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I've seen that attitude with some WLSers. They seem to have forgotten the struggle. That's why I don't comment much in the Facebook groups.

I thought about doing an IG. I did do an IG for my weight journey just to keep the posts from being excessive. Somehow, though, people from my other account found it, including my oldest kid. So I let the account die. I don't know what I did wrong. I've seen others successfully have two separate accounts from their mobile devices. So far, as far as the masses go, they know I'm trying everything under the moon. They know I recently started crossfit. I'm going to let them assume it's from that. Lol. I have this one friend from high school. She was always overweight. A couple of years ago, she started weight watchers. 3 yrs later, she's down, like, 150lbs or so. She looks great. Thing is it's made her judgey. She thinks everyone should do it the way she did and that it was so easy once you set your mind to it. No matter how I try to say it, she doesn't seem to get that it's not exactly the same circumstances for everyone. She had no comorbities, was a stay at home parent, and only 1 child who was in school. She had the time to devote to recipe and food planning etc. It still took her over 2yrs to lose the 100lbs. She acts like WW is the only right way to lose the weight and that anyone failing just isn't trying hard enough or just isn't ready. she will definitely not be someone I tell. Lol. She's a nice girl but has definitely forgot the struggle on the other side of the fence

My friend with a sleeve said they can

No one gets notification for groups I join that are closed. I'm in A LOT of BST groups plus the surgery groups. No one knew, and I only see notifications for friends that joined open groups, not closed

Closed private but not secret. If it was secret, you wouldnt be able to find them. Secret groups don't even show up in search results

I have to lose 10% by surgery day but had only 2 months to do it, including preop. I've lost half

They are private. Nothing posted shows up on your feed

I wish he had for mine. I'm a 43 right now.

There are fb groups for each surgery. I'm in both. I'm pretty open on fb, too. It's killed me not to say anything

My other thought is to wait until I'm significantly smaller before posting any full body shots and just saying I did it (got thin)without specifying how beyond diet and exercise

Know what I mean

Thanks!

I'm afraid of the same thing. I've been doing little changes leading up to it. I have to do 2wks of liquid only right over thanksgiving! And thanksgiving is at my house. Ugh, leftovers! I'm going to do my damndest to stick to it as best as I can. I don't want to be told no

We are steroid heavy household, here. The important thing is understanding HOW you can gain weight. The meds won't cause you to form fat out of nothing, but it can change your behaviors to cause you to gain weight KWIM. So water weight- keep up on your fluids and eat foods that help flush fluids from the body. Increased appetite -make sure you're eating the right foods.

Not everyone ends up that small. Many end up right where they need to be. Have you thought about lapband? I think I'd look at that if I was under 100 over