explaining

[prisilla]

what do you tell people, that do not know about the surgery, how you've lost weight so fast?

[Sunflower]

I will tell them I have cut way back on my food intake and I'm exercising.

[agelessongbird82]

Thats what I plan on telling people. I am not telling many people about my surgery as i think it is none of their business. So I am going to only tell them part of the thruth. I am watching what i am eating and i am exercising.

[newme2011]

I tell them I am on a high protien diet and exercising.. They think nothing of it since I have lost over 100 pounds in the past...My only secret is this time it is NOT coming back!!!!!
Julie

[Mbaker]

I have decided that I am going to initially say high protein, low carbs and exercise; however, I think once I lose all of my weight I will be more apt to telling people about the procedure in hopes that this may help someone else in need! Kinda just what I'm thinking but I will face that bridge once I get closer to my goal weight!!!! (8

[scgal21]

I also tell people it's high protein, low carbs, portion control and excercising....unless it's someone I think could benefit from the sleeve, then I tell them all about it.

[jenn0014]

my big mouth has just told anyone who cares. i feel like i don't want to hide something so huge, but most people think its the easy way out, but for sure its not! it is such a big secret to keep that i just didn't feel like keeping it.

[jenssensmom]

I am pretty open about it. I have not had any negative reaction to the fact that I had surgery. A couple of my friends were more afraid of health issues and didn't really understand how it worked until I explained it, then everyone was on board! I have even sent four of my friends down to Dr. Almanza to have it done since I did it. It will be a year for me in April and I wore a size 2 pants yesterday. I don't care who knows!!! LOL!

[cathyp357]

Portion control and exercise, and cut out simple carbs.

[buddyd11]

the truth is what I tell them, I hope to educate as many as I can about this life changing journey...

[connie]

I too suffer from BIG MOUTH SYNDROME, if anyone says anything to me, I tell them---I want to be able to share how wonderful this change in my life is. I see so many of my friends fighting the weight battle, it breaks my heart. As with most of the people who have this life changing surgery, we have tried EVERYTHING---WE know what it is like to live the battle. If I can share my joy and happiness that this tool has given me---I'm all for it. Of course some of them say- well I lost 60 lbs, but it came back, because I am not by nature a really kind and loving person, I WANT to say---I can see how THAT is working for you. But I don't, I just say, "Well, it seems to be the very best thing for me. If you want details, give me a call." The part that really gets them is that I went to Mexico to get it done. Gives me a good laugh---when they say why there I look at them and say, Well 20 Thousand in the states, 4,500 in Mexico---let me think about that for a second. Blessings- Connie

[prisilla]

the thing is, i work at an office where they would have given me trouble to take time off for bariatric surgery and the gossip and judging is awful. so best not to tell them. but i know they will be asking about the sudden weight loss. thanks

[connie]

Prisilla, I so know about the "OFFICE" crap. For a long time I would not take off work either, because of the gossip and criticism, it is a hard nut to crack and can be very very uncomfortable. Now that I am older (55), I would like to give you some words of wisdom that I wish I had gotten when I turned 16. Be right with God, Be right with Yourself, and the rest will take care of itself. Trust me, those people at your work or your actual job will NOT, I REPEAT- NOT be there for you when when it is all said and done. I know how important it is to have everyone like us, and accept us, and be part of the "in" group---after years of participating in "GAMES" it really does not matter what they think or do in the end. You can also say - if they ask about being gone, that I was sick, but now I am getting better---not a fib, but it will keep them at bay. Blessings Connie

[prisilla]

oh no, i don't care if they like me or not....least of my concerns. i just don't need the b/s in my life and the least they know, the better for me. i am the same age as you, lived in 8 or 9 different countries and have been thru almost every situation you can image. which is why i don't need any crap from these "kids" at work. i just need peace at this time in my life... want to go to work, do my job and go home. but these days and especially with corporate america, those kinds of jobs really do not exist any longer. that's why i chose not tell them about the surgery...i did tell them i had surgery, had to, to get the time off, but did not give them the details. thanks connie for you input, so nice to share with others in the same position.

[angela zinck]

I tell them the truth. I see alot of people on here that don't tell anyone for fear of a negative back lash. Screw everyone else!! This is your life and you body therefore it's your decision. You're the one that has to live with it. This procedure is the way of the future and we're the pioneers!! The first people that ever had any type of plastic procedures way back when got the same flack and now look how common and excepted that is.