In the course of preparing the 100 lb Down post from a week ago, the single most embarrassing thing to happen to me so far on this roller coaster occurred, but I can't stop laughing about it. I hope you enjoy, commiserate, and can share your own stories of mixed embarrassment/hilarity for catharsis' sake.
I asked my partner to take weekly photos of me in only boxers on the day I started my pre-op diet, Jan 22 so I could have a consistent photo, with even time intervals, in the same spot with the same pose/clothes for the duration of weight loss. I'd like to be able to accurately point to where I was on each step of the journey 5 years from now, not to mention compile a stop-motion-style video clip that accurately shows how my body changed, at what rate, etc. You know, is it smooth, are there fits & starts and the like.
I'm only 3 months out and have already lost 100 lb (WOW! If only it was linear until my ideal weight, I could be there by August). Having lost so much weight (the equivalent of one of the smaller Backstreet Boys), I was eager to get that post up. In order to have photos side-by-side on her phone, she had to text them to herself. No big deal.
So I'm holding her phone the night before the post, trying to look at the differences that I can spot when all of a sudden her phone buzzes and up pops the message: "Please stop sending me photos. I don't know who you are or what you want, but I'm not interested in sexting with you."
I was mortified. Somehow we had entered our own number wrong and sent a dozen or so potentially scandalous photos of a very large, near-naked man with weird belly-scars to a stranger, or at least we hope it's a stranger. Certainly someone local with our area code.
Thankfully the person was incredibly gracious when we explained what had happened and apologized. So much so that they finished off with "Again, don't worry about it. These things happen. Not that I want you to have to have had surgery, but I'm glad it wasn't anything worse for me. Congratulations by the way, you're making a fantastic decision and good luck! If you're willing, keep me posted. I don't know who you are, but I'd love to hear how you're doing in a few months."
I couldn't stop periodically bursting into laughter for several hours thereafter.
What about you? What hilarious stories do you have? Or do you hope/pray will grow funnier as time goes on. Please don't share anything you're not 100% comfortable posting online - I don't want anyone to regret a post, but wow, writing this all down has helped it be funnier for me and eliminated nearly all of the shame-piece.
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