I talked to my sister and mother and told them I was thinking about having it done. Both were really negative so after that I decided that I would only share it with my husband and one friend who has already had the lap band. I've been banned for a week and have lost about 15 lbs. I see my family this weekend but I don't think that they will notice 15 lbs. I use to body build and exercise 7 days a week till I had four pregnancy in a year and half, and three miscarriages. So I don't know if I'm going to be honest or just let people see me exercising a lot and let them make their own conclusions about my weight loss