I'm on my pre-op diet which means drinking Protein shakes at work. I am already getting questions about what I am doing. I say I am doing the prep work for a major change in my life. They ask me what the change is and I tell them I am about to start a medically supervised weight loss program. Already I am hearing how drinking Protein Shakes won't do me any good in the long run...too much protein is bad for my kidneys..do I really trust this doctor who is running this program....the key to losing weight is easy: move more/eat less....maybe these people are just out to make money off me....

Remember that I work in a food coop and most of the people I work with have never been overweight in their lives and belive that juicing a bunch of dandelion leaves 5 times a day is an appropriate treatment for hypertension.

It's this bad now, I wonder what is going to happen once I come bact to work after my surgery!

No matter what you do everyone has an opinion I've already told myself when theses questions come up i will have to say very nicely thanks for your concerns i have to try this for me. In the future please keep your opinions to your self. I let everyone give me an ear full 2 years ago which stopped me. NOT THIS TIME AROUND MATCH 30TH....

I had it all planned out in preparation for those kinds of questions. If anyone asked, I just told them that I was preparing for surgery to complete my transformation. When they asked what kind of transformation, I told them I was having a sex change, that I was a lesbian trapped in a man's body. That tended to shut them up, cause they couldn't figure that one out!

I told the truth. That way I didn't have to remember anything!

@ - It's really none of their business. You're doing this for you and not for the approval of others, of course. Folks will always have something to say about everything and everybody. Too much information is just a license for these folks to become surgeons, specialists, and gurus overnight. My response is simple - changing my eating habits - eating less but more of what counts -veggies and Proteins - by any means necessary!!!!! I say, keep 'em guessing, you don't owe them any explanation. They will figure it out as you continue to lose weight.... :-)