A Great Day for Compliments!

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Man, the stars are aligned for me today for some reason--

Some woman, I definitely do not know, left me a lovely voice mail--a poem she wrote herself about love, and then she said "I love you. Call me when you get the chance." Um...well...this is so sad! WRONG PERSON! (I sent her a text message, have no idea if she got it--but hey, it was lovely and I enjoyed it very much!)

Then, Steve Kuzma, one of the Real Estate dudes from BNSF Railway I do tons of map work for (he gives me the greatest challenges--real puzzlers, and I always, always figure it out--which is why he comes to me lol). He told me, "I should bring you latte and a box of pastries for all you do for me!" I laughed and told him, no thanks, but a basket of fruit? That would be awesome! He looked at me all puzzled, then REALLY looked--and said WOW, you look fantastic!! (snort) Guys are so observant--the boss didn't realize, either, until one of the crazy women at Staubach pointed it out.

AND THEN!!!!!!

Went to Firehouse Deli and got a salad--they have great ones--and when I told the lady "no cheese, chili or salad dressing" she looked at me and said "weren't you here a few weeks ago? You look fabulous!"

AND THEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Leaving the deli, walking in front of the stores, some chick calls out from her car, "You look really cute!" I turned around and said, "Excuse me?" All puzzled here... And she said, "You look really cute!" I said THANKS! And left, laughing, escaping across the field.

3 women (ok really 2) and 1 old RR dude...but hey, I love every second of it.

Beats what happened in the ladies restroom yesterday, being told by one of the Staubach ladies, "So, I hear you're either sick, or starving yourself. Which is it?" GEESH!!!! I've lost 33 lbs since January 1. Yeah, that is fast, that is alot, but I have given it 100000%. It works.

I feel like one of those stupid ads in magazines, "I lost 30 lbs in 6 weeks, ask me how!" But the funny thing--I have, and all by eating fruits, veggies, and bison/chicken/fish/shrimp. Time to stabilize though--I do miss cheese!!!!

C

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Congrats! Wow - 33 since Jan 1 is a lot... but it sounds like you're being really healthy about it. And frankly, if you were starving yourself your body would have fought back my now and held on to it's extra pounds.
Yay for all the random compliments and surprises - the voicemail sounded awesome!

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LOL yeah--I'm maybe a little health-nutty, but it was the Brit show YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT that convinced me and the daughter to really examine what we are putting in our mouths. Her weight-loss is more gradual than mine, but she first did a colon cleanse that knocked out 8, and since eating this way-most of the time-has lost more. She indulges now and then on the bad stuff (pizza attack the other day) but I've held firm and hard-core. I also gave up diet soda completely. It took about 35 days before I was completely free of the cravings. That sure taught me so much.

I've been eating low calories for a long time now so adding calories back in is going to be HARD. LOL. I have to start slow, a little at a time. I refuse to allow myself to be overweight again.