Daily Post--5/19 and 5/20

Another two-fer! I've been so bad! Anyone who posts to this daily post gets 2 daily post credits! Today's topic: Who was the ONE person with the best response to your weight loss? What did he/she say or do?

I liked this question...made me think of and remember comments people have said to me over the past 6 months. But the one comment that really made me feel great was from my primary care physician. I went to my clinic to have some lab work done and my doctor walked by and turned around and came up to me and said "You look absolutely fabulous!" I have heard some great, complimentary comments but the way my doctor came back to me just to tell me that and how she said it made me feel so proud. A busy doctor took the time to tell me she was proud of me. That was special.

I recently saw a co-worker from my previous job while shopping. She saw me and said that I looked fabulous "like you just stepped out of a fashion magazine" I walked on cloud nine for the rest of the day.

Probably my sister. She was so Anti- WLS when I made the decision to have it and now she is almost 5 months post op from the exact same surgery with the exact same surgeon. Sally

My PCP - I had to go see him to get some meds adjusted and he walked into the room, stopped and just said "wow!" I'm still smiling Lori

I've had so many compliments that it's hard to choose. My PCP and GYN both told me how good I looked and how much healthier I had become, and that really felt good. But I think my friend/co-worker made me feel the best when she said that I no longer "stood out" anymore, which is something I really wanted. I hated always feeling like the biggest person in the room, so that comment meant a lot to me.

My daycare lady burst out crying recently and said she couldn't believe how awesome I looked and how proud of me she was...that was unexpected and quite nice.

I had a former boss see me at about five months post op. She went nuts. It was cool.

It's tough to pin it down to just one person - in the past two years, there have been so many awesome compliments! I think it may have been when my brother came to visit when I was about a year out. He lives 1100 miles away, and we see each other three or four times a year. He got out of his car, and I was walking toward him - he said "wow - I wouldn't have recognized you - you're so tiny!". That was amazing...

The state trooper I work with, but rarely see, was in the office the other night. I came in and he said Hi. I said Hi back but he kept staring at me. He said, "What...are you a marathon runner now or something?" I told him I had WLS and he told me I looked amazing that he was proud of me.