I knew when I started into this diet that I probably wasn't going to come out of it without wrinkles. That didn't bother me so much. What did bother me was the thought that I'd get "jowls". I was already developing them from my weight, making my face look like a stranger. A tired, dull stranger, looking much older than her 24 years. It was quite the shock.
35 lbs down, those jowl lines have become much more pronounced. Yep, they're here to stay. But something has changed. I've discovered, I don't mind them so much. At 280, they were enough to make me cry. At 245, I actually kind of... like them. They look like laugh lines. I think they make me look kind of... handsome!
It's something I never expected to happen, and I tell you what, it's a load off my mind. I think I can do this. Come lines! Come hanging skin! Nevermind all that, I want to meet the new me!