Shadow Dancing

Yesterday, my sweet daughters and I went to the Discovery Center Museum. It was awesome! At one point, my oldest said to me, "Mom, come here! You're gonna love this!" I turned to see what she was talking about, and came to the instant conclusion to the opposite. It was the Shadow Room. Have you seen these before? Where you press your body up against a wall, a flash goes off, and it leaves a silhouette of your body on the wall? Yeah. I was less than excited. I'm not a big fan of seeing how big I am, right there in front of me. I have to walk around in this body all day, every day. Do I really need to see that kind of proof? Really? Well, you parents out there know that sometimes (okay, almost always) you have to sacrifice your pride to keep your kids happy. My daughter really wanted me to do this, so, bracing myself, we posed against the wall and waited for the flash to go. When it was done, I couldn't help it, I looked, like you do with a train wreck. Which, I fully expected it to be.

Guess what?

I didn't want to cry. Or scream. Or tear down the stupid shadow wall with my bare hands.

Which I fully expected to want to do.

I stood there. Looked at it. Looked some more. And actually thought, "Huh. That's not so bad."

And then you know what? I posed again. And again! It was fun! My smaller silhouette, thanks to Liv Sxinney, has given me that. Wow, what a gift!

This week, I'm down two more pounds. And, SIX more inches!! YIPEE!

This is really, really...fun. I really, really like getting smaller. (HeeHee!) I love putting on clothes that were Someday Clothes, and having them now be my NORMAL clothes! I love putting on clothes that used to be normal clothes and having them be way too big! If this is what a month can do for me, bring it on, baby!!!! I'm so excited for what's to come!