I am having gastric sleeve surgery on April 6th (yay!) and so far have only told a handful of people. I am a private person when it comes to losing weight because I hate the questions of "how is the dieting going?" "how much weight have you lost?" So this time around I really don't want to deal with it, plus I don't want to deal with the judgement involved. Also, I want to add that in the last four month I have lost 40 lbs on my own so people are already noticing that I am losing weight so I am figuring that they will just assume that I am continuing on with the weight loss after I have had the gastric sleeve surgery.

I don't live near my family and only see them once or twice a year so I am not worried about their reaction when I see them. I guess what I want to know is have any of you not told others that you are having this surgery and if so, how has it worked for you? What have you said to people when you have been asked about your weight loss?

People are just too nosy for me and I feel like it is none of their business. Maybe I'm being being too much of a b*tch about it. I don't know.

I told my dad, aunt and best friends (3). That's all. They all live in Jersey and I'm alone in MD so I wanted the support of those who I knew would be there for me. I have some great friends here that I haven't told. And don't plan on telling. It's enough to battle eternally with yourself about the surgery, not really trying to hear the mouths of those who aren't on board. Also, it's my body so what I do to it is my call.

I want to tell my brother but because I know for sure he will tell our grandmother, he can't know. lol she's extremely, unreasonably negative about life so I told her nada. I won't be seeing her until Nov (8 months after my surgery) and that's when she'll see me. And she'll mostly likely as me if I'm sick and on drugs or something but whatever.

Do what's best for you. It's your decision and your journey. Best of luck!! [emoji4][emoji4]