Personality changes since WLS????
In an effort to keep the board interesting and moving...
What lifestyle or personality changes have you experienced or are starting to experience since your weightloss??????? I mean the things other than gaining a healthier, more active life. How is it impacting your personality or attitude?
Are you more confident? more assertive? Do you walk a little taller? Are you pursuing something you never did before? Do you feel sexier? flirt more?
Please share your "changes" with the group, I'm sure we would all celebrate the new you!
Amy 
For me, I've noticed that I couldn't care less anymore what others think of me. I know what I've accomplished in the last 13 months and I'm happy and proud of myself. I also don't walk with my head down anymore and I make eye contact with others more often.
I've always been sensitive to others physical limitations especially those that are obese but I've found myself even more tuned in to what others go through and deal with on a daily basis.
I have also noticed that I have LESS patience with those people that are, how can I put this, MORONS!! 
I know even morons have their place in the world but I don't have to put up with their crap/stupidity/lack of sensitivity/lack of intelligence if I don't want to anymore. Small minded people just don't have a place in my new world.
Sincerely,
Dawn
Post-Op 9/23/04
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I know even morons have their place in the world but I don't have to put up with their crap/stupidity/lack of sensitivity/lack of intelligence if I don't want to anymore. Small minded people just don't have a place in my new world.
Sincerely,
Dawn
Post-Op 9/23/04
399/234/200 
I agree with Dawn, I am very intollerant to people who knock obesity or even those in wheelchairs.
On another note, I find myself with more energy. I feel sexier, since I can wear more trendy clothes. People think I am younger than I am, and I've found myself skipping....yes skipping without a huge belly flapping in the way. My grand baby can sit on my lap...I have a lap now instead of a belly taking all the lap room. I can sit on my husbands lap and he can carry me, even my 14 yr old son could carry me. I can put on a bathing suit and feel like I look good in it. I breathe better, my legs are not swollen and puffy and I can wear smaller shoes. Just a few of the changes.
Blessings,
Tami
I am lighter on my feet I walk taller and faster than ever before and even run on ocassion, I am happier all around and every one notices that I am. I have always walked with my head up but now it is in the clouds. I have never been one to take crap off anyone and that has not changed either.
Ok now how about you I see you ask the question but didnot reply to it so your turn
cyndee
Ok now how about you I see you ask the question but didnot reply to it so your turn cyndee 
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I noticed that as soon as I started to lose weight, I got sassy and wanted to date more and go out and felt like I wanted to flaunt what I finally had, but after a while it got old and I got more reserved. I am now a much more cold and insensitive person than I used to be before I lost weight. Maybe I was needy and insecure before WLS (?!).
I no longer crave affection and attention. Sometimes I feel as if I lost some sensitivity, patience, and compassion along with the pounds.
I lately have noticed such changes in my personality and am trying to be better...
Vivi. 
Kathy,
Your day will come! I love walking into a room and being just another person versus the "fat lady". I also love sitting in meetings, on a plane or in a restaurant and NOT being the biggest one there. I no longer hear snide comments from teenagers or obnoxious people, that always bothered me although I tried to rise above it. There is an inner peace in me these days that I am "normal" versus being a big girl. It has taken a long time to become "invisible" to many again, but now if I want attention, I can get it in other ways.
Amy
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