Start from about 12:00. The truth that Star Jones has to say about her journey just floored me. She has such insight now.
This was really inspiring to me.
Here is Rosie. She had the Vertical Gastric Sleeve and briefly talks about her mind shift and how it is still strange to her. She sometimes does not see herself as she is.
When I lost a lot of weight, I felt out of body. I was excited, but it didn't feel like me. I know to expect that now and to realize that even now, I don't feel like me. I guess because I am not constrained to this body.
What I mean is that, in my head, my brain, my mental voice, I am all that I have always been forever.
I am the little girl, the teen, the pregnant woman, the beaten woman. I am the sum of all of my experiences.
This is me today. This is the worst of me.
This was me last month.
This was me in July, marrying my son and his wife. Wearing a purple tablecloth, essentially.
This was me in 2007, sick, thin, and ready to relapse.
Whom am I, truly?
I guess we will just have to see.
You are beautiful! I'm so proud that you show these pictures, I have not gathered enough strength to even post my before pictures... I'm going to eventually, but I can't do it yet!
ReplyDeleteI wish I was already past the surgery and recovered, but I guess you can't hurry these things.
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