The nose has it!

This week has been a unique one for me. I have been battling with the scale now for a while. I know what effort I am making and what I am eating and yet the scale is not moving. I have kind of gotten frustrated. You know how it is, you look at yourself in the mirror and everything seems to grow. My arms have always been my biggest obstacle, my belly, my legs. They all seem to have grown(yes, in my head) So here is how I know it is just in my head. I have always loved my nose, it is small and cute and pretty much my favorite feature. No I am not being conceited...we all have something on ourselves that we like. My nose is it. ( yes Kt it is cuter than yours :o ) As of this week I have determined that my nose has gotten bigger....yes I know weird right?
So actually my nose has not gotten bigger, my face has gotten smaller so it is a little more pronounced. Last night I picked up my glasses and the lady helping me fit them was commenting on my nose saying how small it was.....( yes , the word cute did come out of her mouth) My husband started talking to her about my weight loss and I realized just how it has affected him as well. Here he was bragging about my small face. If you dont know me you should know that I dont spend a lot of time talking about my good features, I probably should....but dont. This week I have had family tell me how much I have changed just recently. My bosses took our office bowling on Sunday. I had two of my coworkers tell me how great I looked. I have had several people (including the eyeglass Lady) call me skinny lady.....Weird!!!
My co workers confused me a little, they see me every day during the week.....what were they seeing that I wasn't. And how was it different in work clothes? So I was bored waiting for my lunch to cook so I played with my camera. I thought I would try to see me from their eyes. This is what I saw.
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I'm thinking I need new work clothes that fit. According to my husband, they really dont help me much.
So this is what I learned.
It is ok to have a difficult time seeing yourself as others see you. as long as you take the time to hear what they are saying and acknowledge that changes are happening. And even if you cant see....even if you cant listen to what is being said, take a couple minutes to examine the parts of you that you do love, even if it is the nose on your face and realize that nothing stays the same, change is happening all around. Enjoy all the parts that are changing....yes even my arms! Me and my nose, it is a little flared, and yes my smile chin is huge... but it has been a great week to smile!