Good Morning. People will forget you were ever fat

It's the strangest thing. Your family, friends and acquaintances will forget you were ever fat. Or, they will catch themselves after making some comment. It's funny to watch their face when it dawns on them you used to be fat and what they just said was really stupid. Just go with it, they just forgot or it didn't occur to them. Now, I don't mean to let them get away with prejudiced hateful statements about obese people, but if they make a comment like "oh, but you wouldn't know about that", just smile and in your heart know that they accept you just as you are now. Life will get normal again and not everything will be focused around your weight. Hard to believe, but it will happen one day. Hang tough, babeeees!

--gina
    

No one I know has forgotten that I was fat yet.  I'm still getting the questions of "how much have you lost?" or "how much more do you want to lose?", etc.  I get tired of talking about it.  I just want people to ignore it.  So I can't wait to get to that point where life is normal again.

Haven't gotten to this point yet.  Have to say I'm with Kim.  I still get the "how much" line of questioning. But I am enjoying the double takes from folks who haven't seen me in a few months.  Some of the looks are beyond laughable.

I look forward to the day when family/friends forget that I was fat/had WLS.  Im tired of the questions/comments.  I find myself apologizing and/or changing the subject when my weight comes up.  Cindy

And some people never knew.

I had PT for a pelvic floor issue last fall. The PT commented that the issue was "unusual" for someone as "tiny" as me. I explained how I was now a tiny shell around the much bigger issues from before.

Then last week we went to a car show with DH's classic vette. I had a coupon for a BOGO at Culvers, and walked over to get dinner. There was no crosswalk, so I waited until the street was clear and started to cross. An SUV screeched out of the Culvers lot without stopping, and slammed on the brakes. The idiot woman driver leaned out and shouted "What do you think you're doing??" Since it was (or should have been) obvious, I simply said "Crossing the street." She shouted back, "You skinny ***** it's not a crosswalk!"

I laughed and laughed.

Most friends are now used to my new size, which makes me happy. People I know but don't see often are still VERY confused. And I'm still startled when I catch a glimpse of myself in a mirror or window.

I do love all the compliments I get now but it will be nice when my weight loss is not such a hot topic. Glad to know i have that to look forward to :)

I wouldn't mind "a skinny *****" comment  LOL
janet

I'm not to the "they've forgotten I was fat" stage yet either. And thanks to my middle and some other areas that still need to redistribute, it's gonna be awhile yet.

And I'd love to hear the skinny ***** comment, LOL.

Liz

can't wait for people to forget!! Also can't wait to be could a skinny **** I have been called a fat **** and the skinny version just has a better ring to it..lol :)

I do know what you mean, Gina. Sometimes I find myself forgetting it too!! A friend of mine complains and complains about feeling crappy, is always sick, depressed, etc. She is overweight and doesn't take care of herself (should have sounded more familiar). Well, another friend and I were talking like, "Duh, if she would stop eating the McDonalds and get to exercising, she would feel so much better!" Later, I had to laugh......I wondered how many people have probably said that about me!