I'm thinking about bypass surgery but one thing I am concerned with is what to tell people. I am probably a typical male, I don't want to tell anyone. I don't even want to tell my 22-year-old kids. My wife has convinced me to tell them (and the rest of my family) but honestly, I don't want to discuss it with other friends or co-workers. Last year I lost 65 lbs (gained half back) and from that experience, people are really nosey. "Tell me what you are doing", "Are you OK", "Are you sick"? I mean seriously if I was sick like that do you think I would want talk about it?

How do others handle that? Some people are right up front which is fine. How do those of you that are a little more reserved handle questions?

Ed

I've told my immediate family and closest girlfriends. I'm not sure who else I'm going to tell - I'll figure that out in the future.
One question though - to those who aren't telling anyone, how will you explain eating such small portions, or in the beginning after surgery - liquids and then pureed foods? We'll be going to a lot of social events this summer and I know people will notice if I'm not eating, and especially if I'm not drinking alcohol lol. Thoughts on how to handle that?

About 8 years ago I lost 60 lbs on medifast(gained it all back plus some, eventually), which is essentially 6 very small meals a day, totaling about 800-900 cals a day. The way I eat now is similar, it just isn't medifast...though I do have some medifast meals. So I just say I am eating like medifast, just not using all medifast. No one questions it because several people in my family have done medifast.

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