Do you find that people react differently to you since you've lost weight? Perhaps they were one way to you prior to your band surgery and now they act differently towards you?

Yes, people actually look at me, not through me like I'm invisible.

OK...

I must chime in and give my two cents worth. Not only am I not invisible anymore, I have "grown smarts" since I have lost weight. Before (At work) I was treated like I didnt know anything, now I am treated more as a equal and know what I am talking about.

Very strange.

Lois

I also notice a change. I started at 267(banded April 22, 2008) and am now 192. I was a size 20-22 and am now a size 14. I work as a receiving clerk lifting cartons that can average 50 plus pounds. When I have had to lift these boxes in the past in front of my male co-workers I did so solo. Now I don't even need to try, someone is there to do it. I also share an office with a female co-worker/friend and she has been very open about the fact she does not want me to get skinnier then her. I wish as a culture that we would promote educational programs in our schools, starting in kindergarten and continuing throught high school, that teach the next generation how to have a healthy body and mind. Well I can dream.