Tue, Oct-25-11, 10:52
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Senior Member
Posts: 405
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 215/184/130
BF:
Progress: 36%
Location: Delaware
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I almost cried in the supermarket!
Last Friday, I stopped at the market to pick up some last minute items for dinner with the fam. I ran into a co-worker I hadn't seen in a while, and he tells me that he's been wanting to talk to me becuase "we have something in common."
I told him that I wasn't following him, and asked him what he was talking about. He said, "surgery?" and looked at me like I should understand now...
I said - "OH NO!" "You have kidney stones too?"
He said "NO! I had the lap-band surgery!" "Didn't you have it too? I heard around the building that you had it too."
I almost cried right then. I don't even know why! There is nothing wrong with having the weight loss surgery - except for the fact that I didn't have it!
In the last two years, I have lost about 55 pounds and it is very noticable. Whenever anyone asks, I just laugh and say that I stopped eating bread. I don't go into detail about it, and don't talk about it at work at all, really. If someone asks have you lost weight, I say maybe a little, or I say, it's just this shirt....again - not wanting to get into what I'm eating, but I was happy that people were noticing.
Now, I find out that the whole building thinks I had weight loss surgery, and for some reason that makes me very sad. I don't understand why I feel so negatively about it.
BTW - I congratulated the man on his huge weight loss, and told him how good he looked. It was awkward, but I didn't want him to feel like he offended me. He just had this look on his face that was saying "get out of here fast - you just insulted a woman on her weight!" It was kind of cute.
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