by alpha femme » October 2nd, 2006, 10:17 am
my gift to myself.
as of today, i am obese, but i am no longer morbidly obese.
when i was 400#, i would look at people who are the size i am now, and i thought to myself, "i would kill to be that small."
now that i am here, i know this is not a resting point, let alone the end of the journey. but, as of today, i have fought 160# off of my ass. i think "fought" is the right word, because my body has tried to keep the weight on any way it could. sometimes, my head conspired with my ass to form the cookies and cupcake alliance.
as of today, i have official proof that, while the war is still being waged, i may claim several battle victories as mine.
yesterday, i went to the mall to check out the clothes at new york and company. they always email coupons and whatnot-- and this month when you buy stuff they give you coupons good for extra money off next month (spend 30, get 15 off-- not a bad deal). i bought 2 pairs of jeans and a couple of fitted shirts. i bought the jeans smaller because it makes sense. i thought the shirts would need a while to fit, too... but when i tried them on last night, i realized that they only need about 5 more # before they fit.
even more incredible, when i was in there, the salespeople didn't look at me like i must have been shopping for a gift for someone else. yeah, we all know they do that. they treated me like i was there because i belonged there. it was amazing.