Awesome compliment!

My uncle came to visit this weekend. I'm used to people commenting about my weight loss as soon as they see me. He never said anything and I'll admit that I was a little bummed.

After the kids were in bed, A and I were chatting w/ him and the topic of the gym came up. My uncle said to me, "You sound so much stronger now. Not just that your voice sounds stronger... You just sound [I]stronger[/I]."

I can't even begin to say how much that meant. Because most of the time, people only acknowledge the physical change in me and rarely comment on the mental aspect of it all.

16lbs to go!

I have 16lbs to lose until I reach my goal weight. In all honesty, I know I've come a LONG way, but seriously.. I'm going to need more than 16lbs more to be gone.

Though a lot of people may not understand... I fully plan to have some serious surgery next year (summer 2010). My boobs look like they belong to a 70 year old woman. If I had to have a mammogram right now, there would be NO problem with it being uncomfortable. I kid you not. It's sad. I also plan to have a few imperfections smoothed out. At that point, I figure I'll have busted my ass enough to warrant having it done. While I have no delusions about having a perfect body, it would be nice for it not to jiggle so much. (And oh my!! The jiggling has gotten waaaaay worse!! Damn skin just hanging around. YUCK!)

BUT. I kick ass, so whatever. ;)


Oh.. And a new pic in "real" clothes!