PEEVES.

Sep 28, 2009

I get so exhausted of waiters and total strangers freaking out over how little I eat.  Now when I go out to eat I immediately tell the waiter up front that I'll beed a to go box as soon as I tell them my order.  It doesn't remedy the situation all the time, but it does help.  The other day I was walking back to my desk with a small plate of veggies & a few tiny pieces of grilled chicken.  A total stranger stopped me and said, "is that all your eating?".  Instead of just saying my normal, "oh I'm just snacking"...and left it that, I just said, "oh, I'm not hungry and I'm watching my weight".  I then get a lecture from her about how I'm too hard on myself and how the media is so negative about self image and that maybe I should not be so tough on myself.  For all she knew, I simply was  just getting a snack.  LOL.  I thought, "wow, if I had been tougher on myself years ago, might not be in the shape I am now".  I also know what you mean about always having to explain to total strangers about things simply because they heard from so and so, that you had this surgery.  Some of the time, I don't mind sharing with anyone...but that has to be MY decision.  I want to be a good example to someone that may be where I was, but still I want to keep some privacy.  There's nothing worse than ppl that you don't know asking/sharing the most intimate things.  I really don't like it when the "always been skinny" ppl get curious either...they mean well, but come on--they have no clue.   The worst question I've had is, "so, do you have tons of loose skin now?"........uh, AS IF I would love to answer that question to anyone, let alone a TOTAL STRANGER...

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