Tomorrow will be one week at that I was banded and this wknd is th first time I shall face some friends and family. Of course my closest friends and closest family members know about my operation. I'm not afraid or shameful to tell people but I do prefer subtlety as I don't want 12332122 questions from ppl I don't converse with often. I'm also not one to lie about anything so what is your approach to who've you shared your news with and what do you tell them exactly?

I'm not saying this to offend anyone, but it's just my opinion. I tell family/friends or if people ask how I've been losing weight because I feel like people who don't tell want everyone to think that they did it all on their own and that's not true. If you could do it on your own, you wouldn't have needed the band. I just feel like it's kind of selfish to say "Oh, just a different diet" or "Oh, just eating better" when that's not the only reason why you are loosing weight; it's because you had surgery.

I'm not saying this to offend anyone' date=' but it's just my opinion. I tell family/friends or if people ask how I've been losing weight because I feel like people who don't tell want everyone to think that they did it all on their own and that's not true. If you could do it on your own, you wouldn't have needed the band. I just feel like it's kind of selfish to say "Oh, just a different diet" or "Oh, just eating better" when that's not the only reason why you are loosing weight; it's because you had surgery.[/quote']

Wow, does anyone know how to edit your signature while on your iPhone? My weight is way off, I'm at 311 now. I guess I haven't updated in a while ha ha.

For me I couldn't live with myself keeping it a secret. My oldest sister is three years out. I mentioned this forum and attending support group but she refuses. weight Loss is a full time job. I want to be the next Jennifer Hudson for Lapband. My dream