That amazing feeling I get!

MichkaMeShell

That amazing feeling I get when I see people who I haven't seen in a long time who I'm not necessarily friends with, but more acquainted, and they ask me which procedure I had done. Which procedure...procedure? Had done? To me?

My initial response is an internal **** eating grin :bigsmile: followed by one simple word. Nothing.

Their faces turn something similar to this :indifferent:

This has happened to me twice now. Granted, yes, there was a time last year that I thought I was on the road to have the gastric sleeve performed. Fortunately, the insurance denied my coverage just before the procedure was to be scheduled due to too much weight lost prior to the procedure.

At the time, I was devastated but what I didn't know was that I had to power to do this on my own the entire time. I just hadn't tapped into my own potential yet.

SW: 301
CW:226

It is now another new year. I'm half way to my goal and I plan on finishing the other half of that goal in 2013.

Obviously, no one is perfect. I'm sure I could have eliminated every cheat day I ever had and be at my goal by now. But isn't this all about setting your own pace and making your own life decisions when you feel right and confident? I'm ok with my gradual weight loss. In a way, I'm experiencing what it's like to relive my childhood!

The last time I weighed 226 lbs was in the 8th grade...I now know what it feels like to be 13 again. How many people can say that?!

Don't be discouraged by your barely-there weight loss. It's a MIND change. Making that one better-for-your decision once a day will be enough to make you entertain the thought of making another one. You know why? Because it feels right. Your mind and body like things that feel right.

rompers16

You've done great. I actually had the same thing happen and am so glad now that I wasn't able to get the surgery.