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I WOULD FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE LYING BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO

NEED THIS, NOT ONLY TO ENJOY THERE LIFE,BUT TO SAVE THERE LIFE. I WOULD

NEVER KEEP A CURE TO MYSELF. I'M SO HAPPY SOME WAS KIND ENOUGH TO BE

HONEST WITH ME.

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Ashamed? No...

Discreet? Yes.

Here's my take on this question. I know my self. I know how many

hundreds of times that I've tried to lose weight. I know how many

promises I've made to my self to do what ever it took to lose the

weight. It just never happened. Now, at 47 years of age with 3

children under 13, knowing myself, I needed the intervention and tool

that WLS provides in order for me to live life as it was meant to be,

with JOY. I am now 148 days post op, down 106 pounds with about 80

more to go for my ultimate goal. Yes, people are noticing and giving

me compliments, but, I simply thank them for noticing and let them

know that I still have a ways to go.

I have had a few ask me what I was doing to lose the weight, I

honestly answer, " I'm eating alot less... " and that's all I say.

Unless I feel I know the person enough to share more detail that's

all people really need to know.

Ashamed, I quess you could say to some degree that I felt some shame

when I weighed 418 pounds and had the problems that go with carrying

around that much weight. Now, I'm 312 and find myself wanting to

reach out to folks who are struggling, but know that they have to do

it for themselves, I just am here for support and cheering them on.

Oh, one last thing... for the first time in probably 20 years, I was

able to wrap a regular bath towel around my waist this morning...

See, even as a guy, I recognize the little things.

-Ray

> Hey folks,

>

> Quick question, for those of us that have had surgery do you ever

> feel like not telling people that you had surgery? Do they look at

> you like you made a deal with the Devil? Like you couldn't do it on

> your own? I met a guy and he is really nice and I saw someone from

> school and she was like you really lost a lot of weight. I said

yeah

> but for some reason I was reluctant to say I had surgery does that

> make me a bad person? I really don't think I would be where I am if

I

> hadn't had surgery I would not feel and look as great as I do! All

I

> can say is that I don't want the guy who just happened to be the

bus

> driver to know that I had surgery when I bumped into my high school

> friend.

>

> Dawn

>

> 355/240/160