I have just returned from an incredible EuroTrip that
started off with a week in Paris, a day trip touring the champagne town of
Reims, a train ride to Milan, a few days on Lake Como, an excursion to
Parma-Reggio-Modena, a few days in Umbria including a visit to the city of
Assisi (as in, St. Francis thereof) and then 2 days in Rome. I was with
friends, I met up with old friends, boyfriend and I had a spectacular few days
of just the two of us driving around Italy and I got to visit my favorite place
in the world once more. It was a magical, magical trip.
There are millions of great photos from that trip. The one I’m
posting here is not one of them – however, it may be the best photo of my
weight loss journey. My whole goal before the trip started was to lose enough weight to look good in
the pictures. You can see my backside in this one… and for the first time ever,
I don’t hate how I look. I think I look great, and like a NORMAL HUMAN BEING. And
in most of the other photos taken on this trip, I really love how I look. It has taken such
a long time for me to do the work and GET THERE, and also to get where my
head is in this space of being positive about my appearance.
There is a story behind the jeans I am wearing in this
photo. They are called “The Dreamer” by the manufacturer; it is sewn on the
inside of the waistband. I have kept them high up on a shelf in my closet for a
very long time. Every once in a while I’d pull them down and try them on
thinking ‘Maybe this time?’ but I was always met with too much resistance to
zip them up. I’d quickly fold them back up and think they were appropriately
named, as I was just DREAMING I would fit into them. Well, before the trip as I
was looking for the clothes I wanted to take, I went through that same routine
of pulling them down off the shelf ‘just to see.’ And this time… they zipped
up, and they fit perfectly! They were the best fitting pair of jeans I owned, so
they went on the trip with me and they are the ones I was wearing in this
photo. I turned my dream into a reality!
One other thing that is significant – being away and
completely off any routine for almost three weeks, not tracking and not making 100%
good choices, I returned to reality only one pound heavier than when I left (according
to my bathroom scale this morning). I do feel a bit “puffy” not having done
weights for so long but I’m excited about heading to the gym after work to rectify that
situation. I give myself credit for making *pretty good* choices the whole time I was gone and I also got
a lot of activity walking for hours each day. I’m super happy that I can go
away and have a great time and basically maintain my weight – that is a FEAT
and GO, ME!!
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