Epcot Comparatives

Now that my roommate and I have rekindled our love for all things Disney we decided now was a good time to go back and recreate some photos we took almost 4 years ago when we were much (read: MUCH) heavier.

Today we went to Epcot and let me just say, "WOW"  I"m only going to post the photos of me as my roommate said she wants to blog about her own progress thus far.  So if you want to see how much she's changed and believe me she's a completely different person, keep checking her blog for the post.

Now on to the good stuff:

I can't believe I am actually posting this photo! Wow!  This was taking in October 2007.....

WOW! Talk about MOTIVATION!!! Wow! I am in shock and so proud of myself.... This was taken today.....

To think, I thought this photo was cute back in 2007.  It was my profile photo on facebook for awhile even... wow!

I think I look taller.....

I also thought this photo was cute back in the day....

WOW!

I love looking back on these photos and seeing how much I've changed in almost 4 years.  It makes me proud of the accomplishment.  I will recreate these same photos again in a year as I continue to go full-speed ahead on the weight loss journey.

I am excited to see what the future holds!

Exciting moment

I haven't been shopping in a long time.  I'm in the process of losing weight so, I'm wearing clothes until they literally fall right off of me.  My roommate is about a size smaller and also losing, so when she drops to the next size, she gives me her hand-me-downs.  It's been a blessing for a gal on a small budget.

Anyway, enough about that - I got my tax refund money and it was seriously burning a hole in my bank account.  I knew that I really needed to get some shirts and pants that fit and my roommate isn't quite ready to part with some of her awesome outfits just yet, so I decided to take a few bucks from the tax refund and go shopping.

This time last year I was wearing a 1X (almost 2X) in plus sized shirts at Kohl s.  I went to Kohl s Wednesday night after church and decided to buy just 1 shirt - more of a spring/summer shirt and maybe a pair of black pants and jeans.  I went to the plus sized section, because in some ways I still feel large-r. All of those clothes were WAY too big.  I went to the normal people section and tried on a few XL's - still too big.  At this point I'm thinking, surely I'm not a L in normal people clothes yet....but I decided to try on a shirt anyway... and viola a shirt that FITS.... a LARGE in normal people clothes - not big people clothes.  a LARGE!! not an Extra Large, but a LARGE!  I was shocked - I actually have a waste now... it was an eye opening experience.  I can't even begin to describe it!

Now I just need to find a pair of black pants that fit... these are kinda big....

I still have a long way to go before I am where I want to be, but I'm no longer embarrassed about going shopping - I can actually wear clothes that normal people wear!  This is a big step for me because I have been plus-sized for so long....

Part of me wishes I kept my big clothes for a comparison photo at the end when I reach my goal, but at the time I was so ready to get rid of any indication that was enormous that I just donated them all.  I think I will keep a few of the outfits I have now and store them in the back of my closet so when the time comes I have a little bit of a reference point....