Thursday Morning Coffee !!!

Hi All,

It's so cold here; I can feel it in my bones.

Well, my surgery is scheduled for February 5th and I'm not telling a lot of folks and for good reason.................everyone has an opinion like............you know you can die? or can't you just do it naturally?

It came up during thanksgiving at the in-laws and the conversation was sooooo outrageous. No one knew that I had a surgery date or even thought about it but just their ignorant comments confirmed to me why I didn't tell them.

In the meantime, I'm so excited about my surgery and I have the support of my husband/immediate family.

I have gotten so many comments about being "too thin," especially from my family.    My mother has been particularly harsh in her opinions.   She tells me "It is unnatural for a woman your age to be this thin."    My students tell me I'm too thin and that I need to get "some booty" on me.   When people tell me I'm too thin now, I just comment that I didn't ask to end up at this weight.   This is where I landed.   Once I hit a normal BMI (145), I figured anything after that was just by cir****tance.    I began eating more carbs to slow the weight loss down.   Despite what I ate, I just kept losing down to 120.   I bounce back and forth between 120 and 125 and it doesn't seem to matter at this time what I eat,  I have remained ensconced at this weight for a year and a half now.   Interestingly, people who never knew me as a heavy person just consider me a petite woman and do not comment that I'm too thin.  It's only individuals who knew me before.    I recently however met a very good female friend of my boyfriend.   She later told him that she really liked me, but "that she'd like me a lot more if was 50 pounds heavier."   Gah!

......but "that she'd like me a lot more if was 50 pounds heavier."
That is because you are so damn adorable, and we are all jealous!!

Interestingly, people who never knew me as a heavy person just consider me a petite woman and do not comment that I'm too thin.  It's only individuals who knew me before.
So true.  I just can't imagine you any other way!  I've seen the pictures, and they look like you, but just  *aren't you* .  kwim??

You'll be saying the same for yourself, Kimberley, and probably already are.  It's a surreal experience, for sure - to be the same on the inside, but so different on the outside.     It's a delightful, but disconcerting feeling.