that I hadn't heard in...oh, 15 years.

I went to get my daughter from school and I went inside to get her. Usually i just pick her up in the pick up line and I don't get out of the car. It had been a while since I had seen the teachers and staff (and I consider myself close to them-I volunteered there a lot before my son was born). Anyway, the director came out and saw my son and said "Oh, wow! Look how big he has gotten!" I said "I know, he is my big boy." Then she looked up and gave me that up and down look and said "Oh, my! Look how LITTLE you have gotten!" I must have looked behind me because I didn't think she was talking to me! She asked me how I was losing the weight-I told her diet and exercise. She gave me a huge hug and told me....drumroll...>I was her inspiration. She just thought it was great that I was balancing so much and losing weight. That made me feel good.

It gets better.

I then went outside to buckle the kids in the car. I saw one of my daughter's teachers from last year and she looked at me and said "You are getting so SKINNY." SKINNY? REALLY? ME? No freaking way!

It was a decent day if you can't tell.

OMG

I would like to have a dollar for everyone who thinks this is the "easy" way out!!!!! All of us who have actually done it know the difference!! There is NO easy way out!! I have to say that NOT being able to eat what I want when I want is NOT easy!! I'm so used to eating away my feelings!! I have had a very tough last few days, and all I wanted to do was curl up with a bag of Cheetos!!!!! Good thing about this surgery, I can only have a few and I'm stuffed!!

Good luck to you!!