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Meeting the new me..

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~*~Rachel~*~

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I don't know if anyone else has experenced this but I have been over weight my entire life. I was wearing my moms dresses when I was in 6th grade.I have only one picture of me as a child with a normal child weight and I was 4 or 5 years old. I don't know what I look like thin and this bothers me. I hear people saying they feel like a "whole new person." I literally feel anxious over the possibility. Who is this person? What will she like doing or dislike doing? Options I have never had before may open up doors for me. Just everyday options and decisions that will be open to be options and decisions. I have always been comfortable being over weight and liked myself. I hope I like this new person I am about to come in 5 more days I will start on a journey to go meet her.

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Hello Rachel. You are in for a journey of a life time. And Am sure you are going to love the new you. I Did, I so love myself now. Wish you all the best and good luck.

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Hi Rachel. I like you have been overweight for many years - started after birth of my children. i know I sure am looking forward to a new thinner body. i used to be thin so I do know how it used to feel though and I miss those days! I am sure you will be just deligted with your new wt. loss and wonder "why did I wait so long to do this:?" Just like me. ha ha :)

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I love the way you are approaching it! You are so right...I believe that heavy people are overlooked or at least not given the second look. Now it is amazing what a rush it is to do any task...going to the grocery store or whatever and how many glances I get...this morning I was taking my 3 yr old son to school and my son said..Mom the guy in that truck is looking at you....mind you I am staring at the light waiting for it to turn green..thinking i have forty million things to do today and here someone else is paying attention to me where as before...it more than likely wouldn't have happened. I am going through all of our pictures and trying to reorganize/sort our photo albums...I can barely look at those pictures compared to how I am now. What it is doing is giving me so many reasons to stay on track and keep the 130 lbs off forever and ever!! Whatever it takes to motivate you..use it to its fullest!! I wish you the very best!!!

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That is such an awesome way to look at it. I too have been overweight my entire life. When I was 3 I was a normal weight for my age but I was 3, lol. I can see the weight loss already in my face and already confused my reflection in a mirror with a stranger staring at me, lol. I was a lil embarrassed by that. But its crazy that things like that happen. I can not wait to go shopping for clothes that arent priced extra because they are larger sizes. I wish you so much luck and hope that I can keep up the way that I am going. :)

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