I really hate the conversation. It makes me uncomfortable. I find it awkward. It's just not fun.
You know which one I'm talking about? The conversation about the weight. It happens a few times a week and it just never is any fun for me.
They usually start with, "So, what have you been doing?" I'm not sure what they are looking for here... to hear I'm taking something, had some sort of surgery... I know they mean well. But, really. It's just not a fun conversation.
When they start it with, "What have you been doing?" I feel like they are wanting to hear some magic. And, I haven't mastered the right response yet. I need a good response. When I say I've been doing a program I feel like it discredits my commitment. Don't know why. But, to me it feels like the program gets the credit. And, maybe it does. When I say it's a program with the Lake (a local hospital), then I really feel like they are wondering if I had surgery or something. Hospital + weight loss = surgery. Right?
So, I've started saying "I've just been extremely focused on eating lots of fruits and vegetables." Then I might even add, "Some days I will eat 10 or more." This is all true. I have been focused on that. And, there are days I eat 10 or more. This weekend, I ate 12 on Saturday and 14 on Sunday.
But, I notice that sometimes they want more than that. Fruits and vegetables don't seem to satisfy most. So, I ultimately reveal that I've been doing a program. All this goes back to my last post on LOSING weight. It's really not that simple. You don't just LOSE it. You work your butt off to get rid of it.
I love it when some skinny approaches me for the conversation and their second question (after "what have you been doing?") is "So, you've started exercising a lot?" That's when I wish I was still heavier and could just sit on them. People don't mean to be insensitive. They just are. And, I know that I can be too about other things. It's human nature.
You'd just think I'd get use to these conversations.
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