What do you tell people when they ask "How are you losing the weight?"

When asked, I tell people that I had WLS.
I have only had one person express a negative response (a family member). I just told them, flatly, "Well...opinions are like ********everybody has one! I guess you're entitled to yours." I laughed and passed it off as a joke, but she got the message loud and clear. She hasn't mentioned my weight loss since, which is fine with me.
My advice...be totally honest...but share only as much as you are personally comfortible. Your comfort level may change as you start to take off massive amounts of weight. At that point, they can't argue with results!! LOL!!
Take care

I also have become more comfortable in talking about the surgery, but I'm still pretty guarded. I told some who was merely a "hallway acquaintance" in the building where I work; and now rather than simple pleasantries she expects a daily play-by-play of what is happening with my insides. I miss the old "how's the weather conversation" and have tired quickly of her telling me that I look so much better ... and asking if I lost any weight today.

I like ALL the responses.

When people tell me that I am LOOKING GOOD as ask them why they are insulting me. They get this confused dog look and twist their heads sideways as I reply I DIDN'T"T REALIZE I WAS SO UGLY BEFORE!

I have nothing to hide, it was a life decision for me and it doesn't concern me that they approve or disapprove...on with the show this is it!

You can always tell them that you LIVING when they may assume you are DYING of a major illness :-)

If asked I am honest and say I chose to have WLS....I had one person make a stupid comment...and I looked at her and said well opinions are like ******** we all have one and some people choose to make comments that make them one....she just looked at me like "well I never"...LOL- made my day-- I did this for me- not for anyone else.....

Just speaking for myself...  I never hid the fact I was having WLS before or after wards.  It's a personal decision for everybody.. but for me.. hiding the fact only perpetuates the negative feelings that some have about weight loss surgery.

But that's just me.

I tell anyone who asks about the fact that I've had WLS.  I decided even before I had the surgery that I was going to be completely transparent about it.  If people want to be supportive about it, fine. 

I usually start out by saying that I decided that I deserved to live to enjoy retirement and my grandchildren, and that the way I had been heading, I probably wasn't going to make it.  I tell them I was so overweight I could barely even walk, and couldn't do enough of that to make an impact on my health.  So I decided to change my life completely.  I had WLS to help me lose enough weight to be able to exercise again, and since then I've made my health a personal priority above all other things except God and family.  I tell them I eat 1000-1400 calories a day, mostly high-protein, low-fat, low carb foods, and that I'm spending 2 hours at the gym 5 days a week, and doing other exercise routines on the days I'm not at the gym.  I tell them I've never worked harder at anything in my life, but that I'm extremely happy with the results thus far, and that I'm healthier and happier than I've been in years.  

If they start telling me about cousin Ellie's friend who failed at WLS, I stop them immediately, and tell them that a big part of my success is focusing on the positives, and that there are LOTS of ways to fail in life, but that focusing on failure is rarely the path to success.  That usually shuts them up.  If not, I thank them for their interest, and tell them I have to rush off to get ready for a meeting.  Then I leave. 

But God help them if they say "Oh, you took the EASY way out..."  They then get the full explanation of the RNY surgery, the lifelong commitment to proper diet, the lifetime commitment to nutritional supplementation, and the lifetime commitment to exercise.  I explain to them the details of the surgery itself, the inconvenience of eating 5-6 times a day while staying around 1200 calories per day and getting in 120 grams of protein.  I tell them that I have to avoid anything with sugar in it (and the possible results if I don't succeed at that), and some of the other potential complications for which I'm "at risk" (reactive hypoglycemia, strictures, obstructions).  Then I ask them if they still think that RNY surgery is the "easy" way out, and invite them to try doing what I do for just one day...  That usually shuts them up.

Either way, I then tell them it was the best decision of my life, and that I I only wish I'd done it years ago.

 

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