Guest guest Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 In some ways I can understand how people are overwhelmed with all of the attention and compliments, because I'm getting a lot of this at work! It seems like everyday several people are calling me " slim " or saying, " You're looking petite!! " In some ways, I feel like " ENUFF ALREADY!!!! " , but then I think back to an event my husband and I attended shortly before my WLS decision. He had lost a lot of weight cuz he had the WLS 8 years ago and kept most of it off. I had bought a pretty new dress for this event and felt really good, even as heavy as I was. Well, people who hadn't seen us in several months were coming up to us and complimenting the heck out of my husband. All that was said to me was " Hi " . I went home devastated. Well you know what? I think I'd rather have the compliments!!! My feeling is that when people compliment us, we should just be very proud of ourselves, say Thank you so much!!! If you feel uncomfortable, change the subject really fast. Look what we have all gone through folks!! We all know EVERY fat name in the book, am I not right here? We have essentially risked our lives to get this weight off for good. Let's just enjoy ourselves! WE DESERVE IT!! LoriB LAPRNY 10/03/03 228/187/135* *The numbers aren't coming down as fast as I would like, however, the inches are melting off of me!!!!!!!! (-: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 Lori, I've been getting a lot of compliments lately and I've found it really hard to accept them graciously. I feel like people are seeing me differently than I see myself. I'm trying to be better and just give a big " Thank You " instead. I'm just not used to it. Open RNY 10/13/03 303/258/160 > In some ways I can understand how people are overwhelmed with all of > the attention and compliments, because I'm getting a lot of this at > work! It seems like everyday several people are calling me " slim " or > saying, " You're looking petite!! " In some ways, I feel like " ENUFF > ALREADY!!!! " , but then I think back to an event my husband and I > attended shortly before my WLS decision. He had lost a lot of weight > cuz he had the WLS 8 years ago and kept most of it off. I had bought > a pretty new dress for this event and felt really good, even as heavy > as I was. Well, people who hadn't seen us in several months were > coming up to us and complimenting the heck out of my husband. All > that was said to me was " Hi " . I went home devastated. Well you know > what? I think I'd rather have the compliments!!! > > My feeling is that when people compliment us, we should just be very > proud of ourselves, say Thank you so much!!! If you feel > uncomfortable, change the subject really fast. Look what we have all > gone through folks!! We all know EVERY fat name in the book, am I not > right here? We have essentially risked our lives to get this weight > off for good. Let's just enjoy ourselves! WE DESERVE IT!! > > LoriB > LAPRNY 10/03/03 > 228/187/135* > > *The numbers aren't coming down as fast as I would like, however, the > inches are melting off of me!!!!!!!! (-: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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