I am talking about even people who saw me during the journey - someone I saw just 2 months ago walked right by me not recognizing me. My good friend keeps doing double takes! I guess I really DO look different. She tells me that there is no way i still have 40-45# left to lose - well, I really do, but it still made me feel good!

-Size 16 (no W!!) instead of 26W or whatever I could cram myself into

-Comparable size to many of the women i know, even though I still have more to lose

-People are INVITING me to ride their horses! Offers I would have never gotten before. I am a good rider, it is just I was so dang huge!

-I can crawl in and out of the bed of my truck (hooking up the gooseneck hitch!). Could not have done that 6 months ago

-I no longer feel like I am made of glass and could break with the slightest stumble or fall.

-I can run, keep up with my dogs, horses etc.

Living the life I want - this is the dream!

So, the weird thing for me recently is clothes shopping. I feel like an intruder in the regular sizes section... like I will be tossed out when somebody discovers I snuck in...lol. I can't seem to find clothes that i like though, it is weird, it looks to me like the cute stuff is int he plus sizes. What the heck is wrong with me??? lol. i don't think I have any danger of becoming shopping obsessed.

Isn't that the greatest feeling in the world? I love to see the puzzled look on people's faces when they realize that they should know me but just can't place the face. It has been a lot of fun!