Who was the toughest person you decided to tell about getting the band?

[bbbanded 70]

I think it's a tie between my boyfriend and my best friends. With my best friends, I was laughing a lot and had to hold my stomach, this was maybe two weeks after surgery so I was still quite tight and uncomfortable. They asked if I was pregnant so I had to come clean. As for my boyfriend I was FaceTiming him and told him I had to show him something, then I flashed him my bandaged belly, his head could have literally turned into a question mark and I wouldn't have blinked haha, but that was over a year ago and all is good now.

[downysoft 51]

Surprisingly my family has been totally behind me with some reservations from my eldest children. However the one I truly hated to tell was my boss. Her teasing gets to the point of bullying sometimes. I know this will be held over my head at work.

[Sharpie 3,306]

my best friend was my challenge.. She doesn't have a weight problem and had made comments in the past about working out, etc.. but surprisingly when I told her my plan for surgery she was 100% supportive .. so much so, she made the 3 hour trip to be with me during my surgery and stayed all night in a chair beside me in the hospital.. I realized how lucky I was to have her as my friend... my husband was always very supportive.. now that I have lost a good amount of weight, I tell anyone who ask .. I think there are a lot of people who would benefit from surgical intervention with their weight struggle..but are perhaps afraid to have surgery..

[fashionstylist 458]

I just recently told my mother and she had a fit at first. But the I had to explain that it was not the gastric bypass . My husband has been soooo supportive and telling me how much better I'm going to feel . My mom is going to my preop appt to my surgeon with me . I just have her permission to tell my dad n ordered h to keep his mouth shut because he is a gossip box. Andy oldest sister just dropped the phone when I told her. Funny !! She said if anybody has researched this , u have. I'm not telling coworkers because the talk n can b caddy. Not even my best friends.. I'm just gone say I changed my eating n got a personal trainer. Which wll b true. They don't need to know right now. Sometimes ppl act funny knowing u r making better changes in your life . Ppl get scared that you will no longer be the fat girl in the group ??????©???®???‚! Well So long to being a fat girl !