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Hi ya'll! I am a very active member of the Dailystrength community. I normally just stay in the Gastric bypass community, but I thought I would cruise over here and see some of ya'll. I know that slim people who have never had weight problems in their lives can find it difficult to relate to big people, but I wonder if overweight people have similar bigotries against other overweight people. Basically that put... Do you think my decision to undergo Gastric Bypass Surgery makes me a traitor to I guess the only way of putting it.. a traitor to all big people? Did I take the easy way out? Curious about the opinion ya'll have about it. Please no cruelty. just let me know what you think... Sometimes I feel like I am losing my identity in a way, I have always been overweight.
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Grats on your surgery, and to anywho who thinks you took the easy way out, screw em ;)
I used to think it was an easy way out until I explored it. You definately have healthy life ahead of you. I'm happy for your new found freedom!!!
about being a traitor, i think we all have very personal issues attached to our weight. i've had experiences where a friend of mine will lose weight and i'll start feeling bad about myself. then i have skinny friends who gain weight and i think in my head, "now you KNOW!" i think i might be going to hell for that one, but that's really how i feel.
i'm definatley concerned to how people will relate to me if i lose weight. it changes you. any change is hard. heck, just getting a job is hard sometimes. i'm just trying to look at things with out judgement right now. what is real? what is true? it looks like what's real for you is that you feel this is the right desicion for you and that's really all that matters.
So good for you. You did what you needed to do for yourself.
Everybody's different--so good luck with your journey!
i think you made the decision you felt would benfit you the most.
you are not a traitor.
good luck with your weight loss.