"How much have you lost"
I agree with Poet Kelly, here.
I am still fresh out the gate, so I haven't had that experience yet, but when it starts happening, I fully intend to simply smile and answer, "A lot".
Nobody bothered to ask me how much I'd gained when I started ballooning up, so I don't figure it's any more their business to know how much I've lost, either.
I am still fresh out the gate, so I haven't had that experience yet, but when it starts happening, I fully intend to simply smile and answer, "A lot".
Nobody bothered to ask me how much I'd gained when I started ballooning up, so I don't figure it's any more their business to know how much I've lost, either.
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Highest weight: 269. Surgery weight: 233. Goal weight: 144, and then we'll see..
I'm proud of my accomplishment, too, but I am somewhat embarrassed about how much I used to weigh and I don't like talking about that with people I barely know. And in this society, it's generally considered impolite to ask people about how much they weight. It's just not good manners.
Kelly
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That's a very valid point and I definitely do understand. It doesn't bother me how much I weighed in the past because that's not the person I am now. I guess I'm just comfortable talking about it now for whatever reason. When I was bigger, I was extremely uncomfortable talking about how much I weighed and it was a very sensitive subject for me. I do see both sides.
See, some people are comfortable talking about their weight, just like some people are comfortable talking about sex or all sorts of other "sensitive" subjects, but I think since many people are not comfortable and it's generally hard to predict who will be comfortable and who won't, it's bad manners to ask someone how much they weigh or how much they've lost. You can compliment someone about their weight loss without asking for numbers.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Very true! I guess I didn't really look at it that way. I'm only comfortable with it now because I have a much higher self esteem than I did when I was big and I guess it's just so nice to hear my new weight out loud. Lol. That sounds kind of stupid and childish I guess, but I'm really happy that I've made it this far. I do have about 45 or so to lose still, too. I've never really run into a situation where people other than my close family have asked how much I plan on losing total.
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