Validation

Alright guys,
Typically I like to do an upbeat update to let people know what is going on in my weight loss journey. I try to provide encouragement for these "hard times" we're all in lol. I don't like to write about the negatives, read about negatives, etc. However, you are completely kidding yourself if you think you're going to make it out of a weight loss journey feeling like a shining star the whole time. I've had my trials already, but today I had to deal with humiliation that came from an outside source. Granted, it wasn't the worse thing in the world. It wasn't like children were making fun of me or anything.... Well, here's what happened:

After church, a lady asked me how my mom had lost all of her weight, that she was looking great. Now, this doesn't seem like the type of thing to upset me. I'm very proud of all my mom's weight loss and she really does look great. She's the type of person that you wish would blog lol. However, what the crap?! Here I am, almost 25 pounds gone, and just nothing from this lady. Not even a slight recognition of the hard work. So you see... it really is petty and I'm sure a lot of you are thinking about your own bouts of public shaming. But, I can't help to feel like I was looking for validation from an outside source. There's nothing wrong with that either. Sometimes you want that from people. However, I have enough self- validation to know that I have done amazing in losing almost 25 pounds. The amount of pride I have in myself really is enough, but geez.

---Anyone else ever feel like they aren't getting the praise they deserve lol?!