Wish I had not told anyone but close family. ....they want to compete and compare ...and just wanna keep up with my weight loss. Wish I had kept my mouth shut

Buttercup, I weighed 198.8 when I went into surgery.. Even the nurse who walked me back to get ready made a rude comment "I guess they have lowered the standards for weight loss" You don't look like you need it. I replied well I don't know how fat you are but I am plenty fat thanks. FYI I no longer take diabetes meds , was on the verge of taking insulin, my blood pressure and cholesterol are back to normal. My mobility has improved drastically. I purposely park way out so I have to walk, You know you and you know how you feel. Doesn't matter who thinks it's a good idea or not, you are making a decision to improve your health. Once you start losing they will probably make comments as to how long it will stay off. I am 2 years out and I feel like a new woman. Love my band.

This is so true! I didn't start off telling anyway until I got closer to my surgery date, and then I was excited...thinking my coworkers would feel the sameway for me. HECK NO!!! I got...Your too Small for surgery...my PC even said to me that I probably wont get approved because I'm too small! I told him...IN THE NAME OF JESUS I WILL BE APPROVED AND I WILL NOT BE ON ANY DIABETIC MEDICINE OR B/P MEDICINE! He said well just don't be disappointed when NONE OF THAT HAPPENS...EVEN IF YOU HAVE THE SURGERY YOU MAY STILL BE ON YOUR MEDS! I SAID!!!! ...IN THE NAME OF JESUS I WON'T!!!!
I had my surgery 11/18/14 and I'm Med FREE... HIGHEST WT. 230 NOW 194......THANK YOU LORD! I saw my PC last week in my NEW SIZE 14 JEANS and said...HOW YA LIKE ME NOW!!!! LOL
DONT WORRY ABOUT OTHERS PRAY AND ASK GOD TO BE YOUR ADVOCATE!

Hi everyone, Like Melissa160 I did not keep it a secret at all. At the time I supervised 14 patent examiners and felt I couldn't just disappear for weeks. I got nothing but support from them and my colleagues and bosses; one employee said she'd like to be next. They all were happy that I was doing something about my weight. This was in May 2012.

This week I want to lunch with my workgroup and left half of my food while everyone else had inhaled everything on their plates. No comments o anything. Maybe I'm just lucky but I'm grateful to have been spared he negativity.

Couldn't agree more......for me telling people just put me under added pressure.......everyone expected the weight to drop off me & completely judged me when it didn't happen.......wish I hadn't told anyone except for close family xx

I was honest with everyone. I had a hernia repair. Just didn't mention WLS