If your weight loss surgery is an extremely well-kept secret, you may not get too many people asking you questions about the why and the how. But if you’ve told even a few people about your surgery, you’re probably not so lucky. People ask all kinds of questions, ranging from the reasonable (“What kind of diet do you have to follow?”) to the accusatory (“Why didn’t you just lose weight the natural way?”), and from the innocent (“Do you ever feel any side effects from surgery?”) to the suggestive (“You shouldn’t be eating that, should you?”).

Some questions or suggestions come up over and over again – often to the point where you want to wear a sign on your forehead with the answer. For me, one of the most annoying is, “Do you feel guilty that you still have the lap-band in even though you don’t need it anymore?” I don’t think the question itself is too bad, as such questions go, but it gets old. Yes, I have the lap-band. Yes, I intend to keep it in. Yes, I like having it. Sometimes it’s filled, sometimes it’s not.

So what question are you sick of hearing?

My biggest annoyance are the people who want an exact weight amount about how much I've lost so far. "You are life half the size! How much have you loss?" And when you refuse to give them an exact amount siting that it is very personal, then they keep needling away "so was it like 100lbs?" Seriously, it's no ones business how much I have lost! I'm not doing it for their curiosity!

I told a lifelong super thin person I work with, BC she'll need to cover my medical leave requests.

With a deadpan serious face she asked, "Have you ever tried dieting?"

I am 49 years old.

I weigh 298 pounds.

Dieting? Nope, never heard of it.

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RIGHT!!!!!

Of Course I Have Tried Dieting!

Think surgery would be my First Choice?

(Here I am similar to you, age 46 and 286)

By far in the last few months are people saying..."I hope you're not going to lose more weight!"

Do I look THAT thin?? Geez...I don't think soo!! LOL

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If you want to get rid of your stomach, just do situps/crunches (or exercise in general). Gee thanks, I've never thought of that!!!