Telling people about your decision for WLS

Before my surgery was scheduled I only told people who were closest to me. Once the surgery was scheduled I also told my boss and the people who work for me. After surgery, I tell everyone. It's way too much freaking work to be evasive about it.

When people say "You look great!" or "Wow, you're fading away!" I just very cheerfully say "Yup! I had weight loss surgery" and move on. 99% of the time they are super supportive and 1% of the time they want to share how their sister's cousin's mother's friend had complications. My response is always "I'm sorry, that's too bad. It hasn't been my experience" and I change the subject.

At this point I even sometimes tell waitresses, because it's just so much easier to be honest and I often times get looks of concern at restaurants when I appear not to have eaten any of my food!

"It's way too much freaking work to be evasive about it." TRUTH.

Yes! I'm not very good at keeping things about myself secret. I will eventually open up, usually in hopes for my own support or so that others feel comfortable coming to me for advice.

"How are you doing it? [losing so much weight]"

"A lot of exercise and very little food."

It's not evasive, it's the truth!

I disagree. If this were the truth, I wouldn't have needed surgery.

Before surgery I only told my husband and children. I didn't want to worry my parents. My dad would call me everyday to check on me. I would lose it on him. He can stress me out.

I told most people who I thought were worthy of hearing it. Meaning people that actually were apart of my life.

One thing I did in the past few years was talk about my surgery. One day I got sick of hearing myself talk about it.

Now I don't care who knows. Also I kinda like not having WLS define who I am.

For me I was an open book from the moment I joined this forum (6 months prior to surgery). At work I was required to go on FMLA bc I was going to be out more than 3 says.

There were plenty of naysayers but also positive support. Once I made this decision there was nothing going to stop me.

To this day I still share my story. That's just me. ?

I only told my husband and don't plan to tell anyone else. I used the search bar to read through about a dozen old threads on this forum about this topic, which I found very helpful.

Good ideA!

If I had to tell someone something(ie family members), I said I was having gall bladder surgery. It has a similar risk as WLS.