Obesity Surgery WP Blog

So funny that someone else mentions this. Thats why i lvoe this group,
because the things i think of that seem so crazy to me…someone else is
going thru it too.
Its all part of the weight loss process i think. Its physical and mental. I
wondered at first, why do we have to go thru the psych eval bull to get
approval…But i understand more and more everyday……
I get sooooooo CRAZY in a store sometimes. There is like this vast array of
STUFF. and I want it all and want to try it all on. ANd go from one outfit
to another then to another. Then i get so frustrated cuz i only went in to
get a pair of kahkis for work, and end up comeing out with NOTHING! Not even
the one thing i needed. ITs like its too much for the brain to soak in.
I think I am sooooo Used to the confined walls of Lany BRyant…or the
confined corner of WOMANS WORLD in a department store. To be able to have so
many choices is mind boggling. WHat is the difference in Missy? and WOmans?
and all that mess? not to mention I have to get most of my pants now in the

petite section cuz other pants are all too long. <still had that problem at
Lane Bryant too
I bought clothes the other day from Petite Sophisticate….I went from a Lane
Bryant girl to a Petite Sophisticate girl??? WHOA, major head rush. I think
im DIZZY. <maybe my iron is just low, lol
I think we felt SAFE in those confines of the “big girl store”. Another big
head game with losing the weight. We feel more vulnerable. More exposed. I
know people look at overweight people and stare. And wonder how you could
ever let yourself get like that. Thats a horrible feeling. But its also a
strange feeling to be looked at now that i have lost weight. I mean really
looked at. Like i ahve had men look at me so intensely that i get nervous
and just want to shrink back into my “big girl suit” and disappear. <dont
get me wrong, sometimes it does feel WONDERFUL to be ogled that way!
But my point is, its just all part of this process. There are ups and downs,
and highs and lows. SOmtimes its great to get into that next size down pair
of jeans, other times its scary….We just have to take it as it comes.
And best of all, be there for each other when we get all WHACKY about things
like this. Cuz no one else can really understand like we can.
Becky in Ocala, FL

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