I have honestly been going back and forth about this myself as well. I know some people wont understand, and I really don't feel as if I should have to justify my choice to them. Last week I began telling people outside of my mother, husband, and a few others who helped make the choice. It is difficult. I can see that some are judging what I am doing and want to say something. Once person asked me "cant you just loose the weight" If it was that easy then I would have done it already. This is a tool to assist in loosing weight. Good luck to everyone trying to make the choice of who to tell, its not an easy one.