ice age, heat wave, can’t complain
Nothing fancy today. Just me. A perfect stranger came up to me today while I was working and interrupted me just to tell me his opinion.
Verbatim: “I’m sorry I don’t mean to interrupt you while you are working, but I was over by the water fountain when I looked up and saw you, and I just had to come and tell you that you are truly beautiful.”
Chicks, by the time I realized what had just happened (even though I had thanked him and he wished me a good day) he was gone. He was DH’s age. Maybe a little younger. But it made my entire week. DH tells me I’m beautiful all the time and I know he truly believes that, but sometimes it’s nice to hear it from someone else. But a complete and total stranger? It was unexpected and it was just what I needed. Lately I’ve really been struggling with this whole dieting thing. Some folks are expressing concern that lowering my goal weight to 160 is heading down the path to an eating disorder, My mother is expressing concern that I’ve already arrived to that end, I’m so close to my original goal of 170 that it’s clouding my vision. I’m bored of eating small and infrequently. I’m bored of working out. I’m bored of this path that I’m on. I’m unmotivated and I’ll admit it. So when this complete stranger, someone who is completely unaware of this path I’m on in the first place compliments me on all that I’ve accomplished, I guess it kind of struck a chord with me.
So yes, there it is chicks. I’m considering lowering my goal to 160. I blindly picked 170 as I didn’t have any kind of clue how I would appear at that weight. Now at 181 I think I can safely say that 160 isn’t going to make me look totally emaciated.
So today with Katy the subject of her friends came up and I didn’t really want to bring it up myself but I mentioned the shift that occurred when her friends learned that I’m married and a mom. As predicted, she has no idea what I’m talking about and now I feel foolish. I know it’s there but she’ll never see it.
Anyway.
Today:
weigh in: 181.6 (think I’m bloaty from bbq)
lunch: jalapeno cheese roll, ww yogurt and a banana
snack: 100 cal pack
dinner: Lean Cuisine Jumbo Rigatoni with Meatballs, one whole wheat roll
snack (likely): Betty Crocker Mini Warm Delights.
Goodnight sisterchicks!
Filed under: daily ponderings, photolog on January 11th, 2009
My, oh, my! Turning into a poster girl, Chickie!
Seriously…I think some women get an unconcious jealousy when you start looking good and begin to tell you that you’re losing too much. My Mom does that. A few years ago, I was running and eating healthy and lifting weights and got down to 120 which is NOT skinny for 5′2″ and people were giving me all kinds of grief! Makes it difficult to stay on track. You, sweetie, were just given a fantastic boost by a total stranger!
When a stranger compliments you, I know how amazing that can be. Oh, how I want that again! You are such an inspiration, hun!!