I've been reading for quite some time about the debate about who to tell, and who not to tell, about surgery. I made the decision to be open about it, since I am pretty close to my team and work, and they are a very supportive group of people. I also know I can trust them not to blab too much about it.

However, I had told another coworker about it as well. Which is no problem - she's a very supportive person. But this morning while we were talking, a woman in a nearby cube, whom I just talk to in passing, ran over to the cube we were chatting in and started giving me her .02 about weight loss. :bananalama: She told me that I should do it without surgery, and that her children all lost weight from bike riding and watching their food. And she started asking me questions about if I worked out, or what I was eating, etc.

Normally I'm pretty open about the surgery, and happy to discuss it. But this was the first time I've met someone so adamantly against surgery, and willing to totally give me crap about it, even though she barely knows me! It got a little uncomfortable, because at that point I'm fairly certain everyone in her department could hear us talking. So much for keeping it within my team. :cheers2:

I was as polite as I could be, but told her that this is a decision I've been weighing (ha!) for three years, and I was certain I wanted to go through with it. That I was willing to take the risk, that it wasn't the easy way out... (insert pre-bandster speech here). She wasn't downright mean about it, but she just didn't understand and insisted that because I had lost some pre-surgery weight (17lbs this month), it would be no problem to lose it on my own. I neglected to tell her I had nearly 200lbs to lose... and thanks, but 17lbs is just a drop in the bucket.

Anyway, I'll end my rant here... I was just kind of surprised to get such a strong reaction from a virtual stranger. Weird!

I told my daughter today. She took it pretty well. I am relieved.:biggrin:

Glad it went well thin! It's hardest to tell those closest to us sometimes.

I finally told my kids and my extended family once I reached goal and it went really well too.

What I have found is not everyone is supportive but what I have learned is you cannot please everyone and there will always be a judge. If you can do this with peace don't worry about what others say.:confused:

My hubby, mom and my assistant at work. Nervous about telling anyone else, until I've actually had it done. Can anyone tell me how to post my "ticker" on my profile?

Im a hair stylist and Ive told everyone! I feel the more people you tell, the more support you'll have. I think its good knowing people are expecting results so its harder to fail. I love that I see my clients every 4-6 weeks so they are in shock each time they see me. Its been great and I dont see why it should be a secret.