OMG, is that YOU??!!

So a whole year passes by, I lose 100 pounds and the whole world around you takes notice. When I got down maybe 15-20 pounds, it was mostly "hey you look different...." It kinda felt like those erectile dysfunction commercials when they say what's new with Jim. A weird comparison yes, but accurate nonetheless. Lost 50 more pounds down the road and it became "Whoooaaaaaaaaaa Vaughn what happened to you"? "You lost a lot of weight", "You look great". My friends were always in support of me getting healthy and kept me motivated. But of course, all these new "friends" came out the woodwork trying to be all comfy cozy with a brotha (we'll get to the haters in a later post). The response that I received from my family was crazy as well, esepecially from my grandmother. Her big concern was that I looked sick and I should stop losing weight. I always found that funny because there was a point in time when she thought I was too big and needed to lose weight. It's like geez I can't win with everyone. My mom was always encouraging me to get better and healthier. So whenever she saw me, she would just say how amazing I looked and how proud she was of  her son. Now being the mama's boy that I am, my heart melted a little bit when she said these things. There's NOOOO better feeling then feeling the happiness and pride your mom has in you.  I love that lady to the fullest. Anywho, I also had to deal with the backhanded compliments from everyone as well.  Foolishness like "whoa I had no idea how fat you were", "What kind of drugs are u on"?, "Your head even lost some weight too"!!! Just because I lost a huge amount of weight within in a year,    people shouldn't assume that it was due to diet pills or starvation. I simply quit junk food cold turkey and orked my black ass off!!!! Anyone who thinks otherwise, they shouldn't read this blog. No matter what happens, people are bound to form an opinion no matter how ill-informed they may be.