Did anyone wait to tell their families that you were having a weight loss surgery? I am being open with my father who is supportive and willing to help me with my self pay situation. However I have no interest in telling my extended family about my plans. I live in an area with two aunts, one uncle, three cousins, my grandparents, and great aunt and uncle. I have the urge to go through the process and just move home with my dad for the initial recovery. It's not that they wouldn't be supportive. It's actually that they would be too supportive...you know...that moment where supportive becomes insulting?

I feel like i had a very strategic plan to who I would tell and when. I told one of my best friends who had gastric bypass about 8 years ago and she was excited for me and super supportive, then I told a few more friend and some co-workers. I wasn't going to tell my family because some of them have a tendency to support one minute then have nothing but negativity the next, and that's basically what happened. Comments like "Good for you but you know you can't reverse it", "you're going to have so much extra skin", or "you're never going to be able to eat what you want" and so on. With the exception of my boss I haven't told anyone else because my decision is made and I don't want to be upset with people not being supportive. Like @@rnsamantha I don't plan to lie about it once it's done I just don't need people getting in my head or on my nerves!

I told my parents, best friend, and boss, who are all very supportive. When I would casually slide WLS into a conversation, everyone else would speak to WLS as if it were a cop out. "You just need to move more", or "just eat less", or "you must not want it enough". To be honest, I had the same mentality a year ago--before I got totally fed up and educated.

Anyway, GOOD LUCK TO YOU!! It's going be a fantastic journey for sure, and the ones who support you and get to witness your transformation and get to be a part of it all are the lucky ones