One more thought on the wierdness of it all

[Guest guest]

>> And I feel like

people are thinking of me as a fat chick no matter

what and there is NOTHING I can do about it (I am just

not going to get a lot smaller) and it makes me

insane.

How I can identify with that! The worst, absolute worst, is when I am eating

a meal with people who don't know me well. They comment on my not eating

sugar or having a small meal, and I will say I had a gastric bypass and

cannot eat X amount or cannot have sugar, and they will say " Did it work? "

Ok, I still weigh 250 pounds. But since they didn't know me when I was

practically immobile at 415, it's hard for them to imagine how much it

worked! And then there is every support group meeting where people smaller

than me haven't even had their surgeries yet, and I'm wondering why they're

bothering with such a drastic measure!

Yeah, it worked. Yeah, I'm still fat. Not AS fat, but still fat in the eyes

of other people and my favorite jeans.

It's frustrating. And scary.

~~ Lyn

[Guest guest]

>> And I feel like

people are thinking of me as a fat chick no matter

what and there is NOTHING I can do about it (I am just

not going to get a lot smaller) and it makes me

insane.

How I can identify with that! The worst, absolute worst, is when I am eating

a meal with people who don't know me well. They comment on my not eating

sugar or having a small meal, and I will say I had a gastric bypass and

cannot eat X amount or cannot have sugar, and they will say " Did it work? "

Ok, I still weigh 250 pounds. But since they didn't know me when I was

practically immobile at 415, it's hard for them to imagine how much it

worked! And then there is every support group meeting where people smaller

than me haven't even had their surgeries yet, and I'm wondering why they're

bothering with such a drastic measure!

Yeah, it worked. Yeah, I'm still fat. Not AS fat, but still fat in the eyes

of other people and my favorite jeans.

It's frustrating. And scary.

~~ Lyn