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I was in the grocery store Wednesday and saw a man I haven't seen in a while. This is a guy I saw nearly daily for about six years as his wife took care of all three of my children as infants/toddlers, but Sammy left there about two years ago. We were waiting at the same counter and I said hi and asked how his kids were, etc. He stared at me blankly. I had Sammy say hi to him (to jog his memory) and it suddenly dawned on him who I was. He hadn't recognized me! He then went on to exclaim how different I look. I've now lost 65 pounds in the past 22 months. It's been so slow that I can't see the difference day to day, but I certainly hear it exclaimed often enough. This is just the first person who truly didn't recognize me. :-) Dally 244/179/170 > I was in the grocery store Wednesday and saw a man I haven't seen in a > while. This is a guy I saw nearly daily for about six years as his wife [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Dally > 244/179/170 Very good. What will you do when you get to 170? Any plans? i >>Dally >>244/179/170 > > Very good. What will you do when you get to 170? Any plans? You know my diet plan. I'll work on step 4. Dally >>>Dally >>>244/179/170 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Dally My question, rather, is: would you want to lose more fat? Or would you just work barely enough to keep around 170? Would you consider being 160 as being worse than 170 (given, say, same BF%)? Would you work on some body recomposition perhaps? When I started dieting, I thought that being just under 180 was like being in heavens. Nowadays, I have more ambitious goals, which I will be happy to revise however. So I am wondering, if you had similar revelations. i > I was in the grocery store Wednesday and saw a man I haven't seen in a > while. This is a guy I saw nearly daily for about six years as his wife [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Dally > 244/179/170 You need to keep looking at the before & after pics. Those pics show a dramatic difference. As you stated, it's sometimes hard for us to see the changes because we live with them everyday. It must be a good feeling to know you've changed so much that people don't recognize the new you. Beverly >I was in the grocery store Wednesday and saw a man I haven't seen in a >while. This is a guy I saw nearly daily for about six years as his wife [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >Dally >244/179/170 Cool! I've had this sort of thing now and again. The weirdest one was last month at my best friend's raclette party. There is a family who are neighbors and good friends of hers. I've known them quite well for 10 years or so, but they had spent the last two years living in Portugal. When we came into the house, I was taking off my coat when Meg, the neighbor, came up to me, put out her hand, and said, "Hi! I'm Meg xxx!" Then when I ran into her two daughters (16 and 14), they said, "You look sort of familiar, but I don't know if we've met." They were all amazed when I told them who I was. I guess this is flattering, but in a way I found it quite disconcerting. It's odd to think people don't recognize me. Even weirder, I'll be walking around in a store and catch a glimpse of myself in a mirror and not recognize myself for a moment. And recently I went to a restaurant with my husband and started following the hostess to the table while he was giving our coats to the coat check person. When he turned around, he didn't recognize me walking away from him and didn't know where I'd gone. Chris 262/159/ (holding in 152-165 weight class) >>I've now lost 65 pounds in the past 22 months. It's been so slow that I >>can't see the difference day to day, but I certainly hear it exclaimed >>often enough. This is just the first person who truly didn't recognize >>me. :-) > Cool! I've had this sort of thing now and again. The weirdest one > was last month at my best friend's raclette party. There is a family [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > 14), they said, "You look sort of familiar, but I don't know if we've > met." They were all amazed when I told them who I was. It's kind of weird because I still feel the same. In fact, one of the questions I really hate is the ones who assert, "oh, you must feel so much better now!" Well, no, I never felt bad. I occasionally had sore feet or knees and THAT is gone, but it was situational. In general, I feel exactly the same. > And > recently I went to a restaurant with my husband and started following > the hostess to the table while he was giving our coats to the coat > check person. When he turned around, he didn't recognize me walking > away from him and didn't know where I'd gone. How weird - he doesn't know your knew body dimension? (Clearly you need to show him your body more.) :-) My sister came to visit with her husband the other day. Her husband has always been gorgeous, one of those athletic men who always took care of themselves. My husband has lost 20 pounds since I've been on my diet and he's got his own sport now that he practices religiously and somewhere along the way he's gotten quite gorgeous himself. So anyway, now Ben and my BIL are the same build and the same height and have similar haircuts and coloring and were both wearing flannel plaid shirts and I kept thinking it was Ben I was seeing out of the corner of my eye. I'm just lucky I didn't pat the guy on the bum thinking it was my husband. :-) The kids called him "Daddy", too. It was so weird how their body spacial thing was so similar. (They both do martial arts in addition to a sport.) Dally >> And >> recently I went to a restaurant with my husband and started following [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >How weird - he doesn't know your knew body dimension? (Clearly you need >to show him your body more.) :-) Well, this is kind of like me not recognize myself for an instant -- sort of an instinctive perception rather than thinking about it. He does get to see me regularly :-). Chris > >I was in the grocery store Wednesday and saw a man I haven't seen in a > >while. This is a guy I saw nearly daily for about six years as his wife [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > Chris > 262/159/ (holding in 152-165 weight class) I had a sort of "reverse" version of this several years ago. I walked down the stairs and around a corner in an unfamiliar building and came face to face with a floor to ceiling length mirror and didn't recognize the very fat woman in front of me as me for a second. That was an "Oh my God, what have I become" moment for me. I immediately went on a diet and lost a considerable amount of weight but I didn't keep it off. I guess maybe I don't know what the "real" me is supposed to look like! Tonia Coming from a small town most of the folks I know have been tracking me almost on a daily basis, however one thing did happen that really startled me. I have a very thin very beautiful