It is so surreal.......

I am 220 lbs and I was 211 lbs in 1989 when I graduated from high school........9 lbs away from that weight!   Ok, so I went out for the first time in a while.  Went to my local bar, and saw some people that haven't seen me in a while.  A man that I knew a long time ago, went and bought me a drink.  I have never had that happen before.  That was so cool, to be one of the girls at the bar that a man bought a drink for.  First time ever.......LOL

I bet that really made you feel good

LL

Yes, it idid LL.....

Annabelle

I bet that felt wonderful!  The only guys that ever bought me a drink at a bar would be the old letchy geezer hitting on the young chick.  My best friend Lauri and I get a serious belly laugh out of that one - I'm a geezer magnet!  Yick!

LOL.......This was a guy I know from years ago, but wouldn't date him, it was just such a WOW moment, and just this past week, my mind has just caught up with how much weight I have lost, and all I can say is ........... OMG.
Annabelle

  That is major cool Anabelle!!! I am telling you, people treat you so different. Sometimes it makes me feel angry and sometimes good depending on the situation. I notice I get more doors, eye contact, and smiles.

I know how you feel about being the lowest in so many years....I am 3 pds under my high school weight and I have been out of high school for 36 years!

Keep up all the hard work gf!  

Thank you Janine.  I try to keep in mind of my anger at how people used to treat me.  I know, it is what it is, and I can only change me, and be totally thankful for this second chance at life.  Just how I am amazed, everyone around me is also, and that helps me not get angry.  People who have never treated different because of this disease we call obesity, they have no clue what we what it was like, and probably never will. 

I am just going with it and learning how to be happy, and accept all the, doors being opened, all the eye contact.  Some people say it is because we have changed, but I know when I was 355 lbs, I was still a very outgoing person, and always looked at people, tried to make conversation with them, just like I do now.  What has changed is that I can walk faster, and don't walk hunched over, but other than that I am still the outgoing, bubbly person I have always been.

Thanks again, and I am just going to enjoy the ride and love everyone around me.

Annabelle