Completely Real

http://youtu.be/ByLLY3w0D18

Please note I am proud to have lost all this weight through RNY surgery.
I I had lost 193 pounds. It was a great accomplishment.

It was more than I wanted to confess to my friends. The friends who thought I was in the 200s when I was actually much higher in weight.

One young friend had the look of shock when he asked a question and I actually went further and told him how much I had lost. He is a tall well built man who probably weighs 250 or more. I can't imagine what went through his mind when I said I had lost almost as much as he weighed.

My PCP gave me a copy of what I weighed for my physical. I was 186 at the time. A dear friend, Marily, who is tall and thin said I was losing too much weight. Have I told you that she thought I was her weight? She is perhaps 5 9 and weighs 126. I was 60 pounds heavier than she was and she thought I was her weight.

Are people telling you that you have lost enough weight? The very same people who saw you wearing clothes that had multiple Xs or numbers now made to look smaller than they are. I think some stores that I do not need to frequent now have 1s and 2s which are certainly not true 2s.

So you will see if you watch the whole video the completely real me. I was far over 300 and my clothes did not have those pretty fake numbers. My clothes were tight my clothes were not quite in fashion and my clothes did not coordinate with anything much. I either wore something that came as a set or wore jeans.

Life is real. It is what you make of it. I chose to make my reality different. How about you?