Well I just outed myself to the biggest gossip queen at work...

I never even tried to keep it to myself. I was over 400 pounds when I finally took the action to have the surgery. I knew a loss as large as what I would have, would cause questions about health if not forward over the reason for such a drastic change. I have seen where many have had remarks that are less than favorable. Several have gotten the "you took the easy way out." Surgery is NOT easy, but for most of us that had it, it was the only viable choice for us to lose the weight and KEEP it off. If someone asks me I simply explain it was NOT for looks that I had this drastic step taken, it was for my health. If I had not had it done, I would have died from health problems related to my obesity within a short time. And now I am able to look forward to becoming healthy.