You guys are my support group!

So two of my awesome followers nominated me to receive this award. I really honestly don't know what I would do without the outlet that this blog provides, nor what I would do without your comments, input and support. Love to you all!

Here's the rules:
Thank the person who gave you the award, reveal seven things about yourself, and nominate 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered or love. Then leave a comment on their blog letting them know they've been nominated.

So... thank you FITBY40 and AMBER
. You both rock!

Seven things about myself....hmmmm.

1. I speak 5 languages and own my own translation company.
2. I grew up in Canada and have lived in France, Spain, Italy and Costa Rica.
3. My husband is from Costa Rica and we speak Spanish to our kids.
4. I have always felt like a skinny person and was ALWAYS shocked to see the fat person in the mirror.
5. I played college level field hockey.
6. I dream about going to Afghanistan and working with young girls.
7. I truly see my band as a gift and an opportunity to set straight some of the major things that have limited my life.

I read EVERYONE's blogs - I love them. I love reading about other people's perspectives and journeys. We all have so much in common and we are all on our way to freedom. I will assemble a list but I feel like I would exclude people if I limited it to 15.... everyone's voice should be heard and honored.

Just one....

Ok - I bought this dress...size large. I mean regular large you know? Not plus size.... it will be my first dress NON plus size in more than 18 years. When it gets here, I will put it on and post a pic. It screamed MEXICO to me... or maybe I wish my boobs looked like hers (nothing Victoria's Secret can't fix).

Bump....

Went to see my doc today. They are super pleased and told me I need to be too. I have accomplished beyond their expectations and that feels pretty awesome. He gave me .5 ccs just as a little head reset. I hadn't had a fill since October and have lost 38 pounds since that one. I love my doctor's office. I would be lost without them....they are cheerleaders and they actually get it. I think bariatric patients, especially bandsters, spend a lot of time with people who don't get it so I see my time in their office as refreshing.

Went to see the addiction therapist I had to see before my surgery. Just thought I would check in with him and discuss some of the changes and the ways I am dealing with them. It is hard for me to be nice to myself. I guess this is very common for the obese who think they deserve to suffer....that we are somehow less human than other people. If I can't punish myself by eating garbage, what can I do? It was a great discussion about guilt, joy and fear of success.

So....here I am, on liquid again for the first time in months....staring these last 60 pounds right in the face. Let's go!

Is this getting boring?

HOW DO YOU BUY CLOTHES when you can shop anywhere?????

Here it comes....

Tickets are in hand.... off to Mexico with my husband and two other couples in February. You know what that means, right? Bathing suit time.... 99% of women get agitated by bath suit shopping (and wearing), skinny or fat. But I am on the fence, last time I weighed 210 pounds, I certainly rocked a bikini. I was 23 then and didn't give a damn. Why do I give a damn now? The one thing I resolve NOT to do is to go out and buy a black body sucker bathing suit with a skirt attached to it. I will not wear the swim dress. No way. Never again.