You lost 6kg right?

I attended a wedding over the weekend and I have comments from friends who say I keep on shrinking. I am not too sure or very conscious over the shrinking factor. All I revel in the fact is that my baju kurung that used to show my shape is now looser and I enjoy the extra space!

I was happily eating the food prepared (of course in accordance to the food plan or at least "close to" it) and one my table companions said to me, "You lost so much weight!"

And I said to her, over a piece of fish, "Yes, I have."

She then replies, "You lost 6kg right?"

I put my piece of fish down on the plate, paused and turned to look at her. I see she was holding her spoon after scooping some soup and held it there until I answered. I replied, "Errr... actually I lost 23kg."

She puts the soup spoon down, "Wow! 23kg! How did you do it?"

I was amused. People didn't think I was that big or that heavy in the first place because of my height. And also, it's hard to comprehend to actually hear that someone has lost more than 10kg! Losing 5kg IS already an achievement, a celebration when it's 10kg but a great party when it's 20kg! It should probably be declared a public holiday when I lose 50kg!

Another reminder not to take it for granted how far I've come. I've been fighting cravings over the long weekend. And when I stepped on the weighing scale this morning, I'm now 94.9kg. That's a total weight loss of 24.2kg!

Shane & Mio Ting, if you're reading this, I can't find my measuring tape!