Okay... I know it's an old cliche and prior to this surgery I would want to hit any person who would say to me: "Thin feels good!" -- because I knew I would never know what thin would feel like. And while I'm not suggesting that I am thin (yet)... I am 75 pounds lighter than I used to be, and I am feeling "thinner."
Okay... so why am I all of a sudden telling others that "thin feels so good" ???
Because the other day as I was going to lunch with a friend, she came up to me and told me that I looked wonderful and didn't need to lose anymore weight!!! Who me!??!! Not lose any more weight??!!?? Are you sure you meant to say that to me??!!?? When I finally wrapped my head around the fact that she was being absolutely serious, I thanked her for the nice compliment.
I also had a realization after a pretty intense interview that for the first time in my life, I interviewed without fearing what the interviewer was thinking of my weighty self. I actually walked into the interview with CONFIDENCE (can you believe that??) and with the purpose of selling myself and my skills. It was such a great experience!!
And finally, one other experience, and something I never in a million years thought I'd hear someone say to me... are you ready??...
"Honey, are you sure you got enough, you eat like a bird."
At family reunions, that was never a comment made to me (I was usually the one who heard "leave that for someone else"). I really felt like I had finally crossed to the "other side" and am now living with the "skinny people."
I know it's crazy, but I'm beginning to understand why people say that thin feels good. It really does!!!
