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GAME OVER!!!!!!

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Good morning lovelies!

I’m sooooo psyched to be off work today and to be heading to the studio in a few minutes.

Rainy day customer appointment

Me, too! I love the way I look and to whom I am becoming at 60, especially in contrast to my previous 40 - 50's self. Given all the dream girls and their bodies aside (of course, it is wonderful to have a worthy dose of inspiration)... As long as it does not cloud our judgment, vision and body image that we are in fact each beautiful starlets in our own right. There will always be flaws and more to find if I seek to look for them. Of course, my bat wing arm shows through my left sleeve velvet sweater! But how many times will I be posing like that? And, I have yet to begin a toning program. I am okay with imperfect. I remind my clients perfection is neurotic but we will pursue excellence. I believe my all or nothing mindset in the past helped to fuel my obesity. I will not re-engage or jeopardize how far I have come. I hope you won't either? And, having been a professional model during college and grad school - models from the agency were starving, mean, unhappy, insecure and miserable souls. My heart bleed for them. Their beauty was truly only skin deep. Beauty to me is an internal temperature that will radiate hot or cold on the exterior. Wow, I Celebrate all our unknown and yet to be discovered movie stars here on our threads. What an honor to express our fears, disappointments, frustrations, as well as our dreams, hopes and triumphs, too.

I absolutely agree.
I'd like to add that there is nothing wrong with the female/human body. It's a normal, natural thing. The idea of what one should/shouldn't do or wear are just social constructs, and they change over time. Plus, pssssst - look up Jane Fonda's body painting spread. And, I'd like to add that showing her body has NEVER been a problem for her. And it shouldn't be. I have a ton of respect for people with the confidence and self love to do what they want like that.
This brings up something that has been on my mind with the "ideal" discussion. A bit of background: I was super obese my entire adult life. Either dieting or feeling ashamed because I wasn't dieting and "should" have been. While having an "ideal" is a fun exercise, it's really not something I'm serious about.
My work right now is not changing my body into what I think I want it to be, and never being satisfied with it, to learning to love who I am now while still doing the stuff I love (I actually love weightlifting and running).
Of course within that is a balance, I'm going to have plastics in a couple of years to reconstruct my stomach (and probably my boobs). But I don't want to keep chasing some major ideal. I want some peace, and I want to model that to my students.
I know that we all have our own goals and our own wants. That's great and awesome and part of what makes us all unique and such a fun group. These are just some thoughts I'm having as I process what it means to choose to be in maintenance.

I think they are both awesome. In my own humble opinion, clothes (or lack of them) doesn't define class. The way one treats others unlike themselves does.

You guys give me so much inspiration and hope that one day I’ll be able to shop and not have to worry about fitting into something. I’m loving everyone’s outfits!

I’m on a bit of an emotional struggle bus, so I went with clothes that are comfy and just make me happy. I do have a meeting with my executive director, so I wore my fancy corduroy overalls instead of my denim ones 😂

Challenge accepted.

If i could get close to this...

Its game over 😂

This ain't happening for none of us 😢
Halle! whyyyyyyy ? the bar is set too highhhhh

This is my ideal, not going to happen but..

Super duper big important meeting week is over.
These were my two final outfits of the week. The meeting activities necessitated pants and practical shoes


It was a REALLY interesting week. It was the first time anyone work related has seen me post plastics. And additionally there were people attending that hadn't seen me post WLS either. On top of all that, I had a new haircut (my hairdresser took liberties 😖) and some facial tweaking (eyelashes, filler, botox). So as you can imagine there were many different reactions. All the way from no reaction to OMG reactions. But overall I felt confident and pretty fantastic. Of course closing a really successful year at work may have had something to do with it as well 😂

Final outfit of the week, re-purposed a meeting outfit for happy hour

Everyone looks spectacular!!! I don't even know where to start commenting from?? I've been gone for a while (trip to Singapore with hubby, BFF and Brother) and all I could think of was what I was missing on OOTD!!!

Thanks guys once again for always inspiring and motivating!!

@msss, that bikini and bod though Wow!!!!!

Well done everyone, you don't know how much seeing you guys being your best selves mean!


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Everyone looks spectacular!!! I don't even know where to start commenting from?? I've been gone for a while (trip to Singapore with hubby, BFF and Brother) and all I could think of was what I was missing on OOTD!!!

Thanks guys once again for always inspiring and motivating!!

@msss, that bikini and bod though Wow!!!!!

Well done everyone, you don't know how much seeing you guys being your best selves mean!


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Congratulations Sophie!!!! You look so absolutely fabulous!!!


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Everyone looks spectacular!!! I don't even know where to start commenting from?? I've been gone for a while (trip to Singapore with hubby, BFF and Brother) and all I could think of was what I was missing on OOTD!!!

Thanks guys once again for always inspiring and motivating!!

@msss, that bikini and bod though Wow!!!!!

Well done everyone, you don't know how much seeing you guys being your best selves mean!


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You are not alone mr.sean!!! I've had to make sure ALL nuts have been taken out of my pantry because though I'm snacking on "healthy foods", I'm snacking A LOT! So I've had to reset myself since the holidays are over.
The surgery is definitely not an easy way out as retraining the BRAIN is not for the fainthearted
Since getting back on track, I've dropped 2lbs in 2 days which didn't happen the entire last month though I've lost serious inches that when my sis who has not seen me in a while saw me, she begged me not to lose any longer!. I think it's the dramatic difference....we'll see how I feel as I continue to lose.

But keep your head and chin up as we plug along. Remember we are just 4 and half months post OP. We still have time to recalibrate.

Good luck my fellow Augustas

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I actually find all the reaction pretty funny. Don't get me wrong, I personally cannot handle tripe, the texture literally causes a gag relflex. My mother in law chuckles every time she talks me into trying it again.
However, if you really think about it, every country has delicacies, comfort foods, or Snacks that the other countries consider repugnant. Caviar? Who in their right mind would ever look at that and actually want to eat it? Foie gras? Sick SOB's to eat that morally or based on flavor. Fried chicken livers? (I personally love them!) Gross!
Tripe and a lot of the so called sweatbreads (internal organs) were long considered peasant foods. Now they are considered trendy. Tripe is a source of complete Protein and is low in fat. While I find the idea of eating or drinkings a puree of it, nutritionally it sounds like a winner. By this time (3 weeks post op according @Raquel M. info) it should be fine. But of course, the last word must come from her surgeon.

Congratulations Sophie!!!! You look so absolutely fabulous!!!


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Congratulations Sophie!!!! You look so absolutely fabulous!!!


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