I feel like something I had misplaced is being recovered.

I was cruising sparkpeople and I noticed an entry with a lot of responses.
It was someone asking when in your weight loss did people notice.
Very interesting responses, some people not wanting comments from people and others wanting the comments.
Some people yelling that your supposed to do it for yourself, some saying how they even know someone who is losing but don't know if it is right to mention it.
Mention it.
It doesn't mean you thought they were fat and ugly before,
I actually adore when someone notices.
Even the ones who rave about my hair when its the same cut I got last summer. (Because it looks better with thinner cheeks lol.)
Seriously though, I have noticed that some people are not sure whats different so you get a more general compliment, and thats fine with me also, because I am looking more healthy, more confident, more energetic.
I feel like something I had misplaced is being recovered.
I had always sung at work, not loud, ( mostly ) but there is always a song either in my head or the music from the piped in speakers playing in the background.
Now my feet are tapping too. Legs are moving. Feeling playful.
But about being notice, and positive reinforcement.
First I have my good sparkfriends. Thank you, You know who you are.
Then I have a few people at work, four of us discussed that our goal was to lose weight in jan and we buddied up, so we are quick to point out when someone's face is looking thinner , or their ass, Or If we see a slimmer back
etc.
Then their are the people who have no idea you are trying, and they are the best verification that its working when they notice.
Yesterday at work I was in the kitchen walking to the back when I overheard two of the cooks talking about me. The one had been away the last two months. He said to the other one, "Doesn't cindy look great, she lost a lot of weight, and the second one answered, Yeah she does. "
That put an extra skip in my step.
Its funny because there are people who will never say a thing, not ever, not about anything. I can come in when I cut my hair from long to short, and never a word. I don't let that bother me, these are usually people who never change their own appearance. I also notice heavier people, they either notice and want to know the how of it or again never mention it. I tell the ones who want to know how and the other ones I understand.
Again on sat I was feeling confident and playful and my best buddy at work had an awful head cold and was miserable, well she called me at home last night and apologized for being in a foul mood and to tell me that I was looking and acting great in body and mind, and that I was so full of life that she wanted to stab me quite a few times. lmao but that was the best compliment too.
Thank you friends for listening, and noticing.
cindy