Oh weird thing that happened at the health food store. One of the guys that work there asked if I needed help finding something. I explained I had weight loss surgery and was looking for chewable type vitamins. He starts in about all this stuff I didn't ask about. Started saying things like u didn't put it all on in one day, it's not gonna come off that fast either...uh huh I know... U should cut out a inspirational pic of yourself at a thin size and put it on your mirror! That way you won't give up. It will inspire you! I said well thanks but I don't have a thin pic, I've never been thin. He says what!! Never??!! Even when u were younger??!! I said nope I'm old and fat and before I was young and fat. Where's your vitamins? He stands back, looks me up and down and says girl let me tell you, u are a looker already and when u come back in here no one is going to recognize you! You're going to split the walls with your beauty! You just wait and see since you have no idea what it looks like on you cause I can see it now! Ok well he changed the direction that was going and sorta made me feel better. it was just a really weird and awkward moment with him lol strangers can just say anything huh.

I'm not sure how I would have replied to that...maybe find a new store or order online if you are happy with those suppliments. People are strange lol

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maybe someone had a bit too much maté this morning with his spelt donut.

I think he was just a nut case lol still took me by surprise that he would be so personal.

Thanks for the website I will check that out.

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xxshelxx, I would flush the bad part of the conversation from your memory and keep the good part, especailly if you walk back into that store!

xxshelxx, I would flush the bad part of the conversation from your memory and keep the good part, especailly if you walk back into that store!

lol yeah I was steadily getting mad maybe he saw it and decided to turn it around lol I really didn't wanna body slam anyone hahaha

Oh weird thing that happened at the health food store. One of the guys that work there asked if I needed help finding something. I explained I had weight loss surgery and was looking for chewable type Vitamins. He starts in about all this stuff I didn't ask about. Started saying things like u didn't put it all on in one day, it's not gonna come off that fast either...uh huh I know... U should cut out a inspirational pic of yourself at a thin size and put it on your mirror! That way you won't give up. It will inspire you! I said well thanks but I don't have a thin pic, I've never been thin. He says what!! Never??!! Even when u were younger??!! I said nope I'm old and fat and before I was young and fat. Where's your vitamins? He stands back, looks me up and down and says girl let me tell you, u are a looker already and when u come back in here no one is going to recognize you! You're going to split the walls with your beauty! You just wait and see since you have no idea what it looks like on you cause I can see it now! Ok well he changed the direction that was going and sorta made me feel better. it was just a really weird and awkward moment with him lol strangers can just say anything huh.

I just read this to my husband and he laughed as hard as I did..He said," wow she took that really well..I would have bopped him one"....LOL

"Your going to split the walls with your beauty"..Never heard it quite like that before but he is probably right...Your beautiful already...Things can only get better and better....

I am with you, never been thin. Always heard the Oh you are so pretty..... if only you could slim down some or worse. Part of my prep for surgery were a series of classes and we dealt with underhanded compliments. Things like what you just experienced and ones to come after you loose a lot of extra weight. We know that they are not true positive compliments but don't let them get you. So not worth it. You are strong, amazing and made a choice for a positive change!

I actually thought it was kinda sweet.

I have been amazed sometimes at how strangers will get all personal when I mention the WLS. But I recognise it is part curiosity and part wanting to encourage me and be supportive however weird it comes out. It reminds me of when I was pregnant and total strangers would approach me, want to touch my bump, ask all sorts of personal stuff from did I know the gender to will I breast feed. Then advice on breast feeding, maternity bras, and so on. Madness. But really I think it was all from that basic human desire to connect, we seek a way to relate to other humans and this was just an example of people trying to connect.

LouiseC thats a great point... Even if it's weird and uncomfortable. Lol

I actually thought it was kinda sweet.

I have been amazed sometimes at how strangers will get all personal when I mention the WLS. But I recognise it is part curiosity and part wanting to encourage me and be supportive however weird it comes out. It reminds me of when I was pregnant and total strangers would approach me, want to touch my bump, ask all sorts of personal stuff from did I know the gender to will I breast feed. Then advice on breast feeding, maternity bras, and so on. Madness. But really I think it was all from that basic human desire to connect, we seek a way to relate to other humans and this was just an example of people trying to connect.

My stepdaughter just had her first baby. I coavhed her to respond "Thanks. I'll ask my doctor". End of free unsolicited advice.

Health food store workers are notoriously pushy and weird. Something about that career makes them become almost religious over it all.

As much as I would rather shop local I just order stuff online due to their ridiculous mark up. (the ones around me anyways) What he said to you was really odd, would have made me uncomfortable too!

Health food store workers are notoriously pushy and weird. Something about that career makes them become almost religious over it all.

As much as I would rather shop local I just order stuff online due to their ridiculous mark up. (the ones around me anyways) What he said to you was really odd, would have made me uncomfortable too!

gross generalization. just like any place you shop, there will be weird people and not so weird people in HFS. i worked with bodybuilders, devout christians, practicing buddhists, yogis, people who smoked on break, people who ran to fast food places after work, people who could have given a rats ass about health food and people who were convinced coffee enemas would lead to world peace. and a whole bunch of people who were so normal i dont even remember them. there were way more freaks i worked with at the county hospital in mental health. way more.

Yeah psych field attracts a lot of kooks too...

Glittering generalization sure but many health food propietors have a tendency to be eccentric.

Idk, it just annoys me how some of the stuff they push isn't medically/scientifically substantiated. Maybe that makes me find them more annoying and thus critical of their sales tactics.