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Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
I was always a bit heavy, even when I was a kid. I had a round face and kids would tease me and call me names. So even though, looking back and seeing that I was definitely overweight but nowhere near what I *thought* I looked like, I always felt ashamed and embarrassed of being me. As I got older, the weight kept piling on and I tried everything. Every diet and every program and every method. My self esteem was so low that I imagined people laughing at me all the time. I was going to the gym 5 days a week, cardio training as well as working with weights. Everytime I stepped into the gym, I had to talk myself into staying rather than putting my tail between my legs and running for the hills. I felt like everyone was looking at me and judging me....
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Me?? Hot?? What!?
posted on 7/1/12 8:03 am

I went out with some friends on Friday night and I must say....was incredibly nervous. I haven't been "out" much over the last 10 years or so. My size just got the better of my self esteem and I couldn't do it.

So I was feeling pretty self-conscious to say the least. Especially since I was wearing a VERY SHORT dress!!! I mean...I think my running shorts might even be longer!

Luckily, my legs look pretty good and most of my loose skin is around my mid section and the arm area.

There were people there who hadn't seen me in years and they were so taken back by how I looked that it made me feel pretty good! Actually, they didn't even recognize me until much later in the evening. Such a good feeling....

so with this boost of confidence and a FANTASTIC wing (wo)man....I ended up just flirting a little and talking to  couple of guys at a bachelor party. They were very nice and one in particular was very funny, smart and OMG HOT!!!! We chatted for a bit and when his buddies came to get him to head to the next bar, as he was leaving he kissed me on the cheek and told me I was beautiful!

Now....I am not even going to say that alcohol was involved on his part or anything else to try to convince myself that it was an insignificant moment....because I deserve this moment!!

I was literally floating on air. It's not like he was trying to score; he was talking about his kid and his buddy's wedding, so it was just very light and fun conversation across the back of a booth. Not (very) sexual at all...but just flirty enough for me to be able to say....not bad for an old lady!!! He was quite a bit younger than me and let me just say...the body of a God!!! Such a perfect specimen!!!

and the best part? not once did I feel fat!! A bit self conscious maybe not being used to wearing dresses at all, and certainly not one quite so short!!! But I had several compliments from people who never even knew I used to be fat, so I must have looked OK!!

I just want to thank this young man for totally boosting my self esteem through the roof!!! It feels so good to be normal, you just can't even understand unless you have been there. It sounds like such a unimportant and irrelevant thing to say, "Hey I went to a bar and chatted up some hot young guy who was totally into me". I mean, I love my Honey and he loves me....and obviously to have someone love you for who you are is as much as we can ever hope for in life....but every once in a while, its nice to know that some stranger thinks you're hot ;)






 


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