New Clothes For A Shrinking Body...and bit more.

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  • ckish
    ckish Posts: 341 Member
    Beautiful!
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    You are a beautiful woman. And a very lucky one too. I used to have a beloved beagle named Bailey. Good luck in your continued journey!
  • Erikalynne18
    Erikalynne18 Posts: 558 Member
    I was going to comment to say your pants DO look baggy! There is definitely some progress there and it shows :) Good work! Thanks for sharing your pictures of your weight loss so far along with your little family :)

    ps.- the rose is gorgeous as well!
  • nikkohli
    nikkohli Posts: 311 Member
    Your love for life just shines through your post. There is just such a sweetness in it. Congrats on your healthier life and hard work paying off!
  • mrsjoyw
    mrsjoyw Posts: 80 Member
    Beautiful story, you're beautiful, beautiful rose!!
  • NZhellkat
    NZhellkat Posts: 355 Member
    You are looking fantastic. Congrats on your success so far. Keep up the good work.. :happy:
  • ktsmom430
    ktsmom430 Posts: 1,100 Member
    The rose is absolutely beautiful, and you are too!
    Congratulations! Continued success to you!
    For me there is great improvement in my knees just from losing weight. I wish you the best of luck in getting relief from your bad knees. It can be miserable, and you look so happy!
  • LJCannon
    LJCannon Posts: 3,636 Member
    :flowerforyou: I just happened on your Blog and had to drop by to check out your Page!! ! What an Awesome Story you have!!

    Congratulations on the Loss, and on all the Progress you are making!! Poor Bailey really does look sad and Confused in that Photo!! I agree with Ed, but Purple is My Favorite color so I might be a Little Bit Prejudiced!!
  • Melissa22G
    Melissa22G Posts: 847 Member
    Look at that smile! Congrats to you on your loss, that's awesome! :flowerforyou:
  • NicolePatriot
    NicolePatriot Posts: 621 Member
    You look amazing! Great job. Love that floral top on you :)
  • srgtbiggles
    srgtbiggles Posts: 170 Member
    You are looking great! Good luck getting your new knees!
  • osewcute
    osewcute Posts: 244 Member
    Beautiful lady. Beautiful marriage.
  • kaylindeschanel
    kaylindeschanel Posts: 105 Member
    you are so precious, words cannot begin to describe how touched i was by your story.

    i love your family, your marriage is inspiring. that rose is also one of the most exotic plants i've ever seen - so beautiful, i could smell it.
    you seem like the sweetest person in the world, i am so happy for your progress.
    best wishes for you and your husband. (and bailey!)
  • MzIrish
    MzIrish Posts: 11,917 Member
    Great job !!
  • dangerousdumpling
    dangerousdumpling Posts: 1,109 Member
    This has been one of my favorite success stories. I love your new blouses, your big smile, and your lovely rose. Thanks for sharing and keep doing what you're doing. :flowerforyou:
  • mel3491
    mel3491 Posts: 31
    Wonderful inspiration for us all! You look so vibrant and full of life! Enjoy this new chapter in your life
  • kalea_kane
    kalea_kane Posts: 37
    Congratulations on all your hard work! You look wonderful. I love wrinkled shirts. :)
  • girlwithcurls2
    girlwithcurls2 Posts: 2,282 Member
    What a lovely, inspiring post. I have not read one yet with a photo of the supporting partner. What a loving tribute. Clearly you two deserve each other :heart: You look wonderful, and your success goes so much deeper than your weight loss. Thank you for sharing your story. Yours is what makes me want to keep going. Enjoy all of the kudos. You deserve it!
    xoxo ~Curly
  • girlwithcurls2
    girlwithcurls2 Posts: 2,282 Member
    This has been one of my favorite success stories. I love your new blouses, your big smile, and your lovely rose. Thanks for sharing and keep doing what you're doing. :flowerforyou:

    She's amazing, huh? :) What a great story. Definitely a favorite!
  • Akrion
    Akrion Posts: 115 Member
    I'm so happy for you. Your husband is a lucky man because you are taking steps to make sure that you two can still enjoy life. Your pictures are amazing and the JOY that shows in your face is the biggest inspiration of all. My mom fought her weight (as I do) all her life but just couldn't keep it under control. I lost her when she was only 66. The gift you are giving yourself and your family is the gift of you - the greatest gift of all. Keep it up!

    Your post stopped me in my tracks. My mom also died at age 66, but she never had a weight problem. That made it harder for her to understand a daughter who was over-weight from age 11 on. My mom was thin growing up and only weighed 128 when fully pregnant.

