Tonight, I was the fat guy...

... that could not fit in his chair at his friends wedding!  Sadly, this has happened before, but never in such a public setting.  This surgery can't come soon enough.

Post WLS is like a new life.  UWILLSEE
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Ouch, that had to be hard.  Thanks for sharing though.  Although, right now I am enjoying all the benefits, my old eating self is still there, and I don't want to return to the days when I couldn't sit in chairs, broke chairs, and had my arms and shoulders hanging over the edge of chairs into other people's space.  You will have so much fun sitting in a chair that you used to squeeze into and see several inches of open space on either side of your thighs and have the ability to put your arms down without holding them across your chest when sitting close to others like in an auditorium.

Too big to sit in the chair and you felt bad, or low, enough you could sit on the edge of a piece of newsprint and your feet not touch the floor.  BTDT.  Hang in there bro!  Soon enough you'll be as thin as the newsprint with your pride and confidence so swollen you could not hide it behind Oprah Winfrey's fat ass!

I sure know how you feel; I went through the same thing and more. There were more times than I can count that I was out in public and had nowhere to sit. The good news is that will all change for you. You will be able to sit anywhere you want. It is just amazing how your life will change. You will find yourself saying wow did I just do that. 3 years ago I was in a wheelchair and could not do much of anything and now today there is not much I can’t do.  I look forward to hearing your progress, keep us updated.  Good luck on your journey to your new life.

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 OMG ..  Big Al  ..   where have you been, dude?       ltns ..   Doing O.K.?   

Most of us have been there, worrying about if the resaurant  will have big enough chair or at least table instead of booths. ALWAYS taking a quick glance aroung to check the seating options before making a move.

I now enjoy trying new restaurants and love booths wierd huh, you'll get there soon enough and you will be saying the same thing s to someone a year from now.

 Hang in there brother.  Like they say "it's always darkest before the dawn."  Soon you'll be on the loser's bench and have all of this behind you.

Duane

 I remember a F.A.R.T. for me at a year out or so was going to Olive Garden for the first time since my surgery and sitting down w/o a problem in one of their "normal" chairs.      Before then, I always had to wati for one of the servers to bring me one of their "special" chairs that didn't have arms on it ..  

Jay, pre-op I had analogous issues at the ballpark, in an airplane, or when taking a cruise with my wife, and many of the side trips made you pay for 2 seats if you were over 250 ...

I'm one week post-op and added to the pre-op diet I am already seeing tremendous results in pounds and inches.  People are noticing.  Wifey can get her arms (and legs ) around me now.

Feeling the pain of being fat is REQUIRED.  It gives you the motivation to get through the pre- and post-op transition, which has been harder than I thought.   It gives you the courage to walk away from  your "worst best friend," food.  But dammit, I was tired of being the fattest guy in my family, in my wife's family, at work, amongst my friends ... I was ready to let someone else wear that hat for a bit.

Funny thing is, now that I've started losing, I don't want ANYONE to wear that label.  Even now (I'm around 255, getting weighed tomorrow), I look at other fat guys pigging out and want to just give them a hug and tell 'em it doesn't have to be this way.