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Interesting NSV Statement

Surgery
Revision to Gastric Bypass (Original Lap Band 2013, Revise to Sleeve 2015)
Date
8/23/2019
Start Weight
308 lbs
Goal Weight
135 lbs
Currently
190 lbs
Progress
68%
I read this statement earlier today, and thought it was a funshare: Trying to explain why an NSV is exciting to a person who has never been overweight a day in their life is like trying to explain to a chicken what it's like to be a cow.
 
It's really hard to explain. Why sitting on a plane and not needing a seat belt extender is a joyous moment?
Perhaps you'd have to go through the degradation of requesting an extension before a person could possibly understand the joy?
 
Perhaps you'd have to go through the degradation of requesting an extension before someone could possibly understand the joy?
And how about the tray table having room and not leaning against your stomach?
 
And speaking of body dysmorphic disorder, no matter how far I get out from my weight loss, I still buy clothes that are too big for me. I am a size 6 sometimes a size 8 because of my big shoulders and bosom, but I swear to God I still gravitate to the size twelves or 14 or 16.
I found that when I would buy too large, it actually made the problem worse because it was extra volume (especially in pictures), and then made me think I was still much larger than I am.
 
What made me sad was judgment on the flight attendants face when asking for the extender, never put my tray down and always shared my husband's tray. Now I can use my tray and I have extra room to pull my seatbelt.
 
I can't wait until I can cross my legs again. I know its not lady-like and ladies only cross their ankles but there is something sexy about crossed legs close together and slanted to the side. :p

I also want to be able to wear shorts or pants and not have the rubbing of my inner thighs were holes in the legs. :cool:
 
I mentioned the fact that I love clothes insanely. I had seen an outfit on somebody on a TV show and I always wanted to wear the same thing she was wearing. I had to shop around and then I had to make my own alterations I found it and I put it together. And then one morning on the bus this old black man stopped me and said "I just want to thank you." I hadn't done anything so I asked him why. He said, "I just want to thank you for dressing up like that. It was a pleasure to look at you. You made my day."
Sure, there were days when I would have just been insulted by some male objectifying my body. But I had been noticing this guy and he was just smiling ear-to-ear and just kept looking at me the whole time we were on the bus. He didn't try to pick me up. He just enjoyed the art! So I decided I could enjoy the minute.


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You look like Dianne Keaton!!!!! :) :) :)
 
I can't wait until I can cross my legs again. I know its not lady-like and ladies only cross their ankles but there is something sexy about crossed legs close together and slanted to the side. :p

I also want to be able to wear shorts or pants and not have the rubbing of my inner thighs were holes in the legs. :cool:
 
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