Hitting the wall #1

Even though I struggled with daily hip pain and limped ( which could easily be relieved by loosing weight I am sure) I still had not "Hit the Wall" with my weight issue. Well the summer of '09 changed that.

This was the least traumatic of the 3 contacts with the wall :

I was to be in a destination wedding. A cruise to the Bahamas. My best friend ( one of the previously mentioned successful banders ) I bought a beautiful dress months before. In the largest size available of course. It looked like the dress Kate Winslet wore in Titanic only the underlying satin was a cream color and the overlying lace was black. The dress arrived in April. I tried it on and it was snug. I thought ok no biggie you have almost 2mos to loose 10-15 lbs. Well guess what that didn't happen. The day of the wedding I looked horrible! You could see every lovely roll that was only emphasized by the satin! Even though I had on my spanx control top pantyhose AND a spanx girdle thing. Not only did I look bad but I also had to wear heals. Something that I did not do because of the previously mentioned hip issue ..Music starts I have to not only walk down the aisle in heels with a neutral/happy/no pain look on my face, I also tried my best NOT to limp. I did not succeed. I was miserable the whole wedding and reception. I did not enjoy any of it and could not wait to get back to my room to get the freakin' dress etc OFF!!! This of course did not stop me from eating at the reception or taking advantage of the open bar....shocking I know... enough said. Sorry about the bad pic but I am learning how to do all this blog stuff. The original was much better and a clear pic

Wall hit #2 coming soon....