How honest are you really?

At the Department of Licensing?

Had to get my license renewed a few days ago and it brought back so many old memories of the lies I told when they'd ask my weight! For the longest time, even when I was young and slender, I fibbed on my weight at the DOL. I was average-weighted but it still was too big in my book and even then I shaved several pounds off of my true size. Then as I got bigger and bigger, they actually quit asking me the question.

Right after surgery I gave my first honest weight there. I was over 300 pounds and told them so. The poor guy I "confessed" to didn't know what to do and actually entered 195 instead of 300! I laughed so hard I'm certain he thought I was crazy.

Fast forward to a week or so ago. At 10 years out I was finally able to own my actual true weight. 148, I told the lady. A mixture of finally being normal-weighted again and being old enough to not GAF what someone processing my license thought of me. (in actuality, I don't think those clerks think of us at all. they process so many docs that they don't have time to judge!)

Anywho. It got me wondering. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only person who used to fudge on their weight when procuring or renewing an driver's license. But it feels so much better now to just say the number, whatever that looks like.

Curious to know my fellow OH'rs experiences? Maybe I really am the only one?

My license said 260 (or maybe 250?) for YEARS. It was probably correct when I got my first MD DL in 2000. It was probably incorrect at any subsequent renewal. I was so freaking happy when I hit a post-op goal of "not a liar!" :)

And it's funny, since my weight on my current DL is like 172. I was super specific when I got it since I actually knew what my weight was that very morning. In the past, I'd just picked a number ending in zero.

My licence is 5 years old and I'm 25lbs lighter than it says because I had a regain and then I lost an extra 25lbs to a new skinny weight ( the smallest I've been in 10 + years) - woo hoo!

Congratulations. As I told you before, you inspired me. Your dedication inspired me.

It is funny how sometimes just knowing that so far post op RNY our regain can be gone if we only apply what we know works.

I am almost done with my regain.

I dedicated myself to losing weight and I am almost at my goal. I would like to lose 3-5 more. As a small buffer, but 20 lbs is gone. Last few lbs was due be me being sick ,but unlike some other illness I had, I made lots of dense, thick soups instead of feeling sorry for myself and compensating that with pretzels. Pretzels used to be my snacking choice when my cold/bronchitis prevented me tasting almost anything.

First, mine said something like 225 for years even when I knew I was much higher.

Second, short story!

So, about 18 months post surgery and down over 200lbs, I got pulled over for speeding. After handing over my license where the officer looked back and forth between me and my license at least 3 times. He asked me if this was my license... I hadn't thought about how much I changed in the last months and I asked him if I could pull out my phone and show him some pictures. So we scrolled through and showed him me when I looked like my license and me that day. He was so sweet, I didn't get a ticket but he told me to go to the DMV and get a new license. Now my weight on my license is wrong because I weigh less!

When I get it renewed again, I will most likely do the same thing and put my exact weight down.

Our weight is not on our license, in Texas. We renew our licenses every 7 years, and can do it online once, using the same picture. When I was few years out, and probably 100 pounds down, I was in a "routine check stop" The officer gave me a warning, for having a picture that did not look like the driver using it. Seriously. I had 10 days to go to DPS, to remedy the situation, or pay a $300 fine...

Went to DPS...got a new picture...All the DPS people swore I looked 30 years younger... for $11...big ego boost...well worth the $11

Texas girl here too, I haven't had anything on my record so they just auto renew over & over & over. I hope I don't get stopped, I hate standing in that line.

I'd pay to hear how young I look too!

That actually happened to me too! Twice.

I didn't have a fine but they did say if I used it as ID again with my old picture I'd get some kind of ticket.

Wondering now if it's because those things are used for identification in so many ways and there are certain situations where they must 100% be able to know you are who you say you are?

Being truthful is a lot easier when you don't expect to be fat-shamed. ;)

I never lied about my weight on my license, even at my highest weights. It was usually inaccurate a few years, but I always told the truth when it was time to renew. Like Amy, I had someone enter a too-low weight one time. I was kind of pissed about it because I always tried to be honest, but let it slide.

When I had my DL with my pre-surgery weight on it ( I renewed it 3 years out ) and had to show my license, I never got the "Oh wow!! You look so different! How is that you??" spiel. They always just looked at it, and handed it back without a word...lol.