Saw this at CNN.com today, and I thought of this post:

www dot cnn dot com /2012/01/05/health/eating-healthy-obsessive/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

I'll say it's normal, because I'm totally obsessed with my new bod too. I thought after a few months I'd get sick of the obsession thing, but as time goes on, and weight comes off, I'm slowly coming to terms with it. I did however, go through a bleak period where I was sooooo down on myself because of how I looked when I gained weight and a whole lot of other bad stuff was going on as well, so it's really just the flip side now.

I also have a few confessions of my own:

-I check myself out in the mirror/shop windows when I'm out and about

-I watch my reflection in the window when I'm wiping up in the kitchen (still can't get over my new muscle definition in my arms/shoulders!! still hoping to improve on it though :) )

-I go window 'clothes' shopping and then try on gorgeous slinky dresses (think backless, strapless, cut-out, that sort of thing) just for fun, take photos of myself and then constantly look at them---- please someone tell me I'm not alone here!! I still have a hard time convincing myself that it's actually me in those photos.

i'm not skinny by a lot but 40 lbs i've lost has made me feel great, i enjoy shopping, look at myself in the mirror for more than 2 seconds. Love it! I'm more confident now than i've been since I was pregnant with my son! Enjoy your weight loss! There's no shame in it and just think how much more you'll enjoy goal! Things that do it for me arent weight loss it's more size loss although each time I get out of a stone that is brilliant, I feel on top of the world, and why shouldn't I? Why shouldn't you?! xx

What's wrong with showing off the hard work you've done? Show it, flaunt it, smile at yourself. You're a work of art! :-)