Daily Post--1/23/08

Someone (a real idiot in my opinion) at a nieces birthday party said "yeah you're doing great now, but what happens 2 years down the road...I bet you're eating pizza and birthday cake again!" I didn't like him beforehand, but now I REALLY don't like him!

The stupidest comment that comes to mind was from a customer who came into my work. He came in and said "oh you're finally back.......I didn't know you were pregnant" Of course I then told him that he didn't know that I was pregnant because I WASN'T. Which of course he came back with "oh I'm just kidding". The comment kinda bugged me at first but I admit it did kinda make me laugh. I guess after losing 50 pounds maybe alot of people thought I was pregnant because I was so big!? I guess depending on how you look at it, it could be a mini wow moment, but I just thought it was a stupid!!

I can't really think of any negative comments... Or maybe I'm just too happy with myself to take anything said as a negative?

It's 11:45 p.m. in IL, so I'm squeezing my post in! I really can't think of any rude or inappropriate remarks I've gotten since my wls! Now, if we had to list ones from BEFORE wls, I could write a chapter! I have utmost respect for people who are bothered by comments like "you're getting too skinny" or "you're wasting away," etc.--but honestly, when I've gotten comments like this, I've gotten a kick out of it! I KNOW they were said in a light-hearted way, I KNOW I wasn't skinny even when I was at my lowest (which I'm not now), and I KNOW they didn't REALLY think I was "gonna blow away"--they were just innocently & humorously trying to compliment me! I absolutely loved it! Jo

I have gotten the .. Why do you have to have surgery, don't you have any will power? and of course "dayum you are a fat cow" which I reply "Well you are ugly and I can lose weight"...ok that comment was a long time ago but I still love it.

The worst comment came from Mom who said she thought I was a slow loser and that even when we went to Weigh****chers together she always lost faster than me. Ummm...I don't think that losing 70 lbs. in 5 1/2 months is bad at all! Rachelle

A woman at work said I looked like I was wearing a poopy diaper in my pants, that they were too big and I shouldn't wear them to work again. I think she was trying to say something nice....but it sure didn't sound that way...

So far, no negative comments!! Or maybe I just haven't noticed any!!

I haven't received any neg. comment, that I know of, LOL. A lot of people at work tell me things like it is kind of windy out today, make sure you hold on to something. Some call me skinny minny but I just laugh with them. My son said it best when he said God must love stupid people because he made sooooo many of them. Tammy

I haven't heard any negative so far. Thank goodness. The only thing that bugs me is when i talk to my mom and i let her know what is going on (good and bad) and she keeps telling me that i am doing to much. I know she is worried about me but i keep telling her i am following my doctors protocal and am going slow. but she keeps telling me to slow down not do this or that. I am trying to get her to understand that i am working at doing what won't hurt me but that will help and she just doesn't understand or believe me. Dawn