I am writing these things down, because I am sure there will be times early post op when I wonder "why did I do this?"

This is why:

1. Having to shop from a limited clothing selection. Eff you , size 20, you suck.

2. The feeling of my fat middle squooshing out when I sit down.

3. swolly feet

4. Feeling like the fattest person in the room

5. Being the fattest person in the room

6. Feeling invisible

7. Feeling self conscious and size conscious

8. My stomach touching the table in a restaurant booth

9. Not fitting comfortably in a movie theatre seat

10. Looking at myself in pictures

11. Feeling ugly

12. Body aches, knee aches, hip aches

13. shoes that used to fit, and now are too tight

14. Low energy

15. Not turning heads

16. Looking in the mirror naked

17. clothes that no longer fit.

18. Not being able to wear my rings

19. Being afraid to run into people I haven't seen in a while

20. Not feeling pretty

Ok, I only wrote 20. I'm sure there are more. Help me out. Why do you never want to go back?

I remember a time where a girl I thought I was going to marry left me for a guy 100lbs lighter. I'm not going to miss that crap at all.

She left me for a skinny little guy...maybe one day I'll be the skinny guy in the story.

1. Not feeling sexy

2. Being overlooked for promotions

3. being careful about which chairs to sit in

4. The seat belt in my husbands truck doesn't fit me. So I hide it from him.

• Avoiding water parks with my daughter because I'm too fat
  
• Not doing outdoorsy things because I need to stay "covered up"
  
• Being offered unsolicited advice about how to lose weight
  
• Being the "fat sister"
  
• Feeling self conscious when I speak in front of groups because of my weight
  
• Avoiding events because I can't find anything to wear that will diminish my weight
  

I will not miss:

1. Not being able to cross my legs

2. Being out of breath walking up stairs

3. Not being able to bend over to tie my shoes

4. Not getting on rides with my son because I'm afraid I won't fit or the ride won't move with me on it

5. Not fitting in my bathtub to take a bubble bath

6. Not having the energy to do anything

Won't miss

Feeling like my head is going to burst bending down

The embarrassment of not fitting in the turnstiles at venues

Having to sit out physical activities

Having to shop at big people clothing stores

Great Post!!!

I think I could have written all those too! Great post I won't miss being the fattest one in room!

I don't miss:

Breaking into a case of lip sweat from walking briskly from one side of a building to another.

Breathing heavy at the top of the steps.

Being self conscious about what I put in my grocery cart.

Holding in all my stuff when I step on the scale so I can see the number.

Telling the dressing room lady that I need a different size even if it's bigger.

Having to roll over to my knees and push myself up off the floor.

Having to use the ladder to get out of the pool.

I do not miss...

1.Being out of breath! Have to stop everything just to breathe (fast heart beats)

2. Frequent headaches/ elevated blood pressure

3. Rings cant fit my finger

4. Shoes not wide enough, cant find shoes

5. Stuggling to shop bc big girl clothings arent stylish enough or are too old for me (I'm 25 my main stores were Lane Bryant, Ashley Stewart etc)

6. Clothing is wayyyyyyy to expensive (a big girls PLAIN white shirt= $25) Meanwhile next door skinny store 4 shirts for $20! lmao use to piss me off for real!!!!

NOPE, DONT MISS NONE OF THAT!

I won't miss:

1. not having the energy to get out of bed in the morning

2. sleep apnea

3. people looking at me with pity

4. or worse - when they say "you have such a pretty face ..."

5. complete strangers stopping me in the street to ask about my medical condition

6. relying on others to do the shopping for me because I can't walk the 4 blocks to the grocery store

7. needing help to get on and off buses

8. people offering me their seats in public transport like they would for senior citizens

9. not wearing socks because i can't bend down enough to put them on

10. being turned down at job interviews although i have more than enough qualifications.

and everything everyone else wrote. the list is endless

Pretty good list, i would also add:

Not fitting comfortably on Airline seats.

I think my number 1 is : Being the fattest person in the room. It is so wonderful not to be the fattest! Kind of sounds awful but I feel so much better that there are fatter people than me out there!!

I echo all of the above, and would add:

* going to any doctor's office and the nurse takes one look and says, "hang on, I'll have to get the large cuff for you."

After my surgery I will not miss:

Sitting in airline seats that don't fit

Shopping for clothes that don't cost a fortune

Having pain in knees and back

Having low self esteem

Things I will not miss:

-having such a messy closet because I've got sizes 12-24 in it. I refused to get rid of the small stuff.

-having to sit on the sidelines while my husband runs around with our kids

-my 4 year old saying..you have a big butt!

-my 6 year old giving me flubbers on my big belly

-my kids putting both of their hands on my big belly and shaking it all around. They think its fun.

-not being able to exercise the way I want too.

-being told I'm not too far away from heart failure if I don't get the weight down.