreen
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dont you wish you knew what you were at your heaviest? and had a photo? I am the same, I avoided the scales for a few months while i was my biggest. and i have untagged all my fat unflattering photos over the years so i dont have a really good massive before pic to compare to. im sure ill find one, there are PLENTY floating around
11 Apr 12 by member: ilovedallasgreen
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I love love love love this journal Sarah!! You are just be au tiful inside and out!! I understand completely how you feel. Over the wknd I saw people from high school and one was a guy who recently lost about 61lbs and another was calling me a B^&*( playfully because she put on a few. Now both of them were thin back then and have no where near the amount we had but they were asking the same questions you got about what I am doing and how. It's strange how people think thatyou've got some sort of answer!! The stairs thinng is something I def feel a difference with and little things that I just happen to notice like in school I rest my head on my knee when I pull a leg up on my chair. I can't wrap up with both knees tight just yet but that is something. Ummm space when i drive I never realized when I looked down I was just looking at my belly, now I see my thighs and have quite a bit of room between me and the steering wheel. And walking up the hill to my class, when I started in June I would be a little out of breathe or need a second at the top to catch my breathe...I could prob run up it now and be just dandy! I have yet to conquer feeling pretty, not that I think I'm gross or anything but I am so use to people paying attention to my friends that I assume its negative or they are not talking to me lol
11 Apr 12 by member: orchidannie
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I hope Jess reads this cause I am interested in more of her discoveries!!
11 Apr 12 by member: orchidannie
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i love this journal too! :-) it's amazing the things you knew you missed out on and the little things that others don't ever consider. i smell what you're steppin' in. -- the pulling knees to chest, walking stairs unwinded, space on the steering wheel -- Other things I've found: being able to slip/sneak thru a partway open door, sitting four people across a backseat of a car (other things in the backseat of a car will never be comfortable, being able to sit on someone's lap and not feel like you're crushing them, dancing without sweating like a pig after 2 minutes. Oh one of my favorite: getting picked up! I remember vividly the first time a guy friend hugged me and lifted me off the ground as he did. Amazing. And when another friend picked me up in the across the threshold bridal way. Being like "Wow, I'm in the air. He is actually holding me with his arms in the air"
11 Apr 12 by member: JessWhatINeeded
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That's so awesome - I love reading journals like this because I'm used to just looking at where some of you guys are at right now, and I sometimes forget how far you've already come!! It's truly remarkable - well done!
11 Apr 12 by member: erika2633
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Going up the stairs without running out of breath is my favorite. I wrote in a journal before about how all the skinny girls at my school are out of breath and panting when they walk in the classroom after walking up the stairs. I run up the stairs for a quick heart rate boost before class and I can breath nice and easy. Even just being able to sit on the floor and get up easily is something I couldn't do before.
11 Apr 12 by member: serafano
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I can't wait to be able to walk around in high heals all day!! That will be such an amazing feeling! I haven't lost very much weight yet but I have noticed some small changes, like walking/ stair climbing without being short of breath. I am excitied to notice all the small changes that will be coming my way :)
11 Apr 12 by member: Tarla
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Love it! I also notice not being out of breath after a flight of stairs. So great you are getting complements at work. You are beautiful! I hope you start believing it.
11 Apr 12 by member: tglenna
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What an amazing journey you have had. Such well survived compliments. Absorb them, let them boost your confidence. You are a beautiful woman and it's so good to hear you say that you actually feel pretty, cause you are. Hope you have a great day and I hope those compliments keep coming!!! So happy for you!
12 Apr 12 by member: coachcj8
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