I wanted to write about my daughter this time. A few of you have been following her Weight Watchers progress. She has lost 60 lbs. and is looking great. She gave me permission to add a few pictures so that you can see the past and the present.
This photo was taken a couple of years ago. She has been on the program since January and has been doing great. She tried to lose weight about 18 months ago on her own by trying a vegetarian diet but it didn't work too well since she's not a fan of veggies. She's still not a big fan of meat but enjoys chicken and fish.
Last November she had jaw surgery to correct a birth defect and had her upper pallet split. She had an apparatus in the roof of her mouth for 5 months that widened her upper jaw and put a huge gap between her teeth. Then her teeth were brought back together as the upper jaw grew together again. Now she has braces to keep everything together and to straighten her teeth. This December she is having a second surgery to bring her upper jaw forward, her lower jaw back and her chin forward. She will be on a soft diet for quite a while, right through Christmas. I keep teasing her that I am going to bring her pureed food from the nursing home I work in.
Here she is today! She looks and feels great. According to Weight Watchers she still has 14 lbs to go but I think she looks great. Mind you, I'm her mom and she has always been beautiful to me.She has worked really hard to get to where she is today. She's a lovely young woman who has just had a great whirlwind tour of Europe. She's finished college and working while she decides whether to go back to school.
Congrats Sweetie! I love you!
4 comments:
OMG!! She looks amazing and tell her I said so, I have tears in my eyes, you should be and I know you are so proud of her!! You must be thrilled that she did this now while she is so young and now has set herself up for an entire life of healthy living!! CONGRATULATIONS1 - I have goose bumps just looking at her pic and am so happy for her!! Like mom like daughter you are both doing amazing!! Wouldn't it be nice to see a mom and daughter pic!! Thank you for sharing Jo and daughter, it is so nice to see your daughter succeeding, I feel like I know her from following your story!! Amazing!!
Maddds
What a beautiful girl and such amazing results on WW! I think a Mother-Daughter success story in WW magazine would be a great way to celebrate both your hard work! Tell your daughter congratulations from me on all her success! She absolutely deserves it! :)
Jo - I am tagging you - you'll have to look at my blog to see what exactly this entails!
Maddds
She does look great and she is beautiful -- it's not just your mother's eyes!
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