a few weeks before my surgery i hinted to some friends i was considering the surgery, um they all said, no don't do it we like you the way you are...wasn't that nice of them (the biggest girl is a size 7, i was a tight 24, in size 26 denial)

well heck i got it anyways, i couldn't even tie my shoes, were they serious?!

only 3 people know about my surgery, i read too many bad stories on the boards about telling to many people...and this was just private for me, and my life is a freaking open book, i will tell you anything you wanna know, no matter how dark and freaky, lol, but this, this was my secret. like maybe once i reach goal, i'll tell people.

so now almost 8 weeks post op down about 27 lbs from my heaviest weight...and i freaking worked for EVERY pound lost, i've been going to the gym, elliptical, treadmill, bike, even some arm weights. i started school at a new campus and it was built on a freaking HILL so just going from class to class is a work out

i'm eating more fruit than ive ever had in my lifetime, and i have not had fast food in over 2 months (been out to chilies once with a group of friends)

i truly feel like i'm doing the "diet/exercise" that has been preached for weightloss for years, how i've lost weight in the past, watching what i eat and exercising, nothing strange there

i have 5.2 cc's in my band after my second fill, restriction is coming along well, then it happened...

people started noticing my loss! and here it goes, people wispering wondering how i did it, i'm like i stopped eating late, i eat more fruit, portion control, and i've been exercising, am i lieing? my roommate jumps in an she's like "she goes to the gym EVERYDAY!" <~bless her

and it kinda irks me abit, theres a group of 16 of us, were starting a doctoral program together, but one person notices the loss, and then its the new gossip and other start to question it.

some don't believe i go to the gym...Really? cause you didn't see me there? wtf? these are the future doctors of america, please be frightened if thats there philosophy.

one of the size 5's was like i work out and i haven't lost 27 lbs...ok she's about 111-115 and oh i started at 290. where does she need to lose 27 lbs from?

i think what bothers me the most is that when i was working in 2006 i lost 40lbs...and that's when people noticed my lost (yeah they caught me off guard this time i was barely at 30 lost) but it was aggrevating after that, every time i ate something it was "aren't you supposed to be on a diet?, your not on your diet anymore? are you going to the gym today? ok and tons of unsolicited diet advice!!! ok it was like i got this far without you...thanks!

well now i have to deal with the rumors...i know i shouldn't care it just bothers me, who cares if i had 5 surgeries, don't try to discredit my hard work waiting to say "oh well she had surgery"

I'm with you Diva 21. I told everybody at work I talk to that I was having the surgery to try and avoid the rumour mill but it's kind of inevitable. Only those of us who went through it know how hard it is. And like you said, every pound lost is hard earned. I feel like they have no right to judge but I know they will anyway. But really, who cares cause we will be skinny in a couple of months.

Banded 9/12.

Start weight: 251

Heighest weight: 265

Amen... I only told my best friend at work (my instructional assistant) and the school nurse (just in case) and my secretis safe with them. When they comment on my weight loss, I smile, thank them and don't offer any explanations. If they insist, I tell them that I have cut down my carb intake, increased my protein intake and am working out at Curves. No lies

I work in an office where i interact w/ ppl everyday! I've mentioned my surgery (soon to come) to a few close co-workers..but i too wonder what ppl will say. my liquids starts in 2 days, that will be the first dramatic effect when i lose just a few from that.