“Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.” ~William James
So, change your mind already.
THE official 50 pounds! and an addendum to my hair story
July 6, 2007 at 8:05 pm (Uncategorized)
I’m a little behind but I do need to report a very large milestone in my weight loss journey. I met the 50 pound weight loss goal at Weight Watchers last week!! This means I have lost 66 pounds total! Yippee!!!!
I’ve been really close to this goal for a while now but it is especially sweet to finally get here. For my efforts I got a magnet from the folks at WW, which is nice but I have to tell you they can do better! Those magnets represent a lot of hard work, sweat and dedication. It should be one fabulous magnet. It should whistle dixie and have some bling!! At the VERY least it should come with a free WW food coupon. 
As I type I’m realizing that I have never lost this much weight before in my life. Yet, I have so much more to go and it can be pretty daunting. I don’t feel deprived really-I eat what I want to in moderation. I just imagined myself farther along in my goals. I’m doing a lot of introspection and evaluation on that end. Don’t get me wrong-I’m proud of what I have done. I’m a whirlwind of emotions and feelings that I haven’t had in a long time and I love them. I love feeling sexy and wanting to know that side of myself a whole lot more. THAT is a whole separate blog entry.
I have to update my last post about folks asking me about a new haircut. This is a bit of serendipity here. Yesterday, I went to get my hair cut with the same guy that has cut my hair since high school. He says, “Look at you skinny! You look fabulous.” He went on and on and on. How funny is it that my hair dresser calls it like it is when the other well-meaning folks just say I have a nice hair cut?
Hmmmm. As my father would say, that is a metaphysical imponderable. Whatever the hell that means!
~Jen
Did you get your hair cut and other polite conversations…
July 3, 2007 at 8:56 pm (Uncategorized)
I’m at the point where people that don’t know that I ‘m on this weight loss journey smile at me and give me funny looks. But, my absolute favorite is the attempt at truly benign questions to figure out what I’m up to. You know how it goes: “Jen, did your hair cut differently? It is cute, cute, cute!” or “That is a beautiful color on you!”
That is the world of someone who has lost 66 pounds but still has a long way to go. You aren’t as fat as you once were but you are still pretty fat in the general scheme of things.
One of my coworkers nailed it after he asked me if I had a new hair cut. I smiled and told him I’d lost 60 pounds and he blushed and said, of course being polite he didn’t want to make an assumption. I forgave him when he said I looked fabulous and said, thank you.
