Reflections.
I was taking a shower this morning and mused how things have changed with the biophysics of my anatomy.
Accessibility: WoW !! I was glad to have this back !! I no longer have to be creative in reaching any body parts that need serviced during the task of cleaning ones body. No more pulled muscles. No more worrying of falling during the leg-lifting requirements necessary. It's amazing how you can embarrass yourself even when you're the only there.
The struggles of doing "#2" are gone. I no longer have to use the "extra-wide' handicap stalls. The narrow ones were just about impossible to use and were certainly a last option but were more than often the stall that had to be used. If you've been in this world then you know what I'm talking about, no need for details, but it's comparable to changing your clothes in a closed coffin.
Today, I wrapped AND locked a large standard bath towel around my waist and it held fast !! Honestly, I can't remember the last time I've done that.
Aisle confidence is really growing. I fit safely behind my cart and hold my own ground. People no longer have to wait on me if I step away from my cart and fetch a product across the aisle, they simply have room to go around me
I don't miss having to say "Excuse me" 34 times a trip to the store.
Did you ever make 3 or 4 people with carts at the checkout line back up so you could back up your cart get to the front of your cart to take out stuff because you couldn't slide between your cart and all those candy bars and national enquirers without your caboose knocking down 57 hershey bars and 78 twix ?? I've done it. I've made 'em back up too. No punishment is worse than being a fat man picking up 135 candy bars and hearing people murmur "why don't ya just eat 'em, it would be faster".
On March 4th I prayed for this day, on April 4th I could only imagine this day, today it's a reality.
I just love losing this weight.