sister who I see, but haven't touched in some time. She works up at a local bank and the other day I went in to do some business and she walked over and hugged me and she stepped back with a dumb look on her face and said "you feel different, it's incredible!" I just had to laugh and hug her again and I told her "see, I do have bones under all that fat" Susan 260/200/140 > I was in the grocery store Wednesday and saw a man I haven't seen in a > while. This is a guy I saw nearly daily for about six years as his wife [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Dally > 244/179/170 > Coming from a small town most of the folks I know have been tracking me > almost on a daily basis, however one thing did happen that really [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Susan > 260/200/140 Do you get a little bit upset by how thrilled people are for you? I recall my sister exclaiming, "it's like I've got my sister back!" I assure you, I was still THERE under the fat! For some reason it's only comments from my mothers and sister that upset me. Dally Neah, Not any longer. I did at first and yes, especially with my mom and sister. But I realized it's harmless and they mean well. I realized that people in general are well meaning and simply don't realize that what they think is a off-the-cuff "compliment" can hurt someone who is struggling. Susan 260/200/140 > > Coming from a small town most of the folks I know have been tracking me > > almost on a daily basis, however one thing did happen that really [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Dally My family tells me that I look great. They don't tell me things like: I've gotten my daughter/sister back etc. They just tell me that they are happy that I've gotten so much healthier. > Neah, Not any longer. I did at first and yes, especially with my mom and > sister. But I realized it's harmless and they mean well. I realized that [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > > > Dally Dally wrote > I was in the grocery store Wednesday and saw a man I haven't seen in a > while. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Dally > 244/179/170 Congratulations, Dally. What fun! I know you understand the real concept of changing (what we do, how we eat) but it's these little things that make it simpler to decline the recreational munchies that used to pass time for us. So much more entertaining than eating, eh? I'm going for a walk!  SignatureWalking on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 ur numbers are great keep up the work. ready and posting here I am hoping it will help me stay on track and lose the last of the weight that I need to lose. I have just over 20lbs to lose. am starting Atkins today in hoping that it will help. already started the process by eliminating the sugars and such. it won't be easy but I am hoping that I can stick to this as my body doesn't like the way I used to eat any more I get really sick when I eat the old way. keep up with the great work angie > I was in the grocery store Wednesday and saw a man I haven't seen in a > while. This is a guy I saw nearly daily for about six years as his wife [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Dally > 244/179/170 That is awesome, I bet it made you feel good. > I was in the grocery store Wednesday and saw a man I haven't seen in a > while. This is a guy I saw nearly daily for about six years as his wife [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Dally > 244/179/170 > I was in the grocery store Wednesday and saw a man I haven't > seen in a while. This is a guy I saw nearly daily for about six [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Dally > 244/179/170 Woohoo! Sort of reverse Alzheimer's: Nobody remembers you! Tonight at my wine tasting group there was a new guy there sitting near me. Someone else at the table asked me something about my weightlifting meet. This new guy said, "You're a weightlifter?", sounding very surprised. I said I was. He said, "I'd sure never have guessed that." I assumed this was just because of my age and gender, but he went on to say, "You look like you'd blow away in a strong wind!" Now, I am **not** the fragile, delicate sort of woman. I thought this was really weird -- undoubtedly just one guy's random comment. But it gave me pause. I don't **want** to be perceived as small and delicate, dammit! Chris > Tonight at my wine tasting group there was a new guy there sitting > near me. Someone else at the table asked me something about my [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > gave me pause. I don't **want** to be perceived as small and > delicate, dammit! Just how much wine tasting had taken place before that individual made his comment? i >> Tonight at my wine tasting group there was a new guy there sitting >> near me. Someone else at the table asked me something about my [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >i Very little :-). He was quite a large man, though, so I suppose he might have perceived me as small by comparison. Chris > Tonight at my wine tasting group there was a new guy there sitting > near me. Someone else at the table asked me something about my [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Chris All the better to really surprise them when you kick their a.s for being sexist pigs! Tonia > Tonight at my wine tasting group there was a new guy there sitting > near me. Someone else at the table asked me something about my [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > gave me pause. I don't **want** to be perceived as small and > delicate, dammit! LOL, I certainly understand that! Your story reminds me of a funny thing happen at Christmas (I may have told it then, just think of me as the boring relative repeating her stories.) :-) My ex-step-father (who I hadn't seen in a long time) asked me what my secret was for losing weight. I said I had been lifting weights. He had spotted my vinyl dumbbell collection in the parlor (where the children play with them) and said, "Oh, with those pink dumbbells?" I said, "No, more like squatting in the gym with a 100 pound barbell on my back." He laughed at my joke. Dally, who politely didn't correct him > My ex-step-father (who I hadn't seen in a long time) asked me what my > secret was for losing weight. I said I had been lifting weights. He [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Dally, who politely didn't correct him My sister is doing aerobics with 3 lbs dumbbells. To which I pointed out that my 2.5 yo son exercises with 2 lbs dumbbells routinely. We had some good laughs. She is at normal weight by the way, just needs to get some aerobic exercise. i > Tonight at my wine tasting group there was a new guy there > sitting near me. Someone else at the table asked me something [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Chris Interpretation: Hey, you look so lean! You could always challenge him to an arm-wrestle. |
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