1st Day Back at Work

MateoSteven
on 2/23/18 1:35 pm
RNY on 01/31/18

Ok...so, I'm back at work today (1st time since surgery). I was really looking forward to getting back to my routine. But...I am realizing today that it makes me super uncomfortable with everyone commenting on my weight loss. Only my boss knows that I had weight loss surgery, I didn't feel like I needed to broadcast it to the entire place. I haven't lost that much weight (36lbs), but people keep going on and on about it. I guess when you are heavy, you try to blend in...and this is the opposite of that. Anyone else deal with these feelings??

Surgery Date: 1/31/2018

Height: 6 feet 1 inch

Highest Weight: 325

Surgery Weight: 288

Current Weight: 179

Lina_Ann
on 2/23/18 8:08 pm

I have only lost 37lbs and everyone is commenting about it in my family. It also makes me uncomfortable because I don't like people looking st my body. I've learned I just need to deal with it, because it's not going to stop any time soon. Lol

Referral: June 2017
RNY with Dr. Neville in Ottawa: January 8th, 2018

Writergurl08
on 2/23/18 9:03 pm
RNY on 02/15/18

The coworkers I talk to regularly (aka the ones I'm close enough to to speak with outside of work) know why I'm out of work now. I don't mind that they know...but if people comment about my weight incessantly when I return, I feel like I might need to say something.

HW: 340 SW: 329 Goal: 170

CW: 243

Surgeon: Dr. Kalyana Nandipati (Omaha, NE)

Lishamc1
on 2/23/18 10:49 pm

I'm a correctional nurse, only people that new about my surgery was my boss and the medical team I work with. Within the last month I have had the correctional officers comment on it and just recently an inmate. Talk about awkward!

Highest weight: 265, surgery weight: 245, surgery date: 9/11/17 RNY m1: - 26 m2: - 14 m3: -15 m4: -10 m5: -8 m6: - 4 m7: -6.5 m8: - 1.5 m9: -3 m10: - 0 m11: - 2 m12: -0

peachpie
on 2/24/18 3:13 am - Philadelphia, PA
RNY on 04/28/15

Yeah, the comments made me very uncomfortable. I had a stock answer (thanks, I'm working at it) and quickly changed the subject.

I never told anyone at work, except for my former boss.

5'6.5" High weight:337 Lowest weight:193/31 BMI: Goal: 195-205/31-32 BMI

Laura in Texas
on 2/24/18 4:13 am

The comments made me uncomfortable, too. I just wanted to blend in. They do eventually stop. The first few months are a whirlwind of emotions. Just keep following your plan and try to get enough rest.

Keep up the good work!!

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

ladylost2
on 2/25/18 10:13 pm
RNY on 10/02/17

My job as a substitute means I see different people all the time and work, so most don't comment on my weight. What people tend to comment on is my portion size for lunch. I've had people go on an on about how I need to eat more to stay healthy. I've taken to showing people my before and after pictures and saying that I am still "dieting" to get off that last few pounds. This tends to lead them off into a discussion of their past diets and then the conversation is all about them! I have found this to be useful for the one or two people who have commented on my weight. I say something vague about a new diet and ask them for a diet recommendation and then just let them babble.

Chatcher56
on 2/26/18 9:30 am

Once or twice is OK. Just say thank you for noticing. You don't owe them any other explanation. I lost 60 lbs in my first-month post op RNY. We were on liquids only. You are just adopting a healthier lifestyle.

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