Down 60 lbs!

Why all the potatoes?  60 pounds of them? Well, because that is the equivalent in pounds of the amount of weight I have lost.  Yes, 60 lbs!

When I had lost 45-50 lbs, some of my friends had commented that I had lost the amount of weight equal to a small child.  Then as I approached 60 lbs, another friend said, "Imagine 60 lbs of potatoes!"  I decided to put it to the test.  

My friend and I were out one night late and so we went to the only place that sold produce and was open that late....Walmart!  We laughed and almost cried in the aisle as we kept trying to load me up with the potatoes.  They were so heavy though that I either couldn't hold them high enough for the picture or they slipped out of my hands.  We tried to pile them on my shoulder and then they fell.  The manager of the store finally got in on the action and helped me do it.  So funny! 

I said, "I'm sorry that we are using all this produce and don't plan on buying any of it" and she replied, "Honey, don't worry!  You cant hurt these potatoes! They grow in a dang dirt field."  Ha!  Then she proceeded to stick around and share with us her own weight loss journey.  As we were leaving the store, I looked at the pics and was so pumped up about how powerful the visual was that I stopped a couple random strangers and showed them and said, "I just lost all these potatoes!"  ha!!!!