It's a little weird...

Been getting noticed quite a bit. Don't get me wrong, I think I like it. It's just so weird. I don't want to be one of those that's all about everyone thinking I'm all that. I do love the attention, but it gets a little uncomfortable. Haven't been here much...or ever, for that matter. Just a new territory, I guess. I have always...ALWAYS loved compliments, so it is really nice to be smiled at and talked to...and treated well when going even just to the grocery store! I just really don't want to get all caught up in a few looks and become this person that thinks I'm better than everyone else.  Anyhoo...My dear friends...the moment you notice I've got that kind of attitude, SMACK ME!!! Thanks! Love you guys- Liz

i am surprised you didnt get noticed before your really a pretty young lady. A man once told me that he was attracted to my attitude because I didnt act like I was ashamed of being big. He said it was kinda sexy.. to bad I was already married to someone else...lol.. but when you think about it alot of larger people just try to blend in and not be noticed.

Hi, Liz, It's shocking to me you haven't been noticed before. You're smart and witty and sassy (in a nice way) and your picture is gorgeous. However, should we notice a problem, we will smack you through the ethernet!!! lol donna

Liz, I have spent the last 20 years of my life punishing myself by choosing to stay large just so no one would notice me. I know that sounds wierd, but when I was small and sexy, I was noticed and the end result turned out to be a painfull ordeal. I have spent so many years beating myself up because of this. It's amazing how one can allow someone or something to take control over your life and screw it all up.

Most of my younger years were wasted. I think that you feel so much better about yourself right now and hold your head up a lot higher. That doesn't mean that you think that you are all that and a bag of chips.It just means that you have taken control of your life and it feels good. Anyways, I promise to smack you if you start to act like you are Miss Thang................(((((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))) and congratulations, Rita

Rita, you seem to sing my song in all your words....as if you have lived my very life. It is so strange how much I relate to it. It is so been there done that!  You seem to have many words of wisdom that shows there is a positive outcome....I'm working towards that... Liz, It is wonderful to be noticed! It has been many years and few and far between words for me. Enjoy it! You have a radiance about you that even comes through on these pages. I don't know you well enough to smack you if you turn into a concieted little hag, but give me a few months. I will say that I agree with Rita...You probably walk with a confidence that you haven't had in many years.  I look forward to that day! You are probably smiling more....are more approachable..... It is sad but true, people DO find it hard to look past the outer shell to see the inner beauty or to hear the music of the inner you.....Each step forward you take, will take you furter into this new world of self discovery.....Enjoy every step of it. When it's my turn....no matter how long it takes....LOOK OUT!!!  You guys will have to be smacking me every day!!!   Keep up the good work my young friend! Sherry

Liz.... I, too, am quite surprised that you weren't noticed before as you are a beautiful girl and you can tell it comes from the inside out.   I don't think you'd be one of those people who starts thinking you're all that.  I know some people who are like that and you're personality doesn't strike me at all like that.  I am glad you feel good with the positive attention you are getting already...  It's just going to get more frequent from here on out, girl!  **hugs**

Liz, Beautful people come in a whole range of packages.  It's that "initial" sigh of you that is the impression-maker that everyone wants to portray.  I think you're a beautiful girl and you can tell by you attitude that you're a loving individual as well.  Everyone deserves their chance at happiness, sometimes it just takes a push.  Some people get so empowered by their new look that it changes their persona, but alwas in the back of their mind they remember when they didn't feel so pretty or handsome.  As for me...i've always said i didn't need a skinny girl, I want a woman who can relate to me and my special brand of being "me".  After all....chubby people need love too....hehehehe... I bet AmyBeth could tell you about how she's gotten the wolf whistles and cat calls showing the initerest but sometimes those guys don't walk the walk and can't deal with someone who has found out she's been really beautiful all along! Chat at you later! T.

Liz As I drove through OK yesterday down 31 to McAlester and the turnpike to Antlers, you can tell from across the road they are looking, and they are not even up close, a couple of guys on 31 almost had wrecks, I swear, but I want to warn you my dear, that dating is actually harder now, at least heavy I knew they liked me for me, but now I don't know their intentions and have been really hurt by men who only wanted something and run and so I am telling you go slow!!!!!!!!!!!  If you need someone to talk to call me I will give you my cell phone and we can chat anytime girl to girl! As for you T, answer your phone you playa! AB

Hey there. Thanks for all of that!!! I would love to chat with you sometime. Just pm me your number and I'll call ya! Liz

I am the male version of you Liz, being ignored so to speak for years because of my size.  Now that being said I was the friend to all and the life of the party.  But if I ever found someone I wanted to be with 99% of the time i was told "well you are too nice a guy for me to date, you are like my Bubba".  I hated that, it made me want to eat more.  The sad thing is I once weighed 210 pounds when I first started going to bars and wore a size 34-36 men's Wranglers.  I was IT and I knew it.  How in the world I don't have a teenage kid running around now is a miracle.  I found the "trophy fiancee" moved out of state with her, and she dumped me to get back with her ex who she was sleeping with behind my back.  That started the downward spiral and the weight gain.  If I wasn't good enough for her who was I good enough for at all?  I dated a little over the next 11 years but never really found anyone I connected with.  Now to today.  I wasn't really looking when I met my girlfriend.  In fact I was going onto POF to close my account that day and got the message from her saying she was interested in me.  ME?  Yeah I about fell out of my chair.  I am blessed by God though to have a woman that sees me for the guy I am, and that I am changing for the better both on the inside and the outside.  I know you will find that in someone too.  I wish the best for you, cause you are super sweet and deserve it.