Wowza!

So I used to be on Weigh****chers.  I updated my status to let all my friends know that I'm moving on and having the surgery.  You would think I said that Hilter is my idol.  They sure are against having the surgery!

Did any of you go through this, or did you keep your decision to yourself?  I'm not opposed to sharing that I'm in the pre-op phase.  I won't hide behind my decision.  I'd like to hope I can be an advocate for others interested in having the surgery.

So excited that I found a woman on OH that goes to my church and had the surgery.  Love having someone local to talk to in addition to all of you. 

That attitude tends to be all too prevalent.  People accuse you of cheating, or copping out.  It's great to have everyone here, and I agree, people around you that have had it done - I have several.

Good luck!

Yes, lots of people get very defensive over the surgery; fear for your life, fear that you will be smaller than they are, fear of the unknown...but once you have it and are living a vibrant life- they may change their tune.

Don't let their fear get in the way of you making healthy choices for yourself.

I know for me, this was one of the best decisions I've made.

Good Luck

:Danni

I was in the same boat. I was suppose to had surgery in july but didnt. I just had surgery on the tenth and told close ones a week before after I started my liquid diet and kept in my mind why I was going through with it. Afterwards they didn't feel how they did before because going through it they see I really needed help and it was about numbers not how I looked. I didn't look 295 to others but o boi was I feeling. So do u if what you are isn't working. Good luck to you.

I've been fortunate, in that no one has said anything negative (at least to my face), and I've nothing but support and encouragement.  Sorry you're not receiving the same kind of reaction. 

I was in a similar situation.  Some of the comments I heard were the following.   Why do you want to have surgery?  Wouldn’t it be easy to just lose weight?  My all time favorite was…you do know you won’t be able to eat as much as you used too..

Bottom line it is your body.  You are having a procedure done that has proven to be safe and very effective. No one is telling the people who are giving you a bad time that they have to have the surgery.  Good luck to you. 

I was a regular at Weigh****cher's message boards, and yeah, posting thinngs like that is basically like comitting social suicide LOL- at least in the world. I chose to only tell some of my close WW friends, but did not make an announcement on their boards- I knew what their response was going to be.

For the most part I think is because they are trying hard to stand by their decission to do Weigh****chers over all the different diet options out there, so when someone talks about any alternative decission (not just WLS) they take it personal and in a way it offends them- most of them will say that you are at a WW forum to go talk about surgery somewhere else-- not that I am justifying their attitude at all- but I saw this sort of things way to many times to count.

We will support you here though!!! So I wouldn't let their comments upset me, you are doing what you want to do, I am assuming you have done (or are in the process) all your research, and you can only know if you are making the right decission for yoursel. :) I know I don't regret it.

I'm not telling a soul..(well a few close friends I know will support me) because I know how those people will react.  It is our decision not theirs. I have heard the .."well you can still have pizza blah blah you just have to not have as much" um well if you have to lose over 100lbs..thats not enough. I Got that comment after I was eating very small portions of a select few things. Drastic weightloss calls for drastic measures. I am not going to tell those people anything till I absolutely have to. The same people that no matter what the decision in life is they have to have their opinion known and most of the time of course they think its gold. Even if not asked. I dont feel I have to inform anyone of my decision. Period.