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What do you all say when people ask you what your doing to loose weight? I dont want to lie but its not public info.

I just say "portion control and exercise" cuz it's true! =)

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The only time I reveal to anyone that I've had surgery is when it's someone that hasn't seen me in forever, and they compliment me on how great I look yada yada. Because of me being open about my surgery, I've had 4 close friends choose to have the sleeve, and we all have this common little bond, and it feels good knowing that because of my openness they had the courage to seek out surgery to help them as well. We're military so people come and go, we don't see the same circle of friends all the time because husband's deploy, family vacations are happening year round when the Air Force lets the guys take leave so I might go several months without physically seeing someone, and they'll ask "what have you been doing to lose weight?" That's when I tell them that I had VSG. I don't tell strangers, or servers at restaurants, or people that want to know I'm only eating small portions when we are at a social function and I don't know those people all that well.

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I just say "portion control and exercise" cuz it's true! =)

WOW Donna T,

Just seen you and I are almost exactly the same!! same surgery date, same wt loss!!

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