I found my neck!

I know that sounds like a wierd title for a post but I promise it means something! :-)

I was at work yesterday and showing my friend my blog.  When showing her my pictures, I realized that I needed a close up of myself in January to really note the difference in my appearance after the weight loss.  First I logged onto FB and showed her the close up from January.   Then, I pulled up a picture on my Itouch that I took on  3/30/12 and finally I took a picture of myself at that moment.  When she saw the pic from January and then March, she commented that there was a huge difference!  However, when she saw the picture I took and the other ones, she was SHOCKED!!  She couldnt believe the difference!!  Then she said something that cracked me up at first and then made me realize somethings.  She said, "Look, you have a neck now!!"  I looked at the difference pictures and realize that my face was so big before that you couldnt clearly see my neck in the pictures from before.  However, in the picture from yesterday, my neck was clearly visible!!  Hence, I found my neck!

I realized at that moment that I never really looked at my pictures before.  I always zeroed in on my face because thats where I saw the issue but in reality, I didnt look at the rest of me.  This is also how I looked in mirrors!  I never looked in a full length mirror because I really didnt like what I see.  When I looked at the smaller mirrors, I only focused on my face and hair and blocked everything else out.  Maybe thats why when people ask me if I see the difference, I honestly cant.  I mean I feel my clothes fitting me and I see it in the pictures but I dont really feel any different.  I think its because I am so used to barely looking at myself and avoiding mirrors, that I never really saw myself before.  I have no real frame of reference to compare to other than the pictures.

I am spending a little more time looking at myself in the mirrors, not in a vain way!! lol but just really looking at what I look like.  Maybe I will discover some other body parts! :-)

Thanks for reading and take care!!