Who is this person?

So after hitting a major plateau this last month and not losing a pound.  I was starting to get pretty frustrated and was thinking, what am I doing this for?  The hours of cardio and sweating it out in the gym weren't doing a thing.  Like I said before, I had never really considered my self a thin person but didn't think I was overly over weight as well.   Then Paul and I found this picture.  At first we chuckled, wow we look pretty dorky.  Nice sideburns  and "bar star" highlights Paul.  Then Paul said, I don't even recognize you, you look like you are wearing a fat suit.  Quite frankly I feel as though I was.  This picture was taken our first summer vacation together.  Kudos to Paul for looking beyond the fat suit to the person who was underneath.  Some one who desperately wanted to be fit and consider them self an athlete.  Some one who wanted to go to the mountains on vacation and not come up with a million excuses as to why they can't keep up when we go for a light jog.  I believe I thought it was the altitude that was making me so winded when we were there, not the 45 extra pounds I was lugging around.   We brought our bikes on this trip too, which went just as well as the running.  We are going back there this summer with our son, and I am so excited to go running and biking in the mountains and feel fit and athletic.  Definitely worth the hours in the gym.  I feel better already.