Friends And Family Reactions

[smilinginside 16]

Well i certinally know how my family reacted, my mother cried and said she was proud of me for making the choice to better my life, my sisters 2 of them know and are supportive, and my other sister dosent know yet, how have your familys reactions been?

[shadowsun 1]

Reactions have been mixed between family and friends. Half my family is supportive - the other not so much. Same with friends. It's bizarre but it's almost as if some people are offended that I took this step. I got, "why don't you just try dieting" (really?), can't you just not eat (seriously?), and "you know, you'll still need to start exercising" (I'm actually very active - but just eat more when I work out).

Then there are those that assume I have secondary medical conditions - "will this get rid of your diabetes, lower your cholesterol, etc." (I haven't got any other conditions, just fat thanks".

I honestly don't think people know how judgemental they sound so I'm not taking it to heart. Just a little annoyed.

I had the surgery on 6/25 and am going back to work tomorrow. It should be interesting!

[readysetg070113 1,476]

The few I told have been super supportive even when I said I wasn't going to get it when I got scared. Now that I decided to do it those i told are great. I'm scared to tell others because of my own fear of them seeing me as a failure for being banded but I need help to lose weight and this the help I need and I'm doing this for me so that's super empowering and exciting good luck