No one recognizes me

Mar 31, 2011

I've gone to a few functions lately in the business community and am finding it entertaining how no one recognizes me.   You know how it is when you're at an event with a couple hundred people and you know people, but can't always place them because they're not in the usual context.   In other words, sometimes you recognize the person but can't figure out how.   I get that, but this was different.

Today I had people who know me well walk right past me after I said hello.   Others would look at me then look at my name tag to confirm I was who they thought I was.   Some would look my direction from across the room then say something to the person next to them, recognition would flash and then they would smile & wave or come talk to me.  It was really getting to be weird after a while.   Especially because not everyone knows that I had surgery so we had to deal with the awkward, "you've lost weight...did you want to?"   In other words, "are you sick or did you find a great diet?"

It's funny because my self image is about a size 12, which is what I am now.   When I lost weight 20 years ago and was wearing 9s & 10s, I still felt like about a 12.   When I wore 22/24s, I still saw a size 12 in the mirror.  So in my mind, I haven't changed that much.   When I look at before photos of this time last year, I'm stunned that I was so big.  When I show it to others, they consistently say "you never looked like that to me".  
It's just kinda weird.  Before I felt invisible to strangers because of my size.  Now I feel invisible to the people I know!   I really look forward to the newness of this wearing off for the people in my life and the smaller TG becoming the "new normal".   I really want things to just be normal again!

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09/14/2010
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