Does anyone else ever feel like doing this??

Hi everyone, I am just curious if anyone else is feeling this overwhelming urge to stop and talk with every obese person about this surgery! When I go out to eat or shop and I see someone who is very large I just want to go up to them and tell them everything that has happened to me this past year and tell them to research this surgery! Am I crazy for thinking this all the time? Do any of you feel like spreading your story to random people? I feel guilty at the same time for thinking that this person I don't even know should look into researching surgery! I'm confused, can anyone shed some light?

I am overwhelmed by compassion. I see their pain, their shame and hopelessness. I do want to walk up to them and tell them my story. I don't. I say a prayer for them instead. I think more and more people are aware of the surgery, but they need to be ready. What do you say when your good friend who you used to diet with for over 20 years says one more time "I joined Weigh****chers". I am amazing how people walk up to both of us and go on and on about my weight loss in front of her. I know that it is very painful, but I don't think she is ready to give up the food or the weight. I don't care what anyone says, being MO is very painful. I am so grateful for this surgery. What a miracle it has been for me. God bless your journey, J. Marie

I'm with you , I feel myself bringing up my sergery more in coversation with obese people than anyone else. Even though I havn't lost as much as most of you have I still feel 100% better and know that it saved my life. Elsa

Shannon: I know EXACTLY what you are talking about. I feel the SAME way! I see people and want to run up to them, hug them, and tell them, "You do not have to live this way!" I am just so afraid of offending someone so I never say anything. When I get the opportunity to talk to overweight people that I have just met, though, I DO slip in that I have lost nearly 120 lbs in 9 months...that normally prompts the question of how I did it and, if they want to know more, I am happy to tell them. I think it is perfectly normal that we want to spread the joy!! Love and hugs, Jersey

Ditto, Jersey Mom. I find myself initiating conversations and looking for a way to bring up my weight loss. Some people are very curious and others make it clear they are not interested. For those folks I just say a silent prayer and drop the subject hoping I have at least planted a seed. I know that I make an effort to at least smile and/or say "Hi" to any MO person I encounter. I am constantly surprised by their reactions to having someone greet them. I don't know why it should surprise me. I remember all those years of being invisible to other people and I don't want to be a person who treats MO people the way I used to be treated. Susan

I totally understand what you mean I see very obese people and I want to or sometimes even do cry for there pain.. I also say a prayer for them. Tori