Compliments

Anyone else having a hard time with the compliments? It's like everyone's eyes are on me. "How does it feel to be so small?" In my head I am thinking I am not small at all! I know it is hard on the emotional side but I was good at hiding in the background!

It's kind of funny, after being invisible for so long, isn't it? But you are smaller to their eyes, even though you may not see it. So just say, "thank you," or "it feels great because I feel better/healthier/happier/have more energy/etc." I make jewelry and it was always hard to take compliments on my work, so finally I just learned to say "thank you," and after you do that a bunch of times (because you're gonna be getting more compliments as time goes on) it becomes easier. And the more you say a positive affirmation the more you'll believe it yourself. Just like the more negative one is to themselves, the more they believe the negative speak in their heads. It works both ways. So, you look maaahvelous, dahlink. You say...why thank you, I feel maaahvelous, too!! Inky

I've always hated receiving compliments. Kind of goes back to junior high and high school where one person would say you look nice, then laugh at you behind their backs. I much much prefer being invisible. I don't notice any difference in me at all, and I've lost like 60+ lbs since last year (I lost a lot pre-op). My clothes have always fit kind of loose, I bought them that way. I have more energy but I really think that's because I'm taking B-12, not anything else. I guess until I really see a big change it won't mean much to me, I don't know. I was this weight prior to this for quite a while, I've always been fat, since I was a teenager. I also can't stand having my picture taken, and I'm gonna be in a wedding this coming weekend, and I really don't want any pics of me taken. I've burned pics of myself before cuz I couldn't stand looking at them. I'm gonna have to do it, I know, but it's not gonna be much fun for me.