FINALLY INVISIBLE
As an obese person, my goal was to be invisible. I didn't take photos. I didn't look at me in the photos I was forced to take. I didn't look in mirrors or while passing a window.
Now that I have lost some weight...down 155 pounds, I am finally invisible. I look like other people. No accommodations need to be made... no table instead of a booth..no seatbelt extender...no chair without arms...no comments from strangers or children no longer the biggest person in the room.
Funny... I look in the mirror now and take a picture or two.
"Well behaved women rarely make history!" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
I sooo get this. Especially walking down the aisle of airplane. What is weirder than not being the biggest person in the room? Being the smallest person in the room.
Lanie; Age: 43; Surgery Date (VSG): 8/12/14 w/complications resulting in RNY next day;
Height: 5' 6" SW: 249 Comfort Zone: 135-140 CW: 138 (10/13/17)
M1: -25 lbs M2: -12 M3: -13 M4: -7 M5: -11 M6: -10 M7: -7 M8: -7 M9: -3 M10: -8 M11: -4 M12: -4
5K PR - 24:15 (4/23/16) First 10K - 53:30 (10/18/15)
That's funny you should say that. I have the opposite feeling. I am no longer invisible. When I was MO, I really felt that people didn't see me, didn't acknowledge me, and didn't make eye contact. They do now, and for the first time in years, I don't feel invisible.
Height: 5'7". HW: 299, Program starting weight: 290, SW: 238, CW 138 - 12 pounds under goal!
