Are you Open About WLS or Private

 I am just curious!!  I have been pretty open with everything I'm doing to about anyone that listens!  It is constantly on my mind tho!  I also think in some kinda way, I want to tell everyone so ppl are less likley to talk behind my back, even tho I know they probably already are!  Tell me your thoughts please!  

 I am completely open..I plan to have my surgery in January but the more I talk about it the more excited I am...you shouldn't worry about what people say there gonna talk if your big and there gonna talk if your skinny haters are gonna be haters no matter what size you are...I hoped that helped good luck 

xoxo melissa

 Thanks Melissa, your right, Haters will hate no matter what!!

That's up to you. For me, I am probably a little more private. I don't keep it from anyone in such a way that I would be lying. There are some members of my family that do not know yet but, I know one day the conversation will happen. When it does, I will address it then.

Half and half. Some people I don't mind knowing at all! Others, not so much. I work in a very public field (teaching) and don't want everyone to know my whole life story. I try to keep my private life fairly private from people who are not friends or close co workers. Do I care if people know I am having WLS before it's done? Sort of, yes, because I don't want to hear what some people have to say - especially the skinny b*tch at work who gets drunk every night. Believe me, she'd tell me all about healthy living! LOL.

Once it's done, it will be done and I don't care what people say behind my back or to my face. I've been on this WL journey a long, long time and it sucks. I have done it the "right way" for so many years and failed so many times that now it's time to do the WLS, change the way I relate to food and get on with life. I'm a happy boy about that!

I am completely open since I could care less what anyone has to say because it's my choice and they haven't been where I have been so if they can't support me then they will be told to keep their opinions to theirselves lol and if they say something ignorant I will correct them immediately but so far I have had no negatives from anyone at work in my family. 

I'm open too. But I don't care if people talk behind my back, those that matter to me never would

I am very open about it...I have had a lot of positive feedback. The reason I choose to be open with everyone is because you never know who it may help, whether it be a coworker, your best friend's little sister's boyfriend's mom or whoever.

I am 100% open about it. I love telling people I had it done and hope through all the people I tell that I can change some of the myths of obesity surgery.

I would be thrilled to know that through being completely open I could inspire someone to speak to their doctor about whether this was an option for them.
 
I try to understand one's desire to keep the fact that they've had surgery private but it doesn't jive with my way of thinking: Anyone that would ever judge me for trying to improve my health is a complete idiot and quite frankly their opinion would be meaningless to me. I truly don't have the time of day for life's "haters" and I think that those that are afraid of them give them power.