"Wow...I didn't know you were FAT."

...an odd comment, don't you think? Yet it is a direct comment I received from a LONG STANDING CLIENT on Wednesday, 7/4/08. We were talking on the phone and somehow the topic of Frozen Custard came up. I told him that I LOVE frozen custard however, have not had any for MONTHS. He said, "Oh, why not?" I told him that I was on a "weight loss program sort of" and I just don't eat "that sort of thing" anymore. He said "Wow...I didn't know you were FAT!"

Okay, so how do you answer that? We were on the phone so he couldn't see my shocked and rather dismayed face. I chose to say "Yeah, I'm a bigger girl." He said "Wow... I can't believe that!" To that I replied "I know... I SOUND skinny, don't I?" He said "Yeah, you do. Skinny and sexy!" To which I replied "Well, I am that!"

So... what to do with that comment? After we got off the phone, I laughed. I pondered. I seriously considered going to get a Hershey Chocolate Bar or TWO or THREE or FOUR. I seriously wanted to cry inside... and thought... how dare he say such a thing?

I could have gotten upset, I guess. Instead... I chose to laugh... and repeat the story to friends... all of which thought it was funny with me... and now, a couple of days later, I'm still laughing... and using this as energy to fuel my next weight loss goal and I'm well on my way.

I now have almost 174 sticks of butter off of this body and more to come! This is the most amazing thing that I have EVER done for myself! It's like peeling away years of layers of my life... and beginning anew.