The Easy Way.......

[Ellie_Grace 271]

I had an interesting learning experience related to this yesterday at work. Recently many many people have begun commenting on my weight loss and how great I look, etc. My response is normally thanks I had gastric bypass etc... But this one woman made the same comment and I gave my normal response and she kinda did a double take and said "Ok, but I meant what are YOU doing to make this happen" Here I was minimizing my own efforts in my weight loss journey all this time instead of taking any credit for my hard work and trust me it has been hard work. So I told her how my diet is now low carb, low fat and low sugar and how I work out an 45 min to an hour every day etc. But it was weird to be put into my place because here I was not taking the credit and giving it all to the surgery. It was nice to have someone recognize that it does take hard work on our part, it is just sad it was not me giving myself credit this whole time. So now I am trying to decide what answer to give the next time I get a wow you are looking great due to weight loss comment.

Pretty awesome that someone recognized that this is hard work even with the surgery, well at least for me it has been hard work. Getting in enough Protein, Water, excercise, meal planning, proper thoughts etc.is not easy, it is actually all consuming some days.

[PaulB 346]

I love it when skinny people that don't have a problem with weight can eat anything they want and not gain a pound tell you that WLS is the easy way out.

Being a truck driver for 35 years I have met every kind of person that thinks they are so much better then you and are willing to impart their wisdom or what they think is their wisdom on you for what they feel is easy ie weight lose. Kind of makes you wish they could walk in your shoes and see how hard it really is to lose weight. And then tell you how you took the easy way out.

My real words I would tell people that open their mouths about something they know nothing about would get me kick off this Fourm. Hope you understand how much Ignorant people make me mad. Sorry been having a couple of bad days with emergency surgery on my leg yesterday and not being able to eat can't work out feel bloated I'm dumping. Just wish people would think before opening their mouth about something they don't know anything about. Would it kill them to ask questions in stead of condemning

Surgery Anniversary 7/30/12