the difference a year makes (lyn)

Exactly one year ago today I attended my first weight watchers meeting.  Someone pointed out to me in yesterday’s class, “You’re a totally different person.”  And I feel different too.  Aside from the 40 pounds I’ve lost, I’ve changed some behaviors.  I:

• No longer am afraid to look in mirrors I pass.
• Welcome the scale vs. avoid it.
• Know how to lose weight, which before I had no idea.
• No longer avoid being in front of the camera.
• Rarely eat fries, muffins and pasta.
• Am not afraid to see friends I haven’t seen in a long time.
• Can wear short skirts and skinny jeans (but not too short or too tight; I don’t want to look like someone old trying to pass for young).
• Do not dread buying clothes; actually I find it exhilarating, perhaps too much so
• Can put on anything in my closet and know it will fit, unless it’s too big
• Am not embarrassed being with my thin sisters, one of whom said to a friend of mine last year, “I can’t believe that someone in my family is heavy.”
• Have more confidence.
• Am just plain happier.