You look skinny!

[Guest guest]

I have learned a very valuable lesson, which is no matter how people once

saw

us (pre our weight loss) that no matter how little the compliment we should

always graciously say " thank you so much, I really appreciate it. " I am

not

one to take a compliment easily.

Don't know about you, but I almost always try to counter it by saying " oh

yeah...but " .

As I lost weight, people often would tell me how great I looked or how

great

my weight loss was or whatever. I smile big and say thank you and never

counter it with a negative or a but.... I smile brightly and tell them

that

I really appreciate that they have taken the time noticed. It makes me

feel

great, and they walk away with something too. The smallest nicest

compliments are little gifts to me and I adore every one of them. And when

I

am having a fat day like today, I try to remember them.

I recently came back from a trip to my parents who live in Savannah, GA.

While I was there my mother raved about this store that I just had to shop

in

because the prices were so good. We got there around 10:00 a.m. and I

suddenly became overwhelmed as I stood there looking at all the clothes.

My

mother made it a point to show me where the women's section was, but I said

to her " ya know mom, I don't think I really need it. I think I will shop

here in the misses section. " A first for me I must tell you. Suddenly I

realized that my choices of clothing was exponentially multiplied. I felt

myself growing overwhelmed. For me, not a good thing because I tend to

shut

down. Slowly I started looking through the racks of clothing, when I

realized, I didn't have a clue what " my style " was anymore. All my clothes

in my closet, save for a couple outfits are hand-me-downs, and all are

mostly

in black or other neutral colors. I walked around with a glazed look when

my

mother saw me in distress. " Here, try this on " she says. I make a face,

one

of those, you have got to be kidding looks and she says in her motherly

tone

of annoyance " just try it on! " I grabbed the fall, orange printed skort

and

top she chose and relutantly made my way into the dressing room, (Both

peices a misses size XL by the way *smile*) and try it on. To my surprise,

it doesn't look half bad, but I am not sure about the print or color.

Afterall, isn't black the " in " color right now?

I walk out of the store $175 poorer (yes, I guess I was able to find some

clothes) and come home. Today, I decided to wear this skort outfit. I

feel

like I am 425 lbs. today, so I put on a pair of control top pantyhose to

wear

under the skort shorts thinking that if I suck in the fat I will feel

better.

I wear a pair of ivory pumps and my roomie says I look nice. I still feel

huge.

I stop in and see one of my co-workers and she says " Oh, I love your

outfit! "

" Thank you I said. Are you sure it looks okay, I mean, you know me, Miss I

wear black everyday? " " Oh YES " she says with a big smile " and you look so

skinny in it too! " I started to say, " yeah, but .... " when I stopped and

smiled and thanked her for making my day. Skinny I thought, now I like

that.

Skinny is not a word I would have ever used to describe me, but a word she

chose. How can you compete with that I thought? I finished my

conversation

with her and walked back to my desk. A big smile on my face. Suddenly I

didn't feel 425 again. I felt " Skinny " .

I hope you all are having a skinny day too.

Hugs,

Kymberleigh