More Deep Thoughts...

(I always think of the old bit on Saturday Night Live when I post these.... "Deep Thoughts.... by Jack Handy".   Remember those?  )

Anyway, we have all suffered through a lot of humiliation as a result of our obesity.  Was there one particular incident that mortified you more than most?  Are you brave enough to share it here?  We've all walked a similar road, and I think it's really helpful or eye opening to actually put those moments out there on display.  Maybe it will help to bolster your determination to NEVER GO BACK. 

I had two such moments that jump to mind. 

One was getting on the Monster at ValleyFair, and having to get off 'cuz they just couldn't close the ride car with my belly in the way.  Many of you know, I conquered that sucker last summer.  Even tho I KNEW in my brain I would fit, those damned old tapes of that horrific moment would NOT stop playing in my head, and I just about poked my fingernails through my palms waiting to get on and prove myself HEALED from the scars that were left!

The other was going to Timber Lodge Steakhouse with my family.  They took us to a booth in the main part of the dining room, and I could not even SQUEEZE myself in.  We had to go back out front and wait for a table to open up.  THAT was mortifying - not only in front of my family, but every other stranger in the dining room that day.  (To this day, I swear those booths were tighter than most, but that hardly mattered...)

One last thing for you post-ops -  have you gone back to face the demon and conquer it?

The one that stands out in my mind the most was coming back from lunch with a group of people I had just met who work for the same company, but a diff department. We were walking back from the parking garage, and I took the elevator instead of the stairs even though it was only one flight.

Also walking back into the building I was a lot slower than everyone else.

Now I take the stairs up and down darn near every day. I'm not afraid to run up to the next floor to pick something up when a year ago I would have taken the elevator up one floor!

I also no longer look for the closest parking spot when I go out! It's very freeing to walk from the back of the lot and not be out of breath!

Darla, I love your Jack Handy moments!!!

AMEN to kicking elevators to the curb, and not doing mega-laps waiting for a GOOD parking spot to open up in front of you!!

I think the most memorable one in my adult life happened while I was visiting my brother in England a few years ago.  We were at a place called the Red Lion Inn, which is in Norfolk near the North Sea, and I was walking back to our table outdoors when this little boy who was maybe 3 years old exclaimed loudly in his perfect British accent "He fat, Mum!).  His Mum got the most mortified look on her face and scurried away with him without apologizing.  It was humiliating to realize that even a 3 year old could see that I had gotten huge while I had been in denial about the extent of that reality.  In some ways that little boy's observation was the beginning of the road to WLS for me.

Little kids do NOT have social filters, that's for sure.  But lookie what he did for you!

Darla,

Deep thoughts is right..........

I actually forgot about this till now........

When we would go to a hotel any hotel I was mortified to put on my swimsuit, the kind with the skirt to HIDE my fat.......Well it never hid my fat........Uh.....I so hated my body back then, I was so embarred of all my fat.......

Now I just have skin and the wrinkle puppy look.:)  hmmmm, I guess I'll take that over the fat......

Kelly

Lookie how GOOD you look in your swimsuits NOW!!!

I'll share:
At my sister's wedding reception, my mother came over to the bride's table (where I was seated as one of the bridesmaids) and told my sister, who was wearing our mother's wedding dress, that she could keep the dress, since 'we all know Pam will never fit into it'.  Everyone at the table heard that interchange, and I left the reception in tears.

Wow.... OUCH!!!  I bet that DID hurt!  My mom said something to me years ago, unrelated to my weight, that REALLY hurt - and although I have certainly forgiven her, I doubt I'll ever be able to forget it. 

I try REALLY HARD not to say such potentially hurtful things to MY kids, but I know I've already let ONE slip with my daughter (NOT about her weight, either...)

Pam - Wow! This is the first time I've seen your new avie, you look awesome!