I only told my supervisor at work, a few family members, who I knew would be supportive, and that was it. I told the rest after the surgery because I knew they would keep their mouth shut at that point.
My supervisor ran interference at work for me as she had the surgery some years before, and would not let anyone say anything negative. Don't mention the surgery again to your family, let them know afterwards!

1. It's not the easy way out and 2. So what if it's easy? Why would someone who cares about you prefer you do things the hard way?

Seriously though, it's no one's business but your own. If you and your medical team are aligned that is all that should drive your decisions. No one will will have to do the work, no one else (who hasn't been through it) will really understand, so if you're ready and willing to do it the work, have the program and the medical team, then it's really up to you.

Help my mother with doesn't support me have weight loss surgery, she keeps saying it is the easy way out or if I lose weight I will just gain all back, she does not understand weight over 700 pounds is very hard for me to live life.

Thankfully I'm feeling better. I just hate the thought of not eating coleslaw. I'm thinking it was the dressing because I eat cabbage in my salads.

I don't know if this will hel*****t. Walden Farms has a product for coleslaw. It's fat free and very low in calories. I'm not sure what else is in it. But they do have fat free stuff.