Imagine that, me talking about myself. Who knew?
So, I've been running into people that I haven't seen for a while. I was unaware that some people are startled when they see me. I guess if I haven't seen someone for a few months it could be a little odd to see me.
The other day someone was so surprised to see me that they hugged me. I'm not much of a hugger, but I couldn't avoid it.
I've also been asked if I'm noticing the difference and feeling different. My response is, yes I do notice the difference. When I look at recent pictures I see the difference. A few times I've had to do a double take at the picture. I smile a lot when I look at pictures now and it also sucks because the other people in the pictures look at them and tell me that they look awful. I'm not going to lie. I think I look pretty good in most pictures and I want to post them all on FB, but when everyone else says they look awful, I can't post them!
As for the other question, I don't really feel different. I feel the way I've always felt. My personality hasn't changed, my beliefs haven't changed (OK, some have), my morals haven't changed, ect, ect. I'm the same, I just look different. I guess people want to think that I've had some big epiphany about life and love, or whatever, but I haven't. All of those beliefs are still in tact.
I do try more activities that I was scared to do before or didn't think I could do because of how much I weighed, but everything else is still the same. I'm still the same outspoken, over opinionated, loud, hard working, smart, hilarious girl that I've always been.
Awesome post. People can have very weird reactions to weight gain/loss. Good and bad. But it definitely sounds like you're getting reassurance from everyone of what you already know! You're doing awesome. Such an inspiration.
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I love how you say PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE YOURE DIFFERENT---but youre the same.
ReplyDeleteI got that same reaction from my peeps and family,too.
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