What do you love about your new personality?

[Sparklingbeauty53 202]

I love these posts because it really makes you stop and evaluate your entire transformation. Pre-op I was postivie and outspoken but I always had that tough exterior wall up, I held back to a certain extent because I didn't want to put myself in the spot light because I knew what people were really thinking. Post-OP I'm still that same positive outspoken person but the walls are down now because I honestly don't care what others think of me because I LOVE ME the ENTIRE ME!! Yep, that's right I love myself, I've never honestly been able to say that before and not because of how I look (that helps) but because I've proved to myself that I have what it takes to get through whatever life brings my way, with alot of help from the Man Upstairs!!! I wake up everyday with a smile on my face, FULL OF ENERGY, ready to take on the world I'm a go getter, take no BS kinda gal who loves herself!

I love the entire me! What a wonderful quote enjoy the time.!

[cutiepieinchi 158]

Or, if you are pre-op or newly WLS what changes do you hope for in the future?

I hope to be a stronger woman. I have a bubbly personality on the inside, I want that personality to be reflected on the outside. I in a way am scared of what the future holds, but am ready for it! I hope that the Tiffany in June 2015 is healthy active and training for her first 5k .

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,280]

@@cutiepieinchi If you dream it, and reach for it you will achieve it. I know many post op WLSers that have run 5k's all the way up to marathons and beyond! I've run a few 5ks myself. Though I cannot anymore by the advice of my orthopedic surgeon, I will always have that memory of doing them. Go for it!

[K33 87]

I love the way I look people in the eyes, smile, and greet them with a big hello. Other people have noticed this, too. Why just today, a man told me he used to be afraid to talk to me because I was quiet and shy and he was afraid I would break down and cry. Now when I look at people and start a conversation, I feel a sense of freedom because I know for a fact they cannot reject me based on size alone anymore.

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,280]

@@K33 beautiful confidence