I'm much more outgoing....

Do you guys notice you are more outgoing? I realized this during this week when we had a lot of new people coming into our dispatch center. In fact, on a side note, I got to meet the secret service snipers that always travel with the President as he was here visiting yesterday. Anyway, one thing I've noticed is that I'm able to be more "myself" lately. I realized that I was always outgoing when I was younger but I forgot how to be that and ended up being a wallflower for the last 10-15 years. I always thought people were looking at my substantial rolls of fat rather than me. Well, as I met the secret service and then subsequently met a bunch of troopers I only knew by phone before (we dispatch a large area), I found myself introducing myself to them and feeling like I could strike up a conversation without being a drip. What a huge relief - I have to say! I wouldn't say I'm a flirt, but I'm definitely less self-conscious and rather enjoying the attention I've been getting lately. I know it's a hand in hand thing - I feel and look better so I am more outgoing, so they respond differently to me, but also it's a matter that I look better and that in and of itself also has them respond differently to me. Do any of you feel this way too??? Dina

I have noticed a difference too. And others are striking up a conversation with me. Example: We have a family reunion tomorrow. Last night I was in the store and I picked up 5 packages of rolls. As I was putting them on the counter to pay for them...I kept thinking,,,should I say I am not eating all of this myself and the gentleman ahead of me said. "are you having a cook out?" I laughed and told him no...family reunion and what I had been thinking. We all laughed. But I do not think in the past that conversation would have happened. I catch myself strinking up conversations with stangers too and being a little more "witty". Another thing happened last night. My uncle stopped by last night from Alabama as he is in town for the reunion. He has not seen me since last October. I opened the door and he said, "wow Martha, what happened to you?" with a nice big smile on his face. I said I had weight loss surgery isn't it great?

Absolutely. A lot of folks post how people have changed in reaction to them and blame it all on weight and fat, but I honestly think a LOT of it is due to our own changing attitudes. I've become much more outgoing and friendly than I used to be, and I think people pick up on that. When I was big, I was very sullen and quiet, but now that I'm only half as big (nearly), I'm also happy and talkative. EC

Yeah I have noticed that I am a little more outgoing. Not too much different though because I tried to ignore my weight and be outgoing regardless but I FEEL better now and not as self consious on the inside so I am sure it reflects on the outside. I think I have a little more pep in my hellos than usual Elizabeth M