Coping with issues while losing but still heavy

I asked this question on the message board, but this is really the more appropriate forum. AMOS family, I need some advice/guidance. I'm almost 5 months post RNY, -75 lbs, 5 lbs to go to get to my halfway point. I'm 250# (5'7") on the dot as of this a.m.; still very heavy of course. But I FEEL so much better both mentally and physically. The weight is still coming off at a steady pace and I'm "Curving" 5-6 days a week. So here's the prob: tonight I went to an outdoor concert with a few friends of mine. I was wearing a new, actually an OLD, lime green button-down blouse (haven't worn it in over 2 years) that I'm finally back into, a pair of jeans and a pair of new lime green flat slides with criss-cross bands of blue in the exact color as my jeans. New gold chandelier earrings. Hair with new blonde highlights, nails and toes done, makeup to perfection. As I took 1 last look at myself going out the door, I thought (cue Freddie Prinze): LOOKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOD! Well, tonight one of my friends brought a friend of his that I met at a party 2 WEEKS AGO. This guy is really dynamic; fantastic wit. We had a brief discussion of geneology (a hobby of his) and he loaned me a book about it as I was leaving the party. Anyway, tonight during the introductions, my friend said to this guy "you remember Joyce". This guy looked at me without one hint of recognition. When my friend said "I brought her to your apt for the party 2 weeks ago", he said "oh....yeah" but there was still no recognition. THIS HAS BEEN THE STORY OF MY LIFE. Nobody ever remembers who I am. I have always attributed this to my weight, of course. But wait, there's more...during the evening we ran into some friends of friends at the concert. Introductions all around, and this one woman who was introducing herself TOTALLY SKIPPED ME as she was going around the group. I had to practically shove my hand in her face to get her to acknowledge me. WHAT IS UP WITH THIS? And one more gem: we all were sitting at an outdoor cafe, and one of the guys got up to use the restroom. The second he got up, a girl who was tall and a tad bit plump (maybe a size 14 or 16?) asked us "is anybody sitting here (pointing to the very recently vacated chair)?" We said "yes" then one of my friends said "Jeez, didn't she just see somebody get up from it? What a stupid, fat--". Then he shut up. I said "stupid WHAT?". He sheepishly said "uh, nothing". (BTW, this friend knows about my surgery). So this begs the question.....if he thinks this tall, just-this-side-of-thin girl is fat, what must he think about me? This girl was nowhere near my size. And when I myself am a size 14 (my GOAL!), will men still think I'm fat? Does anybody have any insight? I know I'm still very heavy, but I do believe that you project how you feel about yourself. If you're fat and miserable (hey, even if you're thin and miserable), people pick up on it, and you get back what you project. But MANY times in my life, I've gotten snotty comments (or total disregard like what happened tonight) when I'm feeling GOOD about myself! It's the damndest thing. What is going on here? Am I just having a bad day? (it started as a GOOD day). Will anyone ever SEEEEEEE me? Has anybody had a similar situation and did it get better with more weight loss? Did it happen when you were close to goal, or sooner? I read these wonderful posts here on the message board about people losing 50 lbs and how men (or women) are starting to come on to them. (I'm not looking for any come-ons yet, believe me. But I do expect someone who met me 2 weeks ago to REMEMBER me!) How did you long-term successful losers cope with this "middle period"--having lost a good deal of weight, but still having a loooooong way to go?? It was quite a shot of reality, I must say. A not-so-subtle reminder that I have "miles to go before I sleep"......

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