10 days after surgery and feeling great. The one issue I have is people telling me "why surgery you aren't that fat". What does one say to that??? Thank you??

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238 now

10 days after surgery and feeling great. The one issue I have is people telling me "why surgery you aren't that fat". What does one say to that??? Thank you??

251 start

238 now

With all due respect they expect everyone that's going to have WLS to be 500+ pounds.

10 days after surgery and feeling great. The one issue I have is people telling me "why surgery you aren't that fat". What does one say to that??? Thank you??

251 start

238 now

I can totally understand, I started at 215, now 3 weeks post op I am 187. Everyone has their own reasons for the surgery. None of my in-laws understood why I had surgery, they all said that I wasn't That big.

I got ppl telling me the same thing, my start wt 265lbs now 24 days post-op and wt 228lbs last time I weight my self. Tomorrow I'll wt myself again cuz I want to participate on the TGIF WT Group

Anyways back to the topic I was told the same thing that I wasn't that big and that I could had done it myself but inside myself I knew that I could never have the will power to do so that i need it this great wl tool cuz I tried so many times and never made it! And I really want it to avoid comorbidities and also get my self-steem high as I used to have it before so I won't care what ppl tells me. I just know that this was the best for me!!! My view towards Obesity is that is a Pandemic Addiction and at least we WLS pals have the guts to deal w/it and try to resolve our problems...so let them talk as we get skinny minies lol

I had mixed feedback from people. For the mist part people were really excited for me & glad I was doing it. There were a few people that were shocked. My highest weight was 273 & now I am at 242. I lost most of it before surgery- some I was required to & then I wanted to go into surgery as healthy as I could.

Bottom line is that everyone has their own personal reasons for deciding on surgery. Mine was that I have a family history of diabetes & heart disease, I was pre-diabetic, I had high blood pressure, I had border line sleep apnea, chronic foot & back problems. I have had a lifetime of being overweight and have tried every diet on earth. I lose some & then gain back more...such a vicious circle! Finally, my husband is morbidly obese & I really hope that by seeing how good I do, he will consider doing it himself!