    66 years was not enough for a woman with a such a wonderful gift. She left the world so many new rose varieties. Her unnamed test roses were still been introduced 20 years after she passed; and she is still acknowledged as one of America's greatest rose hybridizers.

    This is my favorite photo of my mom...Dee Bennett.

    MomOnTPNCover_zps3d54247c.jpg

    Thank you for sharing a picture of Dee Bennett... I actually remember reading about her on GardenWeb last year when I was deciding to plant roses in my backyard. Unfortunately, in our northern climate (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), the selection is very limited, and my densely shaded backyard doesn't help.

    On another note, I do wonder if those 20 other blouses will be too loose by the time they arrive. :wink:
  • Robin_Bin
    Robin_Bin Posts: 1,046 Member
    .... My mom also died at age 66, but she never had a weight problem. That made it harder for her to understand a daughter who was over-weight from age 11 on. My mom was thin growing up and only weighed 128 when fully pregnant. ...
    Actually, your weight problem may be related to your mother's thinness whil pregnant. I don't remember the details, but I recently heard of a study where they followed up on the children of women who were pregnant during a food shortage. (I think it was Europe at the end of WWII and right after.) An unusually high percentage of those children had trouble with weight gain. (Not blaming your mother, but it's amazing what hormones will do years on down the line!)
    Love your story and pictures... looking forward to hearing how the rest of the new wardrobe works out. (I've got a charity pick-up tomorrow morning, so I'll be weeding out some closets tonight.)
  • Hanfordrose
    Hanfordrose Posts: 688 Member

    Thank you for sharing a picture of Dee Bennett... I actually remember reading about her on GardenWeb last year when I was deciding to plant roses in my backyard. Unfortunately, in our northern climate (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), the selection is very limited, and my densely shaded backyard doesn't help.

    On another note, I do wonder if those 20 other blouses will be too loose by the time they arrive. :wink:

    It is nice to find another rosarian on board MFP. I was a consulting rosarian for the American Rose Society for more than 32 years. I used to post on GardenWeb, but the webmaster was concerned, because of my reputation (as a champion rose exhibitor, author and lecturer on roses and nursery woman) and my Mom's reputation (which is worldwide as a hybridizer). He felt that I had an 'unfair advantage' over other rose businesses represented on that site, several of whom were his advertisers. I still owned Tiny Petals Nursery at that time and had way too many friends around the world who were promoting my activities and Mom's creations. The webmaster decided to restrict what topics I could address on GardenWeb and those that I could not. When I was told that I could not respond to any post which mentioned my nursery, my mother, myself by name...or anything relating to ROSES on a Rose Forum?!!!...I realized I had nothing further to say.

    As for those 20 blouses, 9 arrived this week. I had to send one back, because it made me look like an over sized Shirley Temple. I felt like singing 'On the Good Ship Lollipop'. The rest are great, though one of them (in a size 20!!!) is a bit tight in the arms. It will sit at the back of the closet, while I do some upper arm workouts, until it fits. I showed those new blouses in a recent blog. Here is the link to those pictures.

    http://s1330.photobucket.com/user/Hanfordrose/library/04-29-13 Fashion Show Of My Clothes

    Another order should be arriving any day now. I am really enjoying these clothes that fit. I have literally gone from size 30/32 to size 22 in the past 5 months.
  • Hanfordrose
    Hanfordrose Posts: 688 Member
    .... My mom also died at age 66, but she never had a weight problem. That made it harder for her to understand a daughter who was over-weight from age 11 on. My mom was thin growing up and only weighed 128 when fully pregnant. ...
    Actually, your weight problem may be related to your mother's thinness whil pregnant. I don't remember the details, but I recently heard of a study where they followed up on the children of women who were pregnant during a food shortage. (I think it was Europe at the end of WWII and right after.) An unusually high percentage of those children had trouble with weight gain. (Not blaming your mother, but it's amazing what hormones will do years on down the line!)
    Love your story and pictures... looking forward to hearing how the rest of the new wardrobe works out. (I've got a charity pick-up tomorrow morning, so I'll be weeding out some closets tonight.)

    My mom was a healthy, Aussie girl who never was heavy in her life. However, my Dad's side of the family were all overweight and had the typical health problems associated with the weight. I take after my Dad in so many way. Except for the beard, I am a dead ringer for him...don't you agree?

    DadAndSue_zpsb5ef8f82.jpg?t=1367466971

    The world lost a perfect Santa Claus, when my dad died in the 1994 Northridge earthquake. That photo of me was taken in 2007.

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