I do not wear my tank tops to ZUMBA because of my embarrassment about my arms and the skin (from losing so much weight). The last few weeks I have gotten up enough courage to wear my tank tops and Wednesday these chicks behind me said to each other, "look at her arms.." My heart sunk. I thought, here I am mustering up the courage to NOT be hot in my favorite activity and they say something. Just as I expected.
One of my friends that I have met through my weight loss journey will no longer talk to me because she fell off the beaten path. I feel bad, not because she has decided to not be friends with me anymore, but because I hope I am not giving people the vibe that, "if you are overweight, not eating healthy, and not working out, that you cannot be friends with me" and "I do not care about you." None of the above is true, at all. I may not go to McDonalds or make unhealthy food choices or skip Zumba class, but that does not mean we cannot be friends... It just means I have changed my life style. I will go to Mcdonalds or whatever I just will not eat. I am an easy person to get along with and hang out with and a great friend (at least the last time I checked).
Do not hate me because my body has changed, my heart and mind are still the same... That is what counts, right?
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You are a fantastic friend. You are BEAUTIFUL inside and out. I have loved you from the moment I knew you were inside me. I am proud of the woman you are becoming. You are strong, resilient, you are loved by many. Everything and everyone changes and not always for the better. You keep your head high, turn down the volume of the voices of shallow people. Turn up the volume of the ones who matter. Those are the ones who know you.
I LOVE YOU!
~mom~
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