My Mom has always been very much like some of yours, judgemental and "Just make up your mind to do it", all while being somewhere in the neighborhood of 80 pds overweight. Admittedly, I'm twice that, but still... consistancy? Not so much. I went to visit my folks last weekend, it's a long weekend, my grandmother is in the hospital, just a good time to go. I had ABSOLUTELY no intention of telling her. But over breakfast, she mentioned she was just diagnosed as diabetic, and was having a hard time dealing with it. She urged me to do something about my weight before I was diagnosed, since my dad has been diabetic for about 5 yrs. Before I could shut myself up, it was out " well, you know, there is this procedure that's been approved about 10 yrs by the FDA, been in use in Europe about 30, and unlike the old wt loss surgeries, where they slice and dice your digestive system, then put it back together in the wrong order..." She was whole heartedly supportive. I almost checked her handstrength to make sure she hadn't had a stroke! She said SHE was leading up to telling ME about Lap Band! My aunt, her sister, has a good friend who lost over 100 pounds in the last 2 yrs, and she wanted to see if I might be interested. She's already making plans to come help after the surgery, and I'm only 2 months into the 6 month diet.
BTW, my sister has always been the most supportive person possible, ever, whenever I had problems trying to loose wt, or wanted to try something new, and the day she went in the hospital to have twins, she weighed less than I have to loose! Gotta love a skinny person who doesn't make you feel fat, and has commented she wishes she was half as beautiful as me, all while being 5'11" 145, and a perfect size 10, with perky boobs, even after nursing twins. She didn't even get streatch marks :thumbup:
