^^^^^^I vote...ICE CREAM!!! ^^^^^^
I started dreading birthdays beginning with the year I turned 20. Something about turning another year older, watching my youth pass by me, all the while not being where I thought I would be in life, put me into a decidedly less than festive mood. Ever since that fateful birthday, I have been in the business of feeling waay older than I actually am. I have pre-ordered my AARP card, found a great plastic surgeon, and pre-scheduled my dual knee and hip replacements!! It is one of the few times in my life I am actually prepared! Generally birthdays are celebrated by wearing black sackcloth, throwing ashes in my hair, and wailing incessantly for 24 hours. Of course I do manage to appropriately drown my sorrows in chocolate mousse cheesecake! What good is being in a persistent mourning state if there isn't any cheesecake??
Well...this year, on an undisclosed date (a lady does not tell...so you will just have to find out on Facebook like everyone else!) I will turn the big 2-7 and it will be different...hopefully...
While I am still not where I thought I would be in life, I do have soo much to celebrate. Granted, I may not be married to George Strait, Harrison Ford, Colin Firth, or Patrick Dempsey (yet), but I do have amazing friends and family who love me unconditionally, put up with my craziness, see the real me no matter what little show/nervous act I put on, and have encouraged me every step of my weight loss journey. It is even true that I am not going to reach my goal of 100lbs of weight loss by my 27th birthday. Given the time frame I have left I don't think that 15lbs is feasible, however I do get to celebrate 85lbs of weight loss and a whole new lease on life and the ability to do things that I wouldn't have previously been able to do at 245lbs.
I have recently decided that this year I will not wail or throw ashes in my hair. Honestly, it makes a mess and I can't afford to continually replace my Dirt Devil due to over use and ash build up. I don't do anything half way! If I am going to throw ashes in my hair, I expect my head and all that surrounds it covered in soot! I am also giving up my chocolate mousse cheesecake. That's right! No cheesecake for me this year. I am still holding out for that 100lb weight loss before I take another bite of cheesecake! The one thing I am not giving up is black. I don't want to give that up so this is the year that I will be wearing the fabled little black dress. I know, I know...my body is no where near rocking it out Cindy Crawford style, however, that is why God allowed the creation of Spanx!! Diamonds are commonly referred to as a girl's best friend (and hey, who am I to argue with a little gorgeous bling), however this is not true!! Spanx are the greatest creation since the beginning of ice cream and ironically the reason we ladies need the delightful little contraptions!
So, with a little help from my friend "Spanx" (honorable mention goes to Amy for supplying me with said black dress), I am going to party like it is 1999 and enjoy turning another year older. I may not be where I thought I would be in life, but I am where I need to be and that feels better than any dream scenario I could ever come up with!
So, with a little help from my friend "Spanx" (honorable mention goes to Amy for supplying me with said black dress), I am going to party like it is 1999 and enjoy turning another year older. I may not be where I thought I would be in life, but I am where I need to be and that feels better than any dream scenario I could ever come up with!
***Update***
I have lost 28lbs since April 8th. Super Excited!!!!
Woohoo!!!!!
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