Well i certinally know how my family reacted, my mother cried and said she was proud of me for making the choice to better my life, my sisters 2 of them know and are supportive, and my other sister dosent know yet, how have your familys reactions been?

Reactions have been mixed between family and friends. Half my family is supportive - the other not so much. Same with friends. It's bizarre but it's almost as if some people are offended that I took this step. I got, "why don't you just try dieting" (really?), can't you just not eat (seriously?), and "you know, you'll still need to start exercising" (I'm actually very active - but just eat more when I work out).

Then there are those that assume I have secondary medical conditions - "will this get rid of your diabetes, lower your cholesterol, etc." (I haven't got any other conditions, just fat thanks".

I honestly don't think people know how judgemental they sound so I'm not taking it to heart. Just a little annoyed.

I had the surgery on 6/25 and am going back to work tomorrow. It should be interesting!

The few I told have been super supportive even when I said I wasn't going to get it when I got scared. Now that I decided to do it those i told are great. I'm scared to tell others because of my own fear of them seeing me as a failure for being banded but I need help to lose weight and this the help I need and I'm doing this for me so that's super empowering and exciting good luck