I see me...........(cross post from VSGMG)

I see me.......

I see me almost daily....

I see me many times in a day if I’m at a public event or place....

I see me everywhere....

I see me...... at around a 54BMI

When I see me, I know what that person is feeling.....

When I see me..... I can vividly remember what and how I felt.......

I’m a visual person, that’s my job...... I can tell you from across the room what 3oz. of protein looks like.

When I see me....... sitting in a restaurant, not comfortable, self conscious, embarrassed, thinking I gotta get outta here.

When I see me trying to walk up the stairs..... I know how hard it is to breath, the pain, the sweat, the way my heart pounded.....

When I see me trying on clothes...... I know how disgusting it feels......

When I see me in an elevator.....I can hear him breathing......

When I see me at the grocery store with all the wrong foods in the shopping cart.......I know people are taking note......thinking..... that guy doesn't need all that crap food.....

When I see me...... I know that guy has a hard time tying his shoes.....

When I see me...... I know that guy can’t really get a good wipe on his azz......(sorry TMI....but the truth)

When I see me driving.... I know his stomach is touching the steering wheel..... 

When I see me walking to an airline seat.....I know people are just hoping it won’t be next to them..... and he’s probably gonna have to ask for a seat belt extender......

When I see me..... I have mixed emotions......

Do you see you ????

frisco

***This post is not meant to be condescending to anybody...... just my truth.....

Wonderful!  I never saw me until I started this process, now I see me everywhere. 

I replied in the maint group too, but I think it bears repeating... I cannot imagine anyone taking offense to this, hon. I think it was beautiful and true for most of us.

I feel almost... uncomfortable... when I see myself out there. I know it all too well. I dunno, it's hard.

I see me sitting in chairs and hoping to almighty God they don't break under me.  I see me squeezed into a restaurant booth.  I see me out in the heat, face beet red, sweating, even indoors.

Sort of apropos of your post, a woman stopped me after church today and told me I look terrific.  She wanted to know what I was doing to lose weight.  I told her.  She told me she has been told to lose 103 pounds.  She has 13 years on me and 14 grandchildren.  I hope I lit a spark in her today to look into VSG, because when I watched her painfully and awkwardly shuffle into her pew before Mass started, I saw me. 

Great post.  All of us fat and formerly fat people have a secret kinship, a connection, and only we can understand each other.  I think to myself, with great relief, Thank you God for another day in a nearly normal size (I'm currently a happy size 14!).

Nope, still sick as a dog, nauseous beyond believe.  But, at least I am losing weight and wearing a size 14 - that is a miracle!

Thank you for this post because what I really see is that I am not alone .... but more importantly (and because I don't like who I've become when I see me) I can also see from your and others posts is that I can change the me I see.    

WOW! so true. I saw me just like that. But now thanks to my sleeve that me! is no longer...... but inside me to remind me to make the right choices. Thank you Frisco.