Happy Dance of Joy!

This morning I hit 240 pounds. I have exactly 60 pounds to go! I’m doing the happy, happy dance! I have lost 76.51% of the total weight I want to lose. There is something extremely gratifying about reaching the ¾ mark.

I spent some time looking in the mirror this morning. I feel extremely blessed when I see that my face does not have the droopiness that many people have in their face and neck after dramatic weight loss. I have some wrinkles, to be sure, but considering that I am just about 49 years old – that is to be expected. I do NOT have the turkey wattle under my chin that many people have. And the wrinkles I do have are minimal. I’m not complaining at all about that.

Another thing that I have been blessed not to have is the extreme drooping in the abdomen area. Again, there is some – but not anything drastic. I’m very pleased.

There are a couple of places that I don’t like so much. One is under my arms. There is excessive skin and flab there. The other place is my thighs. The skin on my legs looks like crepe paper and the droop there is also extreme. But considering where I was and where I am now – I’ll take the here and now, thank you very much! And this summer, I have decided that I am not going to worry about what other people think about the parts that hang down and flap in the wind. Those flapping parts signify just how far I have really come. I might even wear some shorts – which is a huge thing for me – I honestly cannot remember the last time I wore shorts. I have done some capris, but nothing shorter than that.

All this happy dancing may just get rid of some of that droop, too. Life is good!

“I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?” (Jean Kerr)

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.” (Miss Piggy)

“People often say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.” (Salma Hayek)