Grocery shopping with my kids is never a pleasant experience. After picking my 13 year old son up from an event yesterday I was forced to take him with me to pick some things up for a party we were having last night.

Rather than making deserts, I decided last minute to pick up a variety of things from the bakery section of the grocery store. Everything looked wonderful and I jokingly said to my son "it's never a good idea to let me run loose in the bakery while I'm on a diet". My son replied "Uh, mom, you don't need to be on a diet anymore and should be able to eat this if you want to. Just saying..."

I have always felt bad that I was overweight when all the friends moms looked like supermodels. Hearing my son say I shouldn't be on a "diet" anymore was priceless!

Lisa

That's awesome!!

Dang my alergies must be kicking in my eyes are all moist

Congratulations! Tha'ts so exciting!

Great compliment! You have raised a very a gracious, intuitive young man.

Lisa,

Congrats and get used to your new knicknames: skinny-minnie, boney-moroni, and hey slim!

I can't wait to join you at a normal BMI!!

Lynda

You've got a great boy there. That had to feel so awesome to hear him say that.

Nothing like the support and positive reinforcement from the ones we love most. Happy for you!

AAAWWWWW!!! That is so awesome. Out of the mouths of babes. Just saying.

that's so sweet! what a great kid !

congratulations on your progress. this is the best thing i have ever done for myself and obviously yourself too! best wishes ur way.

Thanks everyone for your comments and well-wishes! It's great to be able to share successes (and failures) with others who understand. For those of you still undecided or waiting for surgery, this is without a doubt, the best thing I've done for myself.

Lisa