Not just a pretty face...

I am actually worthless at work today, I am so ready to hit the road with Beau and then... take a nap! LOL so why not blog and make up for last week..

First we just had a 'going away' party for a co-worker...with cake! I was good and had a bit size only piece, even with the peer pressure I only had one! YAY ME!!!!

So here is something: I got an email from a family member recently asking me if I was “happy”. I had to ask them to be more specific and I found she was asking “why I was going on a diet, if I was happy with my life and if Beau liked me just the way I was then why change?”

Well as surprising and flattering as it is that I found a man (or more so he found me) that was attracted to me just the way I am this is something I need to do with me, because I look in the mirror and I see “disgusting” and I don’t mean my face. Yeah yeah I know “I have such a pretty face”

I am doing this for me, for me to be happy with my body, for me to be confident when walking into a room, for me to be healthy, for me to wear the closthes I only dream of wearing. My cousin was the first person to honestly ask me why and I appreciated it and I appreciated her acknowledging my fight and encouraging me to fight on even if she didn’t think I needed to lose the weight, but she was making sure I was doing this for the right reason. And didn’t want me to make myself miserable.

So on a side tangent let us look at the phrase “You have such a pretty face”… You know that isn’t as much of a compliment as some of you think because while I am hearing you say I'm pretty, I am thinking to myself “I know I’m pretty, who said anything about me being ugly?” So when someone acknowledges they are overweight don’t follow up with “but…you have such a pretty face” or “she is such a pretty girl” dot dot dot!  I know you mean well but well instead respond with. “I love you just the way you are, but how can I help?”.