Felt a bit silly today

Today was a busy day and I had to supervise a class doing an exam for three hours. I didn't want to make noise eating, so I took a bottle of milk as my snack (I'm in the full fluids stage). Well as I was leaving and waiting for the elevator I got a bit hungry and realized I wouldn't make it home without having something. So I pulled my Greek yogurt out of my lunch bag. I hoped I wouldn't run into anyone while I was eating it on the way down, but alas, I stopped on the next floor and someone got on. I don't get embarrassed too easily, but it got me wondering what kinds of funny or embarrassing things have happened to people post-op.

Don't know why you were embarrassed.  Was it because you were caught eating in public, or was it because you were eating yogurt?  Were you licking the spoon, groaning in ecstasy?  I probably would have waited till I got to my car, but I really wouldn't feel embarrassed by it.  

Now, if your too big underwear fell down around your ankles as you were walking through a store........that would be embarrassing!    

Oh my!! Remind me to buy some suspenders for my underwear :)

LMAO! Love this response :)

I don't get embarrassed easily, so it wouldn't have bothered me at all. 

I must have a very thick skin embarrassment wise - that wouldn't have thrown me in the slightest. Mind you, I wouldn't have been coordinated enough to carry all my stuff, wear my winter coat and eat anything with a spoon on an elevator lol  I'm sure I would have waited to get to (my car, a seat, etc.) somewhere I could sit. I think as morbidly obese people we carry a lot of eating shame in general and that's perhaps where the embarrassment you felt stemmed from. (?)

It took me a long time to get over the feeling that people were watching me while I was eating. Now I don't care. Even at goal weight, it was an issue. Felt like I was constantly judged. 

However, it really depended on what I was eating. I wouldn't care if people watched me eat greek yogurt post-surgery. But if I had even sugar-free ice cream (which I did in the beginning), I felt like telling people it was sugar-free. Very weird.

I think part of it was also that it wasn't a very portable snack... You can't eat a cup of yogurt like a granola bar or some nuts. I whipped out my little container and spoon like a champ :) I've been making sure I take extra food where ever I go so I don't get hungry and I have a little selection. 

And I understand what you mean about the ice cream. I feel the same when I'm eating a pudding cup.

I wouldn't say I felt embarrassed, just a bit silly because I was trying to be stealthy and someone got on with me. There are definitely worse things that could happen :)

Meggles I had "an embarrassing" (more funny than embarrassing) thing happen to me on Saturday.  I went out for lunch with my husband to be and our two friends who are also a couple.  I ordered a hamburger without the bun and with no fries which was the side.  I had about two bites of the burger and I was full.  I was waiting for the waitress to come back so I could ask for a take out container.  She comes over and says to me "Oh no, you don't like it do you?" and I said that I loved it (was very good) but that I can "only eat so much".  She left the table.  When my hubby and friend got up to go to the washroom she sent over the manager to check on me to see if I did indeed like the food and "could they get me anything else instead?"  haha.  So I insisted that everything was okay it was just me and then I proceeded to ask for the dessert menu for my hubby and then ordered a slice of cheesecake for him (he loves desserts).  The looks I got from the waitress and the manager were priceless.  I did indeed get my takeout container though and I had some more of the hamburger for dinner last night. 

I wouldn't be embarrassed about eating in the elevator.  Good for you for realizing you needed to eat before heading home!  You're mindful and taking care of yourself and that's to be commended!

I'm not at the stage of eating out yet, but something tells me this is something that could happen in the future :) 

And my SO would love it if I ordered him a big piece of cheesecake!!