Goofy thing I did today

So I am in line at the bank and they have that camera on you and a tv screen so you can see yourself on camera. Standing in front of me was a large woman who was certainly obese but maybe not morbidly obese - borderline.  She was busy with her checkbook and couldn't see what I was doing. So I was standing behind her and positioning myself so that I completely disappeared behind her on the tv screen - amusing myself by being behind her and smaller. I swear that she was not aware as I intended no unkindness.

Then she went to the teller and I was first in line. Behind me was a slim tall woman. So I was doing the same thing only I was in front and seeing if I could fit within her image on the camera. Again, she was not paying attention to what I was doing.

So three years out I am still amazed at what its like to be thin. Don't think I will ever get over it.    Diane

That is sooooo funny !!!!!

While reading this I could see you doing it !!!!!

frisco

Giggled when I read this, I do stuff similar to this now and then. Still feels very strange and new to be thin - I've NEVER been even normal weight, much less thin.

Too funny!  I could see myself doing the same thing!

 Love it!

Ok everybody, I know you have all done goofy stuff like this too. Confess!!!   Diane

Ok, I have totally done this.  Given that my husband is taller and just your typical skinny nerd (but oh so sexy) - I often make him stand in front of me to see how much of me disappears behind him.  He finds it hilarious.  

My daughter uses it to measure her height. She's going to be the first female in my family line to be taller than 5ft 3 in, I know it.  lol.

I ask my gf all the time, was I as big as her?  Are we the same size?  Is she bigger or smaller than me?  Drives her nuts, seriously.  I still feel like an imposter shopping in the misses section.  Like they other shoppers are all s******ing behind my back - look at that fat lady, shopping in the misses department!!

Hearing this story makes me think of a scene from Ben Hur to commemerate my being thin again. It is the scene where Ben Hur and Quintus Arrius are rescued at sea and aboard the rescue ship, Ben Hur takes a long look at the galley slaves aboard ship with the reminder that he was once one of them. I think of my sleeve as being the  rescuer for me and now when I see an obese person, I have to remind myself that for the grace of my sleeve and great support from this and other support groups, i would still be trapped in that fat body, just as the galley slaves were trapped in the movie.  I know this is a goofy digression but it is a visual ear worm that keeps popping up each time I see someone struggling with weight as I once did.

RoboMouse approves.