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@oolismom- You crack me up! Thanks for the words of encouragement. Yes, this woman has a lot of issues/problems. I have to remember that when she makes her snarky comments, it is more about her and her paranoia and insecurities rather than anything about me. She is so jealous of everyone else and is a miserable person. Thank you for sharing your guts with me! I need them as I head back to work tomorrow! I hate confrontation and conflict and confrontation, but I have definitely gotten better with age! I will have to try your look out!

Thank you! You are too funny! There is just this one particular woman who is fixated on weight in my office and she has made very snarky comments to me in the past when I lost weight and then every second of every day she asks me what I have done to lose weight. I lost 93 pounds starting in 2008 and it took me about a year and a half to lose it. I kept it off for a year and a half and then gained 30 pounds back due to bad stress eating and inactivity. I then gained back 40 more pounds due to injuries and the medications they gave me for the medications. She would make comments like "Oh you have less cottage cheese on your as$ now." She is just very difficult to deal with I have to not allow her to get me because stress is no friend in the weight loss department and my job is stressful enough....I am a psychologist.

Thank you everyone for your kind words and support. I am feeling better today. I know this is going to be a tough journey. It's as though I feel like my life has been turned upside down, but everyone else is just going about doing their thing. I think I took too much on at one time. I just got engaged on 8/27/14 and then had the surgery 9/2/14 and I am going on a cruise on 11/15/14. It is a bit overwhelming, especially financially. I had planned on having the surgery before I got the engaged. The engagement was a total surprise. I thought my fiancé was going to propose while we were on our cruise. It was a terrific surprise, but everyone kept asking me a million questions about wedding plans and all I could focus on was having the surgery. I know there are definitely going to be snarky people at my work, one in particular who is going to make this journey for me miserable. I am trying to figure out how to deal with her before I go back to work. I have a very stressful job and the last thing I need is her adding more stress. oolismom- I heard that about the tastebuds too. So weird how so many different things about ourselves can change after surgery! tabhm- Good luck at work today! I hope you have a great day!

I had my surgery this past Tuesday, 9/2/14. I am feeling better physically each day, but just weak. I am supposed to go back to work this upcoming week on Wednesday and I am afraid it is too soon. My surgeon said I could, but I can't imagine working when I feel so weak. I am also starting to feel a bit depressed. I just feel so "different" from everyone else in my life and as though no one understands what I am going through. I also know a lot about nutrition and exercise, so I am having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that I am losing weight so fast and not getting much nutrition and how this could possibly be healthy for me. Has anyone else gone through this